Jo
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Reply to comment left by Andre Mattar at 14/10/2026 - 08:31
Reply to the comment left by student landlord at 14/10/2026 - 08:31But they can control the temperature in their room. The radiator will have a standard TRV. They can wander downstairs to the programmer and boost it if the base...
Read More →13th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's landlords with leasehold flats who will really struggle to get necessary work done. We would be breaching our lease if we commissioned external repairs ourselves and freeholders have to obtain multiple quotes and consult other leaseholders before commissioning work....
Read More →13th October 2026, 2 weeks ago
The next year or two are going to be incredibly painful, especially for those of us coming off decent 5 year mortgage fixes. I've got 5 due in the next 9 months and the figures out there today are horrifying....
Read More →6th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
The EPC score doesn't determine energy cost, tenant behaviour does. I have 2 identical houses in the same street. Both started life as EPC C. Both had solar panels installed about 13 years ago and are now EPC B88 and...
Read More →6th October 2026, 3 weeks ago
If anyone wants the PRS to remain a flexible housing option for millions of tenants the RRA at least needs to be tweaked. Not allowing lump sum upfront rent is causing major problems for international applicants, self employed or gig...
Read More →1st October 2026, 3 weeks ago
The other issue is when to serve the Section 8 using ground 4a. It has to be at least 4 months in advance but that will simply remind tenants they can leave with only 2 months notice. Probably prompting a...
Read More →29th September 2026, 4 weeks ago
Using the Right to Rent Share Code for international applicants is easy. Verifying a UK applicant is more difficult, especially if they don't do a physical, in person viewing. I tried the verification services a couple of years ago but...
Read More →24th September 2026, 1 month ago
Unfreeze LHA and stop persecuting landlords. Let us get back to what we have been incredibly good at for nearly 4 decades. Housing people who can't afford or aren't ready to buy. Some of my best long term tenants failed...
Read More →24th September 2026, 1 month ago
Existing pets with a known history and that can be physically seen are a very different proposition to the rules standard PRS landlords have had forced on them. It's been standard in many retirement developments that a new occupant can...
Read More →24th September 2026, 1 month ago
The LHA is currently woefully inadequate for anyone trying to find a new home. For some long term tenants, landlords have artificially kept rents close to LHA for various reasons. Maybe the tenant is totally hassle free or maybe it's...
Read More →21st September 2026, 1 month ago
Pretty much as Django says. Previously we were just supposed to ask for tenants bank details, refund money (or not), click on unprotect and choose between refunded all, refunded some and withheld all. Then it showed as unprotected. There was...
Read More →14th September 2026, 1 month ago
Frozen LHA is a major part of the problem. Single unemployed people can't bridge the gap between LHA and reality. The loss of Section 21 is a huge barrier to taking a risk on a homeless applicant, especially a rough...
Read More →14th September 2026, 1 month ago
All sensible proposals. Indexation and taper relief would encourage those of us who had hoped to retire at some point to actually do so. Does anyone really want landlords to carry on until they die? When we bought some of...
Read More →8th September 2026, 2 months ago
MTD may possibly work for some people who submit their own tax return. For many it will be many, many hours of learning how to use it while still relying on the spreadsheets they are familiar with. For those of...
Read More →4th September 2026, 2 months ago
I've advertised two rooms this week and the response rate has been huge. Way higher than normal. Unfortunately a lot of them don't seem to have read the adverts, especially the bit that says available from November. The majority need...
Read More →13th August 2026, 2 months ago
Why focus on London? This is an issue all over the country. International applicants often don't have UK based guarantors and have happily paid several months up front to secure a home. The only alternative now is for them to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Christopher Holden at 04/08/2026 - 14:37
Reply to the comment left by Chris H at 04/08/2026 - 14:37The software I use assumes joint owners pay the percentage of the mortgage that their share of ownership represents. Obviously with Section 24 some of us may have chosen...
Read More →4th August 2026, 3 months ago
Would using flawed MTD software that puts in the wrong figures be deemed to be a careless mistake or would it be OK if the end of year submission corrects the flawed data?
Read More →3rd August 2026, 3 months ago
So much for one platform. It has me as landlord 1, 2 and 3. 1 and 3 show custodial deposits arranged by Open Rent. One of them should still be current but the other one is ancient history, as the...
Read More →3rd August 2026, 3 months ago
The RRA has made it incredibly difficult for marginal tenants. The LHA is way too low in most parts of the country to come anywhere close to even the cheapest available properties. As landlords we know many UC recipients will...
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