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With the recent boom in online sales for flat pack kitchens, more people are choosing to take on the planning, purchasing and fitting of their own kitchens, so I decided to have a look at some pro’s and con’s of starting a DIY kitchen project. Pro’s COST –The main reason for taking on a project [...]
The Council has a statutory duty to provide a housing strategy which sets out the vision and housing priorities for East Riding. A draft strategy has been developed and is now out to consultation. The draft strategy’s vision is to ensure that the range, quality and affordability of housing in East Riding meets the needs [...]
East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s assistive technology team are inviting people to come and see a fully operational telecare suite. The drop-in session will be held on Tuesday 22 November at Applegarth Court extra care scheme, Applegarth Lane in Bridlington between 10am and 3pm. The term telecare is used to describe a range of alarms [...]
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is currently undertaking a survey of landlords and letting agents in the area to ensure that properties being rented out to tenants have a valid energy performance certificate. Under the Energy Performance of Buildings Regulations 2007, landlords and letting agents are required to provide a valid energy performance certificate free [...]
In today’s complicated and strictly regulated financial services market, providing independent financial advice requires specialist knowledge. We make use of our wide range of professional contacts to ensure you have a suitable independent adviser and we work with them to provide you with impartial advice in areas such as: • Pension schemes; • Life assurance; [...]
QualitySolicitors Lockings based in Beverley, Hull and Hedon are keen to raise awareness of the importance of having a Will and keeping it up-to-date. Each year thousands of people die in this country and most of them leave their families with all the problems of Intestacy, which means to die without a legally valid Will. [...]
COMMUNICATIONS provider KC has launched two new calling packages to let customers stay in touch with friends and family abroad without having to worry about expensive international call bills. KC Talk Global gives customers free calls to landline numbers in 50 countries for just £5.00 per month. And for just £7.50 per month, KC Talk [...]
Mortgage advisers at Chartered Financial Planners firm cba financial services say that seeking advice from an independent mortgage broker could help to ‘buy peace of mind’. Simon Riley , Mortgage specialist from cba financial services says: “There is a lot of uncertainty in the media at the moment about interest rates and how the decisions [...]
Moving Home What is Conveyancing? The word ‘conveyance’ means the legal transfer of ownership of property from the seller of the property to the buyer. There are several stages involved in this process for both the buying and selling of property: • Stage one is concerned with the communication between the seller and buyer’s solicitor [...]
Don’t forget – life insurance and a mortgage go hand in hand Have you considered what might happen to your home and your family in Beverley if something happens to you? According to research undertaken by one of the country’s leading life insurers, too many people in Beverley and Great Britain haven’t considered this. Maybe [...]
House builders developing properties in the East Riding have signed up to the Government’s FirstBuy scheme, designed to help first-time buyers’ purchase newly built properties. The scheme works by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and the house builders loaning a total of 20 per cent of the property price, meaning purchasers only have to [...]
Risby Homes Site Manager Richard Bettison adds a Seal of Excellence and a Regional Award to the catalogue of awards he has gained for his outstanding work at Keldgate Bar, Beverley. Richard Bettison, site manager of Risby Homes, the Beverley based house builder has become NHBC Pride in the Job, North East of England Regional [...]
The council is carrying out a further public consultation on the East Riding’s planning blueprint for the future known as the ‘Local Development Framework.’ The consultation is on the draft Core Strategy, which is the main planning document for the Local Development Framework. Once adopted, the Core Strategy will guide decisions on the location of [...]
Don’t forget – life insurance and a mortgage go hand in hand Have you considered what might happen to your home and your family in Beverley if something happens to you? According to research undertaken by one of the country’s leading life insurers, too many people in Beverley and Great Britain haven’t considered this. Maybe [...]
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is continuing to invest in helping people make their homes more energy efficient despite the reduced sources of national funding now available. The council has a good record over the years in supporting residents both through its own schemes – particularly cavity wall and loft insulation – and by helping [...]