Blog: Bournemouth

Following up on last week's update, we wanted to provide further information on what is about to happen and some things to be aware of. Tenant Notice Periods From 1st May, tenants will be able to give two months’ notice at any...

Since Q3 in 2025, we have seen a decline in the number of lettings applicants and stock. Based on year on year data from Rightmove we have seen the local market stock levels decrease by around 30%, and more worryingly around 60%...

It might be tempting to believe that the pandemic has been destructive and all-consuming on all fronts, especially in relation to the property market, which virtually ground to a halt a few weeks ago. We British are a resilient...

The Electrical Safety Standards in the Private Rented Sector (England) Regulations 2020 came into force on 1 June 2020. The new regulations will apply to new tenancies from 1 July 2020 and to existing tenancies from 1 April 2021....

When letting your property, you naturally want your property to look its best, but how far should you go in terms of presentation? Firstly, aim to understand how your property “sits” within the market. Not all tenants have the...

The housing market has been an obvious casualty of the Coronavirus lockdown. Yet the desire to move is strong, once the decision has been made. Indeed, as soon as the government announced that people could once again move house,...

A core part of our business is the management of properties and tenancies, many of those properties may be in blocks of flats, and in turn those blocks are looked after by an external block manager. In these unusual times caused...

At the start of the lockdown and in the midst of all the talk of 'mortgage holidays' we caught up with Ashley Rich, from St Barts finance to provide initial insight into this area (If you missed it see here - ) We followed up with...

This morning we met up with Carly Jermyn of Woodstock Property Law, to get some legal insight into the recent changes affecting landlords and tenants following the emergency legislation brought in by the government last week under...

Building on the increase in January activity we reported last month, the local market has been just as frenetic during February with intense buyer activity continuing to play “catch-up” following years of mild depression....