Real Estate
Should You Incorporate Your Buy-to-Let Properties?
For many buy-to-let investors, incorporating their property portfolio into a limited company can be a strategic move. Recent tax changes, particularly the reduction of mortgage interest relief for individual landlords, have made property incorporation an attractive option. While incorporating can offer significant tax benefits and asset protection, it also comes with additional responsibilities and considerations. […]
Properties
HARROW’S LOVE (AND HATE) AFFAIR WITH SEMI DETACHED HOUSE
Harrow’s Love (and Hate) Affair with the Semi-Detached House The semi-detached house – the icon of middle-class aspiration, the pinnacle of liberalism yet at the same time compromised individuality, the ‘semi’ as it is colloquially termed is, for many Harrow homeowners, the highpoint of modern domestic bliss. Britain’s gift to architecture is the humble ‘Semi-Detached […]
Harrow History
Northwick Park Estate, Harrow – The great history
The new Northwick Estate began to take shape in 1924 with the construction of 500-foot circle, the site of a private club with roads branching out from it. The club has since become a Masonic centre. Most of the roads such as Pebworth Road, Norval Road, Blockley Rad, Littleton Road, Paxford Road, Ebrington Road, Draycott […]
Real Estate
The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act
Good News for Leaseholders and Homeowners The Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act has become law. The Act, which has officially received Royal Assent – strengthens existing, and introduces new, consumer rights for homeowners by: · Making it cheaper and easier for people to extend their lease or buy their freehold · Increasing the standard lease […]
Real Estate
RENTERS REFORM BILL
FAO: LANDLORDS AND TENANTS RENTERS REFORM BILL EXPLAINED The Renters Reform Bill is a proposed piece of legislation that has been introduced by the Government with the aim to reform the private rented sector (PRS) and level up housing quality and to “bring in a better deal for renters” and marks “the biggest shake-up of […]
Properties
Will Harrow House Prices Fall In 2022?
By Naz Nizar 13 Aug 2021 Will Harrow house prices fall in 2022? As 1 in 9 Harrow homes are selling within a fortnight of coming to market, One of the most astounding things that has happened in the last 12 months was something that did not happen. Even after the country saw the deepest […]
Properties
Will The Northwood Property Market Continue To Boom?
By Naz Nizar 13 Aug 2021 Will the Northwood Property Market Continue to Boom? All the signs are that the Northwood housing market is sat on good foundations, yet one key hazard could still scupper the market. ‘UK Property Prices Rising at Record Levels’ is the headline of many newspapers. In the last few weeks, […]
Properties
32.7% Of Harrow Landlords Could Be Fined £5,000 Each With New Energy Regs
By Naz Nizar 17 Aug 2021 32.7% of Harrow Landlords Could Be Fined £5,000 Each with New Energy Regs … whilst possible new mortgage rules for Harrow homeowners would make it harder to sell their draughty old properties As the UK has committed to a legally binding target to be carbon neutral by 2050, one […]
Properties
How Eco-Friendly Are Northwood Homes?
By Naz Nizar 17 Aug 2021 And how new Gov’t rules will mean draughty low-eco Northwood homes will drop in value ‘It’s Not Easy Being Green’, was the song that Kermit sang on Sesame Street. Yet now being green is a normal way of life for most of us. Walking or cycling places instead of […]
