Saturday January 30, 2021

The Middle Ages was a quiet time for my Italian ancestors, aside from famine, pestilence and war. The Roman Empire was a distant memory and it would be ages before Hollywood offered us parts as Mafia gangsters. So, Italians turned to creating great art. Here in England our ancestors turned to creating strange laws. Some […]

Tuesday April 10, 2018

I am proud of our Complaints Procedure. It is an escalation from “Can we sit down and talk about this?” to “call in the Ombudsman you poltroon”. I am most proud that we have never had to implement it in all these years. Lavazza coffee and Italian biscuits solve most disputes. If an ACAS officer […]

Friday March 3, 2017

Spring is almost upon us and romance is in the air. Or is that pragmatism? Recent research from property portal Zoopla reveals that four out of ten young people believe taking out a joint home loan is a bigger commitment than marriage. Since couples are together on average for three to four years before jumping […]

Thursday March 10, 2016

It will not be news to our lessees who are buy-to-let investors that they are about to be hit very hard by a series of new rules that will place enormous financial burden on their operations. It’s a real shame because the measures are not going to suddenly resolve the country’s housing shortage. Landlords appear […]

Monday September 7, 2015

Before venturing into the work of block management I recall spending so much time on the London train I was on first name terms with many of the staff. The reason for my long haul commute was to update myself on the arcane laws and ever changing regulations surrounding block management, where a block of leasehold […]