Milton Keynes in the TOP 10 BTL areas in the UK – Telegraph Property

A very interesting article in the Saturday Telegraph Property Supplement on 5th January. Discussing celebrity Landlords and their portfolios.

 

They produced a chart of the top 10 Buy To Let locations, this puts Milton Keynes at number six in the UK.

 

If you would like any advice on purchasing a BTL property please feel free to call Adam in our office and he will be happy to help.

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/investmentinproperty/9778129/Why-buy-to-let-is-a-booming-business.html

 

Carbon Monoxide Detectors

A very important topic and should be law here too! Do you have yours?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20149879

Prestige Estates MK sponsored race car takes maiden victory

The Toyota MR2 driven by Jason Jones and Tony Jones secured their first class win last weekend on the Snetterton 300 circuit in Norfolk. Competing in the MSV track day trophy it was only the teams third outing. With torrential rain (and a snow shower overnight) conditions were dreadful for qualifying. However halfway through the session the team were in 2nd position, however with a safety car period working against them they finally achieved 7th on the grid. This was first in class by some margin

With Tony starting he made a dramatic first hundred meters moving into 4th before the superior horsepower of the other cars allowed them to overtake before the first corner. Keeping out of trouble for his stint he handed over to Jason with the car in 9th place overall and leading their class by 40 seconds.

In failing light and a car having dropped oil around a quarter of the track Jason managed to extend their class lead to nearly a minute. When he finally passed the chequered flag the moon was out and it was difficult to see the edge of the track.

Both drivers were extremely pleased with the win, finishing 11th overall ahead of much faster cars (including a Lotus Elise, BMW’s and even an Imprezza Turbo).

Silverstone Amateur Dramatics

We are very pleased for the second year running to have sponsored the Silverstone Amateur Dramatics production. This years production was “Are You Being Served” which was performed this weekend. A very funny show with plenty of inuendo!

Landlord complaints increasing? Not at Prestige Estates MK!

This BBC New article today shows a worrying national trend but thankfully not something we are seeing in Milton Keynes or surrounding areas. A good reminder why it is always advisable to rent though a registered approved lettings agent – giving you the backup when you need it!  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19818584

 

If you;d like to rent a home or have a property to let in Milton Keynes or South Northants why not give us a call to discuss on 01908 888816 or email info@prestigemk.com. You can also look at our website www.prestigemk.com

MSV Track Day Trophy

Jason & Tony completed their first race in the www.prestigemk.com sponsored Toyota MR2 at the weekend. The MSV Trackday Trophy race is a 45 minute endurance two driver race held at Silverstone on the National Circuit. Tony & Jason qualified second in class (for cars with under 125BHP per tonne). Tony took the first stint and made a good start gaining a number of places and at the end of the first lap was leading the class. He managed avoid a number of first lap accidents which saw a few cars in the gravel and with body damage. During his 22 minute stint he pulled out a 7 second lead from the second placed car before pulling into the pits for the driver change.

 

Driver changes must take a minimum of 1 minute 50 seconds. teams must time their own stop but the officials also time them. If you “short stop” you get a drive through penalty. Timing starts as the car enters the pit lane and stops as it exits. We had practiced our stops and thought we had it cracked. We timed our stop at 1 minute 54 seconds, perfect. The official timing for the stop was 1 minute 51 seconds. A close thing!

Jason went out for his stint and drove well in his first ever race, unfortunately a spin at Brooklands (which he almost caught!) while overtaking a slower car saw him loose first place. He continued on and finished in 2nd place. Unfortunately Tony had incurred a 5 second penalty during his stint for exceeding the track limits. Crossing the white line on the exit of Copse. This pushed them down to third….

 

Not a bad result for their first race. But they are hoping for a better result in the next race.

Part one of the race is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjAVASpmp4

Part two of the race is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOJuRBOIWXM

 

Safe Agent

We are pleased to announce our ‘SafeAgent’ status. Prestige Estates MK Ltd are now the ONLY letting agent to be SafeAgent, ARLA and Trading Standards approved in Milton Keynes.

Landlords to find out what makes us different and why we are rapidly becoming one of the best letting agents in Milton keynes please see our Landlords info page at http://www.prestigemk.com/landlords.htm

Prestige Estates MK Ltd Safe Agent Scheme

2012 Midnight Moo

Pictured is Jayne Jones and her friends from last years Midnight Moo. For some reason the organisers for this years Midnight Moo have decided to use their photo for advertising the event….not sure why?!

For 2012 Jayne is joined by Louise from the office in the event raising money for Willen Hospice. Everyone at Prestige Estates MK Ltd are wishing them good luck and hope they raise lots of money for such a worthwhile cause.

Ferrari 360 Challenge car – Silverstone

A Wet but Fun day at Silverstone with Graham Reeder, Jon and Simon from Springy Web

Graham took Jon and Simon out for a few laps in the car which I think it is safe to say they enjoyed by the big grins afterwards. The car was running on quite old wet tyres in some bad conditions but Graham still managed some very quick laps. The car is in race action this weekend at Silverstone in the Pirelli ferrari Open championship where it will be driven by Tim Ingram-Hill.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fii6-2quiQ

MR2 – First Race Results – 1st April 2012

A generally good result from our first race weekend. Qualified 18th out of 36. Not where we thought we would be but we were struggling with very bad understeer. However in the races Tony managed to work his way up to 11th and 13th places in race 1 & 2 respectively. A good result considering and with no accident damage (which was more than could be said for quite a few of the other cars). We now plan a major suspension overhall before the next race on 13th may. Hopefully improving the lap times!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUWfaykN8LU&context=C4808715ADvjVQa1PpcFN11mXFnVlA8muuP9kgn6UrSd0cYHg6L3E=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrnqwGtlncE&context=C4b7877cADvjVQa1PpcFN11mXFnVlA8iHep-AHFwgey9Q7d0ZreAM=