Mark Hulbert
Mark Hulbert
Registered with Property118.com
4th August 2013
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Registered with Property118.com
4th August 2013
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Reply to comment left by at 08/08/2025 - 10:24
Reply to the comment left by at 08/08/2025 - 10:24Absolutely correct - there was no hypocrisy. It’s her job to impose Labour policy, whether she agrees with it or not. But until the law is law - it’s not law....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ross Tulloch at 21/02/2025 - 10:02
Reply to the comment left by Ross Tulloch at 21/02/2025 - 10:02Agreed. It’s important to explain to these tenants that the damp is generated by their breathing, cooking, drying clothes etc. and that they are responsible for eliminating that moisture...
Read More →13th March 2025, 1 year ago
Personally I would spend (borrow if necessary) the £20k required to create the 5-bed HMO legally, and in 3 years the extra rent will have paid for the works and you’ll have a much more profitable HMO forever. Plus it...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Atul Jain at 01/12/2023 - 21:12
Reply to the comment left by A Jain at 01/12/2023 - 21:12I have known vans on driveways to be broken into and later found abandoned elsewhere.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Graville at 20/09/2023 - 10:23
Reply to the comment left by Paul Graville at 20/09/2023 - 10:23Absolutely correct Paul. Agents have access to the gross income figures, perhaps net of any costs they arrange, but they have no idea of the costs of interest (mine...
Read More →Reply to comment left by George Pearson at 20/09/2023 - 10:29
Many landlords are running at a loss due to increased costs and Section 24.
Read More →20th January 2023, 3 years ago
Councils will try anything to extract money from landlords - their default (and the utility companies) is to come to the landlord whenever a bill hasn't been paid. Why has the council tax not already been paid by the single-let...
Read More →19th September 2020, 6 years ago
If a licence is applied for but yet granted, does that protect landlord from legal action ?
Read More →24th March 2020, 6 years ago
I think we need to be sympathetic && helpful. Trust - but verify. Help them to guide their employers to claim the financial support that should enable employers to keep employees on. Ensure you have I.D. sufficient to allow the...
Read More →28th December 2019, 6 years ago
Dear Kelly, Legally your lodger, by sharing living space and facilities in your home where you live, is an "excluded occupier" and has no tenancy rights. You have asked her to leave and, having failed to do so, she is...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 16/08/2018 - 12:39
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander at 16/08/2018 - 12:39It's good that more and more people are making positive decisions about what to do, and Property118 has really helped with that.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Recardo Knights at 24/12/2015 - 11:56
Reply to the comment left by "Recardo Knights" at "24/12/2015 - 11:56": Well done Recardo. Please follow this up assiduously and if the response is clearly inadequate it can be widely publicised on Property118 and elsewhere.
Read More →21st June 2015, 11 years ago
Good to have you watching our backs Mark.
Read More →21st June 2015, 11 years ago
We need to start including a clause in the AST that states that in the event of someone over age 18 years residing in the property for more than x weeks the rent will rise by £y pcm, and that...
Read More →6th April 2015, 11 years ago
Meet and befriend the valuer when he comes to value. coffee etc. Have prepared as authoritative a pack as you can, neatly presented - internet comparables, list of features that make your property more valuable, local agent valuations, your purchase...
Read More →Reply to comment left by James Howes at 11/09/2014 - 15:32
Reply to the comment left by "James Howes" at "11/09/2014 - 15:32": Not only can you do something about it but you MUST defend the principle of landlords not being responsible for any bill that a tenant refuses to pay....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jamie Moodie at 13/08/2014 - 09:37
Reply to the comment left by "Jamie Moodie" at "13/08/2014 - 09:37": It would be interesting to know how much the "know it all" had contributed during his membership and why he felt disinclined to continue helping others. I very...
Read More →29th November 2013, 12 years ago
I think you should accept to be bound by the tenancy agreement you've signed, so long as the rent is paid. The moment there are rent arrears, serve a Section 8 notice and start advertising the property. Ensure your Section...
Read More →29th November 2013, 12 years ago
Clearly we do need best practice and to keep our industry reputation as good as possible. Having said that, many businesses founder, for a variety of reasons. Daniel Burton admits that he has made mistakes and tenants have been treated...
Read More →5th August 2013, 13 years ago
I didn't mean to imply that installing the best fire protection (= sprinklers) should be immediately mandatory, only that it is the direction in which we should be moving. This is to me self evident. I agree that immediate compulsion...
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