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Cyclists In Copenhagen By A River

Sustainability, Design and Travel Series: Copenhagen

We’re starting our series with Copenhagen, the Danish capital and one of Scandinavia’s — and indeed, Europe’s — coolest conurbations. With its extensive bike networks, commitment to renewable energy and green-friendly hotels, it’s a city with sustainability at its heart. Add to this some pretty impressive architecture, striking design credentials and a truly impressive culinary landscape, it’s no wonder it receives the title of a ‘modern-day fairy tale’.

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Mental Health First Aid: Fourwalls Breaks Down the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health

The long-standing stigma around mental health means that many people have a limited understanding of what mental health is and how it can be affected. Mental health issues are not uncommon: in any one year approximately one in four people experience at least one diagnosable mental health issue, and it’s just as important to safeguard our mental wellbeing as it is to take care of our physical selves. While it is a legal requirement to have a physical first aider in every workplace, we are still a long way off seeing mental health treated in the same way.

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Zero Carbon Communities and the Push to Save the Planet

In recent years the motivation to reduce our impact on the planet has rapidly accelerated, with groups like Extinction Rebellion making international news and long-time climate change activists calling for immediate action. We already know that the way we currently live causes irreparable damage to the planet, and that something must be done to reduce carbon emissions, the use of plastics and other non-recyclable materials in everyday life and to conserve a better way of living to protect the Earth from further harm.

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Fourwalls Runs London for Cancer Research UK

We’re never ones to shy away from a challenge at Fourwalls, so when Hamptons International approached us to help support their mission to raise £150,000 for charity to celebrate their 150th year, we jumped at the chance. Rather than just make a donation, we enlisted 10 members of staff to join Hamptons employees from the company HQ and local branches to run the 2019 Asics London 10k.

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How can Virtual Staging Help You to Sell More Properties?

Imagine, the perfect family home. A great location on an upscale road, close to amenities and schools. A big garden, footpaths all around to walk the dog, and a friendly community feel. Inside the rooms are large and full of natural light. The only drawback? It’s empty. Really empty. It’s no secret that empty houses fail to inspire new owners, who are often lacking in time (and sometimes, dare we say it, imagination).

Enter the perfect solution: virtual staging.

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The Rise of British Brutalism

It’s always been controversial, but is brutalism once again cool? We explore the surprising rise in popularity of brutalism, one of the most divisive forms of modern architecture.

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Size Matters: How Important is Property Measurement?

Measuring a property’s floor area is vital for a number of reasons, such as calculating service charges for lease agreements or simply to illustrate a property for marketing purposes. The way we measure properties varies dramatically around the world and depending on the standard used the area of measurement can differ enormously.

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New HMO Licensing Rules: is Your Multiple Occupancy Property Compliant?

House shares are an important and growing sector of the property industry, providing long and short term accommodation to professionals, friends or families. Most house shares are known as ‘house in multiple occupation’, or HMO — but what does this mean, exactly? Generally, an HMO is a property rented by at least three people who are not related from one household, who share communal facilities like a bathroom and kitchen. Many landlords rent their properties as HMOs without even realising it, but since a new reform came into effect on 1st October 2018 most HMOs in England and Wales now require a license, not just large properties. Previously, only properties of three floors or more were covered by the HMO license — the new rules mean that properties of any height where there are five or more sharers in two or more households require a license.

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Five of the Best… Ways to Maximise Space in a Small Garden

You don’t need a large country estate to enjoy an outside space with room for entertaining, relaxing and even growing your own ingredients for the kitchen. Even the smallest patch of patio or lawn offers scope for grand ideas: take a look at our five of the best ways to make a small garden feel bigger.

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Remote Working

Here at Fourwalls, we like to support our staff in many ways, such as with flexible working or training opportunities. We have a network of freelance operators who work remotely and liaise with us in order to form a flawless working relationship, with seamless interaction between the team which allows us to provide the best service possible, using the best people. With four million people now working solely from home in the UK, is this the new modern way of working?

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