Jo
Jo
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Registered with Property118.com
27th June 2015
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14th September 2026, 8 hours 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, 8 hours 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, 6 days 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, 1 week 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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...
Read More →28th July 2026, 2 months ago
Social housing rents are ludicrously cheap. Insufficient to cover the cost of managing and maintaining Social housing stock. Wasn't there an article a few days ago saying the average annual Social rent is £1000 less than the average annual cost...
Read More →16th July 2026, 2 months ago
It's not for lack of trying in some cases. It took me numerous attempts to link my software to HMRC including 2 phone calls to HMRC and several messages to the software support team. I still can't get my husband's...
Read More →15th July 2026, 2 months ago
As long as your tax return is submitted promptly there shouldn't be too much difficulty. The main problem with the in advance payment system is when accountants leave it until around Christmas to prepare the tax return and the January...
Read More →10th July 2026, 2 months ago
It would be interesting to know what percentage of landlords have ever evicted anyone and what percentage of their tenants have been evicted during their time as a landlord. Also how many of us have served Section 21 notices with...
Read More →6th July 2026, 2 months ago
An alternative headline could say: Landlord claims housing crisis caused by Shelter driving anxiety among working people
Read More →29th June 2026, 3 months ago
Social Housing providers increase rent every April in line with a government formula of September's CPI plus 1%. Surely the PRS should be able to use the same formula without any tenant recourse to a tribunal. Fair enough to have...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 24/06/2026 - 13:30
Obviously new tenants are referenced and credit checked. I know I have one who had a small CCJ when he first came to me 6 years ago and another one had a massive IVA when he came back to us...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 24/06/2026 - 10:46
Why would I? She's been a perfectly good tenant since 2009. Also I would need her consent to perform a credit search.
Read More →24th June 2026, 3 months ago
I have several tenants who receive UC top ups. As long as they are working and have children their incomes are usually ample. Single childless claimant's are incredibly short of money, so can only afford to rent properties that are...
Read More →18th June 2026, 3 months ago
As far as I am concerned the RRA completely supercedes all existing tenancy agreements. It isn't a pick and mix situation. Landlords can't pick which bits to abide by and which bits to revert to the original wording on the...
Read More →18th June 2026, 3 months ago
I can understand the need for a revised product now tenancies can be so short. If the new scheme is only applicable to new tenancies then I suppose it makes some sense. Forcing all existing long term tenancies onto it...
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