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My father was recently approached by a salesman who described himself as a “kitchen designer” and tried to persuade us to have our kitchen refitted.

by James Williams. With leisure shopping and food courts becoming familiar elements in retail developments, and urban renewal competing with decentralised locations for shoppers’ attention, Britain seems to be closely…

by Patrick Cooke-Priest. In an article headed “Retail Lettings — Key money or opportunity value?” Leslie Aarons argued the necessity to return to first principles.

by Bob Denton. The property sector is unusual in many senses, and one of its obvious differences from other sectors is that it does not have an established annual showplace…

by Tim Stapleton. Development or use of property for leisure purposes, in support of other property or as a free-standing scheme, is once again popular.

by Desmond Parte. Is VAT ever payable at the standard rate in a property leasing transaction? “No,” you will reply but, surprisingly enough, the answer can be in the affirmative…

by Adrian Salt. If you thought that environmental assessment (EA) was a quasi-technical report on environmental impacts that is submitted with your planning application, you would be wrong.

by Delyth Williams. On the coming into force of the 1988 Act a private sector tenancy granted on or after that date will, save in exceptional circumstances, not be a…

What are the new grounds for possession of residential tenancies introduced by the Housing Act 1988?. As is well known by now (and has been reported elsewhere in Estates Gazette),…

by Andrew Butt. The new B1 Business Class, introduced as part of the 1987 Use Classes Order, was conceived primarily to surmount the problems which the earlier 1972 Order had…

by Delyth Williams. The Housing Act 1988, some parts of which come into force on January 15 1989, contains six Parts, 141 sections and 18 Schedules and makes significant changes…

by Terence Hart. The Government’s decision, taken in 1987, that the Agricultural Development and Advisory Service (ADAS) should charge for some of its services had a mixed reception both within…