City of Edinburgh Council has released an app to support the maintenance of housing properties under co-ownership.
Named Novoville Shared Repairs, it has been developed with public services software company Novoville and is being made available to local authorities throughout Scotland.
It enables users to created a ‘virtual tenement’ and report a repair or maintenance issue to fellow proprietors. They can then use it to hire contractors who are members of Edinburgh’s Trusted Trader scheme, receiving quotes and making it possible for the shared owners to vote on which one to choose.
It also makes it possible to create a dedicated e-money account for a property with business payments company Modulr, which is regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. This renders it unnecessary to create a traditional treasurer account with a bank or building society.
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When renowned Scottish architect Thomas Hamilton set about designing a home for Edinburghâs Royal High School in the early 1800s, he cemented the cityâs reputation as an âAthens of the Northâ with a Greek revival building still considered one of Europeâs finest.
But despite being widely lauded and variously floated as a home for the Scottish parliament, a national photography centre and a military history museum, the building has lain empty since the school moved in 1968. Now, a decision by the cityâs council to strip hotel developers of the siteâs lease could see it back in action once again.