Fred M BARRETT
Fred M BARRETT
Registered with Property118.com
3rd October 2023
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Registered with Property118.com
3rd October 2023
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15th January 2026, 3 months ago
The govt wants to raise more tax but tends to leave big fish and companies alone but hammers those further down. Do Housing Associations pay licences for their properties? No. Will they face the strong possibility of adding VAT to...
Read More →13th January 2026, 3 months ago
We have experience of this issue with just 1 tenant. The house was fine when they moved in, then problems. They insisted washing had to be dried indoors because it would get stolen from their enclosed garden. They said saucepan...
Read More →12th June 2025, 10 months ago
The new deal is for affordable housing at 80% of market rental. Not so much as a word given for social housing. There can be a big difference between affordable and social
Read More →28th May 2025, 11 months ago
It is my fervent hope these 'social landlords' will face the same licencing per property as all other landlords within a local scheme. We have several examples in our region of no 6 monthly landlord inspections, in one case for...
Read More →9th May 2025, 11 months ago
I may be seeing this wrongly but is this a way to try and get more properties away from the students to families in some way? Particularly from small Landlords? Maybe they want more students living at home with their...
Read More →6th May 2025, 11 months ago
As an issue this leaves me cold. Fewer houses in Derbyshire villages are being let out. A number are second homes but many are listed with constraints set by the LA. No double glazing allowed. No external insulation for houses...
Read More →1st May 2025, 11 months ago
I note Shelter does not lead by example and provide good examples of social housing they will provide and offer.. Our local city council has over 200 empty properties that are set for social housing but the social rents don't...
Read More →12th April 2025, 12 months ago
Could be they want the CGT from individual small landlord sales and to be left with large Landlords and HAs they can deal with more easily? AirBnB and similar platforms are doing pretty well for ex landlords around here
Read More →17th March 2025, 1 year ago
This is really an annual tax on tenants. The landlord must surely just add it straight onto rent plus 10% for admin and 20% on top unless it can be offset like insurance and repairs etc
Read More →19th February 2025, 1 year ago
The Guardian reported almost 50,000 social housing properties held by local authorities and their subsidiaries being empty and waiting for repairs to be let. If renting is so profitable they should have fixed these places up and eased the issue,...
Read More →25th September 2024, 2 years ago
We ensure all our (very few ) properties are C grade. The article suggests this is to progressively change for C grade to insist on solar panels, triple glazing and heat pump heating. New houses near us do indeed all...
Read More →19th August 2024, 2 years ago
As an SPL (small private landlord) we must inspect every 3 months to satisfy insurance. It takes 4-5 minutes most times. Councils (LAs) and Housing Associations (HAs) do not seem to be bound by the same rules. Why no action...
Read More →9th August 2024, 2 years ago
AirBnB could be the answer. You set the flat up with all the basics for a walk in. You can set up a minimum number of nights stay. The rent is higher (x2 round here) but you must do changeovers...
Read More →9th August 2024, 2 years ago
2 things not normally mentioned. Are figures from Housing Associations included now they are counted as private landlords? It is said - but I have no figures - the proportion of actions taken overall by HAs - is higher than...
Read More →9th August 2024, 2 years ago
There should be Carbon Monoxide meters in all rental properties as directed by regulation. If they have gas central heating, gas cooker (or log burner to be safe). In heavy traffic areas however they can and have been triggered by...
Read More →5th July 2024, 2 years ago
Not long since councils wanted as many HMOs as possible to hoover up the single homeless or provide housing for students. What happened to that plan? Maybe they realised that so many of the homeless had issues that needed active...
Read More →2nd July 2024, 2 years ago
Student accommodation is fairly and politely represented here. It is ripping off possibly naive students and their families who only want what is best for them. Purpose built student accommodation PBSA runs at 50% more than the cost of a...
Read More →24th June 2024, 2 years ago
Brave words from the Lib Dems. Neither of the main parties is suggesting they will build any social housing. The social benefit to pay the rent means that locally the housing associations are likely to make a loss after maintenance...
Read More →24th June 2024, 2 years ago
Losing section 21 has another side. It can be for a good reason and neither the tenant or landlord's fault. The local authority then has a duty to re-house. They don't want to. Without section 21 they can claim it...
Read More →24th June 2024, 2 years ago
One for the plus side. We passed a 1 bed to Futures Homes in Amber Valley for 5 years. They put in an ex drug user who had been hospitalised for a considerable time and left with issues. Nice guy...
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