R K Lucas & Son is amongst the oldest established Firms of Surveyors, Valuers, Auctioneers and Estate Agents in Wales, having been traced back to 1789 and yet with roots lying even earlier in the 15th and 16th Centuries.

Perhaps you’ve seen our advert in the Pembrokeshire Homes supplement, or you’ve searched for agents on Rightmove in Pembrokeshire. You’re no doubt somewhat confused about what is happening or understand why this new portal ‘onthemarket.com’ is suddenly going to be displaying your property instead of Rightmove and without your choice or consent. Well at R K Lucas & Son it isn’t and we have no plans to abandon the number one property portal any time... READ MORE

We hear it time and time again from people looking to rent a home:

“What?, only £50? Agent X, Y and Z charged me over £100 to reference”

Well good news, we charge £50 per applicant, once.  We cannot morally or ethically charge up to £180 to reference a tenant when it costs us a fraction of that to make those checks.  We’ve even heard horror stories of agents charging prospective tenants fees for such things as going on... READ MORE

Do you know about the implications of a large test case that has serious implications about how security deposits are handled, more to the point, does your letting agent?

A ruling in the Court of Appeal has potentially far reaching consequences for the way security deposits are handled.  Since April 2007 security deposits,or bonds, have been required to be held in a custodial or insurance backed scheme managed by an approved provider.  However, simply depositing the bond... READ MORE