Alison King
Alison King
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19th September 2015
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Own several single lets in the North West plus a student HMO and a shop premises.
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14th April 2026, 2 months ago
I have just increased mine for the first time in 5 years to bring them up to the "market rate" before the rules change. I feel sorry for my tenants but they have been on a low rent for a...
Read More →9th December 2024, 2 years ago
I agree with everyone else. A disgruntled tenant is a problem one. Be glad they've gone and refund them, and consider yourself lucky to have dodged a fussy, complaining tenant. Absolutely do not let them find the next tenant as...
Read More →11th October 2024, 2 years ago
All this speculation is very unnerving. I don't like to put up the rent for sitting tenants so most of mine are paying below the market rent. I may have to put them all up and peg them to that...
Read More →8th December 2023, 3 years ago
Just had my first enquiry from a tenant who is being evicted because the property is being repossessed. I think we'll see more of this
Read More →11th November 2023, 3 years ago
I'm glad this has been highlighted. It's a ridiculous definition of an HMO that should be relaxed. I even heard of a case where two single mums who wished to share a house so they could share childcare responsibilities were...
Read More →31st August 2023, 3 years ago
I would always let them go. Keeping on good terms with tenants is the best way to make sure they leave the property in good condition, draw any hidden or impending issues to your attention, and reccommend you to other...
Read More →24th August 2023, 3 years ago
I have just received a damages claim from a firm of solicitors on behalf of a taxi driver who fell down the stairs of a flat claiming it was badly lit. Fortunately for me it is not my property and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by mr robert birchmore at 23/08/2023 - 16:31
Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 23/08/2023 - 16:31Well, we are buying one, in cash. Following an inheritance we are lending our daughter the money as its a unique opportunity for her to get on the housing...
Read More →9th August 2023, 3 years ago
What sort of agreement do they currently have? Did they have exclusive use of the entire property when you were away?
Read More →18th December 2022, 4 years ago
Shelter and Crisis should not be compared. They are totally different, like wolves and sheep. Shelter is an anti landlord political organisation that encourages rogue tenants to bend the law and wastes money on absurd legal cases. Crisis is a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Anglim at 13/09/2022 - 09:19
My sentiments exactly.
Read More →10th February 2022, 4 years ago
The first thing I'd do is try googling his name. Maybe he's in prison in which case it may come up in court judgements, or perhaps he has had an accident which has been reported or a Facebook account that...
Read More →29th January 2021, 5 years ago
I would focus on making sure your property is a really great place to live. Other properties may be lower to rent but they may also be horrible. Your tenants might all be perfectly able to afford the rent if...
Read More →10th November 2020, 6 years ago
My EU citizen tenants are all thoroughly aware of all this and some of them have even asked me to provide evidence that they have lived in the UK for over five years, which I have been happy to do....
Read More →31st October 2020, 6 years ago
Personally I've never thought it was worth it. The insurance companies have to make a profit. If you de risk it enough to satisfy the insurance company you de risk it enough for yourself.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Tyler at 31/10/2020 - 10:51
I don't think anyone in any situation can put up with this Covid situation for long. I'm working on the basis that things will start getting back to some kind of normality within the next 18 months and meanwhile I...
Read More →30th October 2020, 6 years ago
My students are nervous about the virus and all viewing was online. At their request I have given them three month fixed AST tenancies that will revert to rolling monthly tenancies after the three months and an assurance that they...
Read More →13th October 2020, 6 years ago
For important things and documents I use email. For day to day things I use WhatsApp. My HMO tenants have a WhatsApp group which we use for informal things. I store copies of documents and important correspondence in Dropbox.
Read More →4th August 2020, 6 years ago
I've just placed adverts via Openrent and Spareroom and both require a selection box to be ticked saying "housing benefit accepted yes/no". It's not helpful having that as an option if we can be lulled into breaking the law.
Read More →27th July 2020, 6 years ago
They are trying it on. These hundred year old 999 year leases cannot be increased and they cannot charge you fees. They tend to buy them in bulk at auction for peanuts in the hope that either the law will...
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