The BBC Documentary ‘Why Buildings Collapse’ reflected upon the tragic collapse of the Champlain Tower South in 2021. Although mostly based in Florida, the programme brought the issue into a UK context and firmly focused on the Scottish housing quality crisis. In this blog post, we explain some of the critical issues affecting tenements, their …
Read more >Many homeowners budget for buying a place but they don’t budget nearly as well for maintaining that place. If you own a home, it’s probably your most expensive and prized asset. Yet, many seem content with watching that value chip away every day due to a lack of care. A flat in a well-maintained building …
Read more >Every letting agent has dealt with common repairs when managing a property and these repairs are often complicated, time-consuming, involve co-ordinating lots of people and, let’s face it, are difficult to manage alongside your already high workload. So let’s take a look at how you can quickly get a handle on what needs done and …
Read more >Tenement repairs cover a huge range of topics, and it can be a complicated and scary subject to delve into… made more prominent by the Scottish Parliamentary’s Working Group who have submitted proposals to Parliament to have the following issues considered under law: Include tenement condition as part of improvements to home reports and develop …
Read more >In Scotland, property owners have a duty to maintain the common areas of their property (chief amongst which, the roof) and that’s not an easy task. Many shared blocks – “tenements” in legalese, whether or not they are the old-style tenements you’re thinking about – have fallen into disrepair due to owners not paying sufficient …
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