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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 David at 13/11/2026 - 16:28
Does anybody know what the "current state of the courts" is?
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I think that this statement "Chestertons suggests that the differing tax treatment of limited companies could encourage more landlords to hold their investment properties through corporate structures" is right; the government is punishing small landlords for investing. However, what the...
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Labour have admitted that rent reforms have led to a surge in evictions: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/buy-to-let/labour-admits-rent-reforms-led-to-surge-in-evictions/ Labour refused to publish the results of its justice impact test of on its Renters Rights Act on the courts. https://www.property118.com/government-refuses-to-reveal-renters-rights-bill-court-impact-assessment/ Does anybody know how well...
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It's all very well telling NEETS that they have a right to employment...but if you put a party into government that gets so deep into debt that it cannot pay its bills, keeps on digging that hole even deeper, and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Vanessa Shenton at 12/11/2026 - 22:53
Reply to the comment left by Vanessa Shenton at 12/11/2026 - 22:53Whatever the point of MTD is, the effect of MTD is to punish small businesses.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 12/11/2026 - 16:20
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 12/11/2026 - 16:20This is true....and the thing to watch out for is that tenants (probably using AI) will go for lower estimates of rental value, which may be historical. Zoopla has...
Read More →Reply to comment left by JB at 12/11/2026 - 14:03
I think Mr. Magoo might be able to see more than he is prepared to acknowledge publicly although I imagine many of his counsellors will have now already told him many times "...make sure your brain is engaged before you...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Cognito at 12/11/2026 - 13:39
Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 12/11/2026 - 13:39Absolutely correct: And every landlord should use AI because it's a game-changer. Some things have not changed so the 3-bed semi with off-road parking for two cars near all...
Read More →Reply to comment left by JB at 12/11/2026 - 13:35
I think to be able to survive as a labour chancellor what Rachel Reeves may have understood or been capable of understanding may have been less important than the lies she was prepared to go along with in order to...
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Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 12/11/2026 - 13:30On "...the share of mortgages each of us pay...." Originally MTD was intended to apply to partnerships; it doesn't anymore. You might just want to check whether you still...
Read More →Reply to comment left by marita gray at 12/11/2026 - 12:44
Reply to the comment left by Sally Robinson at 12/11/2026 - 12:44I agree that this is the intention but this won't be the effect. Besides being a small landlord I've run a small business for many years and what we...
Read More →12th November 2026, 1 day ago
By coincidence This is Money just reported something relevant quoting information from Spareroom: https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/buytolet/article-16284471/Rents-surge-commuter-towns-work-home-flat-sharers-seek-escape-cost-cities-like-Manchester-Bristol.html What they say amongst other things is: "Room rents are climbing in commuter towns as tenants seek to escape the cost of living in a big...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mick Roberts at 12/11/2026 - 11:34
Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 12/11/2026 - 11:34This post quotes HMRC as saying "However, HMRC continues to insist that Making Tax Digital reduces the administrative burden for landlords and businesses." MTD does not reduce the administrative...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 16:20
Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 16:20Thanks for sharing. AI just gave me this one as well when I tried searching using AI for a given postcode for a 3-bed semi-detached: https://offrly.co.uk/property-to-rent/ Portals also count....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 15:02
Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 15:02The point is not to be complacent: Be at least as prepared as your tenants. Your tenants will be using AI. You should be using AI and so should...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 11:19
Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 11:19Portal rents are for example Rightmove, Zoopla. If your tenant reaches a tribunal with an average of what rents were 3 years ago, that does not necessarily mean that...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 10:45
Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 11/11/2026 - 10:45Market rent includes rent achieved for recently let comparable properties, advertised rents and portal rents. Ask AI.
Read More →Reply to comment left by joe bloggs at 10/11/2026 - 19:48
Reply to the comment left by Joe Bloggs at 10/11/2026 - 19:48Sustainability does apply to any party; the Green party has abandoned sustainability.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jason English at 10/11/2026 - 22:56
I think AI is a game changer. I read an online report today that said tenants are using AI to prepare for going to rent tribunals, meaning that they save on legal costs. However, landlords can also use AI to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 10/11/2026 - 17:40
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 10/11/2026 - 17:40If she has a portfolio of properties that are easy to rent with tenants who have a good track record of paying then it might...
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