“This house believes that estate agency in its present form is outmoded and has no credible basis for continuance”. I’ve offered a variety of professional services over my forty-year career but I’ve whittled that down to just the one now which is leasehold enfranchisement.  On the face of it I might include estate agency in that list but I have to say, with some regret, that I wouldn’t classify that as a professional service.  It should be but it isn’t and to be frank, even t

Successive governments have regrettably complicated and confused what they refer to, totally inaccurately I might say, as a feudal, leasehold system.  Even as I write this in late October 2025 we are embroiled in a mire of legal uncertainty brought about by the ongoing judicial review relating to the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act, 2024.  Will those controversial issues concerning marriage value, recoverable, landlord costs and the capping of ground rents found in that leg

Forget houses and property for just a moment if you will and imagine you own a classic Aston Martin that you have cherished over the years but the time has come for it to go.  You know the car inside out, you’ve got a pretty good idea what it’s worth and you’d feel entirely comfortable negotiating a sale with those like-minded enthusiasts who will be responding to your online advert.  You’ll know where to advertise.  They’ll know where to look.  Simple enough one would think