Steve Rose
Steve Rose
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17th September 2024
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Registered with Property118.com
17th September 2024
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15th May 2026, 6 hours 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, 2 days 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)?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 12/05/2026 - 12:19
Reply to the comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 12/05/2026 - 12:19That was my impression, but that isn't what is stated in these examples: "The government also provided an example involving a landlord accepting an offer of rent in advance...
Read More →12th May 2026, 3 days ago
Thus will only further reduce the properties available ro rent by people unable to provide a home-owning guarantor, thereby increasing the rent payable by these people. We took the decision a number of years ago only to rent to people...
Read More →3rd December 2025, 5 months ago
Taxation without representation ought to be illegal. It will always be easier to persuade voters that "someone else" will pay. If not on the costs that tourism incurs, what exactly are business rates on accommodation and VAT on tourism activities...
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 03/11/2025 - 15:31
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 03/11/2025 - 15:31"if you meet this then you meet the legal requirement so this cannot be used as a point against the LL in such a claim." Good luck with that...
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 03/11/2025 - 15:31
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 03/11/2025 - 15:31I know you did, but as an engineer I was always taught to work on the principle that the end user will be an idiot who will also cut...
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 03/11/2025 - 13:54
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 03/11/2025 - 13:54The missing factor? Insulation, usually.
Read More →3rd November 2025, 6 months ago
Over my life we have lived in, and renovated, a number of old, poor quality homes. Black mould, caused by condensation, was always initially present, especially since it was difficult to heat these buildings sufficiently. However, dry-lining, with insulation on...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 03/11/2025 - 13:10
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 03/11/2025 - 13:10"should landlords now be asking for medical records?" Only if you want to be hit with a disability discrimination claim.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 08/10/2025 - 16:20
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 08/10/2025 - 16:20You're quite right, Ian, I admit I ignored your post because I thought it all related to the "after 1995" opening statement. I thought the chance of his lease...
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