Author: Stephen Frost

Heating. You can’t live with it and you can’t live without it. You can’t live with it because of rising pressure for all of us to reduce our carbon footprint and you can’t live without it because, well, you’d freeze. Of course, the average heating bill per household in the UK depends on a whole…

It’s fair to say the property market has been more sluggish over the past two years than we’d become used to in the UK. But properties in Chelmsford have still been selling at good prices and in good time as people start to shuffle in their Brexit seats and release those hands from the sitting…

Responsible landlords have always ensured the safety of their tenants. However, did you know that under The Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 it is a legal requirement for most tenanted properties to have a smoke alarm fitted in any room used wholly or partly as living accommodation? Landlords can be fined up…

Summer probably seems like a lifetime away now. And as the temperatures have dipped across the country in recent weeks, many homeowners could be seeing the first signs of the dreaded damp appearing in their properties. Damp can do massive damage to your property – and if you’re thinking of selling early in 2020, tackling…

It’s fair to say the property market has been slow over the past couple of years. Chelmsford, actually, has been performing better than many other areas and although transactions are still down 6% on the previous year, that’s a whole 2% less than the national picture. So, if you have had your property on the…

If you’ve owned property before, you will probably have heard of the term ‘gazumping’. It’s an odd word, granted, but for buyers it’s a word that can translate as both ‘heartbreak’ and ‘costly’. Because gazumping is the morally questionable tactic where another buyer steps in at the last minute and snatches your dream home away…

It’s fair to say the housing market has been sluggish in the past couple of years since the 2016 EU referendum. And while Chelmsford has generally held up well against the national picture, with transactions down 5% over the past 12 months and average prices 3.1% up on the previous year, there has certainly been…

The clocks are going back this weekend. The nights are closing in. And if you’re a landlord and you’re not thinking about your buy-to-let property’s security, now is the time. While we’ll be enjoying an extra hour in bed at the weekend, you can bet your bottom dollar thieves will be seeing the increased darkness…

You don’t have to delve too deep into a Google search to find a news story or scathing blog about rogue landlords in the private rented sector. But what about landlords themselves who fall victim to rogues in other industries? Well, the stories are harder to find, unsurprisingly, but it does happen. And more often…