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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 Pippa Brill at 04/08/2026 - 12:39
Reply to the comment left by Pippa Brill at 12:39 Neil Kinnock is trying to pressurise the labour government to equalise capital gains tax with income tax: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/news/lord-kinnock-tells-protege-burnham-to-raise-capital-gains-t/?msockid=0b8a4155c7db6ba1058955b1c6196a07 So watch out for capital gains tax and increases in capital gains...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/08/2026 - 11:52
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 11:52 I think this is a good line but the insurers are still going to want to recoup their money and so will the lenders: My landlords insurance does not let...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 04/08/2026 - 10:41
Reply to the comment left by Markella Mikkelsen at 04/08/2026 - 10:41This is absolutely right: The reason why some landlords still interested in property are turning to commercial property is that typically commercial property will give you a higher return...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 04/08/2026 - 09:35
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 04/08/2026 - 09:35Portugal just moved to liberalise its housing market and speed evictions: https://www.globalbankingandfinance.com/portugal-launches-reform-liberalise-rental-market-speed/ Whenever any government anywhere brings in rent controls and interferes with the market it makes the situation...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 04/08/2026 - 08:26
The post says "The Property Ombudsman already has a code of practice for letting agents which is mandatory for its members; and we will publish, later this year, a non-statutory code of practice setting out minimum best practice standards, and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 03/08/2026 - 18:06
I used to take single-mum benefits tenants years ago (although only paying me directly) and the problem with them was that they were all moonlighting but I never found that out until they left the property, because of course I...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 03/08/2026 - 17:41
It IS possible for a tenant on benefits to pass a credit check: This is correct. However, if you have twenty other prospective tenants wanting the property that you have available you are not obliged to let the property to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Carl Pengelly at 03/08/2026 - 15:36
Reply to the comment left by Carl Pengelly at 03/08/2026 - 15:36I completely sympathise with "...maintaining harmony..." although I have no idea of how you do that; historically you could meet the tenant, eyeball them, make a subjective judgement about...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 03/08/2026 - 14:44
Then IF they are going to advertise they need to ADVERTISE HIGH. But of course it does depend upon what it is doesn't it? I believe the greatest demand is for 3 bed flats and 3 bed semis or 3...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 03/08/2026 - 14:32
It costs £21.50 to do a DBS check: https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record A tenant credit referencing check typically costs £15 and £45. But to avoid discrimination referencing checks have to be applied to all tenants. To be clear, just in case anybody missed...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 03/08/2026 - 14:19
Yes, although that is NOT the case if it is a notice on a property saying that the property is to be let. So if the notice on the property just has a sign to [be] let subject to referencing...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 03/08/2026 - 10:10
The Telegraph just reported that the public are at serious risk after the Police National Legal Database has been hacked resulting in the details of 100,000 police officers being exposed to the dark web: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/08/02/hackers-exfilsquad-post-details-100k-police-staff-dark-web/?msockid=0b8a4155c7db6ba1058955b1c6196a07 Just how much confidence could...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 03/08/2026 - 14:03
Reply to the comment left by Peter G at 03/08/2026 - 14:03The Labour Renters Rights Act does make it illegal to discriminate against tenants on benefits or those who have children (it also means you cannot unreasonably refuse a pet...
Read More →3rd August 2026, 23 hours ago
This shouldn't surprise anybody: The Labour Renters Rights Act is driving up the cost of renting, increasing the risk of letting properties, decreasing competition in the market, and directly putting up market rents through interference in the way properties have...
Read More →3rd August 2026, 23 hours ago
I think the government needs to build more SOCIAL housing but as to building more council housing, I'm not convinced that giving more money to councils is the most efficient way to ensure the provision of more social housing. On...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 03/08/2026 - 10:33
I also know two other landlords who had similar mental health problems through not being able to get their properties back for more than a year even though they'd done nothing wrong, in one case with tens of thousands of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 31/07/2026 - 16:16
PS: these comments could be interpreted as having some kind of bias towards Portugal. But this is 2026, not 1976, and today not only do you have access to IFAs and other professional advisers, you also have access to AI....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 01/08/2026 - 07:59
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 01/08/2026 - 07:59I do wonder whether local councils as well as social housing providers and providers of housing for asylum seekers are all going to be expected to register the houses...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 01/08/2026 - 15:48
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 01/08/2026 - 15:48If the plan is that the labour landlord database will only put details of the property itself in the public domain (as it shouldn’t) I cannot see what the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Widdrington at 01/08/2026 - 19:39
Reply to the comment left by Mark W at 01/08/2026 - 19:39I’m sorry you had a problem with your mental health. Thank you for sharing your experience and also to Kate for the advice re private bailiffs versus court bailiffs.
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