London House News

We enjoyed a spectacular day last month at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London to celebrate St Georges Day.

This is our annual trip to the event where we entertain clients and friends and is a wonderful occasion. 1500 people gather in the Great Ballroom and are entertained by the band of The Blues & Royals and various speakers, have a delicious lunch and celebrate the day. Pomp and pageantry at its best!

    By now, if you are on our mailing list, you will have received the latest edition of The Score  and this is also available through our e-newsletter, our website and this blog. We hope you enjoy it.

     As part of our continuing work on raising the London House profile in the multi media world, we now have our own corporate channel on YouTube. At the moment we are showing videos that were taken at recent Franchise Exhibitions, but who knows how this project could develop for us over time. Have a look and let us know your thoughts.

London House on YouTube

Focus on... Surveillance

Surveillance has always been a strength of the London House network and we continue to see demand for this service.

A large number of our instructions come from either Family Law Solicitors or revolve around employment law matters and whether the subject is working outside the terms of their contract or breaking any agreements whilst on gardening leave for example.

As you would expect, London house has access to a full array of equipment to help us and all of our evidence is fully detailed and catalogued, including DVD and photographic evidence, to allow our clients to proceed down the legal route if required.

Planning is key to these operations, and full site surveys are undertaken beforehand to help the operation go as smoothly as possible. Do please contact us if you would like more information about this specialist service.

Where are you going?

Working on a Family law matter, we were asked to undertake  surveillance on a male individual whose partner was becoming increasingly concerned about his working habits and whereabouts.

A two man team was deployed and we followed him from his home address to the local train station. There, our operatives stood behind him at the ticket kiosk and purchased the same tickets as the subject, before following him on the train to a neighbouring city. Keeping a safe distance, and all the while taking photographs and documenting activity he was seen making his way to a property in the city and letting himself in. Some time later the subject was seen leaving the property holding hands with a female and a child. It seems our man was leading a double life, unbeknown to each of the females.

The Business end of the Season

As a lifelong Southampton supporter I am of course delighted that they are fighting hard for promotion to The Championship. Also involved in the race for the play off places are the MK Dons. The Dons, under the shrewd leadership of Pete Winkelman have performed wonders for such a new club (they were founded in 2004).

As we approach the business end of the season, whilst my dreams are for Southampton, I will also be following The Dons. They epitomise the hard working, committed and enthusiastic persona that is Milton Keynes.  

Focus on... Repossessions

London House Franchise Owners undertake many instructions to repossess property. Of course, the national number of properties being repossessed is a general reflection on the economy but we find that our numbers remain fairly constant. We are well versed in properties of all types and undertake both residential and commercial repossessions. We arrive on site and after the bailiff has executed his warrant we take over. Working to a detailed report form we make all the arrangements to ensure the property is suitable for our clients needs. From reading the meters, advising the utility companies, changing locks, securing the windows, clearance, repair etc we organise it all to leave the property safe, hygienic, secure and ready for resale.

Repossession service

A Tale of Two Cottages

We were asked to locate an individual and recover a shortfall of £50,000 following repossession and sale of the property by our banking client. Our only starting point was the property sold but following our motto of "Never Assume", we visited the property, "Rose Cottage", one of a pair of semi-detached cottages in rural Oxfordshire and a lady came to the door saying our man was not there, wrong address, he was next door.

Finding this strange we conducted further searches including recent planning applications and there we had our answer.

Once upon a time, he owned the whole house but when his business started to fail he divided it into two and the bank sold only half the security they had - he was still living in the other half!