Estate agents will close their branches across Wales this Friday as part of tougher coronavirus restrictions announced by the Welsh government yesterday.
Non-essential retail shops in Wales, including estate and letting agents, will close for just over two weeks as part of new lockdown restrictions introduced by the devolved administration.
First minister Mark Drakeford made the announcement yesterday in an attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19, with rates increasing across the UK over the past few weeks.
A further 18,804 confirmed cases of the virus was announced by the UK government yesterday. It brings the total number of cases in the UK to 741,212.
There have also been 80 new deaths, with 72 taking place in England, six in Northern Ireland, one in Wales and one in Scotland, the government confirmed.
The lockdown period in Wales will begin from 23 October and last until 9 November, which will encompass schools’ half-term holiday.
As well as non-essential retail, leisure and tourism businesses including restaurants and pubs will close.
So too will close-contact services such as hairdressers and beauticians while all gatherings indoors and outdoors with people from other households will be banned.
Drakeford said: “We all want to see an end to this pandemic and our lives returned to us. Unfortunately, we do not yet have a vaccine, which will allow us to do that.
“So this is our best chance of regaining control of the virus and avoiding a much-longer – and damaging – national lockdown.”
Comments (16)
I notice they’re still spelling plandemic wrong.
How do these rules apply to Property Managers? They may have to deal with emergencies.
Property managers are not affected, nor are legal requirements over maintenance with access to repair.
There is more to this than meets the eye.
England refused to impose travel restrictions on Tier 3 that border Wales who’s regions have seen lock-down to stop the travellers from England brining more rate of infections. Every time there is a spike in England, everyone gets in their cars and shoots over the border thinking they will be safer where the pandemic was slight and enjoy a paid holiday in rural settings. It became so bad Police started to tow cars away from blocking roads in beauty spots from the shear numbers of visitors. Some resorted to sending luggage by courier so when stopped they could claim travelling through.
The lock-down also co-insides with Tier 3 neighbours, who flood Wales every school half term which is next week. A very clever move by the Welsh Government to stop importing higher risks during school half term.
The Welsh don’t want the English – neither does anybody else…………….
You can move home, surveyors can visit empty properties, also, as before, local Trading Standards, etc. advised vacant properties could be listed if empty for 72 hours prior. This time it appears the preparation for marketing, for accupied properties, can still go ahead…? Interesting times for Wales…..
A heated debate that does not need division of where you live coming into it. Segregation will not help.
This virus ran rampant when schools and universities opened, but we blame hospitality and shut them down. So the Government’s have decided to keep education open and close hospitality down. Makes sense. It’s just a choice. Once the break is finished, things will just go back to the bay they were and either herd immunity takes over or another circuit break, or a vaccine….we just keep going.
whether you are English living in Wales, or Welsh living in England, or neither, we will all pay the price one way or another. Either we lose jobs or lose lives…no one knows the right answer and there never will be a right answer, because everyone seems to have a different slant on the solution.
Thanks for updating the article.
Can I move home?
The Welsh Government said in a statement on its website: “Yes, if you can’t delay the moving date until after the short lockdown period is over.
“Associated activities, for example, removals processes, property preparation, handover of keys, surveys and valuations can also take place in line with guidance
wales online
In person viewings are banned………
I understood if you could not put your move back you were allowed to go ahead. Have the goalposts moved?
The welsh living off England’s economy and playing the hero
As a Welsh person, I agree. Virtue-signalling all the way, while expecting others to pay for the beneficence.
Good to see a leader taking action.
Typical to see English person looking down at the other home nations.
Thats ironic …from a country whose historic wealth was built on a Empire!
You sound like William Rees-Mogg on a radio clip the other day … complaining about UK borders when the Welsh Govt was trying to stop people from English covid-19 hotspots coming into Wales on trips…..really?
I live in the Caerphilly area and we have already been on lockdown since 8/9/20 …the difference being in Wales its a proper lockdown and we are unable to travel outside our own county areas. Believe me in South East Wales a county area can be pretty small.
The English and Welsh should be supportive of each other and generally are. As an Englishman I can say I have loved my holidays in Pembrokeshire, South Wales and Denbighshire, North Wales over the years. The agricultural contribution from Wales to Britain is immense to name but one other positive.