{"id":10056,"date":"2010-01-10T07:06:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-10T00:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/property-guardian-schemes-are-a-cheap-way-to-rent-a-home-with-character-but-you-wont-stay-long\/"},"modified":"2016-04-06T10:45:42","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T03:45:42","slug":"property-guardian-schemes-are-a-cheap-way-to-rent-a-home-with-character-but-you-wont-stay-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/property-guardian-schemes-are-a-cheap-way-to-rent-a-home-with-character-but-you-wont-stay-long\/","title":{"rendered":"Property guardian schemes are a cheap way to rent a home with character. But you won't stay long"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n‘Property guardians’ can save a packet by moving into vacant buildings but they can’t expect any security themselvesIn an age of housing shortages, unaffordable prices and sky-high rents, paying just \u00a350 a week to live in a character home may seem a dream. But for Andy Fairclough, and hundreds like him, it is a reality \u2013 because they are “property guardians”.There are several UK firms running guardian schemes, looking after empty houses and commercial premises on behalf of owners. The firms recruit individuals who want a flexible lifestyle unsuited to conventional home ownership or renting. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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‘Property guardians’ can save a packet by moving into vacant buildings but they can’t expect...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-2Cc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":79430,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/property-guardian-firms-are-a-force-for-good-letters\/","url_meta":{"origin":10056,"position":0},"title":"Property guardian firms are a force for good | Letters","date":"February 9, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Seven professionals from property guardianship companies say that their sector provides real, affordable alternatives to the private rental marketWe disagree with the assertion that people are forced into being property guardians (Steep rents force thousands to live as \u2018guardians\u2019 in shoddy housing, 6 February). 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