Several London Boroughs are offering grants to Landlords to install energy efficient measures in their rental properties. The grants will be up to £6,000 per property and are available in Camden, Enfield, Islington, Hackney and Haringey. A Green Deal assessment is required to access the grant and eligible measures include boiler replacement, wall insulation, draught proofing ...

A Citizens Advice Bureau report claiming that the private rented sector is under regulated has been criticized by the Residential Landlords Association as being “plain wrong”. The CAB concluded that the private rented sector is “subject to comparatively little regulation” and yet the RLA has found there are 100 Acts of Parliament containing over 400 individual ...

A growing number of landlords are opting for secondary glazing to improve the energy efficiency of their rental properties. Secondary glazing costs a fraction of full double glazing and is a particularly attractive option for older properties where new windows may require permission from the freeholder and the council, involving months of paperwork and fees. Secondary glazing ...