Codes of Practice
Gibbs Gillespie is a voluntary member of the key governing bodies associated with raising standards within the industry and adhere to the following codes of practice. These memberships provide sellers, buyers, landlords and tenants with an assurance that they will receive the highest level of customer service.
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The Property Ombudsman
The Ombudsman’s resolutions are designed to achieve a full and final settlement of the dispute and all claims made by either party.
The Property Ombudsman (TPO) scheme has been providing consumers and property agents with an alternative dispute resolution service for 25 years and provides consumers with a free, impartial and independent alternative dispute resolution service.
The National Association of Estate Agents
The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) is the UK’s leading professional body for estate agency.
Members practice across all aspects of property both in the UK and overseas, including residential and commercial sales and letting, property management, business transfer, auctioneering and land.
Tenancy Deposit scheme
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) is a government approved tenancy deposit protection scheme in England and Wales operated by The Dispute Service Ltd.
Under the provisions of the United Kingdom Housing Act 2004 every landlord or letting agent that takes a deposit for an assured shorthold tenancy in England and Wales must join a tenancy deposit scheme.
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the leading professional body for property people dealing with surveys, valuations, sales, lettings and all property transactions.
Gibbs Gillespie Surveyors Ltd are Chartered Valuation Surveyors and are audited annually by the RICS to ensure full compliance with the most stringent ethical professional banking and accounting procedures. The RICS and its members are required under the Charter to have the interests of the public at large at the forefront as well as its members.
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents
ARLA Propertymark is the UK’s foremost professional and regulatory body for letting agents; representing over 9,000 members.
The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) is the UK’s foremost professional body for letting agents. Its members are professionals working at all levels of letting agency, from business owners to office employees.
Client Money Protection Scheme (CMP)
All property agents must sign-up to a government-approved Client Money Protection (CMP) scheme..
CMP is a reimbursement scheme designed to safeguard clients’ money that is held by agents, paying back tenants and landlords should an agent misappropriate the rent, deposit or other client funds. In simple terms, it means you’re protected should an agent unexpectedly stop trading.
As an ARLA Propertymark agent, Gibbs Gillespie are registered with the Propertymark CMP scheme, Further details can be found here.