Property news: Belvoir lettings, Q lets & Geoffrey Cutting
Belvoir Hove & Haywards Heath strike gold again in national lettings awards
Local property lettings specialist, Belvoir, was named ‘Best Lettings Agency Franchise 2013’ in the 2013 Lettings Agency of the Year awards.
This latest Gold Award accolade comes hot on the heels of Belvoir also being named ‘Best Large Lettings Chain’ at the Estate and Letting Agent Awards (ESTA’s) 2013.
Chris Radford, who owns the Belvoir office on Church Road in Hove, said: “My team and I are thrilled to be celebrating this latest success. It means a lot when our professionalism and standards of service are recognised by industry experts and our peers, in this way.
“It’s a testament to the way in which we look after our landlord and tenant clients in Sussex and I must thank each and every member of our staff for all their hard work and commitment.”
www.belvoirlettings.com
Q Sales & Lettings raises standards
Q Sales & Lettings have long championed regulation within the lettings industry and have been fully supportive of the new SAFEagent scheme, introduced by the NALS, to show landlords and tenants alike which agents they can trust when it comes to handing over their investments and hard earned deposit moneys.
Q Sales & Lettings have become a member of the Brighton and Hove Council’s Buy With Confidence Scheme. This means their letting department is now approved by trading standards including all their tenancy agreements and terms of conditions. You can be sure that best practice is their normal practice.
They are proud to be one of only two letting agents in the city to have taken this step.
Call Q Sales&Lettings to find out more about regulation and how it can protect you: 01273 622664
NLA presient Geoffrey Cutting MBE obituary
National Landlords Association (NLA) President Geoffrey Cutting MBE passed away on Thursday 13 June 2013, aged 88. He is survived by his wife Barbro, two of his four children and three grandchildren.
Geoffrey Cutting was a modest and pragmatic man, driven by a belief in justice and a desire to give voice to those who might otherwise go unheard. It was this drive which saw him dedicate his working life to a number of professional trade associations.
Geoff’s professional life was distinguished by 28 successful years as director of the Heating and Ventilation Contractors Association (now the Building and Engineering Services Association). His long service and dedication was recognised in 1969 when he was created MBE by Her Majesty the Queen for services to the industry.
Too active a man to settle quietly into his well-earned retirement in 1989, he focused his attention on the housing industry in later life, within which he left an indelible mark.
Initially as Press Officer, before serving as Chairman from 1983 to 2001, Geoff brought a wealth of professional experience to the National Landlords Association (formerly Small Landlords Association) helping to drive its development and more importantly elevating the status of private-renting. As Chairman he became the driving force behind numerous campaigns, but will be forever remembered as the focal point of the movement for Rent Act reform throughout the 1980s. By providing a voice for property investment and private landlords Geoff helped create the modern private-rented sector, for which he is owed a great debt.
A keen believer in collective action and association, Geoff founded a number of trade bodies, including the National Federation of Residential Landlords and the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors.
After nearly 30 years of association with the NLA, he retired from the Board on his 83rd birthday assuming the office of President and advisor to the organisation.
Geoff will be remembered fondly by those who had the opportunity to know and work alongside him, particularly those who shared in his passions by way of the journals he dictated with such fervour.
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