Property Management: Volume 8 Issue 4

Insuring building defects: new possibilities

William J. Gloyn

Comments on the perceived unfairness of the tenant beingresponsible for latent building defects. Relates how the situation waschanged in the early 1980s, making the commercial…

Business parks: ingredients for successful development

P.J. Damesick

Discusses the growth of business parks in the UK, their nature andingredients for success. Points out some advantages, compared with towncentre locations. Concludes that the…

Owning a listed building – an honour or a chore?

Penelope Cooling

Discusses the issues around the ownership of a listed building.Illustrates expensive pitfalls by case histories. Summarises thatalthough owning such a building may be a privilege…

The importance of “academic” research: convincing the majority

Stuart Grain, Philip Leverton

Considers a number of issues relating to the problem of promotingan ethos of research among the property management profession. Discussesthe meaning and types of research. Argues…

The importance of preventative maintenance

Tom Bishop

Offers a check list of some environmental systems within a buildingthat require preventive maintenance (PM), together with typical faultsdue to deterioration. Argues that a lack…

Taxation and the house

Geoff Parsons

Examines aspects of taxation which may be of interest to theproperty manager. Restricts the scope to an estate which includes one ormore houses, with reference to capital gains…

Sheltered housing – the growing importance of management

David Tait

Points out that over recent years there was a significant growth insheltered housing. Argues that growing complexity of regulations, a moredemanding market, poor publicity and a…

Life cycle costing

George Norman

Defines life cycle costing, which gives rise to Life Cycle Cost(LCC). Defines LCC as “The total cost of the system or productunder study over its complete life cycle or the…

IBM property and the it factor – a user experience

John Jack

Describes IBM′s experiences of its property portfolio in the 1980s.Explains what the company is doing as a result of lessons learnt. Givesbackground to IBM. Emphasises that the…