Croydon Landlords and Letting Agents – Are you ready to pay £750?
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Mandy Thomson
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21st November 2025, 7 months ago
I realise this is a very old post and I have not commented in a long time, but might I propose a possible reason why joint freeholders might want separate building policies? I'm a joint freeholder (one of four). My...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Edwin Cowper at 03/04/2021 - 15:12
Reply to the comment left by Edwin Cowper at 03/04/2021 - 15:12Thanks for that, Edwin - that's very helpful.
Read More →1st April 2021, 5 years ago
Thanks for the comments to date. Yes, where my own tenants are concerned I was careful to stipulate the exact terms of the concessions I was giving (using the NRLA COVID rent concession template helped) however, it seems many landlords...
Read More →31st March 2021, 5 years ago
If those leaseholders have mortgages you could write to their lenders but if the lenders agree to pay this is likely to have a negative impact on the leaseholders' credit files so should only be done as a last resort....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Krzysztof Kramarczyk at 07/11/2020 - 09:53
If you've already given your former lodger written notice, with a clear deadline, and that notice stated what would happen to the items if the lodger doesn't comply, then you are entitled to dispose of anything of no value, sell...
Read More →24th September 2020, 6 years ago
Dare I comment here from both sides of this argument? As a small private landlord myself, I have to confess I am nervous about letting to housing benefit claimants even though I agree the vast majority of them make decent...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alistair Cooper at 03/04/2020 - 09:29
Reply to the comment left by Alistair Cooper at 03/04/2020 - 09:29Sorry, Alistair - only just seen your response. You might find this post by Bill Irvine and my response to it helpful https://www.propertytribes.com/are-landlords-entitled-to-claim-lhauc-t-127646211-lastpost-user-438521.html
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Reply to the comment left by Freda Blogs at 02/04/2020 - 11:03You're correct about the self employed tax allowances not being available to landlords as to claim you'd have to paying tax as self employed, not a private property investor....
Read More →12th December 2019, 6 years ago
The Conservative party's anti landlord policies are not great, to say the least, but there is a bigger picture here. Does anyone here seriously think Labour offers landlords - and the economy as a whole - a better option than...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michael Barnes at 08/05/2019 - 14:38
Reply to the comment left by Michael Barnes at 08/05/2019 - 14:38Interesting point as it's mainly Labour local authorities who impose selective licensing schemes then call for the use of s.21 in such cases and not s.8 when there are...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 08/05/2019 - 10:09
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 08/05/2019 - 10:09Thanks, Ian. I was meaning it as a workaround to the withdrawal of s.21 where the tenancy would otherwise be open ended but the landlord wants to ensure the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Roberts at 07/05/2019 - 16:38
Witness reports and photos etc are all that should be required to prove balance of probability in a civil matter, there is no need to prove a case beyond reasonable as per a criminal matter.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Roberts at 07/05/2019 - 10:16
I'm assuming there's vet's reports?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michael Barnes at 06/05/2019 - 18:16
Reply to the comment left by Michael Barnes at 06/05/2019 - 18:16See my earlier comment on here made at 8:30 AM, 30th April 2019 in which I reference the Nearly Legal blog which raises pretty much this point - s.21...
Read More →4th May 2019, 7 years ago
Hi Kylie Really sorry to hear about your daughter's experience. The answer to both your questions is yes, but your daughter and her co renters need proper evidence to back up their claims. Where the deposit is concerned, there are...
Read More →4th May 2019, 7 years ago
Thanks to everyone for your contributions, in particular to @DavidM, @PJB, @Carol McEvoy, @Ian Narbeth and @John Dace for sharing your experiences of your particular niche markets and raising awareness of the unique issues involved. Thanks also to @Larry Sweeney...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Neil Patterson at 02/05/2019 - 08:27
Reply to the comment left by Neil Patterson at 02/05/2019 - 08:27Although there is little funding to establish a housing court, in his webinar David Smith said he does not believe it's the intention of government to diminish the PRS,...
Read More →1st May 2019, 7 years ago
The Scottish PRT is an open ended tenancy, meaning the landlord can only end it using grounds. For information, the model PRT can be downloaded here: https://www.gov.scot/publications/scottish-government-model-private-residential-tenancy-agreement/
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 30/04/2019 - 15:10
Reply to the comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 30/04/2019 - 15:10This is the case with the Scottish PRT - LL must use grounds but T can give 28 days notice at any point. Where joint tenants, one T...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/04/2019 - 12:17
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/04/2019 - 12:17Hi Ian - instead of trying to incorporate NTQ into tenancy agreement, what is your opinion of asking (not demanding) tenant to sign post dated NTQ at start of...
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