Wed 01 Nov 2023
Welcome to our Autumn Newsletter……
News
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Farmers can register their interest for the scheme from today, Wednesday 30th August, using the online Rural Payments Service.…
Thu 27 Jul 2023
Welcome to our Summer Newsletter…
Mon 24 Jul 2023
On the 17th May 2023 the UK government proposed a reform of the laws within the private rented sector, the ‘Renters Reform Bill’.…
Wed 21 Jun 2023
The Sustainable Farming Incentive 2023 will start accepting applications from August, offering an improved, more streamlined process for farmers.…
Wed 14 Jun 2023
Shoulers are delighted to be chosen as the preferred agent for Hall Farm, an attractive Georgian family home set in twenty acres of pastureland on the Eastern edge of the village of Kinoulton, Nottinghamshire. The property, combined with a separate annex, stables and other substantial outbuildings is the latest of several residential sales instructions of this calibre.…
Thu 20 Apr 2023
Welcome to our Spring Newsletter …
Thu 30 Mar 2023
Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son, explains why & how ‘no publicity’ works for some sellers Off-market selling is a discreet service estate agents can offer to clients for whom the circumstances around selling their property are sensitive.…
Fri 10 Mar 2023
Forty delegates with farming business interests gathered in Melton Mowbray at the end of last week to hear speakers from three of the East Midlands region’s leading professional services firms as they shared their views on the challenges and opportunities for the farming & rural sector as it heads in to the second quarter of the year (2023).…
Thu 09 Mar 2023
Shoulers’ Head of Residential, Richard Cleaver and his sales team are going ‘back to school’ next week to take part in a careers event at John Ferneley College in Melton Mowbray.…
Thu 02 Mar 2023
Shouler & Son is supporting the British Pie Awards again this year with sponsorship of the Pork Pie Class 2 category.…
Wed 01 Mar 2023
Six new property instructions listed by Shoulers in the past month showcase a range of house styles whose owners are ready to make their move in the local housing market in and around Melton.…
Wed 22 Feb 2023
The latest unit let at Bowley Court in Melton town centre sees hair salon, Locks of Love with Lindsey now launched for business by owner Lindsey Baker.…
Wed 15 Feb 2023
There are five ‘live’ premium residential properties available to rent now from the early spring portfolio of Shouler & Son’s lettings agency.…
Wed 08 Feb 2023
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its latest quarterly UK Commercial Property Monitor covering the final three months of last year (2022).…
Thu 02 Feb 2023
As an external appointment to the role of new Head of Residential last spring, Richard Cleaver embarked on a mission to revamp Shouler & Son’s sales offer to sellers & buyers in the estate agency’s own Melton & Vale of Belvoir patch. Here, Richard files his initial mission report………
Tue 31 Jan 2023
A 4 bedroom, 3 reception, detached, family home with a double garage in the village of Branston in the Vale of Belvoir is one of the latest January residential property instructions for sale through Shouler & Son.…
Mon 30 Jan 2023
The outcome of Defra’s ‘rapid review’ of ELMS, initiated last September, was published at the end of last week (26 January). Having digested the policy paper, Angela Wood, Rural Professional Associate, Shouler & Son, shares her initial thoughts.…
Thu 26 Jan 2023
The speeding up of SFI & boost for payments announced by Defra, alongside details of Countryside Stewardship Plus scheme. Looks like ELMS review could be bringing better news for farming & food production. …
Tue 24 Jan 2023
Shouler & Son is staking its claim to the local residential housing market in and around the Melton and Vale of Belvoir this year following a revamp of its sales offer to buyers and sellers.…
Mon 23 Jan 2023
There is a metropolitan, urban-style vibe to mixed use commercial premises available to let in Melton through Shouler & Son.…
Thu 19 Jan 2023
Winter time can be the right time for putting your home on the market as long as you heed the advice from your estate agent about what you can do to brighten viewings. Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son shares his illuminating thoughts…..…
Wed 18 Jan 2023
Shouler & Son is the sole agent under instruction to let double fronted trading premises on Melton’s Market Square.…
Wed 11 Jan 2023
Getting rents right is what Shouler & Son attributes its success in occupying the slot as top ranking local agent for residential property lettings across a twelve month period by Rightmove, the leading online property portal.…
Mon 09 Jan 2023
Thu 05 Jan 2023
The first Shouler & Son residential lettings instruction for January has just ‘gone live’ and is available, by appointment, for viewings to prospective tenants looking for a family home in a village setting.…
Wed 04 Jan 2023
Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son, talks about the importance of accuracy when it comes to property particulars.…
Fri 30 Dec 2022
Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son delivers his new year message to local house sellers & buyers.…
Tue 20 Dec 2022
There is no room to muddy the waters between landlord & tenant responsibilities when it comes to matters of property maintenance.…
Thu 15 Dec 2022
A modern townhouse with garage, close to village amenities is one of the recent instructions in Shouler & Son’s seasonal residential sales portfolio this winter.…
Wed 14 Dec 2022
Melton Mowbray-based Shouler & Son was the top ranking local agent for residential property letting transactions last month (November) according to the latest monthly report by Rightmove - the leading online property portal - has revealed.…
Mon 12 Dec 2022
The past twelve months have been more than challenging as domestic and international headwinds conspired to create a complex setting in which to do business but the long term value of land & property prevails as Shouler & Son looks to 2023 - and beyond.…
Tue 06 Dec 2022
Shouler & Son’s residential agency is more than happy to arrange ‘early bird’ viewings to prospective purchasers following its pre-Christmas soft launch of a modern barn conversion property, with stables and paddock land, in the Melton Mowbray rural parish of Somerby.…
Thu 01 Dec 2022
Shouler & Son has confirmed the recent letting of four retail units at Bowley Court, Melton with Number 8 being let to one of the town’s long established and well respected local greengrocer.…
Tue 29 Nov 2022
A two bedroom, two reception terraced home within walking distance of Melton Mowbray town centre is the latest pre-Christmas property to be launched for sale by Shouler & Son.…
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Responding to the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Autumn Statement at the end of last week, Harry Baines, Partner & Head of Commercial, Shouler & Son, commented:…
Tue 22 Nov 2022
A re-grouping of the residential services of Shouler & Son sees its sales & lettings agency teams primed to deal with new instructions now in order to capitalise on new year market moves.…
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Edward Danby of Shouler & Son has been appointed to the board of Melton BID, the town’s business district organisation.…
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Shouler & Son is supporting the annual Melton Christmas Tree Festival again this year.…
Tue 15 Nov 2022
A two bedroom, two storey apartment conversion in a Grade II* Listed property in the Leicestershire countryside between Melton Mowbray and Grantham is the latest letting property listing of Shouler & Son.…
Thu 10 Nov 2022
Shouler & Son is gearing up for next month’s annual celebration of the best of the Melton & Belvoir area’s farming and produce at Melton Mowbray Market on Saturday 03 December.…
Wed 09 Nov 2022
Equipment from a former dairy in Leicestershire will be given a new lease of life in being reused and repurposed for a number of original and creative uses across the country following a successful dispersal sale by Shouler & Son.…
Tue 08 Nov 2022
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) latest quarterly UK commercial property monitor for the third quarter of this year has just been published.…
Thu 03 Nov 2022
Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son, signals the importance of a healthy lease life length for apartment owners looking to sell. References to ‘leasehold’ or ‘freehold’ sale are more commonly played out in the regular work of our commercial property agency colleagues at Shoulers and their clients.…
Tue 01 Nov 2022
Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son sets it straight about a property’s place in conservation areas. According to Historic England, there are circa 10,000 conservation areas in this country and every English local authority has, at least, one conservation area within its boundary.…
Thu 27 Oct 2022
The autumn edition of Shouler & Son’s Rural Digest is now available. Published twice a year - spring & autumn - the Digests are a round-up of the latest key policy announcements affecting the farming and rural business scene, with additional, expert comment from Shoulers’ rural services professionals.…
Tue 25 Oct 2022
Richard Cleaver, Shouler & Son’s Head of Residential, is a qualified & accredited domestic energy assessor. And as we head towards the winter, he is sensing that running costs are beginning to figure in potential housebuyers’ calculations in a way they haven’t done before.…
Thu 20 Oct 2022
Shouler & Son has been appointed to sell land with residential planning permission for six properties in one of Melton Mowbray’s newer neighbourhood districts, to the west of the town centre.…
Fri 14 Oct 2022
The three Fs - Fuel, Feed & Fertiliser - dominated the sector in the early part of the summer. These remain as pre-occupations but as price spikes bedded in, the widespread summer heatwaves of July & August threw up new challenges for 2022 harvest and plans for 2023.…
Thu 13 Oct 2022
Shouler & Son is celebrating its achievement in the latest British Property Awards 2022-2023 in being identified as the top local letting agent.…
Wed 12 Oct 2022
The catalogue for Shouler & Son’s forthcoming dispersal sale of cheesemaking equipment from an award winning Leicestershire dairy is now available online or by request.…
Thu 06 Oct 2022
With over a quarter of a century’s experience in estate agency, Richard Cleaver*, Shouler & Son’s Head of Residential, knows the pride & pleasure homeowners of Listed properties take in their role as stewards of the finest examples of the country’s built heritage. …
Tue 04 Oct 2022
Rotherhill Business Park on Thorpe Road is the location of the second set of business premises for Melton Mowbray-based company Stace Roofing, confirms Shouler & Son’s commercial agency who is acting under instruction on the remaining unit to let this autumn.…
Wed 28 Sep 2022
The dispersal sale of specialist dairy equipment looks set to attract the attention of the new, up-and-coming generation of specialist cheesemakers.…
Tue 27 Sep 2022
Defra’s strong indication that ELMS (Environmental Land Management Scheme) is under rapid review - along with other previously announced farming policies - is not surprising, according to Shouler & Son’s rural professionals.…
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Commenting on the increase of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) thresholds announced in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s September Statement Growth Plan on Friday (23 September), Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, said: “While it is easy for headlines to focus on house prices - which do remain historically high - as an indicator of a healthy housing market, it is activity which drives forward the housing market.…
Tue 20 Sep 2022
The commercial agency of Shouler & Son has confirmed the letting of the sixth business unit to be converted from former farm buildings at Welby Grange, near Melton Mowbray, with more units to let in the planning pipeline.…
Fri 09 Sep 2022
“We join the nation in marking and mourning the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II."…
Thu 08 Sep 2022
Shouler & Son’s commercial agents are encouraged by the latest footfall statistics for Melton Mowbray town centre as the firm begins its autumn launch of local retail business property instructions to let.…
Tue 06 Sep 2022
The market launch of a ‘neat’ ring-fenced farm, with an additional, supplementary land option, in rural Leicestershire signals the start of the autumn sales season for Shouler & Son’s rural agency.…
Thu 01 Sep 2022
Dan Barradale, who leads Shouler & Son’s residential lettings agency and property management services, explains how landlords can help themselves to avoid the voids.…
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Houses for sale - or to let - at the premium end of the market are often described by estate agents as ‘period properties’. Richard Cleaver, Head of Residential, Shouler & Son has prepared a quick, rough guide to the most common historical timelines that define particular architectural periods.…
Thu 25 Aug 2022
Residential lettings experts at Shouler & Son are encouraging property landlords, or would-be landlords, in the rural East Midlands to consider the perils of short term, holiday-style lets against the benefits of a long term lease agreement.…
Tue 23 Aug 2022
A post-pandemic penchant for ‘staycations’ has seen a reported rise in ownership of caravans & motorhomes and this, in turn, might come to highlight one of the more technical aspects of house buying in processing the paperwork of the sale. Shouler & Son’s Richard Cleaver, the firm’s Head of Residential, shares some general points on the matter of property covenants.…
Wed 17 Aug 2022
Shouler & Son has been identified as the top ranking local agent for residential property lettings agreed in the first seven months of the year in the latest report by Rightmove, the leading online property portal.…
Tue 16 Aug 2022
Oli Arnold is a graduate surveyor in Shouler & Son’s rural services team. He joined the practice in 2021 post-harvest and on graduating from Harper Adams University with an honours degree in Rural Property Management.…
Thu 11 Aug 2022
Shouler & Son is advising clients to think laterally in the fit-out of farm sheds for alternative uses to meet the growing demand.…
Wed 10 Aug 2022
Fri 05 Aug 2022
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has published its latest quarterly UK commercial property market survey covering activity in the second quarter of this year (2022).…
Thu 04 Aug 2022
Grade II Listed commercial premises available to let in Melton Mowbray’s Market Place will give the new occupier the right to claim a slice of Leicestershire folklore and a direct linguistical link to the English-speaking world.…
Wed 03 Aug 2022
A ‘gorgeous’ Georgian, country village residence in Warwickshire is looking for a new family to share its fine accommodation, period features and fulfil the potential of all its mature grounds, swimming pool, and range of formal and informal lawns and gardens have to offer.…
Tue 02 Aug 2022
Shouler & Son has launched the latest in a succession of apartments to let in a in a newly renovated former Victorian villa residence in the leafy setting of one of Melton Mowbray town’s sought after neighbourhoods.…
Fri 29 Jul 2022
A four double bedroom, detached barn conversion for sale in a rural Leicestershire village setting is the latest property instruction causing a buzz this summer for the residential agency of Shouler & Son.…
Thu 28 Jul 2022
Shouler & Son confirms it retains its watching brief on behalf of clients for commercial opportunities as the development of the proposed sites for the East Midlands Freeport (EMF) takes shape.…
Tue 26 Jul 2022
Shouler & Son is acting as the sole agent under instruction on the sale of the freehold of two new, vacant retail units located on Melton Mowbray town centre’s busiest thoroughfares. Described by the agent as one of the ‘quirkiest’ of its recent commercial instructions, the two Wilton Road units have been re-purposed for easy to manage retail use from their previous use as one set of the town’s public male and female toilet facilities.…
Thu 21 Jul 2022
Shouler & Son is sharing in the cricketing success of Great Dalby Cricketing Club in winning this season’s Fred Parker Memorial Cup – previously known as the Burrough League Cup.…
Wed 13 Jul 2022
Resilience and an enduring commitment to the long term value of land and property assets have underpinned market moves in the first half of this turbulent year (2022) according to Shouler & Son.…
Tue 12 Jul 2022
Farmers or rural landowners looking for new opportunities for diversification could take a lead from peers and look to re-purpose any paddock amenity to accommodate the nation’s growing penchant for pooches.…
Wed 06 Jul 2022
The expansion of Shouler & Son’s estate agency continues under the firm’s new head of residential with the announcement of the appointment of a new recruit to fill a newly created role. …
Wed 29 Jun 2022
It’s back to school for tenants interested in one of Shouler & Son’s new letting instructions on the southern edge of Melton Mowbray.…
Thu 23 Jun 2022
Shouler & Son’s new website marks the latest phase in the East Midlands multi-disciplinary property firm’s business growth.…
Wed 22 Jun 2022
A 19th Century residential lodge at the entrance to Melton Mowbray’s Thorpe Road cemetery is one of the latest properties local agent Shouler & Son has in its summer portfolio of new letting instructions.…
Tue 21 Jun 2022
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) has published a white paper (16 June) in which it sets out government thinking for the future direction of policy for the private rented sector (PRS).…
Wed 15 Jun 2022
Shouler & Son is calling on commercial and rural landowners in and around the East Midlands to bring forward suitable sites that could go some way to plugging the gap in the country’s electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.…
Tue 14 Jun 2022
The Government has set out its Food Strategy for England, and according to Shouler & Son’s rural professionals, the focus of the strategy appears to have moved away from this as its main focus in taking account of recent world events.…
Thu 09 Jun 2022
Buyers of residential property being launched by Shouler & Son can be confident that the seller is primed, prepared and ready to proceed when it comes to the paperwork of the sale.…
Wed 08 Jun 2022
Shouler & Son is welcoming its latest recruit this month (June) as part of the ongoing expansion of its residential estate agency team this summer.…
Tue 07 Jun 2022
Shouler & Son is reminding farmers that they only have until 22 June to register details of their use of Plant Protection Products (PPPs) and companion substances (known as ‘adjuvants’) to ensure compliance with Defra and Health & Safety Executive (HSE) regulations.…
Mon 06 Jun 2022
Shouler & Son is the sole agent instructed to market the £1.2 million freehold of a commercial site in the heart of Rutland.…
Wed 01 Jun 2022
Richard Cleaver, head of sales at residential estate agency, Shouler & Son, believes that only a local estate agent, with boots on the ground, can make the case for both types of fee.…
Tue 31 May 2022
Shouler & Son has published the spring edition of its Rural Digest in which its rural services professionals round up and comment on the latest key policy and funding scheme announcements affecting farming & estates sector clients.…
Fri 27 May 2022
A detached, five bedroom family home set in mature landscaped grounds, on the edge of Melton Mowbray and close to the town’s cricket club and golf course is being described as an ‘appointment to view’ property by agent Shouler & Son.…
Wed 25 May 2022
Shouler & Son has published a new edition of its Consumer Protection Regulations Questionnaire for vendors using its residential agency sales service.…
Mon 23 May 2022
Rural specialists at Shouler & Son are cautioning farmers and landowners against the short term appeal of the mini-industry of carbon offsetting that has sprung up in the current climate of Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) uncertainty.…
Fri 20 May 2022
Rising requirements for depot-scale sheds for commercial storage or shipping-style containers for smaller scale self-storage sees increasing demand for land on which storage can stand. Harry Baines, Shouler & Son Partner & Head of Commercial, feels landowners in the rural East Midlands are well placed to capitalise. …
Thu 19 May 2022
Shouler & Son has added to its commercial services team with the appointment of a new recruit this month (May).…
Wed 18 May 2022
Shouler & Son’s latest farm sales instruction has already attracted interest from potential buyers from farming and non-farming backgrounds, confirms the firm’s rural commercial agency.…
Tue 17 May 2022
The forthcoming Levelling Up & Regeneration Bill, as outlined in the Queens Speech recently 10 May, referenced measures to address empty business premises but missed opportunities to remedy other obstacles facing tenants and landlords in looking to improve our high streets and town centres.…
Mon 16 May 2022
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors RICS has published its latest quarterly UK commercial property market survey covering activity during the first three months of this year January, February & March 2022.…
Mon 09 May 2022
A set of five brand new, high quality industrial units to let, just a mile from Melton Mowbray is the latest local instruction the commercial agency of Shouler & Son is marketing to occupiers this spring.…
Thu 28 Apr 2022
Self-contained, mixed-use commercial premises to let in Melton Mowbray are likely to suit the type of business occupier looking to channel a more urban vibe in a workplace setting than is usually available in the rural market town or the surrounding area.…
Tue 26 Apr 2022
Commercial premises to let within a busy community hub setting in central Melton Mowbray offer a range of possible uses to potential occupiers, according to the commercial agency of Shouler Son.…
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Affairs of state, quite rightly, occupy our minds at Shouler Son this spring. When we started the year, headline concerns were driven by domestic considerations of increasing operating costs for businesses in focusing on the cost of living crisis. Yet in late February our focus turned to the international scene and the unsettling situation in Ukraine and the wider ramifications of conflict in the state known as the bread basket of Europe.…
Thu 21 Apr 2022
Shouler Son is acting as an agent on behalf of the landlord on two industrial units available to let this spring at Rotherhill Business Park in Melton Mowbray. The two units are among the last in the scheme of fourteen units of upgraded and completely refurbished properties at the Thorpe Road business park in the market town of Melton.…
Fri 15 Apr 2022
This is the time of year when home owners thinking about selling in the coming months are advised to take advantage of the lengthening days to prepare their properties to make the best impression on potential buyers from the outset, according to Shouler Sons estate agents.…
Wed 13 Apr 2022
The rural agency of Shouler Son is reporting significant and serious interest in eight acres of paddock land for sale in Rutland on which it is acting as the sole agent under instruction of the current owner.…
Tue 12 Apr 2022
In the second of an occasional series of guest comments from peer professionals in the property sector, John Coleman, Dip,TP, MRTPI shares his own, personal views on a new opportunity for rural landowners and developers to work together.…
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Shouler & Son has announced the appointment of a new head of its residential estate agency. Richard Cleaver has joined the Melton Mowbray-based property practice as head of the estate agency department and senior valuer.…
Thu 07 Apr 2022
A self-contained office suite to let in the centre of the market town of Melton Mowbray may suit a number of commercial uses - from business services to salon or studio style occupiers.…
Wed 06 Apr 2022
The latest Defra announcement about the Sustainable Farming Initiative (SFI) has been published. Shouler & Son’s rural service professionals agree that the latest announcement (published 30 March) confirms much of what was already known when the SFI policy document was published last December (2021) and on which the firm commented at the time.…
Tue 05 Apr 2022
Shouler & Son is the estate agent instructed on two former chapels for sale via unconventional methods in order to meet end of April sales deadlines.…
Thu 31 Mar 2022
The letting of a Grade II Listed property on Leicester Street in central Melton Mowbray is the latest premises deal to be completed by the commercial agency of Shouler & Son.…
Wed 30 Mar 2022
A three storey café property on Oakham’s High Street has been let to a new occupier through Melton-based agent, Shouler & Son.…
Thu 24 Mar 2022
A brand new bungalow in the village of Thorpe Arnold on the outskirts of Melton Mowbray is the newest instruction for Shouler & Son’s residential agency.…
Wed 23 Mar 2022
An experienced jeweller and healing practitioner is opening for business this month (March) in new premises at Bowley Court in Melton Mowbray town centre, confirms commercial agents at Shouler & Son.…
Tue 22 Mar 2022
The spring housing market remains steady when set against the prevailing winds of global events and domestic economic concerns dominating the headlines so far this year.…
Thu 17 Mar 2022
Shouler & Son is showcasing what it describes as a ‘very rare rental opportunity’ in its newly refreshed spring lettings portfolio.…
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Forty delegates with farming business interests gathered in Melton Mowbray at the end of last week to hear speakers from three of the East Midlands region’s leading professional services firms share their views on the farming & rural sector as it heads in to the second quarter of the year (2022).…
Mon 14 Mar 2022
The British Pie Awards 2022 have just taken place in Melton Mowbray and Shouler & Son has, once more, joined leading local business in sponsoring one of the classes and judging the winning entries.…
Thu 10 Mar 2022
A national franchise business which hosts pamper parties for children and young families has chosen Melton Mowbray as the location for its latest salon venue where it is now open for business at 1 Wilton Road, Melton Mowbray - the former estate agency offices of local property firm Shouler & Son.…
Tue 01 Mar 2022
In the first of a series of guest comments from peer professionals in the property sector who work with Shouler & Son, Colin Smithson-Connelly, a domestic energy assessor with Sycamore Energy Assessors Ltd, explains EPCs.…
Thu 24 Feb 2022
According to The Pet Food Manufacturers Association (PFMA), the twelve month period post-March 2020 lockdown saw pet ownership increase in the country by 3.2 million households, with circa 12 million dogs and an equivalent figure of cats living in the UK and spread across roughly 17 million households. In the face of such a volume of pet ownership, it should come as no surprise that attitudes of property landlords change with the times in matters of tenants who are also responsible pet owners.…
Tue 22 Feb 2022
The rising cost of energy bills will be figuring in many households’ expenditure and budgeting this year (2022), but Shouler & Son reports that running costs are not something housebuyers in and around the Melton Mowbray area are identifying as a priority when it comes to making an offer on a property.…
Tue 22 Feb 2022
The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has recently published details of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) Lump Sum Exit Scheme for those with farming interests who are wishing to leave and/or retire from the sector.…
Thu 17 Feb 2022
Gatekeeper, advocate, troubleshooter, & steward are just some of roles performed by a property managing agent. Dan Barradale, associate, Shouler & Son, outlines the value to landlords in using management services when it comes to rental property.…
Wed 09 Feb 2022
Defra has recently launched the Tenancy Working Group (TWG), an independent study group with a wide remit to include how the move to ELMS (Environment Land Management Schemes) funding will affect tenant farmers.…
Tue 08 Feb 2022
With energy costs in focus on the news agenda this winter, Helen Vesper-Smith, Partner, Shouler & Son offers a view of the significance of energy ratings when it comes to commercial units.…
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Commercial partner Helen Vesper-Smith comments on the recently published RICS quarterly UK commercial property market survey, covering the final three months of last year (2021).…
Thu 27 Jan 2022
A community interest company (CIC) is welcoming members to its new base in Melton this month (January) following a relocation move in which local agent, Shouler & Son acted for the landlord of the new town centre premises.…
Tue 25 Jan 2022
Shouler & Son is turning its attention to the plight of the pig farming industry in building on the property firm’s Cash in your cowshed initiative which saw it working with farming clients to successfully bring forward buildings and land holdings for alternative business use.…
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Defra has just published the new, improved rates for payments under the Countryside Stewardship Scheme (CSS) following its most recent review.…
Mon 17 Jan 2022
The traditional, busy new year housing market is now well underway and this year is proving no exception when it comes to instructions and viewings, according to Shouler & Son.…
Thu 13 Jan 2022
Defra has recently published information about two major schemes to be rolled-out under the ELMS (Environment Land Management Scheme) umbrella in replacing the BPS (Basic Payment Scheme).…
Wed 12 Jan 2022
Last month (December), Defra finally set out how the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will work this year (2022). We made our initial comment when the policy paper was published which was, broadly, welcoming of the fact that it had, at least, become available. …
Thu 06 Jan 2022
Tim Harris, agricultural associate, Shouler & Son, has fully digested the available detail of last month’s SFI (Sustainable Farming Incentive) Defra policy document and provides an entrée for those contemplating applying this year.…
Wed 05 Jan 2022
Shouler & Son’s rural professionals have been busy working on behalf of clients to meet the imminent application deadlines for two schemes of the Farming Investment Fund (FIF) on 07 January & 12 January.…
Wed 05 Jan 2022
Melton Mowbray and the surrounding rural district are perfectly placed to capitalise on lifestyle changes sought by homebuyers from London and the South East who are fortunate enough to be able to work from home (WFH) now and into the future.…
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Shouler & Son’s rural business professionals are working with farm & estate business clients on the best way forward from 2022 in having digested the extent - and the limitations - of the ‘Sustainable Farming Initiative’ (SFI) policy document published by Defra earlier this month (02 December).…
Fri 17 Dec 2021
24th to 28th December – Closed 29th and 30th December – Open 31st December – Open (closes at 12 pm) Reopen on the 4th January 2022…
Tue 14 Dec 2021
Covid-19 considerations have been the backdrop to land and property moves this year (2021) but the nature of Shouler & Son’s transactions have set the tone for the sector in the coming twelve months.…
Tue 07 Dec 2021
Shouler & Son has welcomed plans announced by a Leicestershire-based developer to create a new commercial centre of employment on Melton Mowbray’s southern fringe.…
Thu 02 Dec 2021
The return of more normal retail trading conditions since the summer has seen Shouler & Son recently complete its current portfolio of shop unit instructions and appeal to retail landlords to bring forward any vacant and vacating properties now, ahead of the new year.…
Mon 22 Nov 2021
Shouler & Son’s lettings department describes one of its latest instructions this autumn as a ‘one-off’ property as it is a development opportunity offering the tenant the chance to convert and live in former school house in the Vale of Belvoir countryside ,near Grantham.…
Wed 17 Nov 2021
Shouler & Son has welcomed the launch of the Farming Investment Fund (FIF) announced by Defra this week (16 November) and is urging any potential beneficiaries to apply sooner rather than later.…
Tue 16 Nov 2021
Homeowners who are contemplating a house move before next spring (2022) should be appointing a selling agent sooner rather than later before this year’s end.…
Fri 12 Nov 2021
The final industrial unit remaining for sale or to let at Rotherhill Business Park in Melton Mowbray is now available, advises Shouler & Son who is acting as joint agent with FHP on behalf of the developer.…
Mon 08 Nov 2021
As another client gains planning approval for a change from rural to commercial use for former farm buildings, Helen Vesper-Smith, the Shouler & Son partner who heads its commercial services, senses a trend gaining momentum.…
Fri 08 Oct 2021
Farming is a business, a mindset and a way of life for families. Matters of the inheritance of the farm, its assets and the direction of the future business can often be highly charged because passions are in play. Frequently, assumptions are made and what is left unsaid can be disruptive.…
Thu 02 Sep 2021
With most land being farmed within the same family for decades (if not centuries) you may have never asked yourself whether your land is correctly registered with Land Registry, however, if it is not, it can carry risks that will not only cost you time but money as well.…
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Last Autumn DEFRA released their policy paper entitled “The Path to Sustainable Farming: An Agricultural Transition Plan 2021 to 2024”. This plan set out the changes that were made to agricultural policy in England from the 1st of January and what it means to you as farmers.…
Thu 02 Sep 2021
The project is also demonstrating how captured fugitive methane surplus to the farm’s own needs can be made available in gas and liquid form for local sale to create a profitable income stream for the farmer, and how the company’s process can improve the sustainability of land management by using the resulting digestate to help minimise external artificial inputs in the form of manufactured fertiliser. The project aims to provide a proven business model for a roll-out of this radical new approach across the county, the UK and beyond.…
Thu 02 Sep 2021
Back in early 2018 Shoulers launched our Cash in your Cowshed campaign which saw us working with and advising our existing and new agricultural clients to consider diversification as an alternative source of income generation, which has proven to be a great success! …
Thu 02 Sep 2021
The first half of 2021 has been a busy and successful time for Shouler & Sons letting department. Similar to 2020 demand has stayed strong with the unprecedented need for rental properties ranging from one-bedroom apartments to five-bedroom country residences. Due to this demand rents have continued to remain strong within the area as people are looking to move to properties offering more outside space and larger gardens due to the effects of the past two lock downs making people re-assess their priorities and living situation.…
Sat 03 Jul 2021
Our Wilton Road office has relocated to join our County Chambers office on Kings Road from the 5th July 2021.…
Thu 16 Jul 2020
Our offices are closed but key members of our staff are working remotely. If something is in need of the landlord's attention to repair, please...…
Mon 09 Dec 2019
A roundup of our recent successes, achievements, news and updates. Click below to read more...…
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Farm Sale On behalf of K.V. Bonser The Cedars, Normanton-on-Soar Complete Farm Machinery Sale of Tractors, Trailers, Machinery, Equipment and Implements Saturday September 28th 2019 at 10.30 am …
Tue 01 Jan 2019
Home owners in Melton have been given a surprise boost this week with news that the value of their properties has risen this year at a faster rate on average than virtually every- where else in England.…
Tue 09 Oct 2018
If your business submits a BPS claim form, you are automatically committed to the rules of cross compliance, which began 1st January 2017.…
Tue 07 Aug 2018
Farming and farming incomes are as volatile as they have ever been and we are yet to see how Brexit will impact them in the coming months and years.…
Thu 12 Jul 2018
Shouler & Son handle more business premises than anyone else in the second most successful town in UK.…
Thu 12 Jul 2018
With all the doom & gloom in the press about the world at large, right down to the local economy and housing market we are glad that Spring is nearly upon us. With the bulbs flowering,…
Tue 12 Jun 2018
Since our last newsletter it has become apparent that the increase in stamp duty targeting residential landlords has not had much negative effect. Nor have the changes to income tax in terms of mortgage interest for let residential no longer being allowable expense to offset against income. We believe that the investment yields…