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Christmas & New Year Emergencies

22/12/2025

We will be closing for the Christmas holidays on Tuesday 23rd December at 5pm and will re-open on Friday 2nd January 2026 at 9.30am.

If you have a maintenance issue please check this page.

EMERGENCIES

Important! Our definition of an emergency is as follows:

– Broken entry or security issue

– Gas Leak (following call to gas provider)

– No heat or hot water

– Leak causing damage to the property from pipe, roof or window that is not from an adjacent property or the common parts. If the leak is from an adjacent property or the common parts you will need to contact your neighbour or the building manager.

– Complete electrical failure

– Smell from electrical socket indicating heat or burning

Useful Phone Numbers:
National Grid – 0800 111 999
Thames Water – 0845 9200 800
British Gas – 0845 600 6113
N Power – 0800 632 632
E.on – 0845 3033020

PLEASE NOTE: The contractors below are only for use by Findlay managed tenancies and the common areas / issues of Findlay managed Blocks.

For ‘Let Only’ tenants you will need to contact your Landlord directly.

Please ensure you have followed all advice on this page relating to your problem before calling the emergency contractor or you may be liable for the cost.

If you have a maintenance issue which is not an emergency please email [email protected]

LOCKS & SECURITY

If you have a problem with your locks, windows or a security issue please call our Locksmith Steve on 07533 323 680. If you cannot connect with Steve please call / SMS Marius on 07465 474755.

ELECTRICS

If you have an electrical emergency please call / SMS Marius on 07465 474755.

GAS & PLUMBING

If you have an Gas / Plumbing emergency please call / SMS Paul on 07748 653 516.

If you cannot get through to any of the above please call / SMS Marius on 07465 474755..

Tenant Responsibilities
In addition to a landlord having responsibilities throughout the course of a tenancy, there are also responsibilities on you, the tenant(s). As a tenant in a rented property, you are expected to act in a ‘tenant-like manner’ and in doing so carry out duties in and around the property that are reasonably expected of you.

IMPORTANT: You may be liable for the call out/emergency call out charge if you have not followed the advice on these pages.

Nuno Mendes’ Guide to Broadway Market

17/01/2013

The acclaimed chef of Bethnal Green’s Viajante (1 Michelin Star), Nuno Mendes gives a tour of his favourite destinations on Broadway Market. Included in Nuno’s guide is Yum Buns who have a stall in Broadway Market Schoolyard and whose steamed pork buns are attracting foodies from far and wide to E8.

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Findlay Property Management contact details over Christmas & NY

20/12/2012

Our offices will be closed from Friday 21st December at 3PM until Wednesday 2nd January at 9.30AM. Should you wish to contact us please email [email protected]/oldfind clearly stating your property, problem and contact phone number and we will get back to you.

London ‘LidoLine’ could allow commuters to swim to work

05/12/2012

Boris Bikes not strenuous enough? Proposal by Y/N Studio would transform canals into a swimmable network, from Little Venice to Limehouse via Broadway Market. Click image below to go to the story.

London's proposed 'Lido Line' at Broadway Market

Get Ready for The Cheese Grater, The Walkie Talkie, The Helter Skelter & The Scalpel

30/10/2012

While the Shard steals most of the attention, three of the City’s daftly nicknamed skyscrapers are reaching noteworthy heights and a fourth is at planning…

The Walkie Talkie
Nicknamed the Walkie-Talkie because of its bulbous top. Due to be completed in the summer of 2014. The building will be 160 m (525 ft) tall, with 36 storeys.

The Walkie Talkie

The Helter Skelter
The Helter Skelter is suffering from funding problems and is expected to be finished by 2013/2014. On completion it will become the tallest building in the City of London and the second-tallest in both the United Kingdom and the European Union

Helter Skelter

The Cheese Grater
With its distinctive wedge-shaped profile the Cheesegrater will be 225 m (737 ft) tall, with 48 floors, when it is completed in 2014.

The Cheese Grater

The Scalpel
The Scalpel is proposed for construction, if it gets the go head it will complete in 2017. The building will be 190 m (623 ft) tall, with 35 storeys.

The Scalpel (ThisIsLondon)

NY Times features Hackney Restaurant Rochelle Canteen

22/10/2012

The New York Times has featured Findlay Property’s favourite Hackney restaurant in the Travel Section in a piece called The Hidden Gems of Europe. Click here to go to the story.

Crossrail predicted to increase property values by 25%

16/10/2012

A new report has been published on the predicted effect Crossrail will have on London property prices. The headline is that “Residential capital values are projected to increase immediately around Crossrail stations in central London by 25 per cent, and by 20 per cent in the suburbs, again above a rising baseline projection. In many locations, Crossrail will have a transformative effect on the property market and development activity over time.”

Crossrail is among the most significant infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the UK. From improving journey times across London, to easing congestion and offering better connections, Crossrail will change the way people travel around the capital. Crossrail’s new stations will revitalise the concept of the station being the centre of the community it serves.

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Olympic Park Legacy: London’s 5 New Neighbourhoods

04/10/2012

Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be a new area of east London for communities to grow and develop. There will be five new neighbourhoods built on the Park and up to 8,000 new homes; Chobham Manor will be the first neighbourhood to be developed, located between the Lee Valley VeloPark and the Athletes’ Village in the north-east of the Park. It will be centred around 800 new homes and 3,000 sq m of community and ancillary facilities, including a polyclinic, two nurseries and a community centre.

The four other neighbourhoods are: East Wick which will be in the north-west of the Park, next to Hackney Wick; Sweetwater near the Old Ford area, in the south-west of the Park; Marshgate Wharf will be between Stratford City and the Stadium, to the south-east of the Stadium; and Pudding Mill will be the area in and around Pudding Mill Lane station.

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Good news – low interest rates until 2015

24/09/2012

The London Evening Standard reports that the announcement in America that interest rates are expected to be held at their current level until 2015 is reassuring for mortgage borrowers in the UK. If the US keeps rates low, the Bank of England will have to follow. Read more here.

National Geographic photographs Broadway Market

31/08/2012

The venerated National Geographic has a feature on East London in this months issue. This caption appeared beneath a photo of some trendies on Broadway Market “On Saturdays, East London’s newest arrivals—the young and affluent—linger in trendy cafés and trawl the stalls of Broadway Market. Formerly a locus of garden-variety fruit and veg stands, the market now offers eco-friendly bamboo socks, loin of venison, and hand-sliced smoked salmon.” Click image to go to gallery.

Trendies on Broadway Market