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Opening Up The Land Registry to Show Who Owns Land in England
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Who owns land in Britain? The Government has recently announced plans to open up the Land Registry to "improve transparency" of land ownership in England. By removing paywalls...
Guy Martin’s House With No Bills – How To DIY Home Insulation
House With No Bills Guy Martin did a great job this week raising awareness of retro-fitting insulation in a 1930s semi. Well worth watching. The only real downside was that the works were largely architect-designed to Passivhaus premium standards. Which...
Why It’s More Important Than Ever For Home Buyers To Get A Survey – RICS Level 1, 2 or 3
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series 'Let The Buyer Beware' When you buy a property, legally speaking you're pretty much on your own. In fact you have more legal rights buying a packet of cornflakes than...
New Year ‘Property Horrors’ Show – Live!
'Property Horrors' at the Savoy Theatre Rightsurvey founder and author Ian Rock FRICS will be appearing at Monmouth Savoy Theatre Tuesday 20th January 2.30pm presenting his acclaimed ‘Property Horrors’ show! So if you're anywhere near the South West, Bristol,...
Making Money From Property – 5 More Surveyors’ Tips
Making More Money From Property Continued - See previous blog for Tips 1 to 5 6. Design It Right House buyers are often influenced by first impressions of things like décor and cleanliness. So it pays to focus on improvements that add value in the...
Surveyors ‘downvaluing’ properties for mortgage lenders causing sales to fall through
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series What happens when the property you're buying is down-valued? Mortgage brokers are worried that surveyors acting for banks and building societies are generally taking a more...
Making Money From Property – Top 10 Tips
Making Money From Property by Chartered Surveyor Ian Rock FRICS Earning mountains of cash from trading or renovating property can appear deceptively easy on primetime TV shows. But ‘property soaps’ have a tendency to distort the truth. Condensing a major...
BBC reveals that 30,000 homes have been fitted with botched insulation under Government schemes
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Newsflash: 30,000 homes fitted with botched insulation under Government schemes Next month the long awaited new edition of the highly acclaimed Home Insulation Manual will...
Appointing an estate agent to sell your property
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Thinking of Instructing An Estate Agent ? The time-honoured way for selling houses and flats is to instruct a local estate agent. Because fees are charged in the form of...
Estate Agents’ Underhand Sales Tactics Exposed by BBC
Property Tips by Chartered Surveyors from the Haynes House Manual series Major Estate Agencies' Sales Tactics Exposed by BBC Two major estate agencies have been found to be using deceitful sales tactics and breaking industry codes of conduct by BBC...