Renters Reform Bill FAQs
The Renters Reform Bill has been a much talked about topic in recent months. The media reporting mixed information causing scaremongering and confusion over the...
Read MoreThe King’s Speech & the Leasehold and Freehold Bill
“My Ministers will bring forward a bill to reform the housing market by making it cheaper and easier for leaseholders to purchase their freehold and...
Read MoreLettings Update October 2023 – The Rent Reform Bill
This week, on October 23rd, the long awaited Rent Reform Bill (the Bill) had its third hearing in the House of Commons. Michael Gove, the...
Read MoreA Q&A with property manager Kirsty Davis
Kirsty joined the Alexandre Boyes‘ Estate & Block management department in 2021, and recently took time out to share her career path and insights into...
Read MoreDo you need a company secretary and how can Alexandre Boyes assist?
Leaseholders who own or manage a block of flats or development can form companies typically called Residents’ Management Companies (RMCs) or Right to Manage Companies...
Read MoreEaster & May Bank Holidays 2023
The Alexandre Boyes offices will be operating different opening hours over the Bank Holidays but are still on hand to offer out of hours assistance...
Read MorePrivate Rental Sector, Possession, and the Renters Reform Bill
On February 9th, 2023 the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee published their report on the current Governments proposals to overhaul the Private Rental Sector...
Read MorePrivate Rented Sector, Rent Increases, and the Renters Reform Bill
In this blog we put the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee’s report released on the 9th February 2023 under the spotlight, considering the current...
Read MoreA Q&A with our block & estate management’s Kevin Guthrie
Kevin joined the Alexandre Boyes block management team back in 2015 and is a Property Manager with over 30 years experience in the property industry....
Read MoreA Q&A interview with our Lettings Manager, Rachel Norris
Rachel joined the Alexandre Boyes team in 2015 becoming Lettings Manager in 2018. Rachel has extensive local knowledge having grown up in the area, ten...
Read MoreOpen Banking…how is this used by Alexandre Boyes block & estate management?
Open banking is a developing trend using “financial technology” (fintech) companies to compete with traditional financial ways to deliver financial services. Why does Open Banking exist?...
Read MoreA Q&A with our head of block & estate management, Keren Dolan
Keren joined the Alexandre Boyes block & estate management team back in 2015 and has 22 years’ industry experience, is a member of the Institute...
Read MoreContinual Professional Development – What’s it all about?
Here at Alexandre Boyes we promote training for the whole team and professional membership. As a regulated firm we are required to keep training records...
Read MoreAn insight into lettings, block management and tech
At the end of 2022 Kate Boyes took time out to give an interview about her career, the origins of Alexandre Boyes, founding Resident block...
Read More2022 Christmas opening hours
The Alexandre Boyes offices will be operating different Christmas opening hours over the festive holidays but are still on hand to offer out of hours...
Read MoreProperty News
Here are a few key bits of property news from October 2022: – Housing Secretary announcement… Michael Gove has resumed his role as the Levelling...
Read MoreHidden Gem – Bayham Old Abbey
With only a few days left before it’s seasonal closure, autumn is a great time to visit the hidden gem that is Bayham Old Abbey,...
Read MoreSmoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarms Regulations 2022
Following our 2022 so far – what is happening in the private rented sector blog earlier in the year the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm...
Read MoreWhat is an EWS1 Form?
An external wall system (EWS) is that which forms the outside wall of a building for example cladding, insulation and firebreak systems. Some EWS composite...
Read MoreResident client wins 2022 ARMA ACE award
In the beginning, our sister company Resident, very first client was Plymouth Block Management. Those of you that are familiar with our block and estate...
Read MoreUK rental activity – Rightmove Q2 report
Rightmove published their latest quarterly dataset of UK rental activity today for the period 1st April – 30th June 2022 indicating rents have grown at...
Read MoreAshleigh joins our Block & Estate Management team
We are delighted to announce that Ashleigh joined our Block & Estate Management team this summer. Ashleigh joined Alexandre Boyes in 2018 as a property...
Read MoreBuilding Safety Act – July 2022 Update
Our Block & Estate property managers are members or working towards membership with The Institute of Residential Property Management (IRPM), the leading professional body for...
Read MoreKeren Dolan is now RICS qualified
A huge congratulations to Keren Dolan, who has officially become an associate member of The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Keren joined our Block & Estate...
Read MoreRental Controls in England – the latest
On May 30th, the current housing minister Eddie Hughes confirmed that the UK government is not considering rent controls in England at this time: –...
Read MoreWe are celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
The Alexandre Boyes team will be celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee this Bank Holiday. The office will be closed: – Thursday 2nd June Friday 3rd...
Read MoreAn outstanding example of new building design…
The Alexandre Boyes Tunbridge Wells office opened in 1998 newly redeveloped. The redevelopment was chosen as an ‘outstanding example’ of new building design as part...
Read MoreAlexandre Boyes are recruiting – Block Management Tunbridge Wells
Looking for a role in Block Management Tunbridge Wells? Due to the expansion of our Block Management portfolio and commitment to continually improve services to our Clients...
Read MoreMay 2022 Alexandre Boyes Newsletter
Newsletters can be a little newsy sometimes, so to brighten up this month’s intro here are a few upcoming local events in and around Tunbridge...
Read MoreAsk The Expert – Q&A with a GDPR consultant
We asked Tunbridge Wells GDPR expert JXG Management Solutions what is GDPR, compliance and how this relates to lettings landlords, residential management companies. I have...
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