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31 days of Rettie - Cookery Masterclass

Watch Horticulturist, Carol Pickthall, create a stunning traditional Christmas Wreath in celebration of the start of December and our Festive campaign.

A warm welcome to Prestige Scotland, a property lifestyle magazine celebrating luxury living. Rettie were invited to feature a number of unique properties from both our Residential and New Homes teams, highlighting the very best that Scotland has to offer.

Local Knowledge - International Reach … Our black book boasts some of Scotland’s finest addresses. For a more discreet way of buying and selling your home, give us a nod. Many of the prime properties that we are selling are done so quietly and with no public promotion, as increasingly more and more clients will ask for discretion and private sales.

Choosing a letting agent is a decision not taken lightly. But how easy is it to switch agents if you become dissatisfied?

COP 26 will see over 100 leaders from across the world arrive in Glasgow as part of an international effort to curb the impact of climate change and cool the heating temperature of the planet.

Now that the holiday season is behind us and a new year stretches out ahead, many people will have decided for a variety of reasons to sell their home. This big decision comes with many choices that can each play a role in the success of the sale. Fortunately, there are many things that sellers can easily do at little to no cost to ensure positive impressions from potential buyers.

Yesterday, on Scottish Housing Day, Rettie donated over 1000 items of linen, towels and bedding to a group of local charities.

It’s estimated that by 2040, nearly one in four people will be aged 65+, according to research conducted by The Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation.

With all eyes on the BTR sector, having shown its resilience in face of economic turmoil, there are other key consideration now moving up the agenda. Central amongst these considerations, and heavily discussed at the recent BTR London forum, was the role of Environment, Social and Governance (ESG).

The Western Harbour housing development at the Port of Leith in Edinburgh is "going green" with a new proposal to significantly reduce the consented number of car parking spaces on-site alongside other incentives to reduce carbon emissions and plans to create an environmental education centre.

While there has been much future gazing over the long-term outlook for different property classes - with questions over the viability of the high street, office space requirement, and growing interest in conversion to residential - there have been more pressing short-term practicalities to address as lockdown has lifted.