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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382
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Landlord in Manchester/Rochdale area for last 15 years.
21st July 2026, 4 hours ago
Maybe he has bought a place so his status is now not compatible with the job title, in which case he is showing some integrity.
Read More →16th July 2026, 5 days ago
“Rents hit record high as property supply falls” Similar headlines pop up on a nearly daily basis from all sorts of organisations including tenant organisations. However, opinion apparently remains divided. On the one hand you have people who know what...
Read More →14th July 2026, 7 days ago
Tenant bodies are cutting off their nose to spite their face. All the things they demand will reduce the supply and increase the rent of properties. They see housing as a human right that should basically be free. Lots of...
Read More →14th July 2026, 1 week ago
It would seem that as a way to “help” tenants the Government is actively encouraging them to challenge any rent rises. It’s a way to freeze the rent for more than a year and does not cost the Government a...
Read More →11th July 2026, 1 week ago
Desperate times as their customer base is steadily shrinking. They are not doing the punters a favour, they just want to hang to their business
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 09/07/2026 - 08:56
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 08:56 Exactly! Upping an EPC rating saves a few hundred pounds a year for the tenant and adds nothing to the value of the property if sold, that is why owner...
Read More →3rd July 2026, 3 weeks ago
Talk about “the PRS punishment beatings will continue until morale improves”. Huge disproportionate fines for every slip are all the Government will put forward as incentives to make PRS landlords comply with whatever market killing ideas they come up with....
Read More →29th June 2026, 3 weeks 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 4 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,...
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