Jim Skelton
Jim Skelton
Registered with Property118.com
5th May 2014
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Been renting property for 36 years and have 38 properties mostly student HMO
Registered with Property118.com
5th May 2014
Total Posts
0
Total Comments
145
Bio
Been renting property for 36 years and have 38 properties mostly student HMO
Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 04/04/2026 - 09:46
Reply to the comment left by Neil P at 04/04/2026 - 09:46Working class upbriging, comprehensive school, left school with one Grade 1 CSE in woodwork. They told my mum and dad I was a bit slow, self made multi millionaire...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Phil Heath at 01/04/2026 - 14:11
A domestic cleaner charges £20 per hour, a landlords time needs to be minimum £100 per hour to cover costs of proffesionalism, ongoing training and to cover the imdemity risk associated with fines.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jim Skelton at 29/11/2025 - 13:32
This is the wording on the NRLA website members log in area. Can the Deed be electronically signed and witnessed? The Law Society's recent report on electronic signatures has indicated that it may not be possible to validly witness a...
Read More →29th November 2025, 4 months ago
I am really interested to know how guarantor forms work when they are signed digitaly as this seems to be the way that a lot of landlords and letting agencies do it. Does it then need to be witnessed as...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 23/10/2025 - 16:36
NRLA the toothless tiger, an anti landlord, landlord association.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 26/06/2025 - 06:56
Absolutely correct, NRLA suddenly want to be seen as powerful campainers now that its too late. Their attitude has always been "Oh we don't want to upset the Government as they would then not allow us to the negotiating table"...
Read More →Reply to comment left by anthony altman at 27/01/2025 - 10:50
Reply to the comment left by anthony altman at 27/01/2025 - 10:50what the Government has done to private landlords is called ABUSE, pure abuse and nothing more to be said.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 26/01/2025 - 14:19
Reply to the comment left by Neil P at 26/01/2025 - 14:19If the student tenant leaves two weeks before a new tenancy begins then you have to visit the property and take a meter reading for gas/electric and maybe water....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Barry Fitzpatrick at 26/01/2025 - 13:31
Uni Homes won't cover council tax and soon the council tax will be a 200% charge from day one. The council always charge even if only one day. I must admit that going forward it looks like student landlords will...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Barry Fitzpatrick at 21/01/2025 - 13:35
So by letting for 11 and a half months this means that all of the utility bills including the Council Tax all go back into your names for these two weeks, administrative nightmare.
Read More →1st June 2024, 2 years ago
The Brother was supposed to have done the building work, so the work around story has probably been that he has formally stated that he did £25,000 of building work which included the kitchen and other stuff which they are...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 24/05/2024 - 10:26
All Landlords suffer abuse from the British Government, and I mean it is actual abuse!
Read More →27th May 2024, 2 years ago
Why don't the NRLA produce videos like this?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 25/08/2023 - 11:07
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 25/08/2023 - 11:07I think that the idea is to ban the use of a guarantor who is a home owner or any guarantor when the tenant is deemed to be able...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 20/06/2023 - 09:30
Reply to the comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 20/06/2023 - 09:30Good to see you back on Property 118 The build to rent companies will get around any rent controls by the Government introducing "Rent pressure zones" as they...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Freda Blogs at 15/03/2023 - 16:17
Reply to the comment left by Freda Blogs at 15/03/2023 - 16:17I quite agree, if you actually consider the raft of unreasonable and immoral measures against landlords then it would by any rational person be considered to be abuse.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rob Gordon at 12/03/2023 - 11:29
Reply to the comment left by Rob Gordon at 12/03/2023 - 11:29Hi Rob, So what you are saying is that it is ok to receive rent for rent arrears before any section 8 or section 21 notice expire but as...
Read More →11th March 2023, 3 years ago
After 34 years in the business I have actually just issued my first ever Section 21 notice that is actually to evict a tenant and not just for the procedure to ensure that they leave at the end of a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Chris Daniel at 07/03/2023 - 16:52
Reply to the comment left by Chris @ Possession Friend at 07/03/2023 - 16:52Yes getting a guarantor is vital, however the competition and markets authority have just started a rental review of landlord practices and they consider that asking for...
Read More →5th March 2023, 3 years ago
The Daily Telegraph expand a bit further and states that the CMA will investigate the requirement by landlords to ask for a guarantor which they consider to be an onerous contract term. So they want to stop you being able...
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