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Here at the office we take the safety and wellbeing of our staff and clients very seriously, and so we have put in place a number of procedure to ensure we are doing the most we can to keep Stuarts a safe work place. Our procedures within the office include, but are not limited to:…

Can you believe that we are already nearly six months down the road since the beginning of lockdown due to COVID19? From not being allowed out, to being furloughed (or worse losing jobs), to daily news bulletins etc etc, we are all now settling into the new ‘normal’ but as a landlord there will be…

Times are HARD at the moment as COVID19 continues to affect us in all sorts of ways. We are continually being update on what we can and what we cannot do, where we can go and where we cannot; and in the midst of all of this, many people are concerned about their jobs or…

Here at Stuarts we understand the importance of keeping our tenants safe – it is our number one priority. One way of ensuring your safety is making your sure your home has had a Gas Safety Certificate done by a gas safe registered engineer. A gas safety certificate ensures that the gas appliances in the…

On Friday 12th June 2020 – hundreds of homes in the Heaton’s will be exhibiting all different kinds of animals on the windows, front gardens, driveways and more! From Lions to Flamingos… From Elephants to Giraffes… From Monkeys to Zebras!! You name it! Take a walk around the streets of the Heaton’s and you can…

On this day we remember those who lost their lives at the Manchester Arena on 22.05.2017  We hold in our thoughts all those who have been effected. We remain grateful for the emergency services who did not think twice about entering such danger. We thank our NHS for everything they did that night for those…

As of today 20th March 2020, all tenancies are to become subject to the provisions of the Fitness for Human Habitation Act. This has been introduced to ensure agents and landlords maintain proper standards in rental properties. (This did come into effect last year but only for new tenancies; as of today, it will apply…

We at Stuarts are preparing for ‘worst case scenario’ should we be locked down in the UK or should our staff become ill. The benefit of Stuarts being a family run company is that we will have continous access to our computer system from home remotely and there are 3 members of staff in one…

According to the latest research the cost of buy-to-let mortgages has continued to fall, and the biggest month-on-month fall was between February and March. For example, based a mortgage of £150,000, a two-year fixed rate buy-to-let mortgage at 50% loan-to-value, dropping by £12 per month, a two-year fix at 65% LTV dropped by £3 per…