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Small business owner, family man and small portfolio landlord with more than 20 years' experience and fewer than 3 properties held outside a limited company.
"Working very hard to provide essential family accommodation."
Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 24/04/2026 - 11:59
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 24/04/2026 - 11:59If they actually had the income to do it, together with the 'stake' in society that allowed them to put down a deposit, if "Gen Z" was a single...
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Reply to the comment left by GEORGE WARREN at 24/04/2026 - 13:51Yes, conservatives started it and the, as you call them 'labour thickos', implemented it, but the labour thickos didn't implement what the conservatives originally proposed. They put in a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Mellors at 24/04/2026 - 12:45
Reply to the comment left by Robert M at 24/04/2026 - 12:45Yes, this was foreseen and could obviously be foreseen. It was foreseen that stopping tenants from offering and landlords from accepting more than the advertised rent would increase advertised...
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So, George Osborne (conservative) introduced the policy that stopped small portfolio landlords from being able to offset their finance costs against rents. This policy did not really start to bite until interest rates climbed dramatically, and then it bit with...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 23/04/2026 - 12:08
Reply to the comment left by The_Maluka at 12:08 To have foresight you have to have competence. The Renters Rights Act bans landlords from taking more than the advertised rent and also bans landlords from taking rent up front. Something...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Bentley at 13/04/2026 - 16:39
Reply to the comment left by John Bentley at 13/04/2026 - 16:39I watched a bit of the Senedd (Wales) debate on TV last night, before it became intolerable. The Green Party representative was going on about rent controls. The Office...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kris Tough at 17/04/2026 - 08:18
Reply to the comment left by Kris with a T at 17/04/2026 - 08:18The iPaper just carried a story saying that "....Labour’s Renters’ Rights Act comes into law on 1 May, making it illegal for private landlords to serve their...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 18/04/2026 - 11:33
In the area in which I live a 3 bed semi-detached rents out for about £2,500 PCM. A social housing tenant pays the council about £830 PCM for a comparable council house. And even though the tenant is paying about...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Nicholas Cursi at 20/04/2026 - 08:27
As a small landlord this is exactly what I used to do. I didn't use to care about whether tenants were on benefits as long as they paid me and as long as nobody could come and get the rent...
Read More →17th April 2026, 1 week ago
You do really have to wonder what government policy in this area is all about. The Renters Rights Act does have a bit of nutty stuff in it...stopping you from taking more than the asking rent....stopping you taking rent up...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Pickersgill at 17/04/2026 - 10:23
Reply to the comment left by Mark Pickersgill at 17/04/2026 - 10:23I manage a small business and also come from a 'customer service industry'; it is true that with MOST tenants you don't have a problem. However, despite careful screening...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 16/04/2026 - 16:53
There isn't anything wrong with small independent landlords. Historically, small independent landlords have provided choice for tenants and competition in the rental market. Government policy attacking small landlords just drives rents up, gives tenants less choice, and makes it harder...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 16/04/2026 - 11:06
I think that this is likely to be true because the effect of policy stopping landlords from offsetting their finance costs against rents, along with increasing interest rates, is to penalise small landlords and drive those who wish to invest...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 16/04/2026 - 14:42
Up to a point it could be the PRS now if the Council is given any rights to put people in your property if your property is empty. If you evict your tenant in order to sell and cannot rent...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jo at 16/04/2026 - 14:23
Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 16/04/2026 - 14:23Ahhhh....and what rights does a Housing Association or Council have that a private sector landlord does not have, especially given that a Council might well seek to dump some...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/04/2026 - 12:47
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/04/2026 - 12:47Every decision for a private sector landlord about offering a tenancy is already a simple business/risk based one. Twenty five years ago I used to take benefits tenants if...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/04/2026 - 12:42
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 16/04/2026 - 12:42I don't really know what a 'social housing landlord' is but I shall be looking to my agent to stop me becoming one.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jo at 16/04/2026 - 10:51
Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 16/04/2026 - 10:51"Homeless" is indeed a broad term. When a tenant repeatedly fails to pay the rent and you end up removing them the Council presently has an obligation to house...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Maureen Treadwell at 15/04/2026 - 16:33
Reply to the comment left by Maureen Treadwell at 15/04/2026 - 16:33Plus floors, floor joists, ceilings and roof timbers that all rot if they aren't ventilated, even if there isn't a high risk of water penetration. Just living in a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Person Of The People at 13/04/2026 - 23:18
Reply to the comment left by Person Of The People at 13/04/2026 - 23:18Scotland has a sealed bids system outlined here: https://www.homethink.co.uk/guides/buying-property-scotland "Scottish property pricing works differently from England. Properties are typically marketed at a 'offers over' price, which is...
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