This is a problem also not addressed with stamp duty, the price of property differs widely depending on location. The same size property you can buy without stamp duty up north will attract stamp duty in the south. How is...
The tenants will love it because on the tenants blogs they hate having to pay council tax. So of course they will be able to vote for left wing councils/ politicians etc and not have to bear the consequences through...
But there are many reasons why people may have a 2nd home. You are not taking a property away from anyone, look on Rightmove, there is a glut of houses and flats for sale with no buyers in sight.
Just had tenants move out and one set of curtains in the bedroom is mouldy and dirty, probably due to lack of ventilation in winter. They claimed that cleaning curtains is not the tenants responsibility. During the inventory checkout tenant...
Reply to the comment left by Dennis Forrest at 14/03/2026 - 09:16My thoughts exactly. The country must be in dire financial circumstances as they cannot get the tax quick enough.
Reply to the comment left by Grumpy Doug at 13/03/2026 - 11:03I want to use bridging software so I can carry on using my own spreadsheets. Links to your bank account sounds highly risky to me with all the hacking...
Reply to the comment left by Sarah O'Connell at 25/03/2026 - 13:45I totally agree with your assessment. Have also been involved with blocks which have done RTM and it can be worse than a neutral MA. R&R are incompetent and...
Reply to the comment left by Tim Peters at 25/03/2026 - 10:06How can a seller do anything about the ground rent? The seller is usually a leaseholder not the freeholder of the block. In any case it never used to...
Reply to the comment left by dismayed landlord at 25/11/2025 - 14:14However, they should then treat rental income as a business, not investment. You cannot have your cake and eat it.
Reply to the comment left by Tom McGrath at 25/10/2024 - 11:21I would add that food should be free as well as that is necessary for survival, just as important as a roof over your head.
Reply to the comment left by Suspicious Steve at 16/09/2025 - 11:29The problem is the younger generation has been brainwashed that the EPC tells them how much they will have to pay for electricity etc regardless of how much they...
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 23/10/2023 - 12:45So why do you think if the EWS1 was done and no works are necessary are they asking you to complete the Leaseholder Deed of Certificate? Is it just...
Hello There is no point filling this in if you are a landlord as you will not be covered for any works. It seems particularly nasty as it has a date of February 2022. So if it was a BTL...
Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 24/06/2026 - 18:11
This is a problem also not addressed with stamp duty, the price of property differs widely depending on location. The same size property you can buy without stamp duty up north will attract stamp duty in the south. How is...
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The tenants will love it because on the tenants blogs they hate having to pay council tax. So of course they will be able to vote for left wing councils/ politicians etc and not have to bear the consequences through...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 24/06/2026 - 09:55
But there are many reasons why people may have a 2nd home. You are not taking a property away from anyone, look on Rightmove, there is a glut of houses and flats for sale with no buyers in sight.
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Just had tenants move out and one set of curtains in the bedroom is mouldy and dirty, probably due to lack of ventilation in winter. They claimed that cleaning curtains is not the tenants responsibility. During the inventory checkout tenant...
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Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 16/06/2026 - 10:47Absolutely shocking.
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Reply to the comment left by Dennis Forrest at 14/03/2026 - 09:16My thoughts exactly. The country must be in dire financial circumstances as they cannot get the tax quick enough.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Grumpy Doug at 13/03/2026 - 11:03
Reply to the comment left by Grumpy Doug at 13/03/2026 - 11:03I want to use bridging software so I can carry on using my own spreadsheets. Links to your bank account sounds highly risky to me with all the hacking...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 25/03/2026 - 16:39
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 25/03/2026 - 16:39It is also the lenders that now have a bee in their bonnet when it comes to groundrent.
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Reply to the comment left by Sarah O'Connell at 25/03/2026 - 13:45I totally agree with your assessment. Have also been involved with blocks which have done RTM and it can be worse than a neutral MA. R&R are incompetent and...
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Reply to the comment left by Tim Peters at 25/03/2026 - 10:06How can a seller do anything about the ground rent? The seller is usually a leaseholder not the freeholder of the block. In any case it never used to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Price at 15/01/2026 - 10:18
Yes there is something the NRLA could be doing.
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Reply to the comment left by dismayed landlord at 25/11/2025 - 14:14However, they should then treat rental income as a business, not investment. You cannot have your cake and eat it.
Read More →18th November 2025, 7 months ago
How about using it as a holiday let?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Tom McGrath at 25/10/2024 - 11:21
Reply to the comment left by Tom McGrath at 25/10/2024 - 11:21I would add that food should be free as well as that is necessary for survival, just as important as a roof over your head.
Read More →23rd October 2025, 8 months ago
Is anyone involved in these dictats even aware that in leasehold flats landlords are unable to do structural upgrades?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Steve Roberts at 16/09/2025 - 11:29
Reply to the comment left by Suspicious Steve at 16/09/2025 - 11:29The problem is the younger generation has been brainwashed that the EPC tells them how much they will have to pay for electricity etc regardless of how much they...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Stacey at 29/08/2025 - 12:32
Correct. The uniparty loves corporations not small and medium size businesses, and especially not landlords.
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Reply to the comment left by Northern Observer at 28/08/2025 - 10:10exactly my thought as well.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dylan Morris at 23/10/2023 - 12:45
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 23/10/2023 - 12:45So why do you think if the EWS1 was done and no works are necessary are they asking you to complete the Leaseholder Deed of Certificate? Is it just...
Read More →18th March 2025, 1 year ago
Hello There is no point filling this in if you are a landlord as you will not be covered for any works. It seems particularly nasty as it has a date of February 2022. So if it was a BTL...
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