Property Management: Volume 4 Issue 2

Tenanted refurbishment: The community way

P. Wallace

Rehabilitating local authority housing estates is always a complicated business. Which ever way it is carried out it is inherently difficult and often stressful because it…

The abolition of the Greater London Council and the Metropolitan County Councils

The Local Government Act 1985 provided for the abolition of the Greater London Council and the six Metropolitan County Councils on 1st April, 1986. The Act deals with the transfer…

Building control — An update

M.J. Billington

Introduction My previous article on the subject of building control1 was written before the system had come into operation and was based on consultative documents only. It seems…

‘Practical Property Problems 1986’: 1: Investments — The changing market

Michael Beaman FRICS

A wide range of topics was discussed at a recent seminar for clients organised by Chartered Surveyors Gerald Eve & Co under the title ‘Practical Property Problems 1986’. Three of…

‘Practical Property Problems 1986’: 2: Rent reviews — Practical implications of recent case law

P.W. Haddock BSc FRICS

The steady stream of cases on landlord and tenant matters has continued unabated during 1985 and the early part of this year. Amost every week, reports on decisions of the High…

‘Practical Property Problems 1986’: 3: Lease renewals — Action and reaction

R.G. Ovenden MA ARICS

The occasion of the expiry of a lease is an important time. It brings to an end a lease which may have run for 10, 20 or many more years and it provides a mutual opportunity for…

Service charges on privately‐owned residential units

Douglas Scarrett

The first purpose built residential flats were completed well over 100 years ago by charitable trusts for occupation by deserving cases. Later, builders and developers provided…

Housing clearance and redevelopment: A research agenda

Tim Brindley, Gerry Stoker

It is now widely recognised that gradual renewal policies have failed to keep pace with the deterioration of the older housing stock. Commentators and critics are now calling for…