Paul Smith
Paul Smith
Registered with Property118.com
5th July 2023
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Registered with Property118.com
5th July 2023
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Reply to comment left by Mick Roberts at 09/10/2026 - 10:02
Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 10:02 Perhaps the biggest risk is getting landed with a bad tenant. The consequences of not being able to get redress or access to your property makes being a landlord the...
Read More →3rd October 2026, 1 week ago
Nicely put, new policy is ineffective if not proficiently enforced. The important people in Labour, Rayner's and Burnham thinking they have answers but their current policies are as effective as a bucket full of holes and chocolate teapots. Bad landlords'...
Read More →1st October 2026, 1 week ago
Whilst RRA legislation is generally regressive the failure to allow fixed term contracts for students appears criminally punitive for landlords and a totally inept slice of law. In this area the RRA appears to destroy previous harmonious balance. The failure...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ana at 29/09/2026 - 20:18
Perhaps the problem is Landlords' do not have a competent or effective representation. The NRLA appear to have been largely supportive of the RRA without asking for checks and balances and success criteria and accountability. One suspicious thing is the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by JB at 29/09/2026 - 10:52
The UK has one of the most protracted and slowest conveyancing systems in the world. England places zero penalties on "tyre kicking would be buyers" who can retract from a purchase for 'No Reason" a year or later after agreeing...
Read More →11th September 2026, 1 month ago
Where are the key performance indicators and who takes accountability? Without these they will likely try and fix with rent controls and make bad matters worse. There needs to be accountability for harmful decisions, the problem was and remains a...
Read More →2nd September 2026, 1 month ago
Wanting a big fee for registration on the database is spiteful and pernicious. The 'bad landlord' fallacy continues. The truth is there in the last year the amount of disputed bond return was less than the interest the DPS received...
Read More →21st August 2026, 2 months ago
The consequences for a landlord in choosing a "bad tenant's can be catastrophic. As has been widely reported, Landlords' have become more choosy when selecting tenants. As such it is entirely consistent that anti social behaviour and rental arrears would...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Bob Birchmore at 14/07/2026 - 16:39
Reply to the comment left by northern landlord at 16:39 In the tragic case of Awaab, the parents made limited complaints to the landlord and had wanted to move to I believe a bigger property. When they complained initially they...
Read More →10th July 2026, 3 months ago
In my experience most tenants were unaware of their obligations under the previous legislation too. Only once have I been asked if a tenant can have a pet. Examples I have faced where permission not asked include someone breeding tarantulas...
Read More →10th July 2026, 3 months ago
Interesting rental arrears have gone down. I wonder how much is related to landlords taking a stance in removing non payers then strengthening vetting in the hope of preventing likely non payers from.securing tenancies?
Read More →10th July 2026, 3 months ago
This article is good but would be much more impactful if all figures were represented as a percentage of overall prs rental properties. Ie as a percentage of the 5.6m rental properties in the PRS and showing what percentage had...
Read More →7th July 2026, 3 months ago
In the UK, deposit disputes are surprisingly rare, with less than 1% of tenancies going to formal adjudication. When disputes are escalated, adjudicators rarely split the amount exactly 50/50. Instead, independent schemes award funds based strictly on the evidence of...
Read More →24th June 2026, 4 months ago
It sounds like you have done your best and addressed a problem that was reported. You can only fix something once you know about it. I would write to the tenant to advise the problem was reported and fixed at...
Read More →8th June 2026, 4 months ago
Just to explain the rules. If you borrow borrow on a property your bank can put their rates up 6 or so times a year. There is no redress, no challenge, your rate will normally rise within 24 hours of...
Read More →6th June 2026, 4 months ago
All this misses the point the real issue is the need for Landlords to avoid bad tenants. By seeking a guarantor the Landlord is not seeking to PROFIT, they just want to get paid. If bad tenants could be easily...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Hole at 03/06/2026 - 18:35
Reply to the comment left by John Hole at 03/06/2026 - 18:35Hi John, of the evictions for arrears how much money did you get back after court action. Or did you never recover these losses and if you have to...
Read More →1st June 2026, 4 months ago
Leaving reporting till 2028 appears very weak. Why not have a live board of important matrix? It appears negative affects are being felt right now for tenants and landlords alike because of the act. The real time impact would be...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 27/05/2026 - 01:47
Reply to the comment left by Simon F at 27/05/2026 - 01:47There are many points of failure in the chain of events. First the people who suggest disproportionate fines should not be given a voice. But more importantly there are...
Read More →17th May 2026, 5 months ago
Thank you -David Yes - it's quite remarkable that after years of discussion around the RRA the existing legislation wasn't understood. Further false perceptions became the conventional wisdom and underpinned aggressive changes to the laws based on exaggerated narrative. Generations...
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