{"id":25122,"date":"2021-05-25T11:48:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T11:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25122"},"modified":"2021-05-27T09:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T09:43:41","slug":"may-2021-property-surveying-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25122","title":{"rendered":"May 2021 Property Surveying Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #5169b0;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In this month&#8217;s Property Surveying Newsletter &#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>we look at the stamp duty race<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>, discuss planning law changes and wonder whether that clifftop house will ever be completed<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 23px; font-weight: 900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25121?utm_source=FactFile%20May%2021&amp;utm_medium=Home%20Page&amp;utm_campaign=PropertySurveying\">The Property Market Monthly Fact File<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The property market fact file is a collection of data compiled each month by our Chartered Surveyors and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/INDEX\/INDEX1.html?utm_source=Newsletter%20May%2021&amp;utm_medium=Email&amp;utm_campaign=PropertySurveying\">propertysurveying.co.uk<\/a> team, reflecting survey data, statistics, trends and information from the property market. This provides a single place where anyone with an interest in UK property can find the information they need.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25161\" aria-label=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Question: What do Buckingham Palace, dinosaurs and a 1986 business park have in common?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Edit)\">Can I beat the stamp duty holiday deadline?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Only six weeks to go &#8230; so is there anything you can do to get to the house purchase finishing line before the end of the stamp duty holiday?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"line-height: 1.21739;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25134\">Planning laws should protect &#8216;growth, heritage and environment&#8217;<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The National Trust has urged the government to use its planning reforms as an opportunity to improve communities and ensure any changes are good for &#8216;growth, heritage and environment&#8217;.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25123\">City of London converts offices to houses<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>As the UK experiences a seismic shift in long-term working patterns, thanks to the pandemic, the City of London is looking to create more homes in place of empty office buildings.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cold-room-in-your-home.jpg\" alt=\"Fireplace in the home\" width=\"1200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cold-room-in-your-home.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cold-room-in-your-home-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/Cold-room-in-your-home-768x179.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25119\">Home fuel burning restrictions come into force<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>The Air Quality (Domestic Solid Fuel Standards)(England) Regulations 2020 have come into force, changing the way we use &#8216;wet&#8217; wood and house coal within our homes.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25144\" aria-label=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153First Homes Scheme consultation response published\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Edit)\">Housing Ombudsman investigates damp and mould<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Severe damp and mould can be life threatening, particularly for those with respiratory problems or the vulnerable or very young. With most complaints over damp and mould &#8216;not dealt with properly&#8217; in the first instance by the landlord, the Housing Ombudsman is investigating ways of improving the current system.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25165\" aria-label=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Question: What do Buckingham Palace, dinosaurs and a 1986 business park have in common?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Edit)\">Home heating &#8211; blue hydrogen, green hydrogen or heat pumps?<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Gas boilers are under pressure, with installations into new build properties banned from 2025 and net-zero carbon emission targets set for the middle of this century. But with a domestic gas market worth \u00a328 billion a year &#8211; what are the alternatives?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong style=\"color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 16px;\">And finally &#8230;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25198\" src=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/croyde-beach.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/croyde-beach.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/croyde-beach-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/wp-content\/uploads\/croyde-beach-768x179.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><a class=\"row-title\" href=\"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25114\" aria-label=\"\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Cold room in your home? We look at BTUs\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Edit)\">&#8216;Saddest ever&#8217; house build may actually be completed in 2021! (may)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Remember the enormous, modernist &#8216;lighthouse&#8217; that was built to replace a family&#8217;s cliff-top home? The one that after ten years of being followed by Grand Designs was not completed, leaving the parents separated and in millions of pounds of debt? Well it may finally become a home this year.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Written by Independent Chartered Surveyors<br \/>\nof the UK wide network of Property Professionals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Property Surveying Newsletter is a free service by PropertySurveying.co.uk for those with an interest in the UK Property Market. As well as being posted online here, it is emailed direct to our subscribers all across the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=16490\">Subscribe to receive the Property Surveying Newsletter by email every month<\/a><\/strong> (we promise never to share your details with a third party). The next newsletter will be published next month.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Email us at: <a href=\"mailto:office@propertysurveying.co.uk\">office@propertysurveying.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\">\u00a9 PropertySurveying.co.uk<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this month&#8217;s Property Surveying Newsletter &#8230; we look at the stamp duty race, discuss planning law changes and wonder whether that clifftop house will ever be completed The Property Market Monthly Fact File The property market fact file is a collection of data compiled each month by our Chartered Surveyors and the propertysurveying.co.uk team, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?page_id=25122\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;May 2021 Property Surveying 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