
Buy-To-Let And Working From Home : Tap Into The Trend To Boost Your Rental Property’s Income
6 minute readCan you believe the average UK employee now spends just 1.5 days a week at the office? Unimaginable just a couple of years ago, it’s now abundantly clear that the way we work has changed forever. The new era of flexible working...

Thrifty Landlord Tips: How to Slash Your Upfront Costs When You Buy a Rental Property
6 minute readDespite changes to tax policy, buy-to-let remains a hugely popular life goal for many people as one of the safest long-term investment strategies. Property feels real with tangible, visible and stable assets that shares, crypto...

Parents And Paws: Our Landlord Guide For Renting To Tenants With Children Or Pets
6 minute read“Never work with children or animals” has been a showbiz saying since the 1930s, but many landlords also live by the same advice. Landlords are three times more likely than agents to refuse tenants with children or pets, but...

Buy-To-Let Beginner? Get It Right First Time With Our Expert Tips For New Landlords
7 minute readHave you wondered about becoming a landlord but aren’t sure whether it’s still worth it or even your kind of thing? Well, you’re in the right place! For anyone with a genuine passion for property, being a landlord is a very...

Renters Reform Bill : Bad News For Landlords, Or Long Overdue Fairness For Everyone?
6 minute readThere’s been a flurry of news and commentary since the Government announced its Renters Reform Bill. Representing the biggest changes to the private rental sector in 30 years, the Bill is set for introduction to Parliament...

Cost of Living Crisis - What Can Landlords Do?
7 minute readWe’ve all seen the headlines: inflation at its highest point in almost 30 years; interest rates are rising, and the energy cap has been lifted. Everyone is on tenterhooks to see what it will mean for their bank balance, and of...

Protection Money : A Guide To Landlord Insurance And Reducing Your Premiums
6 minute readWe all know someone who never insures anything and never has any problems. But given that £8m is paid out every day in home insurance claims, not everyone has the same luck. Although it isn’t a legal requirement to insure...

Letting Agent Diary: Behind the Scenes of a Typical Working Week at Piccolo
6 minute readTo describe this job in a single phrase, it would have to be ‘never a dull moment’. Aside from opening the office, making a coffee and checking new messages, no two days are ever the same. Meeting new people and being out and...

Unfurnished Lettings : What Features Do Tenants Pay More Rent For?
7 minute readThe average age of a first-time buyer has risen to 32, and tenancies are lasting longer than ever. Not all national trends apply to lettings in Wilton & Salisbury area, but this one absolutely does. With renting no longer seen as...

The Story of the Complete Refurbishment of a Country Home near Salisbury
9 minute readIn July last year we were invited to carry out a rental valuation at a period property in Sutton Mandeville, a small village to the west of Wilton near Salisbury. The prospective clients were acting on behalf of their elderly...