Become a Member, it's FREE

We managed to evict our tenant after she was many months in arrears. We got a CCJ for eviction and a money demand for about £20,000. She did a moonlight flip but we traced her through a tracing agency. The CCJ was not registered with the Registry-Trust but by continuously chasing the Court we got the CCJ registered. We understand that we have up to 6 years to do "Enforcement". The tenant claimed that she has no savings, car or any wealth, however we know that she is now receiving

A friend has been in touch. She rents in London and signed a new 12 months fixed term AST wef from 1st September 2019. The paperwork was signed on the 16th July 2019. Her Landlord has served her 2 months notice on the basis that they have a new buyer for the property who wants vacant possession. This came about as the TT gave access to the Landlord for an inspection visit before Christmas when it is thought they showed the new Purchaser around. Reading through the agreement, th

We currently let 3 properties, all of the tenants have been our tenants since we purchased them in early 2017. We haven't increased the rent since, however we would like to do so this year. All of the tenants are on a periodic tenancy agreement and the AST has provision for a rent increase - Section 9) If the Tenant remains as the lawful Tenant of the property for more than 12 months the rent will increase once each year. The first increase being the first rent due date more than

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has today released the English Housing Survey 2018-19. Click here to download the headlines report. First run in 1967, it is a national survey of people's housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The Main findings of the report show: The proportion of households in the private rented sector remains unchanged for the sixth year in a row and the proportion of households in the so

In just two months the Japanese housing horror, knotweed, will start to rear its ugly head again and by June it will have grown to over three metres. Tradespeople comparison site, HaMuch.com, has looked at the value being wiped from UK house prices due to the nation’s growing knotweed epidemic and what this equates to for the average homeowner in different areas across the UK....

The latest research by rental deposit replacement scheme Ome, has looked at how the growing preference for custodial deposit protection schemes is creating a more professional, safer and transparent rental sector, with the emergence of deposit alternatives also helping to drive this change....

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Kent Meeting property networking event Thursday 6th February 2020. The event will be held at Village Hotel Club...

On Monday night, I watched BBC Inside Out London which, following the tragic death of Danny Butcher who took his own life, has been investigating London based company, Property Investors. The company tells its customers they can make a fortune if they sign up to their training course....