andrew sheppard
andrew sheppard
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30th January 2015
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Registered with Property118.com
30th January 2015
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16th April 2025, 12 months ago
Nobody really cares about the EPC system. I am having all my properties assessed now, any that are D or below which will be all of them will leave me in a situation to sell them. My 2 bed terraced...
Read More →9th February 2024, 2 years ago
21000 evictions on 11 million renters - shelter numbers is just 0.2%, meaning that put another way 99.8% of the renters in the UK are secure in their homes. Housing is an absolute shipwreck and Shelter are part of the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Steve Masters at 27/07/2022 - 10:12
Reply to the comment left by Steve Masters at 27/07/2022 - 10:12A landlord cannot enter a tenants property without permission full stop. Permission is gained by a tenant agreeing it is ok, it is not ok to enter if the...
Read More →22nd July 2022, 4 years ago
I will do nothing and will sell if I have to. I have very happy tenants who have lovely homes, typical 2/3 bed terrace type houses. The EPC system does not appear to work and the potential savings v investment...
Read More →2nd April 2022, 4 years ago
I think you have to go with your gut feeling, however......would you let to s single parent with a child? Then they find a new partner who moves in...? I have let property in similar circumstances to yours, my applicants...
Read More →17th February 2021, 5 years ago
We have 14 btl houses all D&E, mostly terraced. It would seem that unless we apply external insulation we would not meet EPC C. ive been trying to get companies to come and advise/help/quote, nobody seems interested. It is a...
Read More →7th February 2020, 6 years ago
Make sure you understand why you wish to change tack from single let house into a block of converted flats. They are different beasts. You should consider checking that everything is lawful about the conversion and that sound protection and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Steven Jones at 22/03/2018 - 10:10
What would we do differently - we started buying property with cash and just got on with it...what i would do different is to take advice about set up regarding inheritance planning from day one and financially i would likely...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 21/03/2018 - 16:38
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander at 21/03/2018 - 16:38Hi Mark, no we have not done anything other than running our limited company, renting our houses and living! However we do intend to look at our future planning...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Steven Jones at 21/03/2018 - 13:30
Steve, We have now been through a full HMRC tax investigation! Be careful what you put online lol. We had to restructure what we were doing as the HMRC inspectors did not agree about the pepercorn rent. To cut a...
Read More →30th March 2015, 11 years ago
wow, thanks for all the info. It just shows how many different things you can learn and how much knowledge is out there. To answer a couple of points...we do take the lower level salaries from the business that give...
Read More →28th March 2015, 11 years ago
Jon, thanks. We do not have any mortgages and thus we feel we can 'lease' our properties to the Ltd company for a nominal sum. We have taken the view of 5 accountants on this and some think it could...
Read More →26th March 2015, 11 years ago
Our concern was raised on a couple of fiorums where people questioned the validity of the way we traded. These are comments : Peppercorn not a reasonable commercial basis. HMRC general avoidance might come in to play.In my experience, which...
Read More →25th March 2015, 11 years ago
Gary, as we have property and other interests we were worried when we first started about a major disaster...lets say a tenant falls down stairs unable to work again, sue landlord etc. As the property is let through our limited...
Read More →30th January 2015, 11 years ago
Hi, I have used various online platforms but find urban sales and lettings good value. I look after my own properties but joined the national landlords association and can use all of the up to date contract documents etc for...
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