Bob Birchmore
Bob Birchmore
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Landlord in Manchester/Rochdale area for last 15 years.
Registered with Property118.com
17th March 2022
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375
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Landlord in Manchester/Rochdale area for last 15 years.
29th June 2026, 10 minutes ago
Remember these people are not your friends they want to extract as much as they can without forcing you totally under. They are only lowering rates because of a shrinking market as landlords are selling up ending their mortgages and...
Read More →18th June 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stronger yields are one thing, but is it worth the risk when that yield could be wiped out by a fine for quite a simple slip up, or by a tenant not paying rent and smashing the place up for...
Read More →11th June 2026, 3 weeks ago
The politicians’ current plan seems to be to bundle asylum seekers off to outfits like Serco to house as cheaply as possible resulting in them being put into HMO’s located in poor, cheaper housing areas far away from the rich...
Read More →11th June 2026, 3 weeks ago
A selection of todays 118 headlines “Tenants face rent squeeze as landlord supply falls – RICS” “Affordable areas see fastest rent rises as supply stays tight” “Rental affordability worsens in most UK regions – Propertymark” Just stick a few connecting...
Read More →10th June 2026, 3 weeks ago
Virtually nobody is building social housing as the payback at social rent levels will take a very long time plus the houses also have to be maintained at the cost of the provider. While right to buy may have been...
Read More →29th May 2026, 1 month ago
Just another nail in the PRS coffin. Next, they will introduce punishments for landlords whose tenants commit anti-social behaviour. In line with the way things are going the council will be able to issue a £40,000 fine and send the...
Read More →20th May 2026, 1 month ago
A double glazing company telling landlords to upgrade EPC ratings. Vested interest or what? Anyway double glazing alone won’t get you a D let alone a C. It does not seem clear if a new C is going to be...
Read More →7th May 2026, 2 months ago
Being a landlord is risky enough with yet more risks in the pipeline to worry about. There are over a hundred ways you can slip up and incur the inevitable huge fine that seems to be de rigueur for everything...
Read More →28th April 2026, 2 months ago
I dumped the NRLA years ago as all they wanted me to do was “delight my tenants” and try to sell me stuff so I don’t get the magazine. I hope the interviewer for the magazine gave Pennycook a hard...
Read More →28th April 2026, 2 months ago
She seems all for moves that will cost people other than the Government money. Why not wind back on a few taxes like fuel duty, vat on energy bills. These are things that would help everyone not just renters who...
Read More →21st April 2026, 2 months ago
So two headlines today “Landlord possession cases surge ahead of PRS reforms” from people who actually know a bit about the PRS and “Minister denies eviction surge ahead of Renters’ Rights Act” from a politician who has demonstrated his ignorance...
Read More →14th April 2026, 3 months ago
How will tenants be made aware of this? The Government does not have a handle on who all PRS tenants are. Presumably, this will only happen after compulsory registration (but of course, the rogues who have their own unofficial eviction...
Read More →2nd April 2026, 3 months ago
Scotland does not have section 21 it was banned in 2016. Since then any eviction can only be on proven grounds. They also did away with assured short term tenancies and all are now on a rolling periodic basis. So,...
Read More →26th March 2026, 3 months ago
To be honest I am surprised that it isn’t free for tenants with the landlord having to pay a fee if they want to fight a tenants claim. Even if a rent rise is justified, it will be months before...
Read More →26th March 2026, 3 months ago
I think the general landlord view here would be don’t touch such schemes with a bargepole. Despite reassurances Councils will fill your property with the type of tenants they would not want to house under any circumstancves. Having done this...
Read More →24th March 2026, 3 months ago
I wonder how this is being publicised. ESP? Not all landlords use agents or subscribe to 118 or similar. The fact that a landlord /agent has not served the notice would probably never come up unless a landlord wants to...
Read More →24th March 2026, 3 months ago
Rent controls could have unexpected consequences. I imagine that market rent would be a factor in setting controlled rent. I am guilty of not charging market rent. I wonder how many other landlords are in the same boat? If controls...
Read More →20th March 2026, 3 months ago
With a £7,000 fine attached just how is this message supposed to get out to all landlords, especially those who self- manage? Has it automatically been sent to all letting agents? If this notice must be supplied to the tenant...
Read More →19th March 2026, 3 months ago
People like Zack Polanski Generation Rent and the like seem to forget that being a landlord is not compulsory, it is a choice. If rents are controlled landlords will do their sums and if they can’t make their income stack...
Read More →18th March 2026, 3 months ago
I can see landlords who have older, cheaper lower rental value properties not being willing to spend a significant proportion of the property’s value upgrading. This money will not be recovered in the event of a sale. Most tenants would...
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