The new government sponsored scrappage scheme that gives households in England £400 off the cost of a new boiler has now been launched and is open to landlords.

The boiler scrappage scheme was announced in the pre-Budget report in December and according to the government it will help households cut energy bills, reduce CO2 emissions and help support industry jobs. It is claimed that over 100,000 homes in England could benefit from the scheme.

There are about 3.5 million homes in England with working G rated boiler that may qualify for the scheme. Clients that have older boilers in their properties should contact us if they believe their boiler may qualify for the scrappage scheme and we can contact the Gas Safe installers that we work with who can provide quotations to replace if required.

For more details see the attached link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8440557.stm

After several months and some very overly complicated legalities, several large unexpected bills, a wild goose chase trying to do our bit for the environment, and a frantic time getting our IT connected up - thanks Virgin Media, we'll recommend you to everyone, honest  - we've finally moved in to our new home.

2B - 4B Hucknall Road in Nottingham is our new address and you can't miss us if you're driving past. We're at the city end of Hucknall Road, next to the Nat West Bank as you turn off the Mansfield Road.

There's still work to be done, but nothing that's going to get in the way for the start of the new decade. Our thanks go out to our team of workmen who have grafted to get us moved in before Christmas; Dani in our office who has measured, planned, and generally made the move go ahead last weekend; and Jackie Pabla at Yates & Co who soldiered through the legal minefield to complete the purchase. Thanks do not go to Virgin Media who couldn't organise the proverbial and The Carbon Trust who led us on a merry dance and then didn't come up with a penny.

Cheers Everybody, here's to a prosperous 2010.

Over a third of tenants that recently responded to a Rightmove Survey are expecting rents to rise in 2010. The results from the survey in Q4 of 2009 suggested that just 7% of the 35,000 respondents were expecting rents to fall. Of those expecting an increase, a third thought that prices would rise by over 10%.

The survey reflects the RICS Rental Market Report which found that surveyors expect rental prices will go up in 2010 due to increasing demand and a reversal of the oversupply witnessed over the past year.

The Rightmove Consumer Confidence Survey also found that 58% of people who will rent in 2010 would prefer to buy but cannot afford to – a situation that doesn’t seem likely to change overnight.

Jonathan Detheridge, Managing Director at GO Property Services comments “the last 3 Qtrs of 2009 have seen unprecedented occupancy rates across our rental portfolio with Apartments & Flats being the real winners. In Nottingham City Centre, buy-to-let landlords are starting to enjoy rent increases for the first time in recent history and we think this will continue into 2010. Traditional houses, on the other hand, are still suffering from a degree of over-supply with the many ‘reluctant landlords’ still stuck in the rental market due to selling prices being suppressed”

“We’re predicting that the supply of property for sale will increase in 2010 as a degree of confidence returns to the market. The anticipated election in May could prove a real fillip to the market with Conservative Party plans to scrap HIPS being closely watched by potential sellers.”

Landlords with property to rent should contact GO Lettings today for a free realistic appraisal of the rent they are likely to achieve for their property.

GO Lettings specialises in letting and managing professional property in Nottingham & Leeds. We are members of ARLA & the NAEA and our deposits are administered by TDS.

GO Estate Agents this week announced their arrival with an offer for property sellers in 2010.

As an introductory offer we will be providing our full Estate Agency service for a fixed price of £750+vat*.

For that you get;

Your Property advertised on the all the major Internet Sites, inc Rightmove, Find-a-Property, Prime Location, & Zoopla etc.

Your Home advertised in The Evening Post

Your Home advertised on Google

FOR SALE Board

Accompanied Viewings

Purchaser Qualification

After Offer Support to chase the sale through to completion

All we ask in return is that you tell your freinds and family how we've done!

*the fixed price offer is running for 3 months only, December, January & February, after this our prices will revert to our standard selling fees of between 1 & 1.5% depending on the service you choose. GO Estate Agents will honour all fixed price deals until the point the property is sold.

After 6 succesful years letting property we are branching out into Home Sales so we've taken the step of changing our name at the same time.

We've been Lettings Direct for over 6 years and in that time we've had many a bright spark pop-up with a similar  name and we didn't want our clients getting confused. We also had to choose a name for our Estate Agency, so we thought now was as good a time as any to rename the whole bang shoot  so that we trading as one entity.

After several months head scratching and a lots of screwed up balls of paper, we decided on GO - we hope you like it.

To reflect our specialities we have split the business into defined areas as we think you want to talk to a local specialist rather than a general property company. So, for Lettings in Nottingham, we have GO-Lettings-Nottingham, or in Leeds, we have GO-Lettings-Leeds. The idea being that  you can get straight to the horses mouth without going round the houses to get there - 2 cliches in one sentence! Not Bad!

To match our new name, we'll shortly have a New Office to boot. We have purchased premises at 2B - 4B Hucknall Road in Nottingham. Next to the Nat West Bank & The Grosvenor public house we have a huge 15 meter frontage with our branding all over it so you don't miss us.  We're just frantically refurbishing the building and the plan is to open before Christmas so we're ready for a prosperous 2010.

If you're looking to sell a property in Nottingham you should give us a call. We have a fantastic opening offer of a fixed selling fee for all instructions recieved in December, January and February.

If you're passing the new office in December pop-in and say hello.

We're pleased to announce the launch of GO Estate Agents Nottingham.

GO Estate Agents is the home sales arm of GO Property Services, the new name for Lettings direct.co.uk. After 6 succesful years letting property we are branching out into Home Sales so we've taken the step of changing our name at the same time.

We've been Lettings Direct for over 6 years and in that time we've had many a bright spark pop-up with a similar  name and we didn't want our clients getting confused. We also had to choose a name for our Estate Agency , so we thought now was as good a time as any to rename the whole bang shoot  so that we trading as one entity.

After several months head scratching and a lots of screwed up balls of paper, we decided on GO - we hope you like it.

To reflect our specialities we have split the business into defined areas as we think you want to talk to a local specialist rather than a general property company. So, for Lettings in Nottingham, we have GO-Lettings-Nottingham, or in Leeds, we have GO-Lettings-Leeds. The idea being that  you can get straight to the horses mouth without going round the houses to get there - 2 cliches in one sentence! Not Bad!

To match our new name, we'll shortly have a New Office to boot. We have purchased premises at 2B - 4B Hucknall Road in Nottingham. Next to the Nat West Bank & The Grosvenor public house we have a huge 15 meter frontage with our branding all over it so you don't miss us.  We're just frantically refurbishing the building and the plan is to open before Christmas so we're ready for a prosperous 2010.

Home Owners that are thinking about selling their proprerty in Nottingham should give us a call. We have a fantastic opening offer of a fixed price selling fee for all instructions recieved in December, January and February.

For £750 we will be providing a full Estate Agency service that will not only give your property maximum exposure to the market, but also provide the back-up our trained Estate Agency staff to help ease the sale through to completion. We aren't just putting a board up and leaving you to do the rest.

If you fancy a fresh start to 2010, give GO Estate Agents a call today to arrange a FREE Market Appraisal.

While the rest of the country’s employers seem to be laying people off, Lettings direct.co.uk continues to expand and we are now recruiting for a new lettings administrator for our office in Leeds.

More information about the position and how to apply can be found here.

We have a winner...

A recent competition for residents of City Island, Leeds run by Lettings Direct has had an overwhelming response. Over 30 entries were received and the talent on display was unexpectedly professional!

The winner, chosen this week, is Andy Smith with his striking panorama image of City Island. The image is shown below, along with the 2nd and 3rd place entries.

Andy will also receive a meal for two at Mio Modo on Britannia Street to the value of £100. Mio Modo restaurant, bar and gallery offers the best in contemporary Italian cuisine with traditional Italian favourites and mouth-watering charcoal grilled meats.

Our 1st Competition is now open for entries!

Win a meal for two, to the value of £100, at Mio Modo restaurant.

Please see the PDF below for full details.

City Island Leeds Photo Competition