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East Riding of Yorkshire Council’s Private Sector Housing Team is inviting private landlords, who own properties in the area, to attend one of three business seminar events taking place in November. The seminars are free events and include workshops looking at excess cold, damp and mould growth within properties and what landlords can do to [...]
Buying a house for the first time is really exciting – and it can also be quite daunting. After all, there’s so much to think about. From mortgages and insurance to bathroom suites and getting all your stuff moved in, there is a lot to sort out when you’re buying a house. Read on for [...]
The council has secured government funding from the Homes & Communities Agency to buy a large house in Bridlington and convert it to provide temporary accommodation for people sleeping rough in the area and those at risk of becoming rough sleepers. At this stage, no specific building has been identified and there will need to [...]
So, you’ve been looking at a bathroom and you’ve found one that you really like, but you still want to add something else to your bathroom suite. What should you do? One great option is to accessorise your room with bathroom furniture. Bathrooms may be a largely practical space rather than a place for wild [...]
Family Safe Window Systems are proud to announce the launch of their new integrated Window and fire escape ladder system. invented and developed by Family Safe Window Systems of Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, HU9 1RP Sadly very few UK homes have an adequate means of escaping from an upstairs bedroom window. Family Safe [...]
To celebrate the first anniversary of the Accredited Home and Accredited Home of Excellence Schemes, for landlords with properties in the area, East Riding of Yorkshire Council is giving away £200 worth of paint vouchers donated by Dulux. Accreditation is free and landlords receive a package of benefits, including access to a free advice line, [...]
Interior design guru Linda Barker will be passing on some tips of the trade as a VIP guest at Linden Homes’ show home launch in Beverley. TV’s 60 Minute Makeover presenter Linda has been invited to officially open the St Nicholsgate development at Flemingate on Saturday 17 September, where 130 new homes will be built. [...]
The council is aware of the high density of private rented accommodation in the Cottingham and Hessle areas and also that there is a higher number of service requests and complaints from residents in both areas. As a result and following on from the successful Advance Goole private rented housing inspection programme, which helped ensure [...]
The Local Authority Building Control North and East Yorkshire Building Excellence awards for 2011 were recently announced at a ceremony in York. This was the second awards event for the area and an opportunity to showcase local authority building control successes. All the finalists and award winners represented excellent examples of partnership working with local [...]
The Homes and Communities Agency has today announced the successful bidders to its £1.8bn investment programme who will deliver more than 150,000 affordable homes nationwide during 2011 – 2015. East Riding of Yorkshire Council is one of 26 local authorities across the country that was successful in securing funding to allow just over 150 new [...]
The Government’s new Affordable Homes Programme is based on the introduction of a new and more flexible form of social housing, known as Affordable Rent. Affordable rented homes will be let at rents up to a maximum of 80% of open market rent, and can be offered on flexible tenancies which will run for at [...]
SITE managers working for local housebuilder Barratt & David Wilson Yorkshire East have scooped three prestigious awards in a national competition to find the best-run building sites in Britain. Mark Thomson, gained official recognition for the excellence of the Barratt Vogue site he runs in Hull, with the receipt of a Pride in the Job [...]
A Kilnsea landlord has lost her appeal against an improvement notice served by East Riding of Yorkshire Council and has to pay the costs for the notice that was served. Mrs Edith Clarke of Station Road, Otley, appealed against the issue of an improvement notice served on Rose Cottage, Kilnsea Road, Kilnsea. The improvement notice [...]
A Withernsea landlord has been fined £1,800 and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after breaching HMO (House in Multiple Occupation) legislation by failing to comply with management conditions and for over occupation of a licensable HMO. The East Riding of Yorkshire Council brought the prosecution against Stephen Binns of 39 North Promenade, Withernsea, after Mr [...]
BARRATT’s ‘little bees’ also known as a host of Yorkshire school pupils are now well underway with plans to boost Britain’s shrinking bee population thanks to an exciting initiative with the five-star housebuilder. The team from Barratt Yorkshire East has now visited all participating schools in the ‘Save the Bee’ project with their own bee [...]