Dr David Price
Maidenhead and Runnymede & Weybridge Constituent Landlords
Author: Dr David Price
26th September 2016, 10 years ago | 0
Dr David Price
Registered with Property118.com
14th May 2015
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Landlord since 1988, now with some 70 plus properties, all mortgage free. 'The Maluka' is Australian Aborigine for 'The Boss' also Spanish for 'The Wanker', take your pick, either could apply to a landlord.
Reply to comment left by joe bloggs at 12/09/2026 - 16:53
Reply to the comment left by Joe Bloggs at 12/09/2026 - 16:53The irony is that before the RRA many of us would take a chance with a less than perfect applicant knowing that there was a remedy is section 21....
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Reply to the comment left by Tim Peters at 12:08 I do not believe the RRA was ever about helping tenants, it was about driving landlords out of the market so that hte CGT could be collected. No government genuinely...
Read More →Reply to comment left by joe bloggs at 12/09/2026 - 11:02
Reply to the comment left by Joe Bloggs at 11:02 I too have voids, but not for want of applicants. Every advert leads to at least twenty applicants most of whom would not pass referencing. I give all suspect applicants...
Read More →Reply to comment left by joe bloggs at 12/09/2026 - 10:28
Reply to the comment left by Joe Bloggs at 12/09/2026 - 10:28Joe & Judith, the simple solution is not to take any tenant who poses even the slightest risk. This means no benefit tenants, although you must give them the...
Read More →11th September 2026, 1 day ago
EPC, EICR & Gas certificates are all filed electronically so why can they not be linked via a relational database to the property? It seems that the idea is to maximise the landlords involvement, to waste his time and encourage...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 11/09/2026 - 09:11
Reply to the comment left by Beaver at 09:11 Equally the problem could be solved by the government acting as guarantor for the benefit tenant. 😂🤣😅😆
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 09/09/2026 - 18:05
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 18:05 You forgot the fourth update, to pay the TAX, which the government euphemistically call a fee.
Read More →9th September 2026, 3 days ago
I wonder how the government decided on £65, what analysis was done? Or was it as I suspect a wet finger in the air.
Read More →9th September 2026, 3 days ago
What do landlords get in return for £65 pa / pp ? Hassle from HMRC & Local Authorities amongst others. Big fimes for minor non compliance no doubt, but of course they will be "proportionate". Will the fee rise with...
Read More →9th September 2026, 3 days ago
Some 40 years ago in my day job I wrote relational databases as part of my duties. I was an expert in the field. The government databse could be organised so that updating was largely automatic with little need for...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 09/09/2026 - 12:59
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 09/09/2026 - 12:59Far too lenient, £50,000 for such an henious crime.
Read More →9th September 2026, 3 days ago
When the certificates are all on the database will landlords be relived of the duty to supply copies to new and existing tenants? I think we all know the answer.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Collin Williamson at 09/09/2026 - 12:26
Reply to the comment left by No hate plz at 12:26 Not just £5.50 permonth, someone has to pay for the admin of populating the database, the void periods for I doubt we will get a refund when the property...
Read More →9th September 2026, 3 days ago
Landlords countrywide warned of the unintended consequences. Shelter, Generation Rent, Acorn et al achieved their objectives and now must live with the consequences. A tenant must now have a perfect credit record to achieve a tenancy, even a satisfied CCJ...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Fergus Wilson at 02/09/2026 - 17:11
Reply to the comment left by Fergus Wilson at 02/09/2026 - 17:11Jam Tarts and Cream Doughnuts are off limits to diabetics, a nice cabbage soup is all we can have.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Fergus Wilson at 02/09/2026 - 15:10
Reply to the comment left by Fergus Wilson at 15:10 She is probably now turning - in her grave.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 29/08/2026 - 11:55
"You don’t need to specify in a contract that the tenancy ends a midnight as that’s the de-dacto legal position." If that is so then why do councils prsistently try to charge the landlord for the last day of the...
Read More →29th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
The solution is simple. Include a clause in your tenancy agreement that the tenancy ends at midnight on the last day. It is Irrelevant when the tenant actually leaves, it is the end of the tenancy which counts. Let the...
Read More →27th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
CPI plus 2% PLUS all the new costs imposed by government, local and central.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Geri Doc at 26/08/2026 - 10:07
Reply to the comment left by Geri Doc at 10:07 Every mistake a landlord makes, no matter how trivial, is a criminal offece. Every mistake a tenat makes, no matter how major, is a civil offence. I believe it is...
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