Latest Homes: No. 852

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SALES • LETTINGS HOLIDAY LETS

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BILLBOARD BONANZA Andy Garth looks at posters old and new

BTN BikeShare offers a healthy and cheap way to get around the city Page 5

The Specalist Agent for Brighton Marina

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LH CONTENTS 4 | PUBLIC NOTICES Announcements from businesses across the city

5 | PROJECT BRIGHTON BTN BikeShare offers a healthy and cheap way to get around the city

7 | MONEY MATTERS Craig Poulter on how to give yourself the best chance of living in your dream home

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7 | NOW & THEN Andy Garth looks at posters – old and new

9 | HOMES ACROSS BRIGHTON & HOVE A wide range of homes to rent or buy from page 10

12 | HOMES IN & AROUND WORTHING A selection of homes from Jacob Steel

14 | ADDRESSING LANDLORD CONCERNS Khalil Properties asks what a compulsory redress scheme will mean

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HOT PROPERTY Waterfront wonder With direct access and mooring onto the Widewater lagoon water reserve, and brilliant views, this modern detached four­ bedroom home is perfect for water­lovers outside, and perfectly kitted out for a luxurious retreat after a day out inside. There’s even a two­bed annexe for guests! £875,000 01273 525555 wedge­estates.co.uk

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PROJECT

BRIGHTON BTN BikeShare offers Brighton & Hove residents and visitors a healthy and cheap way to get around the city

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righton & Hove’s new bike share scheme, BTN BikeShare, has been active for just over a month now, providing a healthy, cheap, and fun transport option for the city. Unsurprisingly, BTN BikeShare has been very popular: over the scheme’s first 30 days it saw over 9,000 registrations and an average of 800 journeys a day. In fact, it has been so popular that plans have been announced to expand the scheme’s boundaries to further reaches of the city and surrounding areas.

“ Specifically, Life Bikes combine

docking stations and dockless technology ”

BTN BikeShare is made up of 450 ‘Life Bikes’, nicknamed as such due to the logo of the scheme’s lead sponsor, Life Natural Spring Water, which sits proudly upon the front of their baskets. The technology for the scheme was provided by US pioneer Social Bicycles (‘SoBi’), and represents a UK first. Specifically, Life Bikes combine docking stations and dockless technology – i.e. they can be locked at both designated docking stations and any other bike friendly area for a small fee. If feeling particularly adventurous, users can even take the bikes out of the scheme’s boundaries; although, they will be charged an ‘out­of­area’ fee if they lock the bike there. Currently, there are 50 docking stations installed across the city, lining the seafront from Hove Lawns to Brighton Marina and stretching as far inland as the university campuses. Once registered, customers can use the SoBi app to see how many Life Bikes are available at each station, as well as hold them and spot ones locked at public bike racks. LATEST TV | VIRGIN MEDIA 159 | FREEVIEW CHANNEL 7

One major benefit of the scheme is its health implications. Specifically, building the scheme into a journey is an easy way to burn off some extra calories. After just one month, users had cycled 50,000 miles; that’s almost a quarter of the way to the moon, or more than twice around the world. If we assume an average pace of just 14 miles per hour, that amount of cycling equals over two million calories burned. Another positive aspect of the scheme is that it offers a cheap alternative to other transport options in the city. Casual users can choose an ‘Easy Rider’ tariff which charges three pence a minute with a minimum spend of a pound. Cycle fanatics on the other hand can choose the ‘Annual Rider’ option which, for the small cost of £72, provides an hour of cycling a day. With the scheme’s groundbreaking technology, once users are done with their Life Bikes they can either lock them at a dock for free, or lock them away from a dock for the small cost of two pounds. Users also have the option to quickly leave their bikes to have a coffee or nip into the shops with the bikes’ hold function. It would seem that the scheme will only go from strength to strength. Hourbike, the operating company of BTN BikeShare, have already shown that they are open to the idea of building upon it. For example, in response to popular demand, they recently extended the scheme’s boundaries to include the Rottingdean seafront. Life Bikes will now be able to be locked in this area without incurring an out­of­system charge. Additionally, talks are being had with the council so as to identify a suitable location for a permanent docking station. With its health benefits, cost competitiveness, green credentials, and expanding scheme boundaries, BTN BikeShare is the perfect way to get around Brighton & Hove. LATEST HOMES | 5


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MONEY MATTERS

money being offered to you could be reduced due to the “Risk” the bank is taking.

Craig Poulter on how to give yourself the best chance of living in your dream home

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aving been offering mortgage advice for the last eight years I have seen such a variety of cases from the extremely straightforward to the impossibly complicated. One question comes up more often than any other, how much can we borrow? And after a short consultation we can give an accurate answer however, it’s not always the figure the customer was hoping to hear. So, in order to assist the masses below are a few things to consider when looking to maximise the mortgage available to you:

“ If you have access to

Many mortgage lenders will generally take overtime into account if you can show you have been consistently doing it for the last three months, and if you can sneak a pay rise on your salary then one month will do. Deposit A bug bare for many and we are talking significant sums of money. If you currently have a smaller deposit available, say between 5% and 15%, the amount of

Planning! More often than not the idea of buying a property or moving house is one that builds over time and that time should be put to use. The amount you can borrow depends on a few different elements but the most relevant is your income. Are you able to increase your income at work? Is there overtime available that you haven’t needed to do previously? Have you been putting off that conversation with your boss about a pay rise?

Credit History If your credit history needs a little improving then in all likelihood the mortgage you’re being offered isn’t as competitive or as large as it could be. Take advantage of the free trials offered by the larger credit reference agencies to see what the mortgage lenders see. If you need to take time to improve your score it’s better to know sooner rather than later. If you’re looking to get on the ladder or move to your next property feel free to get in touch for a no obligation appointment. We’d love to help.

I do have clients searching for this exact type of stuff, with the Beatles 1964 Hippodrome gig being a top want, and Springsteen's 1981 Brighton Centre show being another.

Andy Garth looks at posters – old and new

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If you have access to extra funds this may allow you to borrow more money from some lenders.

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NOW & THEN y the time you read this, I hope to have acquired the James Brown poster, as shown below. I was actually there at the gig and still can't believe that in 1981 the Godfather Of Soul appeared at the Top Rank Suite on West Street Brighton. It was amazing and the memory is which has led me to want this piece of Brighton music memorabilia.

extra funds this may allow you to borrow more ”

Now the second poster is a copy which I sell regularly in the shop, and is a 1964 Rolling Stones gig at Brighton's Hippodrome. What I love most is the fact that in those days you got a full evening’s show with various other musical acts, making it at 12/6 (67p in new money) an absolute bargain. It just goes to show what a great demand there is for music ephemera.

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“ What a great demand there is for music ephemera ”

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WHAT WILL A COMPULSORY

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FOR LANDLORDS? Addressing landlord concerns

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t the recent Conservative Party Conference plans were unveiled for a compulsory ombudsman scheme for the private rented sector. The aims of the scheme are laudable: to allow tenants to feel that they have somewhere to turn to redress anything that has gone wrong. But it’s the possible side­effects that may worry landlords. The scheme will, of course, need funding, and landlords fear that responsibility for this may fall on them. Funds could be raised through compulsory membership fees, or through the levying of heavy fines. It may, indeed, be that funds are actually generated through both. Communities Secretary, Sajid Javid, was clear his sights were set squarely on rogue landlords, but that the scheme would require every landlord to join.

He commented: "For too long, tenants have felt unable to resolve the issues they've faced, be it insecure tenure, unfair letting agents' fees or poor treatment by their landlord with little to no means of redress. We're going to change that. We will insist that all landlords are part of a redress scheme and we will regulate letting agents who want to operate. Everyone has a right to feel safe and secure in their own homes and we will make sure they do." Fines and fees on the rise The private rented sector is increasingly strictly regulated, and the rules governing it seem to change often. The prospect of fines for not complying with these ever­changing regulations is already a very real fear for many small landlords. The talk of an ombudsman seems to raise the bar even higher. And it could well set the penalties for not complying higher still. With some councils now introducing landlord licensing schemes – which landlords must pay to join – many fear that the ombudsman scheme will introduce an additional fee that landlords have to factor in. This will come on top of the extra fees expected to fall on landlords as a consequence of the proposed letting fees ban. The government is pressing on with its plans to ban letting agents 14 | LATEST HOMES

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