If you manage or own commercial property, it’s important that you know your obligations for keeping the property in good shape. Often, the responsibility for the property is shared between the landlord and the current tenant dependent on the terms of the lease. However, there are always a few grey areas that it’s good to familiarise yourself with, particularly if your property is vacant and you’re looking for a new tenant.
Is There an Easy Way to Manage Empty Property?
There’s a lot to think about if you have an empty property on your hands, which has led to a wide held belief that empty property management is either expensive, time-consuming, or both. But, actually, we don’t think it needs to be either. We’ve picked out the top five threats to vacant property to take a closer look at how guardian protection could help protect your asset with ease.
Protecting Your Vacant Property from Fire and Arson: A Complete Guide
According to the latest Home Office Fire and Rescue Incident Statistics, emergency services attended 153,314 fires in total last year. That’s roughly 420 fires a day across the UK, 60 of which are reported to have happened in or next to vacant properties.
If you own or manage property you have a liability in law to prevent and protect the property from fire, whether it is vacant or not. So, in this article, we’ve put together everything you need to know to keep your asset, and any visitors or nearby properties, safe from the risk of fire and arson.
What Makes a Property Guardian Different to a Tenant?
One of the questions we are frequently asked about our Property Guardian protection services is ‘What is the difference between a property guardian and a tenant?’ Although there are lots of similarities between tenants and guardians, their roles couldn’t be more different. To start with, a professional Property Guardian has a duty and responsibility to protect and care for your property, in a way that a tenant does not.
The Metal Theft Risk To Vacant Properties
Metal theft has been dubbed the world’s most annoying crime, and for good reason too. This frustrating crime wave is leaving hundreds of properties, and their owners, with thousands of pounds of damage to clear up. This week we’re looking into what metal theft actually is, who’s most at risk, and most importantly, what you can do to protect your property.





