From transportation to traffic management, smart city technology has the capability to change how people live and interact by reducing resource consumption, making the city more efficient and much more. Although this technology is still in its infancy stages of development, the push for smart city realization seems inevitable and it won’t be long before […]
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When it comes to understanding tenants needs, there is a huge gap between property managers’ perceptions and those of the residents. That is according to a recent survey by US company Building Engines. For example, 66% of building management teams communicate with tenants via phone, while only 4% of tenant employees plan to use this
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Letterboxes full of junk mail. Important notifications going missing. How do I tell my neighbour that his dog is digging holes in our gardens? Endless general meetings, but very little progress. Does your residential community use software to tackle these problems? There is no shortage of options available in the market. Free or premium; for
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It can be a lonely, unrewarded and difficult journey for the president of a residential community. Plenty of after-hours work, disgruntled property owners, loads of paperwork, and recurring trips to the bank. It is remarkable that with so many different types of residential communities in different parts of the world, all arrangements seem to rely
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There is a growing trend among younger generations in developed countries to rent dwellings, as opposed to taking on mortgages. Either forced by high prices or simply due to the convenience and flexibility of seeing housing as a service more than like a heavy investment, there is now Generation Rent.
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Our business Urbytus is located right next to the Mijas area of Costa del Sol. This city council is implementing a very interesting plan to assist local residential communities with some of their maintenance needs.
Local City Council Incentivizes Upkeep of Residential Communities Read More »
The Mirror newspaper reported last month that the resident of a London flat had been awarded over 100K pounds for noise disturbance coming from the neighbours upstairs.
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There are lot of questions about the fees of a community president. Can they collect a fee, how much and if it is legal. In this article we answer this common question.
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The 1st Presidents Club Golf Tournament, organized by Urbytus in aid of Cudeca on the Costa del Sol at the Marbella Club Golf Resort.
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The Presidents Club It is a thing that often most entrepreneurs forget. It is not just about protecting your trade mark, but also making sure that you do not use someone else’s. Let me begin with my own story as an example. In 2007 I embarked on a new project. I knew very well how
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