Erinaceous Group Plc Opens Property Management Office in Dublin and Erinaceous Insurance Services acquire Lumley Letsure
Erinaceous Group Plc
Erinaceous Group Plc has opened a bespoke Property Management service from a new office based at 66 Lower Baggot Street in Dublin, Ireland.
The new office is a central part of Erinaceous' ambitious plans to extend the Group's portfolio of property support services for public and private sectors in the Irish market. It follows the establishment in early 2006 of the group's project management and quantity surveying services in Ireland led by MD Tom McNamara.
As a result of today's announcement, Erinaceous Group in Ireland will be able to provide property support services in the following areas:
Property Management - private and public sector
Project Management - private and public sector
Quantity Surveying
Management
Bank Monitoring
Housing Consultancy - public sector
Regeneration
Erinaceous' Irish property management services will be managed by Eamonn Boyle. Eamonn has many years experience in the sector, having previously been employed as a director at Wyse, one of Ireland's foremost real estate firms.
"I am very excited at this opportunity to work with Erinaceous," said Eamonn. "With such a wide and integrated service offering in a healthy buoyant market, the possibilities are endless and I look forward to working with colleagues in both the commercial and residential sectors."
Erinaceous, which announced its acquisition of Tom McNamara & Partners Ltd in February 2006, is also integrating all its Group companies in a re-branding campaign that will result in one company represented by one name in the UK and Ireland.
Erinaceous Commercial Property Management MD, Peter Dove, said: "We are serious about establishing a very strong presence in the Property Management sector in Ireland. Erinaceous in the UK is a leading provider of property management services across the UK, providing comprehensive, integrated property management solutions. Our property management teams manage properties valued in excess of £5.5 billion and we look after 25 million square feet of offices. We look forward to working closely with Tom and his team in Ireland and sharing the benefits and financial support of one of the UK's fastest growing property services firms."
Erinaceous Residential Property Management MD, Hugh McGeever, commented: "Ireland is a key market for us and we'll be looking to establish a leading position - much like we have done in the UK. Within the UK our team manages 13,000 public sector and 130,000 private sector properties, plus we oversee large scale regeneration projects. We are already investigating a number of projects in Ireland and there will be exciting announcements in the future."
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Erinaceous Group
Erinaceous provides a one-stop-shop for a broad range of services related to the management, maintenance, procurement, design, construction and insurance of property.
Providing innovative services and solutions to both the private and public sectors for residential and commercial property, Erinaceous aim to be the provider of choice.
With strong customer focus, commitment to service and innovation, we work in partnership with a diverse range of clients, adding value and implementing total property solutions.
Information Regarding Letsure:
Letsure appoints Victoria Cushion as Managing Director
The autumn saw changes for Letsure following it's acquisition by the Erinaceous Group . Victoria Cushion the former HomeLet compliance Director has been appointed Managing Director of Letsure. September 2007
Brian Turney has left Lumley Letsure
Brian Turney the former managing director of Letsure has now left the company following the acquisition of the Lumley Holdings Group by Erinaceous Insurance Services who also own competitor Homelet. Brian Turney was the managing director for a number of years and has been involved with the selling of insurance and tenant assessment products for nearly 20 years in the UK.June 2007
Erinaceous Insurance Services acquire Lumley Letsure 
Andy Halstead the Managing Director of Erinaceous Insurance Services Ltd has announced on the 8th March the acquisition of Lumley Letsure. Lumley Letsure are one of the main competitors of Erinaceous's company Homelet. Andy Halstead says " This acquisition provides us with an excellent opportunity to combine experience and deliver a wider range of leading edge solutions that will enhance the value of the letting agents business and delight their customers. In the short term there will be no change to the HomeLet range of products and services and we will contine with business as usual".
In the early 1990's Thomas Winter Insurance Brokers of Marlow arranged a new product for Landlords - Homesure. Itt was later to become Letsure with the merger of Winter Richmond and then came along a competitor Homelet. Letsure, Homelet and Endsleigh are the major companies involved in the UK rental property insurance market
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Left : Homesure leaflet from January 1991
March 2007: Letsure has a new Glasgow offices
Letting insurance specialist Letsure has moved its Glasgow operation into new offices to enable it to cater for a growing demand for its Tenant Assessment Service (TAS). The company has seen a 26% growth in the TAS business over the past year
Letsure has recently introduced a number of new features to the Tenant Assessment service including a significantly improved range of personal history information such as confirming that a tenant living at the address provided on the application form. A newly calibrated risk score has also been developed a more informed decision to be made on accepting or declining rental. If you are looking for a Letsure product click on the logo December 2005
HomeLetRental insurance launch Portfolio Insurance from 10th July 2006 in the UK
HomeLet Property rental insurance that is part of Hanover Park Commercial has launched a new product for owners of more than 2 rental properties. It has been designed for the expanding Buy-to-let market. It is called Homelet Landlords Portfolio Insurance and the company claims the property owner can save up to 45% on their buildings insurance. Keshav Thukaram HomeLet's Marketing Director says that the company is the first in the market place to provide an online quoting facility and quotes over the phone with this multi property product. There will be no restictions on properties unoccupied for up to 90 days and the property owner will be able to add or remove properties covered by the policy mid term. For more information please click on logo 
July 2006 Homelet is a trading style of Erinaceous Insurance Services Ltd, Phoenix House, 11 Wellesley Road, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2NW, England who are authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority in the UK. Their FSA Register number is 308724.Jeffrey Milner Ltd T/A jml Property Services acts as introducers to Homelet
Jeffrey Milner Ltd T/A jml Property Services and jml Insurance acts as introducers to Lumley Letsure Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Letsure's FSA registration number is 313817. Letsure insurance policies are underwritten by a limited range of insurers, a full a list of which is available upon request.
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