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The wider picture: energy performance, short lets, serviced apartments and the rule changes that alter what a property can be used for.
PropertyServiced Apartments: What You Are Actually RentingSomewhere between a hotel room and a tenancy, and priced like neither. What the format includes, who it suits, and where the model works best.2026-07-28
PropertyEPCs: What the Rating Means for a LetA legal minimum, a running-cost estimate, and a document most people glance at once and never read.2026-04-25
PropertyShort Lets: The Rules Are TighteningDifferent licensing, different tax treatment, and in several cities a planning question that did not exist five years ago.2026-04-08Rules that moved recently
Residential property has had an unusually busy few years of regulation - minimum energy standards, licensing regimes, and a planning question around short letting that simply did not exist a decade ago. Much of the guidance still circulating online predates all of it, which is why so many owners are confidently following a rule that has been superseded.