Useful Links

All of the team at pickupaproperty have experience of renovating houses for themselves, and also of trying to find suitable properties.

Edward Sykes, Director, regularly writes articles on renovation for such magazines as Property Ladder, Move to the Country, Location, Location, Location as well as features for other publications. He is a regular speaker at The National Selfbuild & Renovation Centre in Swindon.

In this section we have tried to gather together useful information and links that we hope will assist you in all aspects of your development, from finding the property, paying the right price, through development and finally to selling it on for a profit!

Empty properties being brought back into use:
Empro.co.uk	Empro.co.uk brings together prospective landlords, investors and house hunters with long term empty properties with the aim of bringing them back on to the market. Launched in 2004, the website has over 10,000 registered users and currently provides a marketplace for vacant properties across seven west London Boroughs and in Birmingham, and will be expanded further a field later this year.
UK Skip Hire from Value Skips:
www.valueskiphire.co.uk	Value Skip Hire operates a nationwide service providing low cost skip hire and waste removal to domestic and trade customers. Working with a network consisting of hundreds of local skip hire depots across the country, to provide the cheapest and most reliable skip hire service near you. Call us free on 0800 0517 660 or visit our website for more information.
Top Skips:
www.topskips.com	Topskips UK National Online Skip Hire offers all sizes of skips for domestic and commercial waste management projects. You can view the skips in action before you hire at Topskips TV. Book online 24/7/365 on our safe and secure server.
Public Angel:
PublicAngel.com	At PublicAngel.com you'll find property for sale and property to let including listings for tenants and buyers. Whether you're a landlord, tenent, buyer, seller, estate agent or letting agent, you'll find what you're looking for right here at no cost to you.
Fixed price buy-to-let refurbishment:
fastlet.com	Fastlet.com have assembled a team of reliable contractors that will completely refurbish a property to a standard suitable for letting for a fixed cost. Mention you heard about fastlet through pickupaproperty and receive a free book on property investment.
Approved Tradesmen:
ApprovedTradesmen.com	Find Approved tradesmen for your building or renovation project across the UK. Tradesmen are vetted for their professional standards and personal integrity. With their easy to use search facility you can find the exact tradesmen in your area without wasting time looking through 100s of adverts in flat directories looking for the right person. Approved tradesmen have done all the work for you. To give you further peace of mind each tradesmen has customer ratings listed for every job they have carried out. View their scores on their profile page before you call them out. Approved tradesmen .com for every job you need carrying out on your home or garden.
The Keyholding Company:
www.keyholding.com	The Keyholding Company provides essential home services all related to the authorised use of members' property keys. Security - Providing access if locked out. Tradesmen - Emergency repairs or just odd jobs. Delivery - Provide access for deliveries.
Moving:
helpiammoving.com	The Keyholding Company provides essential home services all related to the authorised use of members' property keys. helpiammoving.com is a free, independent advice site which aims to point people moving house in the right direction, making life and the whole process of moving as straight forward as possible. We offer useful hints & tips, lists of removal companies, packing boxes, checklists and advice on house moves, everything from games to keep the children happy on moving day, to moving with fish. We also offer a free moving quotes service, fill out one quick form and we will send your details to five removal companies in your area.