At Hacking and Paterson Management Services we’ve always taken data protection very seriously. We want you to know you can trust us to respect your privacy and keep your personal information safe. Legislation aimed at giving you more control over this is called the...
Glasgow City Heritage Trust are hosting a couple of interesting events in the coming months covering the traditional Glasgow Tenement. The first event being held will consider the development of ‘The Tenement in Glasgow’ from their original design and construction,...
Following on from our news story of 12th March 2018, we wrote to 27 Local Authorities, where we factor properties, asking them their intentions surrounding the review of their building warrants for any buildings in their area that have been constructed with external...
As per our earlier news story, for those of our customers whose buildings insurance is placed through insurance broker Bluefin we write to confirm that as of 1st April 2018 Bluefin rebranded as Jelf. Customers should utilise the claims support team telephone numbers...
A new cross party led working group formed in the wake of a recent Parliamentary debate on lack of tenement maintenance has called for action to ensure the protection of Scotland’s historic and most common type of residence. The first meeting of the Working Group on...
The Scottish Government’s Ministerial Working Group on Building and Fire Safety at their meeting of 31st January 2018 discussed the Governments current investigations into buildings with External Wall Insulation (EWI). The action points and summary of the meeting...
Following on from our previous updates on the ongoing Scottish Government investigations into the presence of ACM Cladding in High Rise properties throughout the country, we thought our customers would be interested in the latest available information. The Scottish...
As a result of the countries red weather warning, in the interest of the safety of our people, Hacking & Paterson’s offices will be closed until 9.00am on Monday the 5th March 2018. If urgent assistance is required, please see our Emergency Contacts section. We...
For those of our customers whose buildings insurance is placed through insurance broker Bluefin we write to confirm that in 2018 Bluefin will be rebranded as Jelf. The rebrand is being rolled out over the coming months and brings together two leading brokers under a...
Hacking and Paterson Management Services are delighted to announce Alan Maxwell’s re-election as President of the Property Managers Association Scotland for 2018. Alan has spent a working lifetime in factoring, joining Hacking and Paterson in 1990 having previously...
Hacking and Paterson have championed improvements in the maintenance and repair of tenements throughout the country for many years and were heartened with the cross-party support shown for research into common property repair in tenement property when the topic was...
Scottish Parliament Debate on S5M-08354: Maintenance of Tenement Communal Property Our customers living in traditional tenements throughout the country may be interested to know that the maintenance of Scotland’s tenements will be debated in the Parliament this coming...
As part of our commitment to supporting local and national charities we are pleased to announce the staff at Hacking and Paterson collected £181.36 for Save the Children’s Christmas Jumper Day. A prize was presented by Graham Hay to Melissa McGirr, Suzie Brownlow...
Due to essential maintenance works being carried out, access to our website online payment system, our “My H&P” web portal, and our telephone automated payment system shall be temporarily unavailable from 5pm on Monday 11th December 2017. We will have our...
Most owner/occupiers in residential property will come across neighbours who are tenants, and rent from an owner. The Scottish Government has actively promoted the private rented sector for many years now and it looks like there is more ahead as the nation continues...
The Code of Conduct for Property Factors has been in operation since 2012 after being brought in under the Property Factors (Scotland) Act 2011. The Code established a statutory regime for factoring services being provided to homeowners and provides a standardised...
Common Electricity Supplies Tendering Exercise On behalf of our customers, we appointed the recognised Energy Supply Consultant, Indigo Swan Limited, to conduct a tendering exercise for each of the common electricity supplies serving properties factored by us. Being...
Following on from our previous updates on the ongoing Scottish Government investigations into the presence of ACM Cladding in High Rise properties throughout the country, we thought our customers would be interested in the latest available information. The Scottish...
Over the last couple of years, one of RICS in Scotland’s key policy focuses has been on the maintenance of Scotland’s Tenement stock. In December 2016 RICS’s Hugh Edgar commented on the harrowing state of these tenements “The Scottish Housing Condition Survey for 2015...
The 2017 PMAS Annual Conference will be held at the Hilton Hotel, Glasgow on Tuesday 7th November. The 2017 Conference Programme will focus on some of the most topical issues currently facing Property Managers. With presentations on various hot topics, including the...