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scot gov's consultation on short-term lets is up: https://www.gov.scot/news/short-term-lets/ over 1000 responses and a detailed analysis to read
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Nothingtoseehere posted:The UK has Very little in the way of building codes for residential properties - they all got abolished by Thatcher (Parker Morris standards). I think there's some rules about bathroom plugs and doors between food prep and making GBS threads places but that's about it. but most domestic statutory obligations are driven by a duty of care more than specific legislation. this is especially true for social housing which is exempt from the Repairing Standard due to having its own regulator and differing standards if you want a horror story figure out who is responsible for maintaining lifts in residential blocks and what legislation covers it
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EvilHawk posted:She said "it wasn't that I don't know what to do" and then the mic cut out, I think she was letting the Bercow do the whole thing.
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great piece, any thoughts on england finally getting around to an independent regulator for their housing associations? on the funding side HAs are considered private to allow access to private loans, but are public in effectively any other aspect (inc. FoI in scotland come mid november) with regards to grenfell stage 1 there's been a lot of effort to make a centralised record on every high rise in scotland, but less activity down south. there hasn't been a great amount of media spread to owner occupiers but the tolerable standard for all housing in scotland is updated and enforced feb 2021 with the private rent fire safety standard: - 1 smoke in the main living area (generally the livingroon for non-goons) - 1 smoke in the hall/main circulatory room per storey (includes loft if converted to a habitable room) - 1 heat sensor in the kitchen (or per kitchen...) - all the above are interlinked (one goes off they all do) - ceiling mounted (unless the manufacturer says otherwise) - mains w/ battery backup or a tamperproof lithium battery rated 10y (or the same lifespan as the detector, these used to substantially vary...) you've likely saw every council/ha rushing around to upgrade their entire stock to these exact specs since feb (or earlier if they were confident the draft legislation wasn't changing), and since it's the tolerable standard it could effect your mortgage or insurance
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