Lou Valdini
Can I claim tax relief for paying utility bills?
Author: Lou Valdini
28th August 2014, 12 years ago | 7
Lou Valdini
Registered with Property118.com
8th October 2013
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Recently retired and currently exiting the PRS.
Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 10/08/2026 - 11:54
The RRA was simply a wish-list from shelter and generation rent. Noticeable that the heads of both have now left their roles. Don't want to be involved as the excrement starts to fly.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 08/08/2026 - 09:39
Just make sure you keep pictures of the property at check-in.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 07/08/2026 - 20:52
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 07/08/2026 - 20:52Will be interesting to know how much NSC houses will cost to meet EPC. But right now, regardless of the morals of it, exploiting leaseholders who can't sell is...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 07/08/2026 - 13:53
Good point.
Read More →7th August 2026, 3 days ago
No mention of ground rents which make many flats unmortgageable. You'd think lenders would release the brakes on this particular problem, in the knowledge ground rents will be capped in due course, and open up the market for typically first...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 07/08/2026 - 10:22
3 months bank statements showing proof and source of income is an essential requirement.
Read More →Reply to comment left by northernpleb at 07/08/2026 - 08:57
I would want to know where they were currently living and why they haven't already been claiming.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 04/08/2026 - 17:27
Those whose sole income is benefits don't pay tax for some inexplicable reason. However, how would that work if they are also getting their state pension 'benefit', which is taxable?
Read More →4th August 2026, 6 days ago
If the council's existing enforcement work is largely driven by complaints, meaning officers usually intervene only after a tenant or another person has reported a problem, what will change with licensing, apart from penalising decent landlords?
Read More →4th August 2026, 6 days ago
How to not be deemed 'careless' by HMRC, when you have clearly been 'careless', by Angela Rayner.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 03/08/2026 - 17:41
Didn't pass the comprehensive referencing and credit checks. End of!
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Widdrington at 01/08/2026 - 19:39
Reply to the comment left by Mark W at 19:39 I know what you went through because I had a similar eviction while I was suffering from covid, which caused me to retire. The stress allied to cognitive problems due...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michele Dobson at 03/08/2026 - 08:36
Reply to the comment left by Michele Dobson at 03/08/2026 - 08:36Been through the same; £20k cost and destroyed my commitment to BTL. 'Best practice' for landlords is to give tenancies to those who offer the best proposition to the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kate Manchester at 01/08/2026 - 12:53
Reply to the comment left by Kate Mellor at 01/08/2026 - 12:53My tenant knew he was going to prison, so no point him paying rent. My eviction took 14 months and happened before his court case. Pointless chasing him for...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 31/07/2026 - 10:37
Reply to the comment left by DP at 10:37 I know it doesn't help, but you're not alone. My remaining BTL will be sold at a huge loss, and won't cover the outstanding mortgage. It's always paid it's way, but...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Diaz at 31/07/2026 - 10:14
Reply to the comment left by Jesus Diaz at 31/07/2026 - 10:14I agree with everything you say, but for me, your final comments sum it up for small landlords. They could have issued a simple consultation (they do for everything...
Read More →30th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
Landlords are already taxed on income before the effect of s24. This is another 2% tax on top of that, and is NOT neglible.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 30/07/2026 - 10:59
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 30/07/2026 - 10:59Immediately they receive the S8, they will pay no further rent. That is likely to continue for maybe 18 months. How many landlords can afford that? Issue the Money...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/07/2026 - 10:40
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/07/2026 - 10:40That is the behaviour cumulative government attacks on private sector landlords have caused. I was very generous to tenants for 7 years, because I could afford to be. Then...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dee Gidda at 28/07/2026 - 14:41
Taxes on 'wealth' never work. Those who were thinking of selling but don't really need to sell, will change their behaviour, and not sell... until a sensible government is returned that understands 'growth'. Therefore, no extra tax. That applies to...
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