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ProfessionalMaxed-out hype
Young buyers ‘willing’ (but unlikely able) to pay extra for ‘maximalist’ homes
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Professional
Agent P: EPC
Friday 23 September, 9am, Britannic Room. Never mind that deal that collapsed on Tuesday when the client discovered it would cost £3m to upgrade a £15m office block in Reigate from ‘D’ to ‘B’. We’d said the clunker might cost £1m to get a ‘B’-grade Energy Performance Certificate. A GBH ...
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Professional
This week in… 2012
Delegates at the Resi 2012 conference heard that increased stamp duty was “repelling” wealthy buyers.
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Spin class: quiet quitting
At last, we’ve picked up a new client. Well, his business is new – life sciences – but he’s not, as we worked for him when his previous company, a flexible workspace provider, went bust during one of the Covid WFH lockdowns. His business model is simple: chase trends, jump ...
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This week in... 2015
Developer Quintain unveiled plans for a series of large office blocks at its flagship Wembley Park development, aimed at drawing City workers and tech start-ups to the area by delivering a 750,000 sq ft business campus.
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Agent P: the fear card
Friday 9 September, 10am, Team P Zoomie-meet! Barred from the office today! Can you believe it? Threatened with P45s in July, unless we entered GBH Towers four days a week come September.
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Online
This week in… 2021
Robert Jenrick was sacked as secretary of state for housing as part of a cabinet reshuffle by then prime minister Boris Johnson.
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Professional
Spin class: August
August is the nerviest month. Granted, it’s nice to be lazy and go on holiday, but doing no work for clients, having meetings cancelled and receiving out-of-office replies to emails does not bode well when you’re sending your monthly retainer invoices to them during a downturn.
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Armchair developers
Over 80% of people regularly watch at least one home or property show
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Professional
This week in… 2016
Plans emerged for a radical restoration of the Houses of Parliament to refit and repair the building at a cost of up to £4bn.
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Bristol locals see red
Where, you might wonder, is the best place on Earth to simulate a mission to Mars? The bare rocky slopes of a volcano in Iceland? The arid red deserts of Arizona? Nope. Bristol is your best bet.
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Agent P: school holidays
Friday 26 August, 9am, Titanic room: GBH Towers 20% full at best. Fred on the door says the missing are mostly staff with kids, facing a weekend of airport hell tracking back from the Costa Brava or Corsica at the fag-end of the school hols. “Serves ‘em right,” he chuckles. ...
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This week in... 2017
ITV submitted plans for a new 300,000 sq ft global HQ building, to replace its existing studios complex on London’s South Bank.
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Fund to honour Miles
Scholarship for Reading real estate course is memorial to late CWM partner
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This week in… 2021
Hammerson posted a total comprehensive loss for the first half of 2021 of £395.6m, and said there was “a pathway to create sustainable value”.
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Do you know the drill?
Building owners beware, these DIY hacks could cause some sticky situations
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Agent P: border crossing
Friday 29 July, 3pm, Baltic Room: Posh Girl and Charlie Boy finally return from Dover, three hours late for the Team P meeting to discuss the value of a brand-new shed paid for by the taxpayer, but no longer needed.
