Tenancy Deposits – a rounding error could cost landlords dear!
Author: Ian Narbeth
19th November 2025, 6 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.
13th May 2026, 10 hours ago
In answer to the question, if the tenancy says they can give one month's notice, that has not changed. For all new Assured Periodic Tenancies, it is two months to expire at the end of a rental period. So if...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Trevor Leigh at 13/05/2026 - 07:25
Reply to the comment left by Contango at 07:25 It is yet to be tested in court but it should be possible to cater for this. It will mean having a delay of at least a day between signing the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Smith at 12/05/2026 - 10:45
Hi Paul "Scammers will be all over this one." I agree that this is a daft rule that will prevent some tenants from being accepted. However, landlords need to keep up to date with changes in the law. If any...
Read More →11th May 2026, 2 days ago
Many Labour MPs do not care if it takes 27.4 weeks or 127.4 weeks for a landlord to recover possession. The longer landlords are strung along, the less the pressure , in the short term, on councils and housing associations....
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 29/04/2026 - 16:06
Reply to the comment left by Peter G at 29/04/2026 - 16:06"What is the justification for Rent Tribunals refusing to backdate a rent increase they support? Especially if the Tribunal has caused the delay. I’m struggling to understand." According to...
Read More →29th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Up until now students with a fixed term expiring in June or July could still cause problems by staying on. As we all know the two months for s21 to kick in did not mean the tenant would leave after...
Read More →29th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
Given that the RRA allows tenants to challenge every rent increase and even to challenge the rent they agreed 5 minutes earlier, we may have a de facto freeze for many months. The unbusinesslike provision that the increase is not...
Read More →27th April 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Baroness Taylor of Stevenage claims landlords “should give tenants the housing security they deserve”." How about giving landlords the security in their possessions that they deserve? How about reducing from three months to five weeks the level of rent arrears...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Philip Sharp at 25/04/2026 - 12:18
Reply to the comment left by caringlandlord at 12:18 "Would it be legally valid to have a rental price for no pet and a higher rental price with pet to reflect the increased risk to the landlord?" Almost certainly not...
Read More →21st April 2026, 3 weeks 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.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 18/04/2026 - 11:18
" 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, 4 weeks 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, 1 month 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, 2 months 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, 2 months 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...
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