The Rettie Blog

Families move to Scotland for myriad reasons—to work, to study, or to set up a business—but mostly to enjoy a superb quality of life for themselves and their families that few other countries can offer. Moving to a different country, let alone a new city, can be an overwhelming and uprooting experience.

Rettie is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 100-strong portfolio of residential properties in Edinburgh’s city centre from Crichton-Stuart Management. The portfolio includes a large number of HMO (house in multiple occupation) flats in prime student areas, including 3-4 bedroom flats in the Marchmont area of the capital.

The phrase private home sale often conjures up a mental picture of celebrities listing lavish estates or oligarchs on the hunt for yet another home. This preconception is rooted in the immense popularity of private sales by the rich and famous.

Rettie has partnered with the UK rental market app Canopy to trial RentPassport and DepositFree insurance at our recently launched Harbour Gateway mid-market Build to Rent (BTR) development in Edinburgh. In Scotland, approximately 40 per cent of all households under the age of 35 are in the Private Rental System. In Edinburgh, this statistic is closer to 65%.

Prices from £475,000 … Get the most out of life in the city while enjoying a rural lifestyle in these idyllic locations just outside of Edinburgh. Moving to the country usually involves some degree of compromise, but the proximity of these properties to the Edinburgh city centre makes it effortless to combine country living with a city lifestyle.

PfP Capital targeting a total fund size of £150m … Rettie appointed to identify suitable Mid Market Rent investment opportunities, builds on firm’s BTR and MMR expertise … Matthew Benson:

Best Supporting Organisation of the Year 2018 … We are delighted to have won an award for the Best Supporting Organisation for the year 2018. It has been awarded by Homes for Scotland, an organisation that recognises and rewards the best in class in housebuilding across Scotland. The award recognises:

Darnick Tower is almost six hundred years old, with walls three feet thick. A king has stood on its battlements and ghosts are said to flit through the grounds. It was built for the Heiton family in 1425 and has never been for sale until now.

Well done again John Curtice. Yet again, we could all have gone to bed at 10pm when the nation’s favourite psephologist correctly called the result before any of the 35 million or so votes were even counted. You did half expect a noose to emerge from the gantry he stood on as the night wore on, but he was steadfast in his prediction and, eerily, prescient.

35 Inverleith Row, Edinburgh … Offers over £1,750,000 … A fine double fronted Victorian house on one of the capital's most cherished streets. The property, with 6,000 sq ft of living space, has five reception rooms, seven bedrooms and three bathrooms.

We are pleased to announce the opening of our new office in the southside of Glasgow. Located at 116 Ayr Road in Newton Mearns, the new office is our fourth in the West of Scotland. Led by Harvey Rosenthal and Alison Anderson, the team is supported by Holly Martin and Lynn Hickman, all of whom have expert knowledge of the local market.

Last week it was announced that the multinational drinks company Diageo had served it’s final round at the Gleneagles Hotel as it handed the reigns over to new owners Ennismore, a private investment company who purchased the institution for £150m. With new owners brings new investment and a good time to buy within the spectacular grounds of Gleneagles.