Robin Wilson
Robin Wilson
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10th December 2024
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Registered with Property118.com
10th December 2024
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Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 30/03/2026 - 08:39
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 30/03/2026 - 08:39No. You were right the first time. I don't see this in financial terms, but in political terms. The parties at Westminster are clearly on...
Read More →24th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
I am still trying to get my head around the fact that it was a Conservative Government that wanted to get rid of landlords. What happened to the property owning democracy that Thatcher was keen to create?
Read More →21st March 2026, 3 weeks ago
Since when is a £7,000 fine an acceptable punishment for what is a simple administrative error? I am sure there are plenty of criminal offences which carry a lesser fine. Speeding, dangerous driving, peddling drugs, tax evasion? Are landlords going...
Read More →Reply to comment left by marita gray at 11/03/2026 - 09:58
Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 11/03/2026 - 09:58Agreed. The United Kingdom is the worst place on earth.
Read More →12th February 2026, 2 months ago
There is a long list of things against developers: 1. Nimbys 2. Affordable housing s.106 3. Community Infrastructure Levy 4. Nutrient neutrality 5. Biodiversity net gain 6. No skilled labour 7. Build cost inflation 8. CGT 9. UK Govt 10....
Read More →5th February 2026, 2 months ago
Solicitors know how to look after number one and don't give a monkeys about clients or their interests. This assessment is based on more than 35 years of dealing with them through wills, trusts, probate and landlord and tenant matters....
Read More →31st January 2026, 2 months ago
There is the politics, then there is the reality. Leaseholders have been sold a populist narrative that service charges will disappear overnight along with rogue freeholders and their managing agent accomplices. The reality is that buildings will still need to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jo Westlake at 15/01/2026 - 10:19
Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 15/01/2026 - 10:19Welfarism defeats all risk taking, personal responsibility and self reliance. That is why we are in a doom loop of ever decreasing circles. The trouble is, the British public...
Read More →15th January 2026, 3 months ago
Red and blue socialist govts are ideologically driven with scant regard to practical considerations or common sense. Remember, this RRA was started by the Conservatives.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 13/01/2026 - 14:26
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 13/01/2026 - 14:26My most recent quote from a solicitor was £350 per hour plus VAT. If this helps?
Read More →12th January 2026, 3 months ago
The govt should first put its own house in order by making HMRC, HMCTS and HMLR more user friendly. These departments are staffed by clowns who have no idea what they are doing and have never heard of customer service....
Read More →7th January 2026, 3 months ago
Margaret Thatcher once famously said that we have not rolled back the frontiers of the state in Britain only to see them return under Brussels. Well, 35 years later and having left the EU, we are doing a pretty good...
Read More →21st November 2025, 5 months ago
Doing away with freeholders and managing agents is not going to change the fact that buildings need to be maintained and the costs of doing so need to be paid. There will still need to be a new roof, new...
Read More →3rd November 2025, 5 months ago
If the Labour govt really wants to unlock house building, then they need to give developers encouragement by doing these five things: 1. Abolish section 106. 2. Scrap Nutrient Neutrality. 3. Prevent NIMBYS from blocking planning applications. 4. Boost the...
Read More →3rd November 2025, 5 months ago
Communists believe that all property is theft and that it ought to belong to the people, not individuals. The Labour govt is no different to ZANU PF in Zimbabwe and the Tripartite Alliance in South Africa.
Read More →28th October 2025, 5 months ago
Does your commercial brokerage deal with finance for new build? Flats to build and sell and/or rent.
Read More →22nd October 2025, 6 months ago
What about development finance for new build? Does that work differently? For example, if you wanted to build flats either to sell, or rent, or a combination of the two.
Read More →26th September 2025, 7 months ago
Politicians only exist to use inflammatory rhetoric to win votes from gullible electors. They are not there to solve any nation's problems through realisable, practical measures.
Read More →26th September 2025, 7 months ago
This is the problem MPs fail to address. The reason why housing targets fall short is precisely because of Nimbyism. Neither Conservative nor Labour have done anything about the "not in my backyarders". It is hypocritical of Conservatives to complain...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 22/09/2025 - 12:17
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 22/09/2025 - 12:17Hi Mark, sorry for the late reply and thank you for your insights. It is not always easy to spot the wrong flats. A pre-purchase...
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