The Rettie Blog

Indelibly woven into Edinburgh's cityscape is Great Junction Street. Opened in December 1938 as The State Cinema, it seated 1650 patrons in the main cinema and boasted four shops, two billiard halls, and a skittle alley on the two floors above the foyer. The original use of the building is in perfect step with the popular use of Art Deco for public buildings such as government headquarters, theatres, commercial buildings, and cinemas.

Against a backdrop of challenging times for the property sector, many of the qualities of the Build to Rent (BTR) delivery model, and service-led rental offering, have emerged as advantageous.

Vendors and interested buyers have a number of questions about the current property market and how it should influence their decisions for buying and selling property

Moving house in East Dunbartonshire couldn't be easier with property experts Rettie opening a new office in the heart of Kirkintilloch.

Alastair Houlden is Director of Country House Sales and leads Rettie's Perthshire team. He has sold homes in Perthshire and surroundings for twenty years. Here is a peek into Alastair's Perthshire and some local recommendations.

At Edinburgh World Heritage, we're responsible for conserving and restoring what is known as the 'historic built environment', which encompass all the traditional buildings, gardens and parks in the World Heritage site. Many people are drawn to these buildings for their beauty and heritage, but it is sometimes difficult to know a Georgian town house from a Victorian tenement.

An impressive seven-bedroom home that is around 220 years old has been brought to the property market.

Did you know that staged properties are known to let up to three times faster? If you are looking to reduce the vacant period of your property, here are our top tips for getting a property ready to attract the right tenants fast.

A fifth of households in the UK are privately rented. As a landlord, it is good practice to put yourself in the renter's position and think: if you were renting a property, would you like a landlord like you?

Having lived in East Lothian for twenty-five years, North Berwick has got to be my favourite coastal town in the county. This scenic harbour town benefits from must-see beaches, a wide variety of shops, cafes and bars, not to mention world- renowned golf courses.

Letting a property or investing in a rental property is a key way for our landlords and investors to achieve their long-term goals. Whether you've just decided to let your property or are looking to optimise or expand your portfolio, Rettie will be there to provide unrivalled support and advice. Here are seven ways that Rettie is helping our landlords and investors this year.

Do you fit into the above category? Have you also experienced the abject filth that your once cherubic son or daughter finds acceptable to live in? Well I definitely have! Am I to blame? Did I do too much? Clearly, I did. Like many parents, there are mixed feelings when the children finally fly the nest and head off to university, college, or maybe their first job.