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Can raising your roof raise the value of your home? Let’s talk loft conversions
The government has made a number of announcements recently, including a new law which is expected to come into effect in September. This will enable you as a homeowner to add two storeys to your property, and you won’t even need planning permission first. This means if you have been looking to extend your home, […]
How to add long-term value to your Portsmouth property
In Portsmouth we have certainly been busy with new properties coming onto the market and buyers eager to view. Lockdown has meant we have spent many an hour at home and, as such, you could have been contemplating what improvements you could make. If you think you may sell your home in the future, at NEXA we […]
How to add long-term value to your Bristol property
How to add long-term value to your Bristol property In Bristol we have certainly been busy with new properties coming onto the market and buyers eager to view. Lockdown has meant we have spent many an hour at home and, as such, you could have been contemplating what improvements you could make. If you think […]
What’s happening with the buy-to-let market in Portsmouth?
What’s happening with the buy-to-let market in Portsmouth? …. and should Portsmouth landlords & Portsmouth homeowners be worried? In 2019, the private rented sector accounted for just over four and a half million households or 19.9% of UK households, no change from the year before. Interesting, when compared to the proportion of private rented […]
Buy to Let Landlords and The Housing Crisis
Isn’t it funny that nobody boasts they are a buy to let landlord anymore? Roll the clock back to the early millennium and you couldn’t go to the local golf club or shop at a Waitrose without someone dropping buy to let into the conversation as easily and as often as the weather. If […]
8.4% of Bristol Workers Worked From Home Before Covid-19 – Wonder How Many More Do Now?
Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 22,309 Bristol people worked mainly from home, or about 8.4% of Bristol’s 265,374 workforce (compared to the national average of 14.9%). Yet over the last few weeks, many hundreds, even thousands more Bristol workers have joined them in their spare rooms or at their kitchen or dining room tables. Amongst […]
7.4% of Portsmouth Workers Worked from Home Before Covid-19 – Wonder How Many More do Now?
Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, 8,401 Portsmouth people worked mainly from home, or about 7.4% of Portsmouth’s 113,075 workforce (compared to the national average of 14.9%). Yet over the last few weeks many thousands more Portsmouth workers have joined them in their spare rooms or at their kitchen or dining room tables. Amongst warnings from […]
New Electrical Safety Regulations could cost each Portsmouth Landlord £350+ in the next 13 months
Portsmouth Electricians are going to very busy in the next 13 months as they will have to test the electrics of every private rented property in Portsmouth and potentially may have to install new fuse boards and wiring in some circumstances. New regulations set out in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 gave the Secretary […]