Extending a home without having to submit a planning application

Extending a home without having to submit a planning application

Want to extend your home, or a property that you are planning to buy? Here’s how to do it without having to submit a planning application. Permitted development rights enable homeowners to make certain building works on a property without planning permission...
Tenant Fees Ban. How will landlords and tenants be affected?

Tenant Fees Ban. How will landlords and tenants be affected?

Tenant Fees Ban. How will landlords and tenants be affected? The new Tenant Fees Act comes into force on the 1st June 2019. So what is it? And how will it affect landlords and tenants? What is the new Tenant Fees Act? In a bid to reduce the charges that tenants pay...
New homes will have to be greener by 2025

New homes will have to be greener by 2025

That’s one of the key takeaway messages in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement this week. As the government introduces its Future Homes Standard, requiring that all new-build properties use low-carbon heating and become more energy efficient. Other headlines...