Darren Bell
Darren Bell
Registered with Property118.com
6th August 2015
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Single property landlord (Milton Keynes) living in Australia
My full time job is as a Chartered Architectural Technologist (UK) and Licensed Building Designer (Australia)
13th December 2024, 1 year ago
Lets see what is really proposed to get developments through planning, no plan here to say how this is going to happen. I have had a few small scale build to let developments for property investors stopped or significantly compromised...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Laura Delow at 01/12/2024 - 05:59
Reply to the comment left by Laura Delow at 01/12/2024 - 05:59Hi Laura, In my view the PIV systems are good in all properties where air tightness is a problem and tenant induced humidity will always be an issue. Providing...
Read More →27th November 2024, 1 year ago
I fitted a PIV into my remaining rental a few years back, works a treat by pushing the air through. Makes the bathroom and kitchen extracts work more efficiently as well. Think of sucking a straw with your finger restricting...
Read More →13th November 2024, 1 year ago
I think its great that people are moving off the rental market into their own home. Its sad to lose a good tenant but great to know they are moving forward with their lives in their own home. As most...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Grefe at 03/12/2023 - 10:20
Reply to the comment left by John Grefe at 03/12/2023 - 10:20Wow, Smoke detectors and any heat recovery / positive ventilation should be wired to the lighting circuit. Tenants will always want lighting so more inclined not to turn off...
Read More →30th November 2023, 2 years ago
We had tenants that tried to name and shame us on the radio for the mould appearing inside the property. At this point we had already fitted additional insulation and ventilation and informed the tenant that drying clothes indoors with...
Read More →26th September 2023, 3 years ago
How are shelter not investigated? They seem to be good at taking but giving nothing in return other than a bit of dodgy advice.
Read More →9th May 2016, 10 years ago
www.realestate.com.au is the portal I use.
Read More →26th April 2016, 10 years ago
Just had the local conservative rep knock on my door. I'm afraid he just received both barrels and a marching order. Parting question from the rep. Who will you be voting for? My answer Not you pal.
Read More →20th March 2016, 10 years ago
We are regrettably letting go our best tenants to dispose of a house which has the highest maintenance overhead, we are keeping another simply because under Clause 24 the figures work better. However for us that is not the end...
Read More →14th March 2016, 10 years ago
Haven't read it, but HMOs have always had bad press despite the fact that most are really well run. But as always its only the rare exceptions that make news. Personally I don't have the stomack for HMOs they are...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jon Pipllman at 08/03/2016 - 08:45
Reply to the comment left by "Jon Pipllman" at "08/03/2016 - 08:45": I've just returned from Australia, expecting (If you listen to the hype) a mass sale of BTL's, house prices crashing down all around us and the world coming...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Trendo at 04/02/2016 - 00:39
Reply to the comment left by "Trendo " at "04/02/2016 - 00:39": Going out next week to scout around. Far better tax treatment by the government and real potential to add value to land by development as opposed to the...
Read More →28th January 2016, 10 years ago
Some of the comments are quite funny really, so many people think this is a good thing and that rents will somehow not go up. Of course they will, corporate landlords have shareholders who want maximum returns. I do wonder...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ahmad Jibril at 22/01/2016 - 15:39
Reply to the comment left by "Ahmad Jibril" at "22/01/2016 - 15:39": Hey I got that email to, my reply was probably equally as scathing. I appreciate the countries defence needs are important, however the conservative government is destroying the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ahmad Jibril at 22/01/2016 - 07:48
Reply to the comment left by "Ahmad Jibril" at "22/01/2016 - 07:48": Well, nobody saw that coming... So raise the cost of running a rental business by removing the ability to offset the largest cost of running that business. Hmm,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Chris Byways at 15/01/2016 - 19:54
Reply to the comment left by "Chris Byways" at "15/01/2016 - 19:54": Hi Chris, I design buildings and conversions for a living (Rentals are secondary) and have come across this problem many times, when it comes to SAP assessments for...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Puzzler at 15/01/2016 - 19:00
Reply to the comment left by "Puzzler " at "15/01/2016 - 19:00": Electricity is not an efficient method to create heat.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rob Crawford at 14/01/2016 - 11:55
Reply to the comment left by "Rob Crawford" at "14/01/2016 - 11:55": I'm suggesting that he needs to look deeper into the problem. The energy consultant is the specialist in this case and so should be advising on how to...
Read More →14th January 2016, 10 years ago
Gas is certainly not a legal requirement, what is a requirement is for the build to pass the SAP assessment (Energy conservation) for building regs Part L. You can achieve this with electric heating and hot water but you're going...
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