A law to ban ‘revenge’ evictions has been passed by the House of Lords after a long campaign spearheaded by housing charity, Shelter. The law, which was passed in March of this year as part of the Deregulation Bill, means that any eviction will b...

Ali Benfield from our Stratford Lettings Team is proud mum to daughter Isabella who recently qualified for the Junior National RDA (Riding for Disabled) Championships. Isabella has been riding since she was 4 years old and rides regularly at Rook...

In April, Natural England published guidance on the new Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS), which will replace agri-environment schemes as we know them. The priorities of the CSS are to protect and enhance the natural environment, in particular...

From April this year new rules mean that many people are now able to cash in their pension providing an opportunity to dip into the buy to let market. This is more and more becoming a popular way to generate a steady income and potentially make c...

Three of the Sheldon Bosley team attended the first ever annual Crazy Golf 9 Hole Tournament hosted by Wright Hassall Solicitors in Leamington Spa this week. Fortunately the rain stayed away and it was lovely evening. Sam Russell (aka Tiger Woods...

Legislation continues to move faster than ever before in the private rented sector especially that relating to health and safety, meaning the task of managing a rental property is becoming more and more challenging. We have published a Health &am...

During the first two weeks of June the Rural Land Agency Department of Sheldon Bosley submitted Basic Payment Scheme claim forms to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) on behalf of 120 farmers. This was the culmination of several months working close...

Many are surprised to learn that even in this day and age, anyone can set up a residential lettings agency. Agents are currently not regulated by the Government though many, like Sheldon Bosley, do have qualified staff and are members of organisa...

Sheldon Bosley are once again taking part in the Stratford Raft Race on 26th July 2015 organised by Lions International. Having successfully negotiated the course last year, our team are busy preparing the Sheldon Bosley Super Raft which this tim...

There are still a number of old fashion tenancies where Rent Control is being applied under the 1977 Rent Act. For some of these properties, there is no formal registered rent and rent reviews are often dealt with by agreement.  It is our experie...

In the recent Queen’s Speech, it was confirmed that private landlords will be required to carry out checks on prospective renters’ immigration status. Landlords, or their agents, will face a possible fine of £3,000 if they rent property to ...

We asked our client for a testimonial but didn’t expect him to send us such a comprehensive and glowing report!  So we just had to share it…   MORETON IN MARSH GLOS 7/6/15 To whom it may concern, LAURA GAYDON TESTIMONIAL I have u...