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How Will Guardians Protect My Property?
Having a valuable property unoccupied for weeks, or even months is a key concern for many landlords. You might have experienced it yourself, the dread of entering your empty property to find it broken into vandalised or even worse, receiving a call that your investment has gone up in smoke.
The Social Impact of Live-In-Guardians in the midst of a Housing Crisis
The UK housing crisis has caused suffering, poverty and anger in our major cities for years. Various economic factors such as inflated land values, ‘prospective investors’, sometimes based overseas, leaving residential properties deliberately empty so that they can wait for land values to rise and then sell on, making a profit without lifting a finger.
How Much Could a Live-In Caretaker Save You?
A lot of people think landlords have it pretty easy – we know different. From rates and council tax and how that affects your rent and tenancy needs, to getting the right people in the right properties, and of course dealing with everything that seems to go wrong.
How to Maintain your Empty Property and Protect Your Investment
There are an awful lot of things to consider when facing the prospect of your property becoming empty. A hike in council tax, increased risk of vandalism, fire and squatting – and of course the potentially enormous financial costs of putting things right and making repairs should the worst happen.
Why should I use Live-in Guardians as opposed to a traditional security option?
The prospect of leaving your property vacant, in an urban area, in the middle of a housing crisis and an increase in crime-rates, is a daunting one to say the very least.
A Guide to Vacant Property Insurance
It is a little-known fact that most standard building insurance policies only continue to cover your building when it is empty for a certain amount of time – for example, 30 – 60 days. This is the case for commercial properties as well as residential properties.
How to avoid Business Rates on Empty Properties
If, for any reason, your commercial property becomes vacant you may need to enlist the services of vacant property specialists, but let’s take a journey to Whitehall in this article and see what the law says.
The Morning Advertiser - Space invaders: what to do if someone occupies your pub
After travellers invaded Thwaites Brewery over the late May bank holiday weekend, The Morning Advertiser reveals what steps a pub can take if it finds its space invaded.
Vacant Property Insurance VS Property Guardians.
There are over 12,000 empty commercial properties in the London Borough of Barnet alone.
Daily Mail - Property Guardianship
Live-in Guardians were once again asked to give comment regarding property guardianship, this time for the Daily Mail.
