Sunny & dry weather? No, thanks

While we were all enjoying yesterday's sunshine, 'our' trees in Teaghlach Wood in Perthshire would have breathed a sigh of relief when today turned out to be a little cloudier.

Believe it or not, when the whole country was complaining about the never-ending rain over the past couple of weeks, our trees couldn't have been happier. Trees4Scotland's Angus Crabbie explains: "Trees really do love rain as it helps them grow, especially when they're young."

And while we were rejoicing about finally dusting off the barbecue again, forests are looking forward to the next rainy day to continue to develop.

There is a more serious side to this story as well: While trees need rain to grow, reforestation in general is one way to prevent landslides etc as the roots help avoid soil erosion - a natural contribution to our flood defences.

Cullen Property has teamed up with Trees4Scotland to offset the carbon footprint of our managed flats. To find out more or to get involved, please email us.

How many trees to buy?

Last week, we introduced our partnership with Trees4Scotland, aiming to neutralise the carbon footprint of all 320+ properties managed by us.

We've done our figures and here are some of them: initially, we'll be investing over £1,600 on behalf of three clients which will buy us 232 trees. Those trees will also offset the carbon footprint of our office and the company vehicles.

The properties are rated depending on their size: a 2 bed flat with kitchen, bathroom and living room would need 5 trees whereas a 5 bed flat with 2 bathrooms and a combined living kitchen would need 9 trees in total.

So far, so good! Over the next couple of weeks, the team will be hands-on at Teaghlach Wood, planting trees and we're delighted to be joined by a couple of clients based locally.

We can't wait to see with our own eyes what our contribution will mean to Trees4 Scotland's project and pictures will follow.

Cullen Property goes green(er) with Trees4Scotland

No matter what industry a business is in, each will have an impact on the environment. At Cullen Property, we're well aware that our responsibility stretches beyond our offices and company vehicles to the over 300 managed properties we look after in Edinburgh.

To do our share for the environment, we've set an ambitious goal - to offset the carbon footprint for all of our managed properties.

It's not something we'll be able to achieve on our own, so we've teamed up with Trees4Scotland, a fantastic initiative to restore native Scottish woodlands. For each property, Angus Crabbie of Trees4Scotland will help calculate the amount of trees we need to plant to offset its carbon footprint.

We're starting with three clients initially, but all of our investor and landlord clients will be invited to join us with their properties and go carbon neutral.

In our blog we'll follow the progress of the project, i.e. the growth of the trees quite literally and will keep you updated on how it all goes.

Let us know if you have any questions at all!