i thought the (bed)room standard was that a standard bed had to be able to be fit in 2 different directions to be classed as a bedroom and rented/priced accordingly?
That might be correct bear in mind you can remove anyone who doesnt have a tenancy - adult children living at home springs to mind, had a few cases of those over the years - the homeowner couldnt get eviction...
Jail is the last sanction agreed but lets face it the criminal record alone will muck up your business and personal life and probably end your BTL portfolio. Once again the govt are going to make the little guy or...
Mandy nice to hear from you again and pleasing to see Croydon have a JR in the offing i understand Con is giving them a steer on what to do - hope you are keeping well. If you get the...
Yes not surprised all right minded people should be very concerned with the attempts to introduce a criminal code by the back door, John was a part timer sent to preach "all is well you have nothing to fear" still...
the judgement was too tight imho but you can find Con Regas very easliy and ask him yourself - Southwark et al are sleepwalking their taxpayers into some huge liabilities.
Yep they were going for a few streets only (they can impose borough wide at a later date mind you), the Regas v Enfield case has caused them and other councils some major problems/headaches so they mostly had to run...
Yvette, the "interest" here was purely in the outcome of the recent Constantinous Regas judicial review, they realised they were acting unlawfully in light of the Judgement and have finally taken to consulting with their neighbouring boroughs and this will...
Lets get one thing clear 80% of the people who responded amounts to a tiny amount of the population of Enfield , probably not even statistically relevent - lets not kid ourseleves this group were misled too during the consultation...
Constantinos called for resignations, there is a good route via tribunal services, but those applicants needs to sing from the same song sheet to be effective, i will have a chat with him later on.
killer stuff from the judge - "Enfield, by contrast, asserts that the 9 April 2014 decision followed a two-part consultation exercise. Although phase one was described as a "Listening and Engagement" exercise and not as part of the "formal consultation"...
The idea of a consultation is to listen and take on board the various views, as Constantinious Regas showed in Enfield that didn't happen, they even when as far as shouting him down in public hearings, i could be forgiven...
from Con's blog just now, The High Court has today quashed (cancelled) Enfield Council's additional and selective licensing schemes, which would have required all private rented property in the borough to be licensed from 1 April 2015. In his handed...
Enfield landlord licensing scheme QUASHED today, Mr Constantinos Regas in total victory at the high court. well this is a bit of a bind for you in Southwark John, still you're the experts so no doubt the legal team have...
councils like Southwark are all on hold pending the outcome of Regas v Enfield Still its true to say (given the lack of written undertaking from southwark) that their 3 rogue council officers are at full liberty to apply for...
Why would any investor put their head on the block and risk criminal conviction for £1pw when they could avoid it. The drop in Newham numbers was on their own website - first press release i think said 100 properties...
16% is a bit different from John's 30% thats for sure anyone would think he was trying to paint a bleak picture to encourage support for the scheme, i wonder how many people in southwark he's told its 30%? Still...
You'll find licensing can have the opposite effect as some current LL's with smaller HMO's will lose out as the rooms (kids b/room in 3 bed house or flat) will fall under the min size m2 so you'll have to...
So licensing is mostly about taking unhappy tenants and making them happy by forcing their landlords and letting agents to improve the housing condtions, seems very confused thinking unless you're telling us unhappy tentants cause the ASB (Southwark's stated lawful...
7th August 2015, 11 years ago
i thought the (bed)room standard was that a standard bed had to be able to be fit in 2 different directions to be classed as a bedroom and rented/priced accordingly?
Read More →3rd August 2015, 11 years ago
That might be correct bear in mind you can remove anyone who doesnt have a tenancy - adult children living at home springs to mind, had a few cases of those over the years - the homeowner couldnt get eviction...
Read More →3rd August 2015, 11 years ago
Jail is the last sanction agreed but lets face it the criminal record alone will muck up your business and personal life and probably end your BTL portfolio. Once again the govt are going to make the little guy or...
Read More →30th July 2015, 11 years ago
Mandy nice to hear from you again and pleasing to see Croydon have a JR in the offing i understand Con is giving them a steer on what to do - hope you are keeping well. If you get the...
Read More →30th July 2015, 11 years ago
Yes not surprised all right minded people should be very concerned with the attempts to introduce a criminal code by the back door, John was a part timer sent to preach "all is well you have nothing to fear" still...
Read More →30th July 2015, 11 years ago
the judgement was too tight imho but you can find Con Regas very easliy and ask him yourself - Southwark et al are sleepwalking their taxpayers into some huge liabilities.
Read More →30th July 2015, 11 years ago
Yep they were going for a few streets only (they can impose borough wide at a later date mind you), the Regas v Enfield case has caused them and other councils some major problems/headaches so they mostly had to run...
Read More →6th January 2015, 11 years ago
Yvette, the "interest" here was purely in the outcome of the recent Constantinous Regas judicial review, they realised they were acting unlawfully in light of the Judgement and have finally taken to consulting with their neighbouring boroughs and this will...
Read More →16th December 2014, 11 years ago
Lets get one thing clear 80% of the people who responded amounts to a tiny amount of the population of Enfield , probably not even statistically relevent - lets not kid ourseleves this group were misled too during the consultation...
Read More →15th December 2014, 11 years ago
Constantinos called for resignations, there is a good route via tribunal services, but those applicants needs to sing from the same song sheet to be effective, i will have a chat with him later on.
Read More →15th December 2014, 11 years ago
killer stuff from the judge - "Enfield, by contrast, asserts that the 9 April 2014 decision followed a two-part consultation exercise. Although phase one was described as a "Listening and Engagement" exercise and not as part of the "formal consultation"...
Read More →11th December 2014, 11 years ago
The idea of a consultation is to listen and take on board the various views, as Constantinious Regas showed in Enfield that didn't happen, they even when as far as shouting him down in public hearings, i could be forgiven...
Read More →11th December 2014, 11 years ago
from Con's blog just now, The High Court has today quashed (cancelled) Enfield Council's additional and selective licensing schemes, which would have required all private rented property in the borough to be licensed from 1 April 2015. In his handed...
Read More →11th December 2014, 11 years ago
Enfield landlord licensing scheme QUASHED today, Mr Constantinos Regas in total victory at the high court. well this is a bit of a bind for you in Southwark John, still you're the experts so no doubt the legal team have...
Read More →28th November 2014, 11 years ago
councils like Southwark are all on hold pending the outcome of Regas v Enfield Still its true to say (given the lack of written undertaking from southwark) that their 3 rogue council officers are at full liberty to apply for...
Read More →20th November 2014, 11 years ago
Why would any investor put their head on the block and risk criminal conviction for £1pw when they could avoid it. The drop in Newham numbers was on their own website - first press release i think said 100 properties...
Read More →13th November 2014, 11 years ago
16% is a bit different from John's 30% thats for sure anyone would think he was trying to paint a bleak picture to encourage support for the scheme, i wonder how many people in southwark he's told its 30%? Still...
Read More →13th November 2014, 11 years ago
You'll find licensing can have the opposite effect as some current LL's with smaller HMO's will lose out as the rooms (kids b/room in 3 bed house or flat) will fall under the min size m2 so you'll have to...
Read More →12th November 2014, 11 years ago
So licensing is mostly about taking unhappy tenants and making them happy by forcing their landlords and letting agents to improve the housing condtions, seems very confused thinking unless you're telling us unhappy tentants cause the ASB (Southwark's stated lawful...
Read More →12th November 2014, 11 years ago
Hi, can anyone point me to the ASB data MK used or was reying upon? Thanks
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