Hate to pour cold water on your plan but we deal a lot with Newham and they are very much against any new HMO rentals. Even a couple and an unrelated friend makes the property an HMO requring planning permission...
Sorry - I should have said that the landlord in question is one for whom we have acted for many years as his managing agents however about two years ago, he took all his properties back purely to save the...
Dear Gul I don’t know if your agent provides you with a checklist of exactly what will be included in the periodic inspection – if they do then it is the exception rather than the rule. When we carry out...
It was foggy in Essex this morning but this has brightened the day. Reminded me of some of Joe Lycett's stuff which while an acquired taste, can also be very funny
You are right in that if an applicant changes their mind, the holding deposit is forfeited however there may be some information missing here. A holding deposit cannot be more than 1 week's rent for the property you want to...
The problem isn’t so much central government but local authorities and their wretched Article 4 Declarations. Rents in East London/NE Essex are prohibitively high for students unless they can share. We have many landlords with properties that would be ideal...
I am no fan of council licensing schemes however I have to take issue with Robert’s comment “Selective licencing is, in my opinion, about extracting money from landlords in order to pay into the council coffers for use towards paying...
So by the sound of it, this topic is about a leak not caused by negligence or which were foreseeable but was “just one of those things”. I have a similar issue that has arisen in the last week. The...
I'm glad you got a "sort of happy ending" but am sorry you lost so much money. To avoid this happening to our own landlords, we insist that they allow us (and pay for) rent protection insurance that covers them...
Not sure I agree that I will get replacement tenants "in a heartbeat" Before I got the current tenants (now just one tenant unfortunately) , I found it quite difficult to find someone because of the management company's rigid adherence...
Firstly, can I thank everyone who has posted a comment whether agreeing with me or disagreeing with me. Next, I didn’t provide this information but for each month without receiving any rent, I still have to pay the service charge...
When the engineer came, he said that if the gap between the drum and the housing is large enough then it's not impossible for a sock to get caught in the edge and pushed towards the drain. He says he's...
I had hoped the 4-year rule would apply here but the LA introduced an Article 4 direction that removes permitted development rights(4 year rule) for change of use from a dwelling (Use class C3) to HMO (Use class C4). Therefore,...
Thank you for the helpful comments so far. To answer John's question, the reason for the LA's refusal to grant the licence is that it has been used as an HMO since 2012 but as an Article 4 Direction is...
There are so many cases of arrears at a bonkers level (and you see them on Paul's Channel 5 programme in spades) that I wonder why landlords think it's worth nickel and diming on the cost of rent guarantee insurance...
I've discovered a partial solution to my original query but with particular reference to the use of the deposit on the TDS website where they've just set up a FAQ resource divided into sections on pre, post and end tenancy....
Thanks for your comments One of the reasons I mentioned 3 months in the beginning is that one of the tenants got the message from the NHS saying that as she has an immune deficiency she mustn't go out -...
Who said anything about an automatic 3 month deferment? Read the original post If eviction is not an option for at least 3 months, surely it's better to take the heat out of the situation by giving previously good tenants...
Thanks for the reply. The property was first rented in its current form (4 unrelated tenants) from 10th December 2011 so it would qualify as established use but needs a certificate of lawful use as you rightly suggest. Having obtained...
19th March 2024, 2 years ago
Hate to pour cold water on your plan but we deal a lot with Newham and they are very much against any new HMO rentals. Even a couple and an unrelated friend makes the property an HMO requring planning permission...
Read More →23rd August 2023, 3 years ago
Sorry - I should have said that the landlord in question is one for whom we have acted for many years as his managing agents however about two years ago, he took all his properties back purely to save the...
Read More →29th March 2023, 3 years ago
Dear Gul I don’t know if your agent provides you with a checklist of exactly what will be included in the periodic inspection – if they do then it is the exception rather than the rule. When we carry out...
Read More →7th February 2023, 3 years ago
It was foggy in Essex this morning but this has brightened the day. Reminded me of some of Joe Lycett's stuff which while an acquired taste, can also be very funny
Read More →29th November 2022, 3 years ago
You are right in that if an applicant changes their mind, the holding deposit is forfeited however there may be some information missing here. A holding deposit cannot be more than 1 week's rent for the property you want to...
Read More →9th November 2022, 3 years ago
The problem isn’t so much central government but local authorities and their wretched Article 4 Declarations. Rents in East London/NE Essex are prohibitively high for students unless they can share. We have many landlords with properties that would be ideal...
Read More →31st August 2022, 4 years ago
I am no fan of council licensing schemes however I have to take issue with Robert’s comment “Selective licencing is, in my opinion, about extracting money from landlords in order to pay into the council coffers for use towards paying...
Read More →21st March 2022, 4 years ago
So by the sound of it, this topic is about a leak not caused by negligence or which were foreseeable but was “just one of those things”. I have a similar issue that has arisen in the last week. The...
Read More →22nd June 2021, 5 years ago
I'm glad you got a "sort of happy ending" but am sorry you lost so much money. To avoid this happening to our own landlords, we insist that they allow us (and pay for) rent protection insurance that covers them...
Read More →29th January 2021, 5 years ago
Not sure I agree that I will get replacement tenants "in a heartbeat" Before I got the current tenants (now just one tenant unfortunately) , I found it quite difficult to find someone because of the management company's rigid adherence...
Read More →26th January 2021, 5 years ago
Firstly, can I thank everyone who has posted a comment whether agreeing with me or disagreeing with me. Next, I didn’t provide this information but for each month without receiving any rent, I still have to pay the service charge...
Read More →9th November 2020, 5 years ago
When the engineer came, he said that if the gap between the drum and the housing is large enough then it's not impossible for a sock to get caught in the edge and pushed towards the drain. He says he's...
Read More →9th November 2020, 5 years ago
Thank you all for your replies which have helped to inform how to cover this off in our tenancy management documentation
Read More →17th October 2020, 5 years ago
I had hoped the 4-year rule would apply here but the LA introduced an Article 4 direction that removes permitted development rights(4 year rule) for change of use from a dwelling (Use class C3) to HMO (Use class C4). Therefore,...
Read More →16th October 2020, 5 years ago
Thank you for the helpful comments so far. To answer John's question, the reason for the LA's refusal to grant the licence is that it has been used as an HMO since 2012 but as an Article 4 Direction is...
Read More →12th May 2020, 6 years ago
There are so many cases of arrears at a bonkers level (and you see them on Paul's Channel 5 programme in spades) that I wonder why landlords think it's worth nickel and diming on the cost of rent guarantee insurance...
Read More →26th March 2020, 6 years ago
I've discovered a partial solution to my original query but with particular reference to the use of the deposit on the TDS website where they've just set up a FAQ resource divided into sections on pre, post and end tenancy....
Read More →25th March 2020, 6 years ago
Thanks for your comments One of the reasons I mentioned 3 months in the beginning is that one of the tenants got the message from the NHS saying that as she has an immune deficiency she mustn't go out -...
Read More →25th March 2020, 6 years ago
Who said anything about an automatic 3 month deferment? Read the original post If eviction is not an option for at least 3 months, surely it's better to take the heat out of the situation by giving previously good tenants...
Read More →10th March 2020, 6 years ago
Thanks for the reply. The property was first rented in its current form (4 unrelated tenants) from 10th December 2011 so it would qualify as established use but needs a certificate of lawful use as you rightly suggest. Having obtained...
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