UK Property

Across the UK, millions of leaseholders live in homes they don’t truly own. As a result of ancient property laws, they don’t own the bricks, the roof, or indeed the land - they merely have the right to occupy the property for a fixed number of years. And with no ownership comes no control. Leaseholders are finding they have little to no say over the most basic and important aspects of their homes....

We chat with Adrian Watts, the CEO at Croudace Homes. Adrian is a qualified surveyor and was West London MD at Redrow before joining Croudace. He spent nine years from 2007 to 2016 at Bellway, first as technical director and then as a deputy regional MD. He has also held roles with other housebuilders including Dandara, Persimmon, Miller and Lovell.

We chat with property expert Sue Edmonds, the CEO of the socially responsible, not-for-profit property company Capital Letters about their unique offer to Londoners, landlords, and investors. What is Capital Letters? Capital Letters is a unique socially responsible, independent, not-for-profit company set up by London boroughs to find safe, secure, good quality affordable homes for Londoners who are...

We recently spoke to Niccolò Barattieri di San Pietro, Chief Executive Officer at Northacre. With more than 18 years experience within the world of exclusive international real estate, Niccolò's blue-chip background provides a driving force for Northacre’s ground breaking projects. Northacre offers a unique product in London’s property market, and with architecture at their heart, they...

An interview with property expert Rob Houghton, co-founder and CEO of reallymoving, the comparison site for home movers providing quotes and reviews for conveyancing, surveys and removals across the UK. Tell us about yourself and the company Along with my wife Rosie, I set up reallymoving during the dot com boom in 1999, after a particularly frustrating house move where we’d had difficulty finding...