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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 Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 08:53
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 08:53I think that "....telling people what they want to hear..." is right, whether you are talking about labour, conservative or the greens. However, labour are interfering in a free...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 13/07/2026 - 11:03
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 13/07/2026 - 11:03There are some aspects of the Labour Renters Rights Act that I have no problem with...for example, not being able to increase the rent more than once a year....
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 12/07/2026 - 08:25
Reply to the comment left by at 12/07/2026 - 08:25Are any of the residential property owning limited companies growing? And what are the public financial and legal signals for them?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Valerie Hollylee at 11/07/2026 - 10:22
Reply to the comment left by Valerie Hollylee at 11/07/2026 - 10:22The government is having to compensate tenants who had insulation fitted under some of these schemes: https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/advice/solid-wall-insulation/#jumpto-11 Government shouldn't be doing this: It isn't competent to do it and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Peter Merrick at 11/07/2026 - 04:19
Reply to the comment left by Peter Merrick at 11/07/2026 - 04:19If there was a wave of landlords using section 21 prior to selling their properties then the Renters Rights Act makes no difference in this area because wanting to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 10/07/2026 - 17:39
Socialist governments like to control markets but no government ever produced a reliable car or a phone you could trust. When governments over-interfere in markets and drive out competition they don't necessarily make things better for consumers. I agree with...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 10/07/2026 - 16:04
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 10/07/2026 - 16:04George Osborne (conservative) introduced changes stopping landlords from offsetting their finance costs against rents; this was inflationary, although didn't really bite until interest rates went up. The SNP introduced...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Smith at 10/07/2026 - 07:02
Reply to the comment left by Paul Smith at 10/07/2026 - 07:02Labour celebrated the ending of no-fault evictions and the Labour Renters Rights Act with great joy. It is interesting that the published data don't back up their claims of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Goulder at 08/07/2026 - 19:08
Reply to the comment left by Paul Goulder at 08/07/2026 - 19:08I think that's part of the problem....I used to take social housing tenants, I don't any more, and that's because the government made them too high risk, not because...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 08/07/2026 - 21:44
Reply to the comment left by Neil P at 08/07/2026 - 21:44I have often wondered about eligibility for Council Housing. 'Local connections' always seem to be a big part of it. My family has never been able to rely on...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Carol Moscardini at 08/07/2026 - 20:33
The proposal is for a tax on property value; but it's still flawed, because property value isn't clear either. The only time you really know the value of a property is when you sell it. At every other time a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jack Craven at 08/07/2026 - 16:47
Reply to the comment left by Jack Craven at 08/07/2026 - 16:47They could do. But that's not what happens where I live. What happens is that if the tenant leaves then the council won't sell the 3-bed semi, they'll put...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jack Craven at 08/07/2026 - 15:17
Reply to the comment left by Jack Craven at 08/07/2026 - 15:17I think that's a valid argument except that where I live, if the council were able to sell the 3 bed semi detached properties they have at market value...
Read More →8th July 2026, 6 days ago
That's right: It's the same home rented out to tenants at twice or three times the rent compared to when it was a council home. So what does that tell you about the ability of governments to turn over assets...
Read More →Reply to comment left by northernpleb at 08/07/2026 - 13:19
Yes I agree: Just as it is correct that it is GOVERNMENT driving rent up it is also true to say that the government cannot house everybody who needs or wants to be housed without help from the private rented...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Marlena Topple at 08/07/2026 - 12:12
Reply to the comment left by Marlena Topple at 08/07/2026 - 12:12I agree with that as long as the right to buy is not at a massive discount from market value and if the value of the assets is cycled...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Freda Blogs at 08/07/2026 - 11:46
Reply to the comment left by Freda Blogs at 08/07/2026 - 11:46Absolutely correct. GOVERNMENT is pushing market rent up. George Osborne's changes to tax pushed rents up. The SNP rent controls in Scotland pushed rents up. The Labour Renters Rights...
Read More →8th July 2026, 6 days ago
I also agree with the review of right to buy. What I do not agree with is the statement that the government is subsidising buy-to-let landlords. The government is NOT subsidising buy-to-let landlords. Buy-to-let landlords are bailing the government out....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dylan Morris at 07/07/2026 - 13:14
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 07/07/2026 - 13:14I don't think government should be 'insisting' on anything, or pressurising landlords and tenants to do anything, including not using the EPC system to pressurise landlords and tenants: I...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Hole at 06/07/2026 - 19:05
Reply to the comment left by John Hole at 06/07/2026 - 19:05You might have learnt a lesson, but I don't think the government has. Last month the NRLA revealed that "....Victims of the Government’s botched insulation scandal will now be...
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