Cooke & Arkwright
Rural News
R.I.P. HIPs
20/05/2010
Home Information Packs are to be suspended from 21st May 2010, pending primary legislation for a permanent abolition, the coalition government has announced. All that will be required from sellers from that date will be the Energy Performance Certificate, which must be produced by the seller within 28 days of putting a home on the market.
Twenty20 Homes wins Council building award
17/02/09
Twenty20 Homes has won the Cardiff Building Excellence Award 2008 in the New Single Dwelling category for its development of a five-bedroom, three-storey detached family home at 8 Cefn Coed Crescent in Cyncoed.
The Crown Estate Appointment
19/06/08
The Crown Estate has appointed Cooke & Arkwright to manage The Crown Estate’s Marine Estates interests in Wales for the next five years. This covers the foreshore area between mean high and low water, and estuaries and tidal rivers around a substantial part of the Welsh coastline in the former county estates of Monmouth, Glamorgan, Carmarthen, Pembroke, Cardigan, Merioneth, Caernarvon, Anglesey, Denbigh and Flint.
Rare opportunity to acquire 50 acres on Gower Peninsular
17/01/08
An extremely rare opportunity has arisen to purchase 50 acres of farmland, a building plot, bungalow and area of amenity land in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Bishopston on the Gower Peninsula. The land and property is available as a whole or in four separate lots and is being sold by informal tender through agents Cooke & Arkwright. The closing date for tenders is 12.00 noon on Thursday, 14th February 2008.
Monmouthshire farm sold for almost £1m at auction
31/05/07
It is rare these days for a farm with its own land to be offered for sale in the sought after county of Monmouthshire, so the arrival of Cefn Ila Farm on the market attracted a good deal of attention.
Wanted! Farmer with a difference
30/05/06
Coleg Gwent is on the lookout for a farmer with a difference to rent its 132 hectare (326 acre) Rhadyr Farm holding at Usk, Monmouthshire in an unusual and rare opportunity which also involves providing educational activities in co-operation with the college.
A good reason why landowners should register their boundaries
31/03/04
Land and property owners should all be aware of the new Land Registration Act (2003) which was introduced on October 13th 2003. Every year 15,000 applications are lodged successfully by squatters - most against unregistered titles. By taking steps to officially register the boundaries of their estates with the Land Registry, landowners can now enjoy better protection against claims by squatters than before.
New legislation on asbestos could affect farmers
15/09/03
Farmers will soon have more to grapple with than the new CAP reforms, as new legislation comes into force to deal with the potential hidden threat of asbestos.