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The UK’s current housing crisis: Can your empty property portfolio provide a social dimension?
Vacant property expert, Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians, discusses the country’s current housing crisis and the section of people who cannot buy, nor are they eligible for social housing
Maximising the potential of your empty property portfolio
Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians, discusses the implications and opportunities of the shrinking public sector estate
The public-sector estate is shrinking as both the Government Property Unit (GPU), in tandem with municipal and other authorities, seeks to utilise property assets more efficiently and effectively.
The way we work as a...
Nobody’s Home: How can councils get empty homes back into use?
With the cost-of-living crisis at an unaffordable high, councils need to address empty homes and how they can benefit from having new occupants.
Working from home: The impact on the property sector
Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians Management, reflects on how the pandemic has affected working patterns along with the impact of working from home on the property sector.
Repurposing property that is surplus to requirement
Stuart Woolgar, CEO, Global Guardians Management Ltd, explores how repurposing empty buildings, such as office space, will help the property world to become more sustainable.
Property at the heart of COVID-19 recovery
We stand at a critical moment in the changing nature of work and our relationship to it. PLACEmaking takes a look at how the COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on how and where we work.
Repurposed buildings: How to best manage the vacant property until that happens?
Repurposing could be the answer to the social and affordable housing shortage. But how can we manage a vacant property until that happens? Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians Management Ltd, explore.
Business rates and empty properties
Here, the team at SafeSite Security Solutions talk about Empty Property Rates and the recent decision by the Court of Appeal to dismiss a public interest challenge to a Government scheme for the mitigation of business rates on empty property.
How to make the most of empty workspaces
What can organisations do to make better use of unused office spaces? PLACEmaking examine how a different approach could change the way we think about shared workspaces.
What is the process of inheriting a property?
Here, The Property Buying Company offer expert advice on the process of inheriting a property, providing all of the information that you need to know.
Securing vacant property in uncertain UK market conditions
Stuart Woolgar, CEO of Global Guardians, considers how the uncertainty caused by Brexit has impacted on the British property market and how to manage the security of vacant buildings.
How can the empty housing crisis in England be improved?
New research has shown that while England’s homelessness statistics are at a worrying high, empty housing across the country is also on the increase.
Vacant property management: Aspiring to the highest standards
Stuart Woolgar, Chief Executive of Global Guardians Management, discusses tighter regulation and higher ethical standards in the vacant property management sector
Why is so much of England’s housing stock empty at a time of national...
Chris Bailey of Action on Empty Homes addresses the question of exactly why is so much of England’s housing stock empty at a time of national housing crisis.
10 security tips to reduce empty nest stress
Justin Freeman, Technical Manager of the Master Locksmiths Association, offers expert advice to ensure that thieves walk away empty-handed from your property.
Japan’s unoccupied property crisis to rise year on year
Over eight million properties lie vacant in Japan and the problem is set to get worse due to an ageing and shrinking population.
Is your vacant property being secured the best way?
Stuart Woolgar, CEO, Global Guardians Management explains the rudiments of property guardianship and asks us to consider if a vacant property is being secured the best way possible
Maximising the potential of your vacant property
Global Guardians discuss issues with vacant property during redesign, rebuild and refurbishment stages, or while being sold for redevelopment
Property Guardians – second class renters?
Becoming a Property Guardian is no longer a life-style choice, but a necessity in an over-heated rental market
Property Guardians (PGs) come from many different age groups, are often working and on modest incomes. Most PGs live a precarious existence.
New research, carried out by York University for the London Assembly...
Legal squatting solutions for property owners and landlords
Simon Broadbent, CEO of Secure Empty Property, advises how property owners or landlords can legally remove squatters from their commercial properties
When the law that made squatting in residential properties a criminal offence was put into effect back in 2012, commercial properties have been put exponentially at risk.
Now, while residential...