I've been a member of 118 and a landlord since 2013 and my view would be to employ professional help using a company such as Landlord Action. They will ensure that your paperwork is in order and legally compliant and...
Hi albeit I am a landlord my fairly recent experience was with the purchase of a home in 2017. The stamp duty should have been £27k but part of the house was a separate annex with its own entrance, bathroom,...
Reply to the comment left by Shining Wit at 13/02/2021 - 11:35As I mentioned earlier the true cost of this travesty is yet to be revealed but this morning on radio 4 one authority said that they considered the amount...
Reply to the comment left by terry sullivan at 11/02/2021 - 19:24Cost, insulation values, availability, durability except in a fire which they (the suppliers) failed to declare.
Sorry Dale I should have added that I agree with all you have said and you have my deepest sympathy. Is there any joining up of the wronged leaseholders or property owners that are suffering here? Now Jenrick has come...
Do you think it's possible that we are being drip fed an acknowledgement of liability by local /Central government bit by bit on the basis that say £5 billion sounds much better than maybe £20 billion or whatever the true...
Hi I read your post and would comment as follows. If your rental property is going to serve you as a pension then surely its principle purpose would be to provide regular income. As long as you retain the property,...
I agree with you re around Tunbridge Wells area. There's a lot of people moving down from London who want to get out of the city. Building inspector told me (we are just finishing phase 2 of extending our home)...
Hi have you advertised the property to see if you will get a lower rent because in 2016 I purchased a house in Bromley and refurbished it to HMO standards in agreement with the council but when I advised it...
Hi and good luck with your project. I spent 25 yrs in construction and in the last 14 yrs of retirement have purchased and refurbished /extended 6 properties in 9 separate projects sometimes influenced by finance and markets. I would...
I think you will find that IDS resigned from his ministerial position because Osborne took either £3 billion or it may have been 5 billion out of the UC budget as part of the austerity measures. Not that that excuses...
Hi I think that shrinkage is highly unlikely as an explanation to why you have a one inch gap under your skirting. There is not enough info to diagnose but any leaseholder or free holder should want to resolve this...
There we have the first priority of this initiative to get a reasonable number of Landlords to pledge before we consider taking it any further. We can debate how many landlords there are in the UK some articles say 2.5...
NLA and RLA are like 'Dads Army' (if any of you can remember that) Landlord's need unite under a single banner with the numbers and funding and get someone articulate with skin in the game so they can with evidence...
Reading some of the foregoing could seriously damage your health (raised cortisone levels etc) Dr Rosalind should be presenting her excellent critique at the Tory Party conference next month but unfortunately that's not going to happen. I am not sure...
Reply to the comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 28/08/2018 - 09:44South East London is certainly difficult at the moment. We had a buyer pull out 4 days before exchange after running us for 4 months. The reason he gave...
For me the big picture question is how do we change landlord representation and image management in this country? I read that the number of Landlords is now 2.5million yet initiatives to challenge legislation seem to attract a pitiful response...
What's the consensus on here then? Do we batten down the hatches and keep our heads down knowing that probably sometime in the the future some balance will be restored in the treatment of those who responsibly provide an essential...
Very informative. I used to make a monthly contribution and took alot to the shops but stopped when their previous CEO got on his white charger against landlords. If you research charities a similar story emerges for many and governance...
24th December 2021, 4 years ago
I've been a member of 118 and a landlord since 2013 and my view would be to employ professional help using a company such as Landlord Action. They will ensure that your paperwork is in order and legally compliant and...
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Hi albeit I am a landlord my fairly recent experience was with the purchase of a home in 2017. The stamp duty should have been £27k but part of the house was a separate annex with its own entrance, bathroom,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Shining Wit at 13/02/2021 - 11:35
Reply to the comment left by Shining Wit at 13/02/2021 - 11:35As I mentioned earlier the true cost of this travesty is yet to be revealed but this morning on radio 4 one authority said that they considered the amount...
Read More →Reply to comment left by terry sullivan at 11/02/2021 - 19:24
Reply to the comment left by terry sullivan at 11/02/2021 - 19:24Cost, insulation values, availability, durability except in a fire which they (the suppliers) failed to declare.
Read More →11th February 2021, 5 years ago
Sorry Dale I should have added that I agree with all you have said and you have my deepest sympathy. Is there any joining up of the wronged leaseholders or property owners that are suffering here? Now Jenrick has come...
Read More →11th February 2021, 5 years ago
Do you think it's possible that we are being drip fed an acknowledgement of liability by local /Central government bit by bit on the basis that say £5 billion sounds much better than maybe £20 billion or whatever the true...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Valerie Collins at 10/02/2021 - 10:31
Hi I read your post and would comment as follows. If your rental property is going to serve you as a pension then surely its principle purpose would be to provide regular income. As long as you retain the property,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Gabriela S at 07/09/2020 - 12:22
I agree with you re around Tunbridge Wells area. There's a lot of people moving down from London who want to get out of the city. Building inspector told me (we are just finishing phase 2 of extending our home)...
Read More →18th July 2020, 6 years ago
Hi have you advertised the property to see if you will get a lower rent because in 2016 I purchased a house in Bromley and refurbished it to HMO standards in agreement with the council but when I advised it...
Read More →8th July 2020, 6 years ago
Hi and good luck with your project. I spent 25 yrs in construction and in the last 14 yrs of retirement have purchased and refurbished /extended 6 properties in 9 separate projects sometimes influenced by finance and markets. I would...
Read More →30th March 2019, 7 years ago
I think you will find that IDS resigned from his ministerial position because Osborne took either £3 billion or it may have been 5 billion out of the UC budget as part of the austerity measures. Not that that excuses...
Read More →21st January 2019, 7 years ago
Hi I think that shrinkage is highly unlikely as an explanation to why you have a one inch gap under your skirting. There is not enough info to diagnose but any leaseholder or free holder should want to resolve this...
Read More →2nd October 2018, 8 years ago
There we have the first priority of this initiative to get a reasonable number of Landlords to pledge before we consider taking it any further. We can debate how many landlords there are in the UK some articles say 2.5...
Read More →25th September 2018, 8 years ago
Ok I pledge my £100 and I hope that there are a lot more than 1000 Landlords that can see the need for this initiative.
Read More →30th August 2018, 8 years ago
NLA and RLA are like 'Dads Army' (if any of you can remember that) Landlord's need unite under a single banner with the numbers and funding and get someone articulate with skin in the game so they can with evidence...
Read More →28th August 2018, 8 years ago
Reading some of the foregoing could seriously damage your health (raised cortisone levels etc) Dr Rosalind should be presenting her excellent critique at the Tory Party conference next month but unfortunately that's not going to happen. I am not sure...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 28/08/2018 - 09:44
Reply to the comment left by Whiteskifreak Surrey at 28/08/2018 - 09:44South East London is certainly difficult at the moment. We had a buyer pull out 4 days before exchange after running us for 4 months. The reason he gave...
Read More →25th August 2018, 8 years ago
For me the big picture question is how do we change landlord representation and image management in this country? I read that the number of Landlords is now 2.5million yet initiatives to challenge legislation seem to attract a pitiful response...
Read More →24th August 2018, 8 years ago
What's the consensus on here then? Do we batten down the hatches and keep our heads down knowing that probably sometime in the the future some balance will be restored in the treatment of those who responsibly provide an essential...
Read More →24th August 2018, 8 years ago
Very informative. I used to make a monthly contribution and took alot to the shops but stopped when their previous CEO got on his white charger against landlords. If you research charities a similar story emerges for many and governance...
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