Homeowners who leave properties empty while pretending to let them to holidaymakers will be targeted by HMRC under the new rules that holiday lets must be rented out for a minimum of 70 days a year to qualify for business rates. The changes will target people who take advantage of the system to avoid paying their fair share towards local services in popular destinations such as Cornwall, Devon, the Lake District, Suffolk, West Sussex and the Isles of Scilly. Currently, owners o

I am a first-time Landlord and the Letting agent does not respond to my hand-delivered twice repeated letter regarding a tenant complaint. As I live in the same block of flats, I dealt with the tenants' failed immersion heater within 2 days. I wanted the agent to write to me saying what the tenant said so that I would have a paper trail, as the tenant can be overbearing verbally. Obviously, the agent doesn't want a paper trail, as they only were employed to secure a tenant. Thi

There is a new Government consultation on reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales. It seeks views on reforms to the leasehold and commonhold systems, following recommendations in the Law Commission’s leasehold and commonhold reports published in July 2020. The non-residential limit for collective enfranchisement - The non-residential limit for right to manage claims - A nonresidential limit for individual freehold acquis