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Bedroom tax, a necessary burden or hidden evil?

May 20th, 2013 No comments

The bedroom tax has been in place for several weeks now and here at dezrez we started to wonder, how has it affected estate agents? The stickler with this reform is that it will cut the amount of benefit that people can get if they are deemed to have a spare bedroom in their council [...]

A Bit of Help for Existing Owners for a Change?

January 25th, 2013 No comments

      The Green Deal officially comes into being on the 28th January 2013 and has been bought into place by the Government as an incentive to help make existing homes more energy efficient.  Utility companies have been able to assess properties since October and you may therefore have come across these assessors already. [...]

Flat Pack Houses – Choose the Right Location for your Flat Pack Home

January 14th, 2013 No comments

Did you know that flat-pack homes can cost up to 25% less than conventional homes, making them an ideal option for potential homebuyers. With the recent news that Ikea plan to build a brand new district of residential properties in the German city of Hamburg, the concept of flat pack housing has taken another step [...]

Looking For The Next Big Property Star!

November 28th, 2012 5 comments

TV production company Endemol who are responsible for programmes including Restoration Home, Deal or No Deal, Gok’s Fashion Fix and Million Pound Drop, are keen to uncover a new talent in the property world. The company would like to find an Estate Agent to head up a new property series that they are currently developing. [...]

Making An Exhibition Of Ourselves!

November 14th, 2012 No comments

We will be at the Home Sale Network show on Friday in the Park place in London. If you are an HSN agent networking at the event and would like to meet us come and say hello we are on Stand 2. @estateagents and #tags are great but being personable, we do prefer face to [...]

Digital Property Group Leads – Dezrez Beta Testers Required

September 18th, 2012 2 comments

Working with your providers to make things easier for you!   We are now ready to launch our recent development to import Digital Property Group Leads, but just before everyone gets this amazing service, we need some user feedback while it’s in beta testing. This is to make sure we are on the right track [...]

New Cookie Rules 2012 – What Are We Doing?

May 30th, 2012 No comments

Cookies… looks like a 4yr old has been left in the kitchen to make biscuits! Oh no its an EU directive about cookies. In the same way Europe tried to stop people selling Cheddar cheese that wasn’t made in cheddar they have stepped up to the plate to take on the web. Starting 26th May [...]

EPC Regulations UPDATE

May 14th, 2012 1 comment

The department for communities & Local Government have recently sent out yet more “guidance” on the changes to the EPC regulations. This seems to have caused even more confusion within the industry. To clarify a couple of issues, we contacted Phil Beschizza of the government department in order to clarify a few of our queries; [...]

Unable To Host The New EPC?

April 5th, 2012 No comments

Unable to host the new EPC? Dezrez have an alternative solution You are able to add the EPC Front Page to any of your templates by uploading it as an image Step 1: Brochure templates will need to be amended. Tell us where you want the EPC front page to be displayed on your template(s). [...]

Step By Step Guide To Inserting The New EPC Into Dezrez

March 30th, 2012 3 comments

To combat the new EPC guidelines we have come up with a new solution for adding an EPC to a property. We have added some additional functionality to the brochure creation page, enabling you to store a link (URL) to your EPC against a property and then accessing it electronically or when a printed brochure [...]