The game is rigged in that the endgame is to sell off most rental housing stock at " fire sale " prices to Lloyd's Bank's subsiary,Black Stone,Black Rock,Legal and General's subsidiary and the remaining corporate landlords The second part of...
The " Green Party" is an irrelevance which emerged after environmentalists and Tofu devouring ,sandal wearing Trustafarians in the old Liberal Party emerged after the so called " Liberal Democrats" emerged as Committee of 300 controlled opposition. Their views are...
The civil list and the Sovereign grant come from General taxation. People at the bottom( the majority) cannot make ends meet now so that means there won't be money to pay for the Monarchy unless it comes out of the£12.5...
It is most unlikely that these EPC requirements will come to pass at all given that the court system is overloaded and the government will be forced out of office by the Bond markets long before then. The King who...
The Labour government has mandated this change for 2028 for new tenancies and 2030 for existing ones. Very soon the Bond markets will give the government the " hard word" so it won't be able to spend more money ,particularly...
I wouldn't disagree. We already have 2 million homeless people and with not enough housing and landlords selling up and investing elsewhere plus migrants being taken out of hotels and being given apartments and flats,in some cases new ones we...
Sadiq Khan is very dangerous and is not old enough to remember Rachman and the effects of subsequent rent controls on the supply of rental properties. The current overall housing shortage in the UK is 17.5 million ,the build rate...
Pets are too numerous in this country and their numbers should be drastically reduced to reflect the noise and unhygienic mess they create everywhere. Pet owners comprised 10% of the population whilst the 90% of us who don't have to...
House prices have remained on an overall upward trend since 1900 and will do so for at least the next 100 years barring atomic war or the mini ice age coming back ( we are in the Grand Solar Minimum...
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 22/07/2025 - 08:42Reluctant landlord is spot on. The consequence of the Renters Rights Bill will be large numbers of recalcitrant tenants with CCJ's ,at least another million homeless people and more...
97% or more of mould and damp is down to tenants not opening windows ,cooking with windows closed and failing to turn on radiators in the colder months. A small proportion of rogue landlords exist but Ben Beadle with his...
Unfortunately there is an 80/20 rule which applies to tenants in terms of wokery entitlement ,ignorance of economics,the laws of supply and demand ,lack of respect for other people's property ,sense of order,human motivation,the court system and the level of...
Ben Twomey and the government doesn't understand basic economics,the fact that there are 17 million too few houses . Thus with landlords leaving the market there won't be enough houses or enough landlords . These are both long term problems...
Tenant groups say landlords can " easily afford" EPC upgrades to Band C . A 3 bedroomed semi in North Hertfordshire where I live built in 1933,92 years ago is typically a Band D ,EPC. To bring it and similar...
The purpose of licencing and these council driven dragnets is not to protect tenants or find rogue landlords it is to generate money for a bloated and badly run council. Where rogue landlords are found then additional income from punitive...
Tenants and the government are authors of their own misfortune by expecting a standard of living and money in the Treasury that is unsustainable. As a country we are in decline with a structural deficit of £8 trillion and no...
Under GDPR Generation Rent has no legal right to ask for this information as information must be used for its original purpose. If applicable Landlord has incorporated under the Companies Act they can see relevant data there. Generation Rent and...
Most small landlords don't have the money to effect these costly upgrades ( £30,000 gbp) for a band D 3 bedroomed semi detached house in North Hertfordshire) . Heat pump,new radiators,new pipework,insulation,structural work etc Then there is the shortage of...
The House of Lords will eventually be overruled despite what sensible amendments they put forward to this bill. The court system is not being improved either so troublesome / non paying tenants will be able to remain in situ in...
It is a simple matter of supply and demand. As we are already 17 million housing houses short this bill will force smaller landlords to sell up as is already happening . Larger players like the Lloyds Bank subsidiary,Legal and...
9th October 2025, 6 months ago
The game is rigged in that the endgame is to sell off most rental housing stock at " fire sale " prices to Lloyd's Bank's subsiary,Black Stone,Black Rock,Legal and General's subsidiary and the remaining corporate landlords The second part of...
Read More →6th October 2025, 6 months ago
The " Green Party" is an irrelevance which emerged after environmentalists and Tofu devouring ,sandal wearing Trustafarians in the old Liberal Party emerged after the so called " Liberal Democrats" emerged as Committee of 300 controlled opposition. Their views are...
Read More →30th September 2025, 6 months ago
The civil list and the Sovereign grant come from General taxation. People at the bottom( the majority) cannot make ends meet now so that means there won't be money to pay for the Monarchy unless it comes out of the£12.5...
Read More →30th September 2025, 6 months ago
It is most unlikely that these EPC requirements will come to pass at all given that the court system is overloaded and the government will be forced out of office by the Bond markets long before then. The King who...
Read More →30th September 2025, 6 months ago
The Labour government has mandated this change for 2028 for new tenancies and 2030 for existing ones. Very soon the Bond markets will give the government the " hard word" so it won't be able to spend more money ,particularly...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jeremy Johnson at 17/09/2025 - 13:37
I wouldn't disagree. We already have 2 million homeless people and with not enough housing and landlords selling up and investing elsewhere plus migrants being taken out of hotels and being given apartments and flats,in some cases new ones we...
Read More →17th September 2025, 7 months ago
Sadiq Khan is very dangerous and is not old enough to remember Rachman and the effects of subsequent rent controls on the supply of rental properties. The current overall housing shortage in the UK is 17.5 million ,the build rate...
Read More →5th September 2025, 7 months ago
Pets are too numerous in this country and their numbers should be drastically reduced to reflect the noise and unhygienic mess they create everywhere. Pet owners comprised 10% of the population whilst the 90% of us who don't have to...
Read More →6th August 2025, 8 months ago
House prices have remained on an overall upward trend since 1900 and will do so for at least the next 100 years barring atomic war or the mini ice age coming back ( we are in the Grand Solar Minimum...
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 22/07/2025 - 08:42
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 22/07/2025 - 08:42Reluctant landlord is spot on. The consequence of the Renters Rights Bill will be large numbers of recalcitrant tenants with CCJ's ,at least another million homeless people and more...
Read More →29th June 2025, 9 months ago
97% or more of mould and damp is down to tenants not opening windows ,cooking with windows closed and failing to turn on radiators in the colder months. A small proportion of rogue landlords exist but Ben Beadle with his...
Read More →28th June 2025, 10 months ago
Unfortunately there is an 80/20 rule which applies to tenants in terms of wokery entitlement ,ignorance of economics,the laws of supply and demand ,lack of respect for other people's property ,sense of order,human motivation,the court system and the level of...
Read More →26th June 2025, 10 months ago
Ben Twomey and the government doesn't understand basic economics,the fact that there are 17 million too few houses . Thus with landlords leaving the market there won't be enough houses or enough landlords . These are both long term problems...
Read More →14th June 2025, 10 months ago
Tenant groups say landlords can " easily afford" EPC upgrades to Band C . A 3 bedroomed semi in North Hertfordshire where I live built in 1933,92 years ago is typically a Band D ,EPC. To bring it and similar...
Read More →28th May 2025, 11 months ago
The purpose of licencing and these council driven dragnets is not to protect tenants or find rogue landlords it is to generate money for a bloated and badly run council. Where rogue landlords are found then additional income from punitive...
Read More →26th May 2025, 11 months ago
Tenants and the government are authors of their own misfortune by expecting a standard of living and money in the Treasury that is unsustainable. As a country we are in decline with a structural deficit of £8 trillion and no...
Read More →24th May 2025, 11 months ago
Under GDPR Generation Rent has no legal right to ask for this information as information must be used for its original purpose. If applicable Landlord has incorporated under the Companies Act they can see relevant data there. Generation Rent and...
Read More →10th May 2025, 11 months ago
Most small landlords don't have the money to effect these costly upgrades ( £30,000 gbp) for a band D 3 bedroomed semi detached house in North Hertfordshire) . Heat pump,new radiators,new pipework,insulation,structural work etc Then there is the shortage of...
Read More →24th April 2025, 12 months ago
The House of Lords will eventually be overruled despite what sensible amendments they put forward to this bill. The court system is not being improved either so troublesome / non paying tenants will be able to remain in situ in...
Read More →23rd April 2025, 12 months ago
It is a simple matter of supply and demand. As we are already 17 million housing houses short this bill will force smaller landlords to sell up as is already happening . Larger players like the Lloyds Bank subsidiary,Legal and...
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