Following on from our recent news story covering the Buildings Insurance Renewal 2024, recent data from Consumer Intelligence has reported the biggest increase in the cost of home insurance since the tracking of prices first took place in 2014. The average quoted...
Following our stories on Social Bite and Shelter Scotland, we would now like to showcase the third homelessness charity to benefit from HPMS’s Charitable Giving Initiative this year - Rock Trust. For over 30 years, Rock Trust has been supporting Scotland’s young...
2023/2024 saw the fastest start to the UK storm season, with 7 storms named by the Met Office from September (Storm Agnes) to December (Storm Gerrit) and the arrival of Storm Kathleen in April 2024 saw the Met Office name an 11th storm of the season for only the...
This week MSPs voted unanimously to pass the Housing Cladding Remediation Bill which aims to tackle unsafe cladding on buildings by giving Ministers power to assess and carry out remediation on certain types of affected buildings. The purpose of the Bill is to reduce...
On 25th April 2024, the Scottish Law Commission (SLC) published its Discussion Paper consulting on reform of the law of the tenement. To help shape the recommendations for their final report, the SLC is pleased to accept comments from anyone with an interest in this...
The Housing (Scotland) Bill was introduced on 26th March 2024 and seeks to make changes in the law in relation to housing - covering protections for tenants, preventing homelessness and other housing matters. The Bill is at Stage 1 of the legislative process and the...
Continuing our series on supporting Scotland’s homelessness charities, we would like to showcase Shelter Scotland, the second charity to receive one of our £3,750 donations. Shelter Scotland was formed in 1968 and lies behind the foundation of several housing...
Hacking and Paterson Management Services is delighted to announce that our Chairman, Neil Watt, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Property Managers Association Scotland Excellence Awards Dinner, which took place on Friday 8 March 2024 in Glasgow....
We often report on Hacking & Paterson Management Services’ dedication to our corporate and social responsibility and we have been pleased to have been able to share so many good news stories over the years around the support we have given to local and national...
At Hacking and Paterson Management Services we place our people at the very heart of our business and we are committed to investing in our staff which, in turn, ensures our homeowner customers always receive the best possible service. Recent news updates have...
We are delighted to congratulate Chloe Watts, a Team Manager from our Edinburgh office, on her nomination for the Rising Star / Apprentice of the Year award at this year’s Property Managers Association Excellence Awards, due to be held in Glasgow on Friday 8th March...
Our latest guest article from Under One Roof is full of useful information about stone repairs and preservation: Preserving the architectural heritage of Scotland’s tenement buildings requires a proactive approach to repairs. Understanding owners’ legal...
As we often report on, at HPMS we take our corporate and social responsibilities very seriously, and constantly strive to improve our carbon footprint. We continue to invest in environmentally friendly resources as part of our ongoing green initiative and we are...
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensuring our existing and potential customers are kept fully informed of all property related matters, we thought the upcoming changes to the Repairing Standard legislation was of interest. Whilst not directly related to the role...
Introducing Lauren Caldwell as our next success story! Lauren joined HPMS as a Property Manager in January 2021, bringing with her a wealth of industry experience from many years working in both property factoring and rental portfolio management roles throughout the...
The present and future maintenance of Scotland’s housing stock is a crucial topic which has been the subject of various reports, working groups and projects from both local and national government over the past 5, 10 and indeed 50 years. Focussing on residential,...
Absent owners and empty homes Getting to know who the co-owners are in your building is important as having a list of their names and contact details can improve communication and allows for better decision-making between owners. This can make the process of...
It was beginning to look a lot like Christmas in the HPMS offices on Thursday 7th December as once again we participated in the annual Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the Children. Staff in both offices came to work dressed in their most festive finery, hoping to...
The main cause of damage within our customers’ properties and the main source of claims on our customers’ buildings insurance is Escape of Water, which generally refers to a leak from a pipe, bathroom and kitchen fittings or from heating and drainage systems....
Following on from our recent article where we shared how important investing in our people is to our business (read it here) we are delighted to announce that each member of our team who sat the Professional Diploma in Property Factoring has passed with flying...
Next in our series of interesting articles from Under One Roof is their guide to building surveys: It’s important to have an awareness of the condition of the building you live in, so that you can prioritise repairs and notice when something is not quite right. A...
The Tenement House is situated at 145 Buccleuch Street and was owned by shorthand typist, Miss Agnes Toward, who lived at the address between 1911 and 1965. This is one of Glasgow’s treasures and walking into Miss Toward’s home takes you back in time, the interior of...
Each year we are delighted to be able to send a group of our Property Factoring staff to the annual PMAS Conference and on Friday 27th October 2023, a selection of our Directors, Team Managers and Property Managers attended this year’s event, ready to be informed and...
The Scottish Government published the Housing (Cladding Remediation) (Scotland) Bill on 1st November 2023 which seeks to give powers to Scottish Ministers to assess and remediate buildings with “unsafe cladding” and where the consent of the owners cannot be provided. ...