Graham Chilvers
Graham Chilvers
Registered with Property118.com
3rd September 2015
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Registered with Property118.com
3rd September 2015
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48
5th May 2020, 6 years ago
It is this sort "Landlord" mindset that gets us all a bad name. 99% of Landlords would love a tenant that paid their rent and they didn’t go near the property for 11 years. “Perfect” Take the cost of the...
Read More →28th February 2020, 6 years ago
Hi. I am an Electrical Engineer and a Landlord. You do not have to upgrade your electrical installation to meet the latest edition 18 regulations. Your electrical installation only has to be safe and in good condition. I recently had...
Read More →17th February 2020, 6 years ago
The ruling for separate Tax banding use to be that the accommodation had to be fully self-contained. I have flat that contains separate rooms for, Lounge, Kitchen, Bedroom and Toilet, but no shower. The resident uses a shared shower off...
Read More →6th January 2020, 6 years ago
Never forget. The introduction of Sec 21 was desperate move by the Government as an inducement to try and persuade property owners to let out their empty properties. The inducement was. "If you let your property out, we promise you...
Read More →12th September 2019, 7 years ago
My MP Kevin Foster, told a Torbay Landlords Meeting that renting in London was difficult and expensive. I said "Consider the value of your flat if sold, “say £500K”. Consider the Landlord’s costs and risks. Consider the rent you pay,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Larry Sweeney at 22/08/2019 - 17:08
Reply to the comment left by Larry Sweeney at 22/08/2019 - 17:08Hi, In 2011, Shelter on TV said that Landlords were rising rents and exploiting the poor. ITV asked me to comment. I offered to go head to head with...
Read More →21st August 2019, 7 years ago
I have said this before. I throw the gauntlet down to Shelter. Buy a block of flats or row of houses with a 100% normal BTL mortgage as a private Landlord does, without the support of your charity status or...
Read More →2nd August 2019, 7 years ago
The simple solution that works for everyone. 1) Increase the notice period of a Section 21 from two months to one year. This stops the use of a Section 21 notice as an effective way of evicting good tenants that...
Read More →21st March 2019, 7 years ago
These seminars have been around forever. I attended one in California in the early 1980's.! The bottom line is, if these people are offering you the keys to a room full of money? If it is so good, why don’t...
Read More →15th March 2019, 7 years ago
No obvious route to remove or edit a previously posted comment. Life changes!!
Read More →25th January 2019, 7 years ago
Have we all forgotten, the 1977 rent act, brought in by the Labour Government? A seemingly brilliant idea for Tenants. It converted all existing and new tenancies to protected tenancies. The landlord could only get his property back if the...
Read More →14th November 2018, 7 years ago
This is Shelters simple solution. They complain that we make to much money and provide a bad service. The solution is so simple, Shelter should become a real private Landlords. No special treatment, Tax breaks, handouts or discounts. It should...
Read More →14th November 2018, 7 years ago
Whose money is it? We pay tax into the welfare system to help people. To pay the rent for those who can't afford it so they have a home. That Tax money should not be wasted and should therfore go...
Read More →24th May 2016, 10 years ago
Hi, you have two issues going on here. (1) Accommodation becomes liable for property tax, fundamentally if the occupier can live completely within their accommodation. So if it has food preparation facilities, toilet, shower and a bed even if it...
Read More →17th May 2016, 10 years ago
Hi, consider clause 17 of the section 8 notice. Which is about obtaining a tenancy by misrepresentation? This gives him only two weeks to move out before you start a high speed court action. Also I think you said you...
Read More →17th May 2016, 10 years ago
This person has sublet the accommodation to you and taken a deposit from you which must be registered. As such, as soon as you made a rent payment and were given a key, you have exclusive legal right to that...
Read More →11th January 2016, 10 years ago
The effect is shown in my calculator at asklandlords.uk. Which appears to be the only calculator available that automatically shows how the tax increase is affected by increasing interest rates, giving the results, not only numerically but graphically as well....
Read More →11th January 2016, 10 years ago
This Tax over four years is a 20% increase. 5% a year. Why don't we all, That is all UK Landlords up the rent by 5% a year on the 1st April each year. All on the same day, all...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Graham Chilvers at 05/01/2016 - 09:11
Reply to the comment left by "Graham Chilvers" at "05/01/2016 - 09:11": Forgot. No download limit. Flats are self-contained. I tell them the Wifi is avaliable for "google" email and otherstuff and is generally not intended for video streaming and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Darlington Landlord at 04/01/2016 - 21:35
Reply to the comment left by "Darlington Landlord" at "04/01/2016 - 21:35": Hi. I have about 10 setups. I use TalkTalk Business. their lowest option. All buildings have at least one range extender TP-LINK TL-WA901ND connected to the modem. They...
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