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06

Dec

2022

Smart meters vs regular meters – the pros and cons of smart meters

There’s a big push to get households to use smart meters instead of regular meters, but the pros and cons of smart meters are essential to consider. If you want to keep your energy bills as low as possible, you …

05

Dec

2022

Protect and maintain your home this winter!

Protect and maintain your home this winter! Boiler Maintenance Guidance With winter fast approaching and the current energy price crisis, the temptation for many residents may be to keep their heating system off to save money, however this could have …

29

Nov

2022

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022

The Cost of Living (Tenant Protection) (Scotland) Act 2022 has been in force from 28 October 2022. The Act can be found here. This introduces the promised rent freeze and the moratorium on evictions announced on 6 September 2022. This blog …

10

Feb

2022

Tenants – How to replace the battery in your smoke alarm

Smoke Alarms You should regularly check them during your tenancy to make sure they are working. Tenants should take responsibility for their own safety and test all alarms regularly to make sure they are in working order. Testing monthly is …

01

Dec

2021

Christmas and New Year opening hours 2021/2022

Friday 24th December – 9am – 12 noon Monday 27th & Tuesday 28th December – closed Wednesday 29th – 10am – 3pm December Thursday 30th – 10am – 3pm December Friday 31st December – 9am – 12 noon Monday 3rd …

01

Feb

2021

Private Rental – Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards (EPCs)

We have finally received a statement from Scottish Government regarding Private Rental Sector Energy Efficiency Standards. Please see below. Private Rented Property Regulations (Scotland) Energy Efficiency Will Be Delayed with no fixed date agreed to bring into law. What this …

04

Dec

2020

2020

It has been a difficult year for everyone around the globe and I am sure we will all be glad to see the back of 2020. The team at Struan Baptie Property Management Ltd have worked incredibly hard through these …

03

Dec

2020

Tenant Hardship Loan Fund – Now Live

The Scottish Government’s £10 million tenant hardship loan fund is due to open for applications on 7 December 2020 and its online portal, which provides details of the fund, is now live. https://tenanthardshiploan.est.org.uk/ This fund will offer loans to tenants both …

22

Jun

2020

Covid-19 Update – Viewings

Covid-19 Update – Viewings Further to the latest Government guidelines, we are now in a position to allow in person viewings as of Monday 29th June 2020. Our viewing agent, George, will be back on Wednesday 1st July and I …