How is everybody doing?
Prime Ministers come and go, the seasons change and so does the weather. One constant seems to be that a great many Homes remain Empty and EHOs sometimes need more information than they have in order to bring them Back Into Use - often that extra piece of information makes all the difference.
A lovely piece of work came in this morning: an EHO who’d been circling us for a while took the plunge and referred four addresses to us. These were all long term empties, with at least one having been unoccupied for breathing down the neck of 30 years - presumably the neighbours were super-relaxed people as the property in question needs a lot more than just a lick of paint. We made some enquiries and found that the owners of two of the properties had simply moved away - one just around the corner, the other 200 or so miles away.
In the other two cases, the owners had passed away and grants of probate to their respective estates have been extracted. In all four cases before lunchtime today we provided the EHO with up-to-date contact details of the gone-away owners and the executors of the deceased owners. I dare say letters from the Council to the owners and executors will be going out in the post fairly soon. Although the EHO was gratifyingly impressed with our service, this is very routine for us - we do it all the time, Free of Charge to the Council, always compliantly with UKGDPR and always with BEHBIU* front of mind.
Can we help you with any problem empties? Contact Nick Beetham via nickbeetham@fraserandfraser.co.uk or on 07850 739812 anytime for a no-obligation chat.
*you know - Bringing Empty Homes Back Into Use.
