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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 Bournemouth Meeting property networking event Tuesday 12th November 2019. The event will start at 6:00pm until 9:00pm and will be free for guests of Mark Smith that have not previously attended a pin meeting. To obtain your guest ticket please see below: Visit https://propertyinvestorsnetwork.co.uk/meetings/bournemouth/

I am helping a relative complete her tax return. She owns a property, run as an HMO, with a group of four tenants who have separate rooms. The rental agreements require rent one month in advance, but in August 2018, in addition to the regular monthly rent, all four paid 6 months rent in advance to cover the period 28/2/2019-30/8/2019 when they intended to vacate the property. As far as I can see, this was agreed by the letting agent without consulting my relative, but she accepted th

New analysis by Direct Line for Business reveals a surge in the number of police investigations into the theft of electricity, where people have tampered with a gas or electricity meter, so it doesn’t properly record the energy used in England & Wales and its use in cannabis farming.  Analysis of 2019 data reveals that police investigations into the theft of electricity are projected to be 13% higher this year than in 2018. There are expected to be 2,200 cases in 2019 compared

Giant glow-in-the-dark swear words, a sex toy and a pet python are among some of the items that students left in their accommodation when they moved out over the summer, according to The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS). Part of The DPS’ role is processing landlords’ requests for deductions from their tenants’ deposits, and among the claims it received this year was one to cover costs of removing a snake found in a student’s bedroom. Elsewhere, one landlord found an

In the last year, 543 disputes have arisen between landlords and tenants in the Glasgow postcode area according to the latest research from SafeDeposits Scotland. The deposit protection provider found that the average amount that tenants and landlords in Glasgow disagreed over deductions to the deposit at the end of a tenancy was £370.23 and that disputes in the city accounted for more than a quarter (26%) of all tenancy disputes in Scotland....

I can’t seem to find out if the Local Authority Bond deposit system is a nationally applied guideline, or if each LA has their own rules coming off from the guidelines. Anyone have any knowledge in this field? My question refers really to claiming against the Bond at the end of a tenancy....

Mortgage Express didn’t provide me with a Notice of Assignment of my portfolio mortgage to Jasper Mortgages pursuant to s136 (1) of the Law of Property Act 1925 in February 2018. When I asked them for a copy of the Goodbye letter...

Dear Mortgage Broker If you have seen the level of your new Buy-to-Let mortgage and remortgage applications reducing, this is probably due to the fact that your clients are concerned about the changes to finance cost relief. Many landlords are either selling up or burying their heads in the sand...