The purrrrrfect match
Posted on August 31st, 2010 in Life inside FK
The gorgeous cottage in Old Headington
When the owners of a lovely Grade II listed period cottage in Old Headington decided to fulfil a lifetime ambition Read the rest of this entry »
Rents pushed up by high demand
Posted on August 27th, 2010 in The Letting Market and our unique Quarterly Reports
In March this year, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) reported that the supply of properties coming on to the rental market had fallen Read the rest of this entry »
Are you tough enough to be a Property Manager?
Posted on August 25th, 2010 in Life inside FK
"Warning - cat in residence!"
Witney Office Property Managers’ nerves have been tested nearly to destruction over the last few weeks. One discovered a grenade Read the rest of this entry »
Nothing will come of nothing…
Posted on August 16th, 2010 in Life inside FK
Ambrosden cottage with a lovely walled garden
With all the current media hype about an over supply of property on the selling market and the lack of availability of mortgage finance, we have Read the rest of this entry »
Keeping in touch – Summer 2010 newsletter
Posted on August 10th, 2010 in We love Oxfordshire
Read an online copy of our latest newsletter here (click on it to view in full screen).
Three’s a charm
Posted on August 10th, 2010 in Life inside FK
We like to retain our properties and tenants where possible. Our Abingdon office has let and managed Read the rest of this entry »
The people who make Oxfordshire happen
Posted on August 5th, 2010 in We love Oxfordshire
Mr. Hawkins at his office in Oxford
“The market is bigger than Films, bigger even than Television… and it will go on growing.”
We start our new Oxfordshire Entrepreneurs series by talking to David Hawkins, who runs Exient, a computer software development firm based in Cambridge Terrace, OX1.
Have computer games been a lifelong passion?
My first experience of Video Games was in the late 70’s on a Binatone home console, it featured a few pong type games. Then when I a teenager Read the rest of this entry »
We love it when a plan comes together
Posted on August 3rd, 2010 in Life inside FK
The beautiful cottage in Great Tew
Back in April our Banbury Office Manager met with an existing landlord at their own home, a delightful conversion of 2 cottages in Great Tew, which they wanted to let out.
The landlord told us the property would be ready from mid-July, so we immediately Read the rest of this entry »
New HMO licence requirements in Oxford
Posted on July 26th, 2010 in Govt policy & legislation
On 22/7/10 Oxford City Council announced that all HMOs in Oxford will require an HMO ‘additional licence’ from 25/10/10 or else face a fine up to £20,000.
This is big news.
All in a day’s work
Posted on July 26th, 2010 in Life inside FK
You never know what to expect of the day ahead when you come to work in the morning. Recently one of our Property Managers in North Oxford was returning to his car Read the rest of this entry »