Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week
From 18th to 24th November 2024, we are proud to support Carbon Monoxide Awareness Week. This annual campaign highlights the dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and underscores the critical importance of compliance with the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Amendment) Regulations 2022.
As the colder months approach, and with the ongoing pressures of rising energy costs, understanding and adhering to these regulations is essential to protecting lives and ensuring properties are safe and compliant.
Housing Minister announces intention to Regulate the Property Sector
Ahead of the BBC’s ‘Leasehold Day’ on the 22nd November 2024, the Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook, unveiled the government’s plan to transform the property sector by abolishing the leasehold system and replacing it with commonhold as the default tenure.
This pivotal reform is set to be implemented within the current parliamentary term, possibly alongside the long-awaited introduction of the Regulation of Property Agents (ROPA).
The ROPA report, published in 2019, with Lord Best chairing the working group, highlighted the necessity for property agents to possess formal qualifications, ensuring they have the requisite knowledge and skills to serve clients effectively.
Understanding Section 21 & Section 8 Notices
Since the White Paper in 2019 presented the abolishment of Section 21, the word "Eviction" has been confused with the “service of the notice. This misunderstanding of the legal processes has caused a great deal of confusion which has been repeated ad infinitum by the trade press, national press, news outlets and even the Government. Whilst this may seem a trivial comment given that the previous and current Government have ‘peddled’ the idea that every Section 21 notice served by a landlord equates to eviction when in fact the service of the Section 21 is a preliminary step in the legal process of ending a tenancy. it is not, in itself, an eviction.
Remembrance Sunday: Honouring the Fallen
Each year, on the second Sunday of November, communities across the United Kingdom come together in solemn commemoration of those who sacrificed their lives in service to the nation.
Remembrance Sunday, a tradition that began after the First World War, offers a time to pause, reflect, and honour the courage and selflessness of those who fell in the line of duty. The day is marked with national and local ceremonies, wreath-laying at war memorials, and a poignant two-minute silence, observed at 11:00 a.m. to coincide with the cessation of hostilities on 11 November 1918.