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What do you do when a tenant leaves and does not give you the keys?07/03/2013 You may get tenants who from time to time leave without giving you the keys. You know the ones… They have some arrears, have left the house, shall we say “lived in” (by prehistoric savages) and don’t want to be accountable for their actions, so they “done one”. Being a lawyer you’re then faced with… Read more |
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Rental Gazumping in London10/02/2013 That ‘G’ word is back in town! Yes, boys and girls, Rental Gazumping in London is here and knocking on the front door of every potential tenant! The former and current scourge of the property sales has transgressed over to the private lettings sector and is showing no sign of leaving. Such is the massive… Read more |
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Maslow’s Theory Applied to Landlords and Tenants30/12/2012 In the West Midlands we are addressing the issue of educating the young to understand their future housing options, financial obligations and choices. I work on behalf of NLA with a consortium called HOMESTAMP (www.homestamp.com) and we are just coming to the end of a major project to get a module into the national curriculum… Read more |
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The Only Way is Regulation03/12/2012 The media has recently been overwhelmed with debates about whether the lettings industry should be regulated and if so who would take on the task and how would this be done? It’s very easy for people, not directly affected by a rental business to pass comment and make assumptions and like all walks of life… Read more |
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Don’t be afraid of Houses in Multiple Occupation14/11/2012 Experienced landlord Angus Ryan explains why landlords should not be afraid to invest in HMOs and also inform their local council if they are operating a House in Multiple Occupation. Indeed he has found that they are very helpful and want to help landlords improve housing standards for tenants. In this article he also tells… Read more |
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WARNING – Your landlords insurance may be invalid01/11/2012 I wanted to share with you a recent ‘near miss’ with one of our landlord’s. We had taken on a new portfolio and as part of procedure, we attempted to carry out an inspection by contacting the current tenants. We had no success with 2 properties despite letters, calls and turning up ‘on spec’. Ultimately… Read more |
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Homelessness suitability order and PRS landlords by Ben Reeve-Lewis29/10/2012 A bombshell was dropped recently. Admittedly an expected Bombshell, but it took all us people working in the public sector by surprise in the speed of introducing the Homelessness Suitability Order, having hung around in the wings for over a year. Since the advent of the Housing Act 1996 councils have been able to make… Read more |
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HMO viewing appointments19/10/2012 Part Three in HMOLandlady’s series of articles that started with Setting up an HMO from Scratch and Finding Tenants for an HMO. This week she shares her stories and frustrations at actually getting someone to turn up for an HMO viewing appointment. It’s definitely been a week of no shows. Why are the people who… Read more |
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Finding Tenants for an HMO01/10/2012 Following last week’s article on setting up an HMO from scratch I’m reporting on the last week’s activities which were pretty much devoted to finding tenants. As promised I have also included pictures of the HMO post refurbishment at the bottom of this article. A second ad in the local paper has elicited some interesting… Read more |
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Guest article from Howard Reuben IFA20/09/2012 Guest article by Howard Reuben IFA A “snapshot of today” Priorities. Everyone has them, and as a Financial Adviser I work with my Clients to ensure that their own personal financial planning priorities are properly structured, reviewed and achieved. Over the years, my Clients have asked many times for me to assist with their medium… Read more |
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Might the word ‘Landlord’ be damaging relationships?28/08/2012 I’ve been writing for P118 for a while now and feel I have connected with enough sane voices here to put forward a slightly more insane idea for reasoned discussion, ideas that have been occurring to me for some time. The possibility that the very term ‘Landlord’ might be damaging relationships between landlords and tenants…. Read more |
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DSS Over-payments – Readers Advice Request13/08/2012 As there are so many experts in the area of DSS over-payments (or LHA as it’s now called) I am going to open up this topic for our readers to provide Eve with the advice she has requested in her email to me which I’ve copied below …. |
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