Rachel North

During 2019 Alexandre Boyes have seen a rise in queries regarding home efficiency from tenants, landlords, purchasers and owners of estates and blocks of residential flats. Legislation changes this year introduced  a minimum EPC rating of E before  a property can be marketed for lettings. Our property managers and maintenance team have been working closely […]

The Alexandre Boyes Maintenance work exclusively for residents in blocks of flats and estates that are managed by our Estate & Block Management Team. They can undertake projects of various sizes including decorating, carpentry, kitchen and bathroom fitting, fencing, ground work and general maintenance. If you would like a quotation for work at your property from

21 years ago the very first property Alexandre Boyes sold was a family house in Byng Road. 21 years later we have successfully put the same house under offer again. During the in-between years Alexandre Boyes have let and fully managed the property making it a home not only for the Landlord in the early

The Lettings industry is constantly evolving, striving to raise standards and consumer awareness, and wheedle out rogue landlords and agents. We touched on some of the most recent regulation changes in our Industry Changes article in May. There are more changes on the horizon. Visit the governments website to have your say on their proposal to abolish Section 21

Build to Rent (BTR)  BTR developments are designed for rental rather than sales typically involving one agent to let and manage. The continued expansion of both the wider sector and individual schemes reflects a growing belief in BTR, attracting considerable investors and government support and funding. Schemes submitted through planning and entering construction phases continue

Over the last 5 years, we have seen some interesting subtle changes to the East Grinstead property market as buying patterns of landlords have changed ever so slightly. The background to this story was the recently published set of buy-to-let (BTL) lending statistics. Roll the clock back 12 months and 6,700 BTL mortgages were granted

Client Money Protection (CMP) Client Money Protection is a scheme that reimburses landlords and tenants should an agent misappropriate their rent, deposit or other client funds. It is a requirement for ARLA Propertymark members to have CMP. Letting agents hold a significant amount of money in the form of deposits and rent on behalf of

Alexandre Boyes are recruiting for a Service Charge book keeper. Duties to include: Production of monthly management accounts for external clients to include expenditure reports using Resident software Liaising directly with the bank on banking matters. Transferring money between accounts internally & by BACS Managing general ledger maintenance, journal preparation and account reconciliation on weekly

With the Government preparing to control tenant’s deposits at five weeks rent, East Grinstead landlords will soon only be protected in the event of a single month of unpaid rental-arrears, at a time when Universal Credit has seen some rent arrears quadrupling and that’s before you consider damage to the property or solicitor costs. It

East Grinstead property values are currently 0.4% higher than at the end of 2017, notwithstanding the uncertainty and threats over the potential impact of Brexit in 2019. This has exceeded all the predictions (aka guesses) of all the City of London economists, in an astonishing sign of strength for the local East Grinstead and wider