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Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/06/2026 - 14:18
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/06/2026 - 14:18It happened to me, I was selling flat so had to get new ePC, the previous one was a D but said on it if I got new windows...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 18/09/2025 - 18:21
don't think he read it. He came across as Mr Know it all
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jeremy Johnson at 17/09/2025 - 16:51
no, I had to renew my report as 10 years was up, thus I noticed this. Being a grade C would mean it doesn't need any more upgrading for the possible requirements in 2030 of a C grade. I am...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 17/09/2025 - 19:38
you have to renew it every 10 years , I had put in new windows so thought it should go up anyway according to the last report.
Read More →17th September 2025, 9 months ago
my flat was a EPC grade C , said upgrade with new windows would give a few extra point, so I did this. Put it up for sale and it is now a grade D , the new windows made...
Read More →26th July 2025, 11 months ago
when Scotland started registration , they did spot checks on flats . They went to one of my newly built flats and the tenant refused to let them in. Checking paperwork, housing etc. They could see new windows, good conditions...
Read More →11th January 2025, 1 year ago
there are rent controls , it is called LHA levels which are well behind the market level for many private sector housing. They have hardly gone up in a decade. They could put this level up to a reasonable level...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kathy Miller at 23/07/2022 - 15:09
sorry Molly it is a nasty experience . The first time it happened a decade ago, the police did nothing even though I had serial numbers of goods. .They had their suspicions. The local paper did an article as the...
Read More →15th July 2022, 4 years ago
the police said the same to me . After one of their officers became abusive to me I contact the complaints procedure. My complaint against the officer and the tenant was upheld. They pandered to me there after ...I had...
Read More →10th July 2021, 5 years ago
don't know many charities that pay rent arrears , not even Shelter to keep tenants in their homes . yes they all want to talk about support and keeping people in houses but not pay for them. My rent is...
Read More →1st September 2020, 6 years ago
wrote to them at lockdown. The snp didn't answer, the green couldn't care less. Got a very arrogant ignorant letter for the wee Green to which I answered back with more information about the benefits system that he thought we...
Read More →30th August 2020, 6 years ago
They say put it into a trust. But the authorities are catching on this and will access if you did it to avoid care costs . It is also hard if you have a mortgage on the property. They are...
Read More →21st August 2020, 6 years ago
mortgages are long term now . Mine is to the age of 75 yrs . But if you rent and retire if you don't have a private pension to top up your income or are low income you will get...
Read More →Reply to comment left by A Ali at 19/08/2020 - 11:15
I wish I hadn't , it has been more trouble than it is worth. I became a landlord through ill health ie didn't get benefits due to saving so I needed an income. Pensions /markets had collapsed .It is hard...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Deborah Clare at 19/08/2020 - 10:31
Reply to the comment left by Deborah Clare at 19/08/2020 - 10:31So true . I think attitudes have changed . Owning a home was an achievement in a family and you saved and suffered to get one. Now holidays ,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Cadger at 22/07/2020 - 11:23
Reply to the comment left by John Cadger at 22/07/2020 - 11:23not that easy in real life . I have seen lawyers and dealt with chief executives. You have no real power unless you take it on yourself and chase...
Read More →20th July 2020, 6 years ago
have the same problem in Ayr. I decided to do roof repair in an emergency. The council argued that I didn't get 3 quotes so were refusing to pay although I notified them Water was coming into the electrics. They...
Read More →27th December 2019, 6 years ago
watched the Scottish news , they spoke to 2 homeless women , one had children, they didn't like the houses they had because they were lonely. There are bigger issues . There is a social network of friends on the...
Read More →3rd July 2019, 7 years ago
maybe we were posh!
Read More →Reply to comment left by Badger Badger at 22/06/2019 - 11:30
Scotland..my mother keeps casting this up at me.
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