Dog loving Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, has advertised his Oxfordshire cottage for rent at £4,250 a month with the listing confirming prospective tenants with animals will be ‘considered’. It remains to be seen how 'considered' a pet-owning tenant will be in his £1.2 million Grade II-listed 4-bed family cottage. Although it has been specified as unfinished. The property has a heated swimming pool, tennis court and views of the Buckinghamshire countryside and the minimum re

The NRLA's sample tenant Application Form fails to ask any questions regarding criminal history. Why is this? I realise that any tenancy is based purely on affordability, but having tenants where the state pays the rent in its entirety, surely a Landlord can ask about criminal history and details of any unspent convictions etc? I understand the tenant can refuse and are not obligated to answer any questions about historically spent convictions, but they are obligated to answer

The electrician who recently did an EICR for my property found the installation "Unsatisfactory", one of the reasons being that the shower circuit (6mm twin and earth) is overrated with a 40A overcurrent device. In 2017 I had a new 18th edition consumer unit installed and that electrician provided a complete Domestic Electrical Installation Certificate valid for 5 years to the next inspection. This work was done about a month after installing a new 8.5kW electric shower, and there