Alan Loughlin
Alan Loughlin
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3rd October 2017, 9 years ago
Hear talk about longer contracts, but many lease agreements prohibit this.
Read More →3rd October 2017, 9 years ago
Don't see much about redress for landlords from bad tenants. There are far more bad tenants than bad landlords. How about a level playing field.
Read More →1st October 2017, 9 years ago
Had 9 properties 4 years ago, now 3, will be 2 this week. Get my drift? Of the now 2 remaining put up rent last month on one from 925 to 975 pcm ang the other is due next month....
Read More →18th April 2017, 9 years ago
Dump the agents and do it yourself. I do.
Read More →7th March 2017, 9 years ago
Just refuse all HB tenants.simple.
Read More →28th November 2016, 10 years ago
does anyone know if the fee ban on agents also apply to a landlord who does not use an agent?
Read More →14th February 2016, 10 years ago
There is mentiom here of the model agreement being for lengths of 2 or 3 years. Many leases preclude this, on this development the only agreements permitted are for 6 or 12 months. What happens here?
Read More →27th August 2015, 11 years ago
is having an oven, hob, fridge, washer etc counted as furnished?
Read More →24th August 2015, 11 years ago
interesting. in our case the oven and hob are integrated into the kitchen so we have to supply these. and we always have laminated floors, we put these in when the apartments were new in 2008 and these are still...
Read More →24th August 2015, 11 years ago
up till now we have let them partly furnished and claimed the 10%. never have we spent even half of this so see this removal as a blow, but maybe it was too good to be true. will adapt and...
Read More →14th August 2015, 11 years ago
the changes to the 10% allowance simplified system start in 2016 but I believe this is optional now, but most would not spend 10% so this is not a good thing.
Read More →21st July 2015, 11 years ago
bet he will not be able to smoke there. what a disgusting habit it is, I was speaking to a friend in the car business and he said they reduce a part ex by thousands if if was owned by...
Read More →21st July 2015, 11 years ago
elderly or not he will have to pay for the consequences
Read More →21st July 2015, 11 years ago
I can smell a smoker from 5 mts away, and always say no. we also discreetly look in their car. any signs and it is a definite no no
Read More →20th July 2015, 11 years ago
my experience is that any property which smells of smoke is simple unlettable.
Read More →20th July 2015, 11 years ago
it is easy to see whether a person is a smoker, they cannot hide it, if they are just say no, put it in the ad, and in the contract, it is impossible to rid a house of the smell...
Read More →20th July 2015, 11 years ago
not sure it can be, best advice is ensure no smoking tenants get a key, I write this in the contract.
Read More →13th July 2015, 11 years ago
I have 3 golden rules. no cheques no HB assisted tenants no deposits that way I have avoided almost all the problems I see aired on this wonderful forum.
Read More →12th July 2015, 11 years ago
we have ours jointly owned and so share tax allowances so will be below, I believe it will make no difference to us. The removal of the 10% renewals will though, we do not spend 10% of gross rents on...
Read More →12th July 2015, 11 years ago
is this assuming everyone is not a basic rate taxpayer? my understanding is basic rate taxpayers will not be affected, and if partly so, ie rental income pushes the person into higher bracket, then the propertion under the level is...
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