by Sally Lawson | Jun 8, 2021 | Front page, Letting Agents
Six years into his business, Ben Quaintrell was searching desperately for a change. Although on the surface he appeared successful, he had managed to build up to 450 properties in a six-year span, he thought he was doing alright; his numbers were going up, no matter...
by Sally Lawson | Aug 8, 2017 | Blog, Front page, Letting Agents, Published Articles
I must admit, I never thought it would happen That day in 1993, when I walked into the ARLA interview aged 21, thinking I knew everything and quickly realising, I knew very little, becoming president of this highly regarded entity, was a long distant and seemingly...
by Sally Lawson | Jan 16, 2017 | Blog, Front page, Investing in Rental Property, Letting Agents, Published Articles
Breaking down the challenges of the tenant fees ban and finding solutions In the Autumn Statement, Phillip Hammond announced that the treasury WILL be banning tenant fees. I’m sure this came as a shock to the lettings industry across England; prior to this date, the...
by Sally Lawson | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog, Front page, Published Articles
Tuesday morning, a rare whole day in the office, no appointments, no events, just me and my mountain of emails, and a walk around to chat with the team ahead…until Emma (my media manager) enters the office, seemingly in a panic… “Can I have 14...
by Sally Lawson | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Front page, Investing in Rental Property, Management Top Tips, Published Articles
The debate trundles on, as to whether the PRS needs to have standardised or longer term tenancies in place for all tenants, but it does pose the question, with some tenancies being for literally hundreds of thousands in the city of London, to wealthy business people...
by Sally Lawson | Jun 7, 2016 | Blog, Front page, Investing in Rental Property, Published Articles
Sitting here at my villa, that I bought in 2000, it got me thinking, why do we really buy property and does that reason ever change? Growing up in the Margaret Thatcher era of “you’ve got to get your foot on the property ladder” I was as desperate to...
