Lets Talk’s 60th episode features Cullen Property’s Managing Director, Steve Coyle, explaining the pro’s and con’s of short term lets vs long term lets. Host, Gillian Semmler asks Steve about the new legislation for the licensing of short term lets that is due to come into effect this October. Steve highlights significant points within Edinburgh …
Read more >There are groups of individuals of all ages who rent their homes – whether out of necessity or preference. The motivations vary from homeownership being out of reach, renting to save for a deposit, lifestyle choice, to increase social mobility or not wanting to take the risk of a mortgage. Being able to choose a …
Read more >In the current economic climate, it’s probably not unreasonable for a tenant who is renting their home in the private market to think that Government controls on how much rent they should pay is a good thing: capped rents equal improved affordability. But it’s a more complex issue than that. Rents have been rising over …
Read more >Following the commencement of the war in Ukraine, the UK Government announced the Homes for Ukraine scheme which offered compensation of £350 per month to anyone offering a room to a Ukrainian family seeking to escape the war. Whilst there is a clear desire to help, there are difficulties and problems should landlords or even …
Read more >The beginning On Monday 2nd July 2012, Scotland’s three government approved tenancy deposit protection schemes began operating. The schemes were established to accommodate legislation introduced the previous year, the Tenancy Deposit Schemes (Scotland) Regulations 2011. 2nd July 2022 is therefore the milestone date for 10 years of tenancy deposit protection in Scotland. A recap of …
Read more >Episode 57 of LetsTalk hears a tenant’s perspective of renting as a family in Scotland. Principal teacher at an independent school in Edinburgh, Nick Wise, talks openly about her views of the current rental market in the city, from the initial difficulty in trying to secure a family home to suffering a financial scam, as …
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