Posts by Joe Parish
Joe loves to read on property management. He has also recently adopted a Peaky-Blinder-esque fashion sense and a positive attitude to adjectival hyphenated phrases.
How is the RICS service charge residential management Code changing?
Industry body RICS (The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is currently consulting on changes to be made to its ‘Service charge residential management code’ and is inviting industry input and...
How to encourage your occupiers to recycle
As climate change and sustainability become more pressing issues, attention is turning towards recycling and the need to minimise waste. Britain’s recycling rate fell from 45.5% in 2019 to 44% in...
Greener homes: Revisiting the Government’s net zero plans for property
The Government’s net-zero plans for housing in England and Wales laid out in the Heat and Buildings Strategy ahead of November 2021’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) received a storm...
Industry experts discuss Lord Greenhalgh’s Building Safety Bill...
As the long-awaited Building Safety Bill passes through the Report stage in the House of Lords (having already been through the House of Commons), some major proposed amendments to its content have...
Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016: How will it affect tenancies?
Landlords, agents and tenants in Wales are soon set to face the biggest change to their housing law for decades. Designed to simplify tenancy legislation and improve conditions in rented homes in...
The Property Institute's Executive Chair shares thoughts on RTM...
Since The Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act of 2002, many leaseholders have acquired the right to manage their block through a right to manage (RTM) company. While this has advantages for...
What is IDVT and how will it improve right to rent checks?
In a major shake-up of current identification processes, the Government will be introducing identity document validation technology (IDVT) to allow right to rent checks on UK and Irish passport...
How did the Coronavirus Act 2020 affect lettings in the last two...
When the UK Government put the Coronavirus Act into place in March 2020, nobody knew how long the Act – or the pandemic – would last. Now, as the Act passes into its second year, the Government has...
New LPE1, LPE2 and FME1 forms: What's changed?
Updated versions of the LPE1, LPE2 and FME1 forms are now live with trade groups including ARLA Propertymark, the Association of Residential Managing Agents, the Institute of Residential Property...
Building safety: What is 'proportionality' and why is it important?
With the Building Safety Bill having progressed to a new stage in the House of Commons last October, leaseholders, block managers and lenders are reminded that the clock is still very much ticking on...
What is Build to Rent property management?
In order to look at what Build to Rent (BTR) property management means, it’s important to first examine exactly what Build to Rent is, and how it differs from the traditional lettings model. Build to...
Step-by-step: Writing a privacy notice for your UK property business
No matter the type of property business you have, it is a legal requirement to be clear with your clients about what you plan to do with their personal information. The most effective way to do this...
Data protection checklist for UK property businesses
If the rules and regulations around data protection leave you feeling a bit confused, this simple but effective data protection checklist might be just what you need for your property business....