jon.p.sterling@gmail.com, Author at Property118

Said it another thread on here, but wanted to say it again. In the real world, no-one is getting a £7,000 fine for not providing the documentation. Technically speaking, and I am really saying technically speaking here because it’s not...

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I just mentioned this on another site and saw similar here. I did think that P118 was going to go away from the sensationist headlines, but oh well. In the real world, no-one is getting a £7,000 fine for not...

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Is It Time to Change the Narrative?

18th July 2025, 9 months ago

I have been wanting the narrative to change for a long time. Unfortunately so many sites will focus on the negative because that generates views and clicks and ad revenue. Positive stories don't make money. Anger is too powerful an...

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UC will pay all of a private tenants rent, if it is at or under the housing benefit amount for that property type in that area. The likelihood as to why they cover all of housing association or council rent...

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Not knowing exactly what your tenants are claiming for, there should be no issue with them paying the shortfall. Universal credit is just them lumping all the benefits into one payment instead of it being all piecemeal. It should be...

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Looking at the two services, it would appear the new scheme is a lot wider ranging on not only the properties that this would apply to, but also the items that you are able to have installed. There also seems...

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As I say, it is commendable that you want to do right by your tenants. My thought is that if you are happy to accept the rent at a £100 discount if you will, which from what you stated they...

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I appreciate the consideration for your tenants, but you may wish to be wary about offering this. It could be in breach of the Tenant Fees act. By paying the rent on time, the defacto rent could be seen as,...

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I recently got an EV and much like the tenants mentioned above, I have to charge through a window at present. I was considering looking at getting a wall port installed. I do find it interesting that the only grant...

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This should absolutely be a thing. It's one of those situations where a person who is renting for the first time might not actually realise that they are the cause of mould growing. A friend of mine moved into a...

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No fault evictions? You are having a laugh!

23rd September 2024, 2 years ago

It honestly feels like they want to get rid of S21 because it's being used for reasons that are covered by other grounds. It's obvious why, it's easier and it works. One of the unfortunate things is that like GR...

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From what I can see, there was no actual proposal of this. I went and checked the 2017 and 2019 manifestos and neither mention a private tenant being given to purchase the property from the landlord. They actually pledge to...

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I think people misunderstand what I am trying to say. Rents go up, it's one of those expected things. All tenants expect it. Its nice if it doesn't happen but understandable that they will. What I am trying to say...

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EV charging costs in flat garages?

2nd September 2024, 2 years ago

I'm theorising a bit here but there could be something that may work. There are chargers that use a RFID card reader in order to activate, at which point you know who is using the charger. It then also logs...

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A couple of thoughts on this one from me. Increases due to your own expenses going up. Absolutely fine, no issues there, completely understandable. We know that you have expenses and so raises for this reason are absolutely fine. The...

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Much as I do for other articles, I love finding the statistics of things like this. Something I was particularly amused by is that this really seems to be a London specific issue. In that "Over 100" fires reported in...

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I cannot say what the solution is, it could be that there isn't an obvious way to change public perception. However if you are seen to punishing tenants, because you are unhappy with the way you are treated by the...

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Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 19/08/2024 - 11:31This would likely have had the completely opposite effect to the one desired. Upon seeing thousands of S21 notices being issued on the same day it would have given...

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Last year when our last car broke I made enquiries with our landlord about the possibilities of having an electric charging point installed. He was very happy for it to happen, although in the end we went for a regular...

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Now I am speaking as a tenant, you would expect that I would be going down heavy on the side of Labour. Not at all. I am of the opinion that Labour will act in almost the exact same way...

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