With the big COP 26 meeting in Glasgow almost upon us, we have as our guest in this podcast Jonathan Werran. Jonathan is the Chief Officer of the think tank Localis which has just completed a report, ‘Lagging Behind’ which considers the massive tasks of retrofitting the nation’s homes and how far we yet have […]
Talking about Deposits with Steve Harriott of TDS
If tenancy deposits are your ‘thing’ then this will be the podcast episode for you! Our guest this month is CEO of TDS. With Ben as a former employee of TDS and colleague of Steve they had a lot to talk about. We looked at Lifetime deposits Deposits paid by tenants to the scheme rather […]
Deposits, Redress and Mediation
Our guest this month is Eddie Hooker, CEO and founder of Hamilton Fraser Insurance. Although, as well as standard landlord insurance products, the business includes My Deposits, The Property Redress Scheme and Landlord Action. So Eddie has strong views on mediation and is not afraid to express them! The discussion ranged from the mediation aspect […]
Dealing with ‘No DSS’
For years tenants have been complaining that landlords refuse to even consider them as tenants as soon as they learn that they are on benefit. Often they are just told that there is a ‘company policy’ not to take on ‘benefit tenants’. ‘No DSS” is commonly found on adverts for rented property – despite the […]
Discussing Unique Property Reference Numbers with Kate Faulkner
So what are Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs)? Kate describes them as a ‘little holy grail’ in the property market that no-one realised existed. Every property has a UPRN which is unique to that property and which can be used to identify information about that property. Just like car number plates. The idea of using […]