We’ve enjoyed writing about Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) over the last three or so years. The announcement by Kwasi Kwarteng to cut SDLT was highly welcomed by the property sector, as he aimed to…
We’ve mentioned frequently in this section that the so called ‘experts’ trying to call the residential property market rarely have a clue, writes Zah Azeem, Partner at Wimbledon based Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts. It’s little…
Occasionally building works and development on a boundary between properties in different ownership create an open invitation to numerous and much-reported arguments and disputes. Party walls are shared walls separating buildings such as semi-detached and…
According to the latest HM Land Registry data property prices increased by an average of 0.9% in August to reach £295,903, writes Zah Azeem, Partner at Wimbledon based Chartered Surveyors Scrivener Tibbatts. Despite UK house…
Leasehold enfranchisement includes the processes of lease extension, freehold acquisition and the correction of management problems within leasehold properties. ALEP (the Association of Leasehold Enfranchisement Practitioners) exists to ensure that specialists involved in this sector…
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New research from the British Property Federation shows the total number of Build-to-Rent (BTR) homes in the UK has increased 13% on an annual basis between Q2 2021 and Q2 2022, writes Dominik Neyerlin, a…
How have you managed the post-lockdown transition and fully returned to office working yet? As chartered surveyors our inspections have to take place outside of course, but I’m pleased to say we at least appear…
We’re delighted to say that Scrivener Tibbatts has been successful in reaching the finals of the 2022 Merton Best Business Awards in the Employer of the Year and Best Enterprising Business categories. A full list of…
Residential property prices continued to shrug off fears of an economic downturn and the cost-of-living crisis, posting the highest monthly increase since early 2007 in June, according to the Halifax Building Society, writes Zah Azeem,…