Steve Rose
Steve Rose
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15th September 2026, 5 days ago
Actually there are two elephants - one from the continent of Africa and a second from the Indian subcontinent. And we wouldn't need to build them houses if they had stayed there...
Read More →15th September 2026, 5 days ago
Give it a year and all tenants will be advised to challenge rent increases, since this will delay them by a year due to backlogs. So that rent increase? You need to estimate next year's increase and add that to...
Read More →13th August 2026, 1 month ago
When asking "Who will buy these properties?" it is pertinent to ask "Who makes us the largest proportion of our expanded population?" Someone on benefits, or on a minimum-wage job, with no savings, will never get a mortgage.
Read More →8th June 2026, 3 months ago
Where the upgrade is required by legislation and broadly the same job as the original, HMRC confirmed two years ago that the cost of installing heat pumps can be offset against revenue. https://www.icaew.com/insights/tax-news/2024/mar-2024/hmrc-corrects-advice-given-on-tax-relief-for-boiler-repairs
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 08/06/2026 - 10:02
I agree. Surely one is replacing one method of heating with another of similar scope. Replacing single-glazed windows with double-glazing, although technically a capital improvement, has been allowed as 'repairs' for years.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Elisabeth Beckett at 05/06/2026 - 10:51
Reply to the comment left by Elisabeth Beckett at 05/06/2026 - 10:51She said she's already contacted the guarantor but that they have ignored her. That's why I suggested rhe next step which is to start the process of the small...
Read More →5th June 2026, 4 months ago
Surely if you have a guarantor there is no need to evict him. You simply start a small claims case against her. You could have warned her of this on the first day the rent was overdue.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 28/05/2026 - 16:10
"The Renters Rights Act says that you can’t let to a tenant for less than 12 months doesn’t it? I have let to tenants for 5-6 months in the past because that’s what they needed, but I can’t do it...
Read More →28th May 2026, 4 months ago
"May" 🤣
Read More →15th May 2026, 4 months ago
"Section 21 were likely to be because of unpaid rent" I suggest that a large number were due to other breaches too, such as anti-social behaviour. In which case most people's experience of the new act will be having someone...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Smith at 15/05/2026 - 11:10
"The example expressly describes this very scenario" While I fully agree with your general thrust, they're arguing a slightly different example. In your example the landlord has waited for funds to clear before signing (illegal), while they are arguing that...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 15/05/2026 - 10:58
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 15/05/2026 - 10:58"I expect to be allowed to occupy without paying rent" The law effectively allowed this already, for every month except the first. "The tenant will have to complain to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 14/05/2026 - 09:42
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at <a href="https://www.property118.com/government-issues-examples-of-rent-in-advance-breaches-under-new-rules/comment-page-3/#comment-205089" ; rel="ugc">09:42 From memory, the initial rent isn't overdue until the end of the first day, whereas the keys are due at the beginning of the first day, so...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 15:51
"if your standard rental agreement states a start date that is conditional upon either one month or 28 days of rent clearing either your account or your agents account before the tenancy commences (which is permitted by the RRA), with...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 15:01
You don't hand over the keys in the pre-tenancy period, so we're only talking about the tenancy period. Why no guarantor?
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 14:28
As I said, it is in the Protection from Eviction Act 1977. Up until this month, if the tenant didn't pay the first month's rent, you could rip up the tenancy agreement, refuse to give them the keys and they...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 13:41
Perhaps you're looking in the wrong place. "After the tenancy has been entered into [ie signed] you cannot refuse to hand over the keys even if the tenant never pays the first month’s rent, because that amounts to preventing occupation,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/05/2026 - 10:47
Once the lease has been signed, you can't withhold the keys, or prevent access, for non-payment of the first rent.
Read More →13th May 2026, 4 months ago
"any rent increase upheld by the tribunal would take effect only from the date of its decision" It's actually worse than this. If the rent increase date is the date of determination, the next permissible rent increase would be 12...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Smith at 12/05/2026 - 12:29
Once the tenant has a signed contract, and the keys, where is the incentive for them to actually pay the lump sum (or indeed any rent at all)?
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