What are reinstatement values and why are they so important? In its simplest terms a ‘reinstatement value’ is how much it would cost the owner of a property to rebuild their home or building from scratch, like for like and on the exact same piece of land. This value takes factors such as demolition costs, […]
Our Estate & Block Management team has launched AB’s Hybrid booking keeping service for Leaseholders & Resident Management Companies who prefer to be more hands on and self-manage. It lets you take care of block maintenance whilst we take care of bookkeeping and other necessary tasks using the same cloud-based Resident property management platform as our
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From the end of September 2020 homeowners and landlords in England can take advantage of the Government’s Green Homes Grant. To be eligible you must own your home which can include residential park homes, long-leaseholders and shared ownership; or be a private or social residential landlord. It applies to homes in England only and excludes new builds
AB reached 22 years in business last month so we’ve put together a 22 Things About Us list so you can get to know more about us, the team, our ethos and business. 1, AB are members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) & The Property Ombudsman (TPO) redress scheme 2, AB
The Department for Digital, Cultural, Media & Sport issued a press release today announcing a big broadband boost for rural English shires and counties including East & West Sussex and Kent. A quarter of a million rural homes and businesses across England have been given access to more financial help to get top-of-the-range broadband speeds, with 17 councils
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AB Block & Estate Management are excited to be appointed managing agents for the innovative and hands down cool The Garden Rooms in The Pantiles. The Garden Rooms will feature Tunbridge Wells first living wall designed by Scotscape / SmartScape who are working with Rivers Architects to bring this project to life. We touched on climate change and the
It’s been 2 months since estate agents opened their doors, however tentatively, and got back to some face to face viewings and valuations (we still offer virtual where possible). In this blog we take a look at how the sales market is holding up. Figures for August 2020 taken from Nationwide annual house price index shows annual
If you were a Southern Water customer and paid wastewater charges between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2020, but no longer from 1 April 2020, you may be eligible to apply for a payment. Southern Water say that “In the past, our wastewater treatment works didn’t perform as well as we said they did.
New notice periods came into force for landlords on Saturday 29 August 2020, extending the Coronavirus Act 2020 through to 31 March 2021. For landlords seeking possession using a Section 21 notice or for situations like rent arrears under 6 months, landlords will now need to give tenants a 6 months’ notice period. This change
Client Money Handling Procedure In accordance with Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) professional standards and guidance we adhere to their Client money handling 1st edition, October 2019 code of practice. The overall aim of those standards is to ensure that Client money is kept safe; to ensure that Client money accounts are used for appropriate purposes only;
