Landlord Voice Magazine October 2015 - Brighton and Hove | Page 14

Discovering the unknown unknowns P roperty Detective is a web‐ based property research tool which allows home movers to check any English or Welsh postcode against crime rates, schools, noise pollution and much more. Landlord Voice had a chat with CEO Barry Bridges about the business. The edict that an Englishman’s home is his castle was introduced into common law in the 15th century but it said nothing about its surrounding area. No reference was made to barking dogs, descending aircraft or a lack of local amenities. These are factors which can have 14 | LandlordVoice | October 2015 “It’s not just the big problems which take people by surprise, lots of combined smaller ones c an also mean trouble” a palpable effect on a person’s everyday quality of life and when they started affecting Barry Bridges after a house purchase go