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Across the group, we've lowered our carbon emissions by 3 tonnes in the last 12 months

Posted 01/02/2021

This saving is offset by purchasing wind turbines Every business should be looking to offset its carbon footprint in years to come, and as a group, we have been proactive in asses...

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Posted 11/01/2021

Open Letter from Residential Property Industry urges the use of the UPRN across the Sector

Fexco Property Services joins forces with industry leaders to push Unique Property Referencing  Leading residential property bodies have today published an open letter to Robert J...

Posted 16/12/2020

News On The Block Unsung Heroes Award Winners

We are extremely proud to announce that 4 staff members have received an Unsung Heroes’ Award. The awards were run by News On The Block to recognise those who, in a year that has ...

Posted 07/12/2020

CEO Niall McGann on what the future looks like for property management

Futureproofing the business means investing in the right tech As a group, we expect to see considerable expansion, even during these trying times. Due to increasingly tight regula...

Posted 03/12/2020

Office opening times during the festive season

Should you need to contact us, our offices will be open on the following days: Thursday 24th December: 9am-12.30pm Friday 25th December: CLOSED (Public Holiday) Monday 28th ...

Posted 02/12/2020

Wrap a gift. Warm a heart.

We are supporting Wrap Up London for a second year. Last year the charity Wrap Up London asked for donations of unwanted coats, to be given out to the homeless. This year the lock...

Posted 13/11/2020

Winterproof your home

Winter is coming, and there is no telling what harsh weather might be headed our way. Prepare early and reap the rewards of extra warmth in your home through these coming months – ...

Posted 29/10/2020

IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A PROPERTY MANAGER!!

An amusing and insightful look into the pitfalls of Property Management By Mike Brown, Director of Property Management, Bellharbour (part of the Fexco Property Services group) Du...

Posted 16/10/2020

Michael Fallon on facilitating the reopening of our offices

Everyone wants to be a 'well-being', and during these troubled times, our Wellbeing team has been busier than ever. With COVID arriving on everyone’s doorsteps, it soon became pret...

Posted 23/09/2020

Facing the facts

We ask - how effective can facial recognition technology be with the new enforcement of face masks, how might this technology fare in the future of the property industry, and how u...

Posted 10/09/2020

Building insurance set to increase

Many insurers are increasing their inflation index-linking percentage by between 6% and 8%, greater than the 2-3% we have seen this year. According to our Head of Insurance Steve ...

Posted 02/09/2020

The Building Design & Construction magazine feature

Earlier this year Building Design & Construction magazine interviewed the Heads of each of our brands to discover what makes a Group better than a single brand. Here we provi...

Posted 01/09/2020

We ask how has ARMA been helping its members during COVID?

Crabtree (one of the brands within the Fexco Property Services group) is a member of ARMA with close ties to the organisation via CEO, Nigel Glen. We asked Crabtree's MD – Chris Ma...

Posted 19/08/2020

New starters and promotions within the Group

Fexco Property Services is delighted to introduce our new Training Manager, and announce two important promotions for key members of our Crabtree brand. We welcome Kelly Banks as T...

Posted 31/07/2020

Are we ready for Commonhold?

We were ready back then, and we're even more ready now!  Commonhold isn't new to us, back in June 2019 we were already looking at it. Being part of the larger Australian based Fex...

Posted 22/07/2020

When it comes to nuisance neighbours or intruding vandals - what can your Property Manager do?

Having a nice place to live is something we all want and strive for. Across the group, our Property Managers consider this a vital aspect to achieve. Most of the time the environm...

Posted 06/07/2020

Cladding update

According to a recent report by the Commons Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee - for those having to deal with potentially unsafe cladding on their building - the ...

Posted 25/06/2020

Contractors adapting to COVID19 - The Dayco interview

Maintaining operations during Covid19 was never going to be simple or easy. I spoke to one of our approved contractors to get their perspective on how life has changed for their bu...

Posted 12/06/2020

Cladding: progress of remediation

Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee Report ‘Cladding: progress of remediation’ ARMA welcomes the publication of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Commi...

Posted 25/05/2020

Why do I have to pay a Service Charge/Estate Charge?

This can seem daunting when you first hear about it, so we would like to explain what a Service Charge is and what happens if you didn't have a managing agent in place. The yearly...

Posted 29/04/2020

How to manage property in unusual times?

The property sector has had a challenging few years, but who could have imagined that in the midst of the Cladding Crisis, Covid-19 would come knocking on our doors? In this blog, ...