Rooftop development: the sky’s the limit?
A recent court case held that a Landlord was entitled to build two new flats on the roof of its building even though the leases of the flats in the building did not reserve to
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Real Estate Newsletter – Spring 2022
Welcome to the Spring edition of our Real Estate Newsletter. In our first edition of 2022, we round up some of the main planning and property stories of the last few months. We would welcome
Property fraud: how to avoid it
ITV’s new drama ‘Our House’ shines a light on property fraud ITV’s new gripping drama Our House centres around all property owners’ worst nightmare. Fiona Lawson returns home to find her house is being lived
Do you need planning permission to operate an Airbnb?
One interesting outcome of the Covid pandemic has been the sharp rise in the phenomenon of the “staycation”. People have been forced to shun overseas travel, looking closer to home for their holidays and holiday
Rights to Light: whose right is it anyway?
Property developers are well used to dealing with the tangible, physical aspects of real estate ownership and construction. But it’s not just the bricks and mortar that has to be thought through. Problems often arise
Cladding Crisis: two steps forward and one step back?
Michael Gove, the communities and levelling up secretary, recently announced that developers, rather than leaseholders, will meet the costs of remediating fire-safety defects in buildings which have come to light following the Grenfell tower fire,
