Frances Burkinshaw
-
Features
No to ‘No DSS’
If you view potential tenants who are on benefits as unwelcome or unwanted, think again says Frances Burkinshaw.
Read More » -
Features
Tenants working from home? Then check the contract!
With home working looking like it’s here to stay, Frances Burkinshaw points out that in some cases, this new norm could be breaking a tenancy agreement.
Read More » -
Features
Country living
The experience of lockdown and isolation in cities may well be creating opportunities for lettings outside the conurbations, says Frances Burkinshaw.
Read More » -
Features
Hindsight is a wonderful thing
The Government has tried to help most groups of people, says Frances Burkinshaw, perhaps some things would have been dealt with differently had we previously known about this virus.
Read More » -
Features
Covid 19 and MEES: landlords and agents cannot ‘self isolate’
2020 is turning out to be an ‘annus horribilis’ for everyone, says Frances Burkinshaw. It’s not just tricky for the Royal Family – letting agencies and landlords have challenges too.
Read More » -
Features
Strike a light! Electricity regulations are on the way!
Electrical safety really is an ‘old chestnut’, says Frances Burkinshaw – the lettings industry has been calling for more regulation on this subject for many, many years.
Read More » -
Features
‘No Pets’ no more?
Love them or hate them, landlords may have to start accepting tenants’ pets by law. But this new proposal really hasn’t been thought through, says Frances Burkinshaw.
Read More » -
Features
Insurance is essential!
We’re in the depths of winter in a world suffering the ravages of climate change, so extreme weather can threaten your landlords’ business – and yours too, says Frances Burkinshaw
Read More » -
Features
Election time – will change come?
Every time we think we might be getting closer to getting back to a more normal life in the UK, something else happens to upset the apple cart again, says Frances Burkinshaw, but could things change?
Read More » -
Resources
Landlords, tenants, rookie agents… worries and truths
Lettings is not just about winning an instruction. Nor is it just about finding tenant. There is much more to it than that – and Frances Burkinshaw is worried.
Read More »
