Recent Articles

Kate Faulkner's property price update - April 2021 (in: Buying and Selling Property Checklists)
Apr 21, 2021

The main summary of the national figures is that for sellers, this is probably one of the best times to put your property on the market, but they are only likely to benefit from the reduced £250,000 stamp duty holiday as it’s likely to be too tight to sell now before the end of June. Regionally the market is starting to go back to different levels of growth. Read more about what's happening in the property market here.

External cladding – why is this an issue? (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Apr 9, 2021

The horrific events of the Grenfell tragedy on 14th June 2017 have pulled into sharp focus the potential for significant health and safety issues around external cladding and fire safety in high-rise buildings. This article looks at the issues that someone affected by cladding who also may be considering buying their freehold may need to think about. To understand the position - which is likely to vary from case to case - we need to understand some of the background to the cladding crisis and look at how this has affected different buildings.

Need to know more about cladding? Here are the essentials (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Apr 9, 2021

There are a lot of headlines about cladding and the impact it’s having on people and their homes. What we are trying to do in this series of articles is help you have the information you need, to know if this is a problem for you as a seller or as a buyer, and point you in the right direction for help.

Cladding - what can home owners or potential buyers do? (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Apr 9, 2021

There are some really good initiatives being carried out to keep the pressure on the government and support home owners so they don’t go through this on their own. Read more to find out what home owners or potential buyers can do. 

What's the problem with the current government support for home owners with the cladding crisis? (in: Problems and Complaints Checklists)
Apr 9, 2021

On the surface, a £5bn fund to help leaseholders to remediate the problem at little or no cost, seems to be a huge help from the government. However, according to George Martin, a leaseholder affected by these issues, the government is only attempting to solve a small part of the overall problem. This goes beyond cladding - it’s a building safety crisis. Read more here.