Guides
Owning and letting
The purchase is the easy part. These guides cover what it takes to hold a London flat or house from Riyadh or Dubai: the agent and what it must hold by law, the tenancy regime since the Renters’ Rights Act took effect on 1 May 2026 and why a flat can no longer be let for nine months and used in summer, the service charge accounts and the building safety file, the insurance clause that empties a policy when a home stands unoccupied, the 90-night rule on short lets and why the lease matters more than the council, the English will every Gulf owner needs, and the honest twelve-month cost of a home kept for the family’s summer.
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Selling a London property from abroad: the agent, the price, the paperwork and the four months from instruction to the money
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The right to manage: how leaseholders take over a block’s management, what changed in 2025, and running it from abroad
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Planning, conservation areas and listed buildings: what an owner can and cannot change in prime London
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Extending a lease or buying the freehold after the 2024 Act: what is in force, what is still waiting, and a worked example
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Guarantors, rent in advance and student tenancies after the Act: what a landlord can still ask for
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When you fall out with the freeholder: service charge challenges, forfeiture, and the tribunal, for an owner abroad
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EPC and the minimum energy standard: what a let London flat must reach now, what it must reach by October 2030, and what it costs
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Choosing a tenant from abroad: referencing, the right to rent check, deposits and what the Act now forbids
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Setting up a London home from abroad: council tax, utilities, broadband, insurance and the first month
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A London second home used in summer: the honest running cost, line by line, for twelve months
