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.
11th May 2026, 3 days ago
"So what the advent of the renters rights act means for landlords and their agents is that they shouldn’t even consider taking on tenants with a poor credit rating…homeless…on benefits…not working…retired on a low income….until they see that the courts...
Read More →8th May 2026, 6 days ago
It is not often that I disagree with the Landlord Crusader but on this occasion I believe he/she has used the wrong tense in the final paragraph.
Read More →8th May 2026, 6 days ago
It is getting difficult to see from which end this emanates. The government is merely expressing a wish list with no evidence to back its claims.
Read More →8th May 2026, 6 days ago
Fear not the fines are on their way with local authorities tasking their employees with inflicting a minimum number of 7k fines per month.
Read More →30th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Benefiting the big corporates over the individual, its all so transparent.
Read More →30th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
I remember a government saying that civil penalties were reasonable and proportionate. Do not believe a word anyone says about future charges, they all lie.
Read More →30th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
And with a mortgage you get no maintenance or insurance and absolutely no possibility of a mortgage repayment order for two years payments. Makes renting a good choice for all of us except that soon there will be few properties...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 30/04/2026 - 08:48
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 30/04/2026 - 08:48Someone ought to advise Generation Rent, so that they can appreciate the massive savings that tenants will achieve.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 25/04/2026 - 11:27
Then the notice is not served, that is why you should also send by ordinary post, with a certificate of posting. In the present climate I prefer to serve personally with a witness videoing the whole process and a certificate...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 23/04/2026 - 12:10
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 23/04/2026 - 12:10I believe the council will do nothing because the tenant is voluntarily homeless as he could have stayed until the bailiff called.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 23/04/2026 - 11:21
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 23/04/2026 - 11:21The benefit question is easy, never take tenants on benefits, they are a poison chalice because of housing benefit rules. BUT remember you must not discriminate and must give...
Read More →23rd April 2026, 3 weeks ago
Incredible, I would never have guessed that matching the LHA to the actual cost of accommodation would lift people out of poverty. It is fortunate that someone had the foresight to commission this research as without it nobody would have...
Read More →23rd April 2026, 3 weeks ago
I introduced a similar scheme some 30 years ago and had the same resistance from tenants, leaseholders and particularly drug dealers who thought they had a God given right of access. Eventually it settled down and most accepted the system,...
Read More →23rd April 2026, 3 weeks ago
An interesting concept, I have no idea of the legal situation but will be most interested in the legal opinions which no doubt will be posted.
Read More →22nd April 2026, 3 weeks ago
I agree wholeheartedly with the last paragraph of this report, the RRA is a game changer for tenants for anyone slightly suspect will now not be offered a tenancy.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 18/04/2026 - 09:46
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 18/04/2026 - 09:46I would be content if she received the same civil penalty as the rest of us and a one year rent repayment order, followed by her resignation.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 17/04/2026 - 13:43
Or worse still be jailed for something the tenant has done.
Read More →16th April 2026, 4 weeks ago
This article reads more like a wish list than reality. What is wrong with small independent landlords that they have to be eliminated? A single owner can be just as professional as the large corporates in providing property but now...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Curtis at 13/04/2026 - 12:06
Reply to the comment left by John Curtis at 13/04/2026 - 12:06" . . . . the new renters rights act should apply to everyone and NO exemptions" Surely you would concede that Rachel Reeves was a justifiable exception?
Read More →13th April 2026, 1 month ago
I wear my "Told you so" T-shirt every day.
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