Tenancy Deposits – a rounding error could cost landlords dear!
Author: Ian Narbeth
19th November 2025, 5 months ago | 8
Ian Narbeth
Landlords: Enervating bureaucracy and sullen rage!
Author: Ian Narbeth
22nd March 2024, 2 years ago | 3
Renters Reform Bill – the end of fixed term tenancies
Author: Ian Narbeth
23rd May 2023, 3 years ago | 33
Consultation on single banding HMO rooms – Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill
Author: Ian Narbeth
21st March 2023, 3 years ago | 0
Ground rent reform – a sledgehammer to crack the wrong nut
Author: Ian Narbeth
7th December 2021, 4 years ago | 29
Generation Rent wants the Government to force landlords to accept more risk
Author: Ian Narbeth
1st June 2021, 5 years ago | 40
New Year brings “Interesting” problems and Misguided Guidance
Author: Ian Narbeth
4th January 2020, 6 years ago | 6
What if some of the obstacles to S21 claims are also applied to S8 claims?
Author: Ian Narbeth
9th October 2019, 7 years ago | 8
The flawed Call for Evidence over Tenancy Deposits
Author: Ian Narbeth
8th July 2019, 7 years ago | 17
Tenant Fees Act 2019 – Elephant trap for the unwary!
Author: Ian Narbeth
17th May 2019, 7 years ago | 28
Forfeiture of holding deposits/reservation fees
Author: Ian Narbeth
9th April 2019, 7 years ago | 14
Ian Narbeth
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Solicitor specialising in commercial property since 1985. Residential BTL and HMO landlord.
Platinum Property Partners franchisee since 2012. Advocate for fair treatment of landlords and tenants.
21st April 2026, 2 days ago
In light of this I am sure Mr Pennycook will contradict those in his party and in Shelter, Generation Rent et al who claim that landlords are issuing more s21 notices ahead of May 1st. In other news, a pig...
Read More →Reply to comment left by JB at 20/04/2026 - 15:17
This will have to be tested in court but I am very doubtful you will be able to refuse on this ground. Not all animals require expensive veterinary work and you won't be able to show in advance that the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 20/04/2026 - 13:56
Yes.
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" This s a recipe for financial disaster for many landlords if a tenant decides to game the RRA… and many will when they realise landlords are helpless." I know of a landlord who used to allow the arrears to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 16/04/2026 - 16:19
Reply to the comment left by Tim Rogers at 16:19 Tim Assuming he agreed increase is after 30 April 2026, any existing agreed uplift or any mechanism to review rent (e.g. by reference to CPI or RPI) will be void....
Read More →14th April 2026, 1 week ago
Hi Tauhid, welcome to the forum. With respect, your article could do with some pruning as I lost the will to live half way through! And I am a lawyer! You write: "Once per year is the maximum. The twelve...
Read More →31st March 2026, 3 weeks ago
As has been noted, it is a one-way bet for tenants to challenge any increase, not just "unreasonable" (in most cases to market rent) increases. One small thing landlords can do, when interviewing prospective tenants and taking up references, is...
Read More →26th March 2026, 4 weeks ago
"Mr Khan also wants to exempt new build-to-rent homes from any rent caps to encourage supply." Good luck putting that into law. It means that full open market rents are acceptable for some tenants but not others. Will the exemption...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 25/03/2026 - 12:17
Reply to the comment left by NewYorkie at 12:17 If you sign a lease with a fixed ground rent of £250 that is not onerous. It's the deal you signed. Yes it's £10K over 40 years. You will pay over...
Read More →25th March 2026, 4 weeks ago
"Baroness Taylor of Stevenage, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing said: “It certainly would not help tenants to delay implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act."" She has no concern for and does not even mention the involuntary creditors (aka landlords)...
Read More →Reply to comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 25/03/2026 - 10:31
Reply to the comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 25/03/2026 - 10:31There are major problems with escalating ground rents as I explained here. Labour is now dealing with that point so there is no need to pick a fight. As...
Read More →19th March 2026, 1 month ago
In the last 10 years no teenagers have qualified as doctors, solicitors or accountants. I am sure this is blatant discrimination. I would "urge the government to record and monitor refusal patterns among" the BMA, the Law Society and the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Julia Lloyd at 19/03/2026 - 09:58
If you now grant a new tenancy you will bot be able to served a s21 notice. before the RRA removes s21 and makes the tenancy periodic. Unless you want out of the letting business - I assume not or...
Read More →19th March 2026, 1 month ago
If by "feeling safe" they mean safe from assault then of course a block of student flats with keycard access and dozens of other students living under one roof will be safer than a semi-detached house in a rough part...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Tessa Shepperson at 24/02/2026 - 09:26
Reply to the comment left by Tessa Shepperson at 24/02/2026 - 09:26Tessa, why would you not have a blanket prohibition? Offering "consent not to be unreasonably withheld" will inevitably put the landlord under pressure to agree. Whatever safety conditions you...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Monty Bodkin at 18/03/2026 - 19:24
Reply to the comment left by Monty Bodkin at 19:24 Monty, for some inexplicable reason I have touched a nerve with you. I don't appreciate being called stupid, albeit I am not legislating but Governments, Conservative and Labour are. I...
Read More →18th March 2026, 1 month ago
"...where the government chooses to put common sense protections in place to allow renters to enjoy the benefits of their new warmer homes and cheaper bills." It is a sad joke that the cause of high bills is the very...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Monty Bodkin at 18/03/2026 - 11:46
Reply to the comment left by Monty Bodkin at 18/03/2026 - 11:46Monty, what is your point? True " ‘Some’ is a very vague amount" but the percentage of bad landlords is, unfortunately, not negligible. The fact that I cannot say...
Read More →Reply to comment left by James Sim at 27/02/2026 - 12:06
Reply to the comment left by Disillusioned Landlord at 27/02/2026 - 12:06"All these renters rights groups have a lot to answer for, none of us on here want to increase rents, none of us want shoddy homes, none of us...
Read More →5th March 2026, 2 months ago
“We .... understand that landlords must have robust possession grounds where there is a good reason to take their property back.” Weasel words! Justice delayed is justice denied. It is not just robust grounds but a speedy resolution of cases...
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