{"id":127701,"date":"2022-07-13T00:20:27","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-we-need-new-rules-for-redecoration-in-downing-street-letters\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T00:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:39:09","slug":"why-we-need-new-rules-for-redecoration-in-downing-street-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-we-need-new-rules-for-redecoration-in-downing-street-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Why we need new rules for redecoration in Downing Street | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nFuture incumbents should have to make good any alterations or major decorations they\u2019ve made, says M\u00e1ir\u00edn Power. Also letters from Geoffrey Jamieson and Elaine CameronYour article about the garish internal refurbishment of No 11 (\u2018Trump-like madness!\u2019\u2013 our critic\u2019s verdict on Boris Johnson\u2019s \u00a3200,000 No 11 refurb, 8 July) raises so many questions about prime ministers (and other elected officials) being permitted to make huge alterations to their temporary residences.Might I suggest as a taxpayer that future incumbents are subject to the same rules as renters in the private sector? This means they would have to make good any alterations or major decorations they carried out when their time in office ends. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/2022\/jul\/12\/why-we-need-new-rules-for-redecoration-in-downing-street\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why we need new rules for redecoration in Downing Street | Letters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Future incumbents should have to make good any alterations or major decorations they\u2019ve made, says&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/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-127701","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-xdH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110190,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/have-the-house-and-the-holiday-vendor-shouts-first-class-trip-to-new-home-owner\/","url_meta":{"origin":127701,"position":0},"title":"Have the house and the holiday &#8211; vendor shouts first class trip to new home owner","date":"August 25, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The new owners of a five bedroom, three bathroom do-up for sale on Auckland's North Shore will be shouted a trip to Singapore flying first class to give them some home redecoration inspiration.The current owner of 2\/49 College Rd...\r \r Source : nzherald.co.nz\/Property\r Read more...Have the house and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":120752,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/beware-of-the-pitfalls-of-buying-properties-with-unauthorised-building-work-or-illegal-alterations\/","url_meta":{"origin":127701,"position":1},"title":"Beware of the pitfalls of buying properties with unauthorised building work or illegal alterations","date":"July 6, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"\r There was a recent media report about a purchaser\u2019s mortgage application being rejected by local banks as the property had unauthorised building work. 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