What's also very worrying is that if a tenant falsely claims HB , the council comes to the landlord for repayment even if the tenant hasn't paid the landlord.
What I don't understand is that if you sell one council house and use the money to build another one you still have the same amount of council houses. Why not keep the ones you have and build more. Simples.
In August 2024 I had a capital gains tax bill of £376.00, I paid this amount what I thought was on time, However some months later I received a letter from HMRC stating that as I was late in paying...
In August 2024 I had a capital gains tax bill of £376.00, I paid this amount what I thought was on time, However some months later I received a letter from HMRC stating that as I was late in paying...
One of my tenants called me from his work at lunchtime to say that his shower was not working, by the time he got home at tea time it had been replaced.
I wish you well with the project, I would just add that in carrying out the works you take photos and keep all invoices because the epc assessor will not just take your word for whats been done, I know...
Ok, lets say that that we do eventually get rid of rogue and illegal landlords and quite rightly. Who then is going to fund the local authorities ? , You guessed it, the legal ones with trumped up charges.
So did Angela Raynor actually pay the £40 k stamp duty ? and did she get a fine for not paying on time like I did when I paid the amount I owed into my income tax account by mistake.
All this talk of evicting Tenants is a bit misleading, you can still ask a Tennant to leave with appropriate notice. For instance I am in the process of selling up and each tenant I explained this to left without...
Its initiative will, it hopes, reduce temporary housing need by resolving issues before eviction notices are issued. How is this going to reduce temporary housing ? there's still going to be 3600
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 04/09/2025 - 17:08Thanks for the encouragement Ryan, I have appealed to HMRC I even used the words brain fart, I am still waiting a reply.
Earlier this year we sold a property, and had a capital gains tax of just £376.00 each, I had some kind of brain fart and paid both sums into our income tax accounts by mistake, when my accountant saw what...
21st July 2026, 5 hours ago
Private rents are not unaffordable to working people.
Read More →20th July 2026, 1 day ago
What's also very worrying is that if a tenant falsely claims HB , the council comes to the landlord for repayment even if the tenant hasn't paid the landlord.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 08/07/2026 - 16:11
They could change the 3 bed semi into a HMO when the current tenants leave thereby housing 3 people
Read More →8th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
What I don't understand is that if you sell one council house and use the money to build another one you still have the same amount of council houses. Why not keep the ones you have and build more. Simples.
Read More →19th June 2026, 1 month ago
I'll be returning the deposit to my tenant.
Read More →20th May 2026, 2 months ago
In August 2024 I had a capital gains tax bill of £376.00, I paid this amount what I thought was on time, However some months later I received a letter from HMRC stating that as I was late in paying...
Read More →14th May 2026, 2 months ago
In August 2024 I had a capital gains tax bill of £376.00, I paid this amount what I thought was on time, However some months later I received a letter from HMRC stating that as I was late in paying...
Read More →6th March 2026, 5 months ago
One of my tenants called me from his work at lunchtime to say that his shower was not working, by the time he got home at tea time it had been replaced.
Read More →27th February 2026, 5 months ago
I wish you well with the project, I would just add that in carrying out the works you take photos and keep all invoices because the epc assessor will not just take your word for whats been done, I know...
Read More →20th January 2026, 6 months ago
Ok, lets say that that we do eventually get rid of rogue and illegal landlords and quite rightly. Who then is going to fund the local authorities ? , You guessed it, the legal ones with trumped up charges.
Read More →3rd December 2025, 8 months ago
So did Angela Raynor actually pay the £40 k stamp duty ? and did she get a fine for not paying on time like I did when I paid the amount I owed into my income tax account by mistake.
Read More →25th November 2025, 8 months ago
So in a few years time will the tenants be able to buy these houses under the right to buy scheme and start the whole fiasco again ?
Read More →21st November 2025, 8 months ago
All this talk of evicting Tenants is a bit misleading, you can still ask a Tennant to leave with appropriate notice. For instance I am in the process of selling up and each tenant I explained this to left without...
Read More →18th November 2025, 8 months ago
I would sell it and give someone else the problem. You're retired sit back and enjoy it.
Read More →23rd September 2025, 10 months ago
I think that the social houses are in such a state is because the officers are concentrating on checking fining private landlords.
Read More →23rd September 2025, 10 months ago
Its initiative will, it hopes, reduce temporary housing need by resolving issues before eviction notices are issued. How is this going to reduce temporary housing ? there's still going to be 3600
Read More →12th September 2025, 10 months ago
Exactly same as me !
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ryan Stevens at 04/09/2025 - 17:08
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 04/09/2025 - 17:08Thanks for the encouragement Ryan, I have appealed to HMRC I even used the words brain fart, I am still waiting a reply.
Read More →4th September 2025, 11 months ago
Earlier this year we sold a property, and had a capital gains tax of just £376.00 each, I had some kind of brain fart and paid both sums into our income tax accounts by mistake, when my accountant saw what...
Read More →28th August 2025, 11 months ago
There's a strong smell of cow dung about this article.
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