All posts by Ben Reeve-Lewis

Cannabis Factory – Landlords Case Study...
How do you know if your property is being used as a Cannabis factory?
I’m writing this, having been involved recently in a case where a landlord got caught in this conundrum. Leona… we will call...

Is rent hiking a good business model?
It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting shot ha-ha.
But I have a tough skin.
This article is an open letter to all you...

Homelessness suitability order and PRS landlords by Ben...
A bombshell was dropped recently. Admittedly an expected Bombshell, but it took all us people working in the public sector by surprise in the speed of introducing the Homelessness Suitability Order,

Ben Reeve-Lewis has a possession question for district...
Are district judges staging an unspoken rebellion in possession cases?
This article is largely based on possession claims brought by social landlords but I ask you, the PRS landlord reader, to think...

Might the word ‘Landlord’ be damaging relationships?
I’ve been writing for P118 for a while now and feel I have connected with enough sane voices here to put forward a slightly more insane idea for reasoned discussion, ideas that have been occurring...

The quiet revolution among letting agents...
I have a suit but I hardly ever wear it. It’s only a cheap one, £100 from Zara’s a couple of years back, I use it for court sometimes. Some people were born to wear them; they carry them off...

Jugaad...
My article this time is more of an open question to which I would like your input. Background first.
I was listening to ‘In Business’ on Radio 4 the other day, a programme about something I had...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger #10...
I recently had a long online discussion with Mary Latham, in which we both tried to get to the bottom of the legal stuff around whether or not a managing agent is allowed to sign a Section 21 notice.

Ben Reeve Lewis at 2012 The Property Investor Show...
A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur – or if you prefer, A Tenancy Relations Officer at a Property Investor’s Show.
Around 120 years ago Mark Twain wrote the classic fish out of water...

Don’t Shoot the Messenger #9 – How the Police can land...
Imagine the scenario. You are being threatened or assaulted in the street, your home has been burgled, your car has been stolen. Who ya gonna call? The cops of course, because they know their stuff,