Scott Baker Properties

Happy Sunday Property People.

We've been notified this morning of someone impersonating Niall on FB and has been advertising a property in Brighton in his name; on Facebook Market Place. We received a message earlier from soneone who wanted to confirm whether or not it was a scam, thank you for bringing it to our attention; it is most definitley a scam. We would never ask anyone to send us money for a rental, without following the correct process, meeting them for a viewing, completing reference checks, etc.

Please keep an eye out for the profile and advert and report it.

Niall & Matt

It was a pleasure to be featured in 's latest Landlord News article as 'Property Investor Awards – Co-Living Deal of the Year winners' 🏆

Listed at the end of the article is also a bonus video interview of and with the lovely that you really don't want to miss! 🎙️

To check this all out, click the link in 's bio and head over to their website! 💻
 

The climate impact of the real estate industry and why should we take action.

According to sustainlab.co; the real estate industry currently contributes to almost 40% of global greenhouse gas emissions: 28% from operational emissions (i.e. energy needed to heat, cool, and power buildings) and 11% are generated from materials and construction. From the construction of new properties to the upkeep and performance of existing ones, there are high levels of energy consumption and a strong reliance on fossil fuels in the real estate industry.

Recent IPCC reports have already confirmed that extreme, catastrophic weather conditions due to our changing climate are going to happen way sooner than you’d expect, which also means rapidly increasing physical threats for the real estate industry!

Interest in sustainability has also been rapidly increasing among investors, owners, and tenants. Investors, policymakers, and the public are also increasingly calling for changes to be made in real estate companies’ business models.

Upcoming legislations such as the EU taxonomy and the SFDR will contribute to increasing demands for transparency in non-financial reporting and higher levels of accountability, on top of proposals for mandatory non-financial due diligences. Planning ahead and staying ahead of the game (i.e. the eventual influx of additional reporting legislation in the future) can only be rewarding. Fast, fitting and data-driven actions today = clear advantages tomorrow.



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Happy Monday property friends! Let’s start our week right with Monday Affirmations in ‘The Happy House’

All good vibes and positive energy in our Laburnum Grove coliving house. We put up positive affirmations to bring out the best of our housemates and you’ll never know when you needed a little nudge.



Laburnum Grove, also nicknamed ‘They Happy House’ for its uplifting colour scheme and all around positive ambience, has been designed to offer a multitude of living experiences for the housemates both within their personal and communal spaces.







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The lighter and longer summer days are a popular draw for would-be buyers, though with parts of the UK reaching record-breaking temperatures recently, the warmer weather can present some unique challenges for sellers.

There are several steps you can take to showcase your property to its full potential in the summer heat and ensure the reality matches the brochure photographs.

Create a great first impression.
Comfort and keeping cool is key.
Appeal to the senses.
Focus on the garden.

Part of our 2025 Growth Plan is to cultivate thriving, coliving communities. Each project is built around our Tenant F.I.R.S.T model.

This month, we're looking to work with visionaries who want to invest in a property business that looks at the bigger picture. The time for evolution within the industry is now and there’s never been a better time to invest.

🌟 If you’re interested in investing with us, send a DM to request our 5 Year Growth Plan Pack.

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Learning and having fun under the sun! Throwback to when myself and were in Croatia in May for a business trip.

For me and Matt, attending business retreats is highly beneficial as we work on our business plan, surrounded by like-minded people. The retreat was not solely focused on the business, there was a lot of personal development too, which is equally important in running a successful business.



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We develop every coliving home with future housemates at the forefront of our focus.

We refer to this model as F.I.R.S.T. 👇

F = FOCUS
I = INSIGHT
R = REVIEW & DELIVER
S = SERVICE
T = THRIVE

Every project is sourced and renovated by us with the backing of private investors and individuals. Our team design each coliving home to embody:⠀

💙COMMUNITY WELLBEING
🌲SUSTAINABLE PRACTICE.
☀️UPLIFTING DESIGN.

🧱 If you’d like to hear about our current project developments, as well as our pipeline projects, pop us a DM.

🌟 If you’re interested in investing with us, send a DM to request our 5 Year Growth Plan Pack.



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Our 2nd annual summer party on 27th July was a success, after our amazing summer mastermind session, we gathered at Rockwater in Hove.

It was a great time to meet our old and new friends, and some of the Scott Baker Properties team came along as well! It was great to spend the evening with everyone. We had the best time and we hope everyone who came along did too! For those who weren’t able to make it, we hope to see you at the next one!



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Our very own has been featured in alongside some amazing HMO Landlords! 🥳 A massive shoutout to .hmo What an incredible achievement!

If you'd like to give the article a read then click here https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-landlords-are-banking-on-posh-houseshares-26mgmhlz8 and or visit the link in our story!



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Our property investment opportunities focus on coliving, specifically building Next Level HMO® homes.⠀
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Happy International Beer day everyone!

Who remembers many summers ago when we said we will launch our very own Scott Baker Brew?

Today, we commemorate our SBP brew and hope we will get to make it and share it with you all again soon but for now, let’s us drink a pint or two and enjoy the weekend!

Cheers,
Niall and Matt,



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We bring the outside in using Biophilic-inspired design principle.

Our team are incredibly knowledgeable, not only in their respected fields of expertise but in many other areas, like health & wellbeing, the power of community and more importantly, how nature positivity impacts our sense of wellness - offering a deeper connection with our planet.⠀

⭐️ What sort of greenery do you like to opt for in your properties? Real plants? Artificial plants? Trailing foliage or big potted plants? ⠀

📸 The Loft bedroom in our 22 bedroom coliving development, 250WRS, in Stockport. Captured by the very talented .⠀⠀

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Our property investment opportunities focus on coliving, specifically building Next Level HMO® homes.⠀ ⁣

🤝 Are you a property investor, interested in the power of community?⠀ ⁣

Discover our 2025 Growth Plan - created to help re-shape the standard of shared living in the UK. Pop us a message to ask for your copy and learn about:⠀⠀⠀ ⁣

↗ How we will transform the Shared Living Marketplace in the UK though our 5 year Growth Plan, which will have an estimated GDV of £73 million.⠀⠀⠀ ⁣

↗ Our Sustainability Mission and Awareness Campaign. We've identified how the HMO & Coliving sector can rebuild natural ecosystems through (link in bio)⠀⠀

↗ Create better peace of mind, knowing your property investment is doing good for you, whilst supporting the wellbeing of young professionals, sharing homes in the UK through our coliving operator .life (Link in bio)⠀⠀⠀ ⁣

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Why should the property industry care about sustainability?

Scientific report after scientific report, from the COP26 summit to the latest IPCC assessment, the science cannot possibly get any louder and clearer: the future for us and our planet is looking bleak, and our window of opportunity to act is narrowing. Now, more than ever, it is time for all of us across different industries to put on an urgent climate lens, to understand our impact, understand how to reduce it, and take decisive action.

Recent IPCC reports have already confirmed that extreme, catastrophic weather conditions due to our changing climate (i.e. storms, floods, fires, extreme heat, and other risks!) are going to happen way sooner than you’d expect, which also means rapidly increasing physical threats for the real estate industry!

Interest in sustainability has also been rapidly increasing among investors, owners, and tenants. Investors, policymakers, and the public are also increasingly calling for changes to be made in real estate companies’ business models.

How can you reduce negative impact and create more positive impact?

1. Understand your impact.
2. Review and increase your energy efficiency
3. Ensure sustainability across the value chain.
4. Research and development: Aim for new sustainable development methods and consider other impacts apart from carbon

So, are you ready to go and be a part of the solution?



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Our 2nd Summer Party was a blast! 🥳👏🏻

It was great to see old & new faces, and some of the Scott Baker Properties team came along as well! It was a blast to share laughs, drinks 🍺, and relax along with all of them.

We have had the best time and we hope everyone who came along did too!

See you again next year?



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We are delighted to share with you all that we have been nominated for the HMO Awards; in four categories; Best HMO content and Media Provider, Best HMO Investor, Best Shared Living Design Award and lastly, Best Residential HMO Conversion. These recognitions have been made possible by all the hard work from the team.

We are honoured to have been nominated in these categories, alongside some of the best HMO players in the industry. Matt and I would like to extend a massive thank you to the awarding body of The HMO Awards for recognising our craft. This is a collective effort and a result of the amazing people within our company.



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Guess what? We are back to host our 2nd annual summer party on the 27th of July!

This year we'll be heading to Rockwater in Hove. With exclusive use of the downstairs area, we will be putting on a party complete with food, live music and of course the opportunity to network with like-minded property people.

We are pleased to welcome vocalist Adriana Lord. Originating from Havana, Cuba, Adriana has been a leading force on the Havana scene for well over a decade. At the apex of the Latin music scene Adriana will be joined by Pedro for two electrifying sets.

Location: ROCKWATER, HOVE 📍
Date: WEDNESDAY 27TH JULY 📆
Time: 18:30 - CLOSE ⏰
Ticket Price*: £39.00

For more information on how to acquire tickets, please visit https://bit.ly/SBPGsummerparty.

We can’t wait to dance and party with you all!



Niall & Matt.

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Bedroom 5 in the Happy House! We really love the colours here 👇

😌 It's everything we enjoy feeling: uplifted and energised, yet calm and grounded.

☀️ The windows are huge, reaching all the way to the ceiling, so brilliant for someone who might need a little more light during the winter months to feel their best. ⠀
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👀 You'll notice the blue reading nook in the corner of the room, next to lovely wooden-effect wall tiles. Imagine sitting here, with a snapshot of the forest behind you in lovely bark coloured frames, reading a book and relaxing into the comfort of the space.

✔️ The seat is really big, which you can see from the photos, offering plenty of room to sit cross legged, or with the knees bent up.
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🔨 Since this photograph, we have built a beautiful warm wood desk into the wall space to the left of the reading nook, offering a comfortable home office experience.

💭 Like how we think? Check out by clicking on the link in our bio
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Our property investment opportunities focus on coliving, specifically building Next Level HMO® homes.⠀ ⁣
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🤝 Are you a property investor, interested in the power of community?⠀ ⁣

Discover our 2025 Growth Plan - created to help re-shape the standard of shared living in the UK. Pop us a message to ask for your copy and learn about:⠀⠀⠀ ⁣
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↗ How we will transform the Shared Living Marketplace in the UK though our 5 year Growth Plan, which will have an estimated GDV of £73 million.⠀⠀⠀ ⁣

↗ Our Sustainability Mission and Awareness Campaign. We've identified how the HMO & Coliving sector can rebuild natural ecosystems through (link in bio)⠀⠀⠀ ⁣

↗ Create better peace of mind, knowing your property investment is doing good for you, whilst supporting the wellbeing of young professionals, sharing homes in the UK through our coliving operator .life (Link in bio)⠀⠀⠀ ⁣
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DO YOU WANT TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE SHARED LIVING MARKETPLACE? ⠀⠀ ⁣
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Nothing better than to snuggle up in here with a good book... 📚😍

These are the type of things our team considers when designing our Next Level HMO® & Coliving homes.⠀
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🏠Property featured: 125 Laburnum Grove ‘Happy House’

Have a great weekend
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Looking For Quick Income, Leverage Our Portfolio. ⁣

At the Scott Baker Property Group we have built a strong and secure £5m+ portfolio of BTL and Coliving HMOs. Our portfolio has performed exceedingly well for us and our existing investors, and because of this, we'd like to create further investing opportunities for a select group of investors who would like to have their income backed by our portfolio. ⁣
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🤝 Are you a property investor, interested in the power of community? ⠀ ⁣
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Pride Month 2022.

Today, we’re paying tribute to Larry Kramer: Larry Kramer, a pioneer on AIDS crisis, trying to bring attention to the disease gay men were facing around the country.

In 1981, he created the Gay Men's Health Crisis organization, which was the only group devoted to helping those affected by HIV/AIDS. He later created Act Up (AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power), whose street actions demanding a speedup in AIDS drugs research and an end to discrimination against gay men and le****ns which was an organization that held high-profile demonstrations.

He wrote the play "The Normal Heart," which chronicled his experience in AIDS activism. In 2011, the play finally went up on Broadway and then was turned into an HBO movie.

There is still more to be done to protect the rights of LGBTQIA+ communities across the world, and it is vital to remember the lives and histories of people who have in the past been marginalised by society. Let us not stop today but continue to celebrate our individuality everyday!



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The HMO and Council Tax Reform Group have been working hard on a document to try to solve the issues surrounding HMO Council Tax Banding. To get this document into the right hands, they need your support. To find out more and to meet the team, register for their free, bespoke webinar 💻

“We actually think it's a five-minute piece of writing, that could just be snipped into a paragraph of the definition of an HMO. Let's be honest, they change the ‘Right-to-rent' every six months. No one queries it every time that Right-to-rent guy gets changed slightly, so that's no different to the policy of HMO definition.” - Daryn Brewer, HMO and Council Tax Reform Group

Want to find out more about the flawed system of HMO Council Tax?

Join the HMO and Council Tax Reform Group team for the upcoming webinar ‘Council Tax Re-banding for HMOs: Busting the Myths’.

Link in bio to register 🔗

Your hosts are 👇

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Come along for a drink & some informal networking all around property and business.

This meetup is a small, but growing event, with local property people to Brighton and surrounding areas. Whether you're new to property or a property virtuoso, then pop in for a drink and a chat. All are welcome!

This is a low-cost event with £10 collected via The Brighton Property Meet's Just Giving page (https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/brightonpropertymeet) or cash on the evening and all proceeds go to the Clock Tower Sanctuary (www.thects.org.uk).

We have supported the Clock Tower Sanctuary, a Brighton based local charity, since 2019 and having seen for ourselves the work that they do to support young homeless people we are honoured to be able to help such a worthy cause.

📍 Find us tomorrow (June 30, 2022 6pm) at The Cricketers Pub on Black Lion Street, Brighton.

See you there!

Niall & Matt



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Pride Month 2022. 🌈

Today, we’re paying tribute to Justin Fashanu: He was a ground-breaker. Justin for all his talent is still chiefly remembered for being the worlds first openly gay professional footballer and for taking his own life. It is largely forgotten that he was also Britain's first one million-pound black player and that his playing career spanned 19 years with significant spells at Norwich City, Notts County & Nottingham Forest.

Despite being openly gay, Justin faced a number of personal struggles in his life, it is clear that issues around his sexuality were at the heart of his problems. There is no question that the prejudice he encountered in his professional life as a top-flight footballer for club and country blighted his career and led eventually to his death.

His niece, Amal Fashanu, created The Justin Fashanu Foundation in honour of her late uncle. Their aim is to provide support and help achieve a level of mental health for the youth across all of society.

There is still more to be done to protect the rights of LGBTQIA+ communities across the world, and it is vital to remember the lives and histories of people who have in the past been marginalised by society.

This month (and all year long in our business) we pay tribute to the LGBTQIA+ community who played an important part to create a world we are in today. 🌈



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LGBTQIA+ community: being visible and heard.

In the past, very few LGBTQIA+ individuals “came out” to their families or told others their identity. Most of them waited until they were adults to talk about their true identity with others. Fear of rejection and serious negative reactions kept many LGBTQIA+ adults from openly sharing their lives.

Until the 1990s, there were limited resources for LGBTQIA+ youth. Gay and transgender adolescents had few sources of information to learn about their identity or to find support. With the birth of modern technology where resources are easily available, with a few clicks and taps; it is a great turning point for the community to find accurate information, guidance, and support. With greater access to resources, more LGBTQIA+ individuals are coming out, sharing their stories and experiences.

We would like to highlight an organisation that provides support to the community. We chose Stonewall organisation as they are part of a vibrant global movement for change made up of LGBTQ+ people. Over the last 30 years, they have helped create transformative change in the lives of LGBTQ+ people here in the UK.

You can visit their website stonewall.org.uk to learn more about their amazing works/projects, and ways on how you can help them and most importantly to be informed. Let us work hand in hand to make everyone feel included, loved and heard because after all, .



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Dad.

Someone who gives great advice.
Great protector.
Jar opener and scarer of monsters.
And most importantly, creator of “dad jokes”


Happy Father’s Day to all amazing dads out there!


From Niall, Matt and the Scott Baker Properties team.


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Let’s take action to make our home a better place.

Today, we celebrate clean air day and every year, air pollution causes up to 36,000 deaths in the UK.  The World Health Organisation and the UK Government recognise that air pollution is the largest environmental health risk we face today.

Tips on how to be part of the movement:
Use energy efficient appliances.
Avoid burning leaves, trash rubbish, and other materials.
Use environmentally safe paints and cleaning products whenever possible.

These are just a few ways things you can do.

This day is an important cause to remind ourselves that amidst all the thousand things happen every day, we should give focus, action, and urgency to this matter. In our HMOs, we encourage our housemates to be environmentally conscious because if we work hand in hand, a brighter and cleaner future awaits that will benefit all of us.



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