Work has started on The Point, Exmouth with completion of the 14 waterside apartments scheduled for the end of the year.
Developers Eagle One homes have appointed Midas Construction, part of the Midas Group, as the contractors for the build.
Fourteen high quality, architect designed apartments will be built in a sweeping curve with panoramic views over the sea, River Exe estuary and Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve.
The apartment complex will consist of a mix of one, two and three bedroom homes arranged over four storeys. The building will have two stunning penthouses...
Exeter Finance Ltd, a two year old, privately funded lender, founded by two local finance entrepreneurs has secured their highest loan to date of £1m to a property developer wanting to complete a housing project in Cornwall.
Exeter Finance, set up in 2014 by David Kirk and Peter Keech, has gone from strength to strength in a short space of time with their first ever loan given to John Allen (pictured above with Peter Keech) for The Loft Club building in St Thomas.
Two years later with 75 loans under their belt, the private lenders provide loans from £26,000 up to their most...
Noel Stevens from Alder King shares his expert advise on what to consider when acquiring a commercial property.
"To avoid wasting time in pursuing the wrong property or wasting money by overpaying, you should at least understand the basic elements of commercial property acquisition," Noel comments.
He covers five main topics in his very informative video; timing, pricing, buying or leasing and planning. To find out more contact Noel via email at nstevens@alderking.com or call him on 01392 353 080
For more expert advise sharing videos, visit the In a Nutshell YouTube...
Bruton Knowles has further strengthened its Plymouth team with the appointment of Ian Le Grice as Associate to deliver property management services.
This move complements an already successful and highly experienced team which is now able to advise on every aspect of commercial property.
Ashleigh Phillips, Team Manager said: “Ian is the next piece in the puzzle for the office and his expert knowledge and experience in property portfolio management feeds into all aspects of our work.
“Our objective for the office has always been to build an effective team made up of...
New buyer enquiries across the South West rose for the eleventh month in succession in January according to the RICS UK Residential Market Survey, January 2016, with 40% more respondents seeing an increase in new buyer demand rather than a fall.
Feedback to the survey continues to suggest that demand is being boosted by a rush of buy-to-let investors looking to buy before the 3% stamp duty surcharge comes into effect in April. In the South West 96% of respondents said they did expect an increase of purchases by buy-to-let investors prior to the changes.
Increasing urban property prices and falling land values could be fuelling a rise in new rural business start-ups, the latest survey by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and Royal Agricultural University (RAU) indicates. Non-farmers, such as those starting up cottage industries, accounted for 27% of rural land sales in the South West over the past six months according to the RICS/RAU Rural Land Market Survey H2 2015. By contrast, property developers accounted for only 1% of rural land sales over the same period, a decrease of 4%. Sales to individual farmers rose from 56%...
Councils across the country are to receive a £5m cash boost to tackle rogue landlords in their area, Housing Minister Brandon Lewis announced today.
Forty eight councils will share the funding so they can take on the irresponsible landlords that force tenants to live in squalid and dangerous properties, making their lives a misery.
The cash will also allow councils to root out more ‘beds in sheds’. Since 2011 nearly 40,000 inspections have taken place in properties with over 3,000 landlords facing further enforcement action or prosecution.
Landowners behind England’s 5,000 largest rural estates should be called upon to release land for affordable housing, according to The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The RICS Rural Policy Paper, published today, sets out a number of recommendations as to how central and local Government could better manage rural land and support countryside communities, including offering measures to encourage large landowners to release space on their estates for eight or more affordable houses. This might include partial inheritance tax exemptions, allowing heirs to avoid paying...
2015 has been another fantastic year for Crediton based agents, Helmores, and now a national award sees them crowned Best Single Office Estate Agency in the South West at The Sunday Times Estate Agency of the Year Awards - for the third time.
Hosted by TV news reader Penny Smith and ex England rugby player/TV personality Matt Dawson, the glittering awards were held on Friday 4th December at the Lancaster Hotel in Hyde Park London, where 700 leading agents from throughout the UK gathered to find out who has been judged to be the best of the best.
Entries are now open for the Michelmores Property Awards, which showcase and celebrate the very best of the South West's property and construction industry. Michelmores is calling upon property developers, building contractors, architects and other industry professionals to nominate buildings, projects and businesses from across Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset for the annual awards, which are now in their 14th year.
For the 2016 awards, the nine categories will include: Project of the Year with a Value Under £2million, Project of the Year with a Value £2-7million, Project of...
