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Short, practical pieces for everyone this sector touches: tenants, house-hunters, agencies, landlords and builders. No sales pitch, and nothing you need our software to act on.
Variations: The Quietest Way to Lose Control of a Budget
No single change breaks a build's budget. Fourteen of them, none written down, agreed verbally on site by whoever was standing there, is how it goes.
How to Read a Metered Water or Power Bill
A metered charge is four numbers: previous reading, current reading, the difference, and the rate. If your bill doesn't show all four, you cannot check it, and neither can the person who sent it.
Questions to Ask at a Viewing That Nobody Asks
Everyone asks the rent. Almost nobody asks when the water runs, which is the question that decides what living there is like.
Site Safety on a Small Build: What Rarely Gets Budgeted
Large sites have safety officers. Small sites have whoever is around. Most of what prevents serious injury on a small build costs very little. It just has to be decided before work starts.
Handling Tenant Data Responsibly
An agency holds ID numbers, phone numbers, employment details and payment histories for hundreds of people. That is a duty, and most of meeting it is unglamorous housekeeping.
What a Bill of Quantities Is For (and Why Yours Gets Ignored)
A bill of quantities is not a document you produce to get a price and then file. It's the only thing that lets you know, mid-build, whether you are still on budget.