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Holding Space Christmas Wrapping Fundraiser

Holding Space Christmas Wrapping Fundraiser

This week Izzy our Lettings Manager in our Eastbourne branch went along to Holding Space to help out with their Christmas Wrapping Fundraiser. These events are arranged over a number of days are an opportunity for people to bring in Christmas presents and for a...

Oakfield have funded training for a new coach at RunningSpace

Oakfield have funded training for a new coach at RunningSpace

As part of our Community Pledge this month, we are delighted to have been able to fund the training for a new Volunteer Coach with RunningSpace. Their coaches really are the beating heart of their organisation – they’re almost always ‘home grown’ and have often been...

Buying a leasehold property? Here’s what you need to know

Buying a leasehold property? Here’s what you need to know

What is a leasehold property? With a leasehold, while you own your property, you don’t own the building or land on which it sits. That means you’re obliged to pay ground rent to the freeholder every year, either at a fixed or variable rate. (Although the government...

Team Building Volunteering Day at Raystede

Team Building Volunteering Day at Raystede

On Friday 19th October a group of team members from across our branches and departments got together for a team building day, volunteering at Raystede Centre for Animal Welfare. This amazing charity was started over 70 years ago by Miss Raymond-Hawkins as a small set...

Charlotte and Zoe Smashed the Charity Walking Challenge in September

Charlotte and Zoe Smashed the Charity Walking Challenge in September

Charlotte Diamond and Zoe White both from our Lettings Accounts team took on the ‘Walk 30 Miles in September Challenge’ to raise money for Cancer Research UK! The challenge was to walk 30 miles each in September but between them they walked a huge 133 miles which was...

The Building Safety Act 2022: An update…

The Building Safety Act 2022: An update…

The Building Safety Act 2022 (Section 77, as approved in April 2022) says high-rise residential buildings 18 metres or higher, or at least seven storeys tall, and incorporating two or more residential units, i.e. higher-risk structures, must register with the Building...