A team from leading expert Property Maintenance and Grounds Management firm, Virtu Property rolled up their sleeves to help transform the new headquarters of Birmingham charity The Lily Mae Foundation. The charity, which supports families and parents after stillbirth, neonatal death, miscarriage or medical termination in the West Midlands, is expanding into new premises at Fernhill Court, Balsall Street, Balsall Common. Virtu and Centrick’s team of volunteers – Bethan Roskell, Georgina Taylor, Hollie Frail, Nicola Hopley, Matt Halford and Michael Nabarro – helped to spruce up the new offices by painting walls, cleaning windows and steam cleaning a patio area, over three days. The Lily Mae Foundation was set up by Ryan and Amy Jackson […]

As the nation makes strides towards becoming carbon neutral by 2050 and Build Back Greener, biodiversity has become an increasingly popular topic of discussion. In short, biodiversity promotes an abundance of different wildlife within a singular territory – from plants, animals, insects and fungus – for the benefit of the wildlife, habitat, and wider environment. Taking inadequate care of these habitats can be detrimental on a much broader scale, resulting in the dysfunction of their intricate ecosystems, creating eyesores within local neighbourhoods, and down valuing properties. That’s why today, we’re going to be covering the importance of biodiversity in property planning to ensure that your neighbourhood is the best place to live […]

Decorating, Repairing and Maintaining your Buy-to-Let Property Property investment and renovation television shows, paired with last year’s stamp duty holiday, have inspired an influx of Brits to start purchasing buy-to-let properties. As fun as binge-watching Homes Under the Hammer may be, there is far more complexity to repairing, decorating, and maintaining your buy-to-let property. From maintaining your outdoor space to correcting emergency leaks, restoring and letting a property can be a lot to tackle on your own, especially for those who live far away from their buy-to-let properties, have busy lifestyles, or have invested from overseas. We recommend employing a property maintenance service such as us to help tackle potential problems that […]

As summer approaches – albeit only for a few days before the sun inevitably takes another year-long sabbatical – there’s no doubt that Brits will be spending more time outdoors. Whether it’s a barbeque in your backyard, or a Pimm’s in the park, there is no other season that makes us more reflective about how much we love the great outdoors. The British property market has come to reflect this trend, especially since the pandemic, which is why today we’ll be tackling the question of why property owners want more outdoor space, and why considering mutual ground maintenance is worth your attention. Pandemic Recent Rightmove statistics show that terms associated with outdoor […]