Martin Southwell
Martin Southwell
Registered with Property118.com
24th September 2013
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Registered with Property118.com
24th September 2013
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Reply to comment left by Martin Luciani at 21/11/2025 - 06:13
Reply to the comment left by Fed-up Landlord at 21/11/2025 - 06:13That is small! But is it a detached, stand alone property?
Read More →19th November 2025, 5 months ago
How do I send you a direct message?
Read More →18th November 2025, 5 months ago
I've checked the less than 50 sq/m route a number of times, and although the property is stand alone, and under 50 sq/m, it doesn't apply to residential buildings. When you read the info, it would seem to be excempt,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by DSR DSR at 18/11/2025 - 12:40
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 18/11/2025 - 12:40Thanks for the thoughts. Because of the 3 cottages to the front of this building, connecting would obstruct the rear access to one of them. I have considered this...
Read More →7th December 2024, 1 year ago
Without a doubt!
Read More →7th December 2024, 1 year ago
As we all know, the truth is that many people need the PRS, yet we are despised by so many. I was interested to learn during the week, that the person responsible for a lot of our woes, George Osborne,...
Read More →28th July 2024, 2 years ago
May I firstly say that my best wishes go out to Mark, and the rest of his P118 team, and everyone else on the receiving end of this awful engineered situation, one I could have so easily found myself in,...
Read More →2nd April 2024, 2 years ago
Interesting article, which reflect my 30+ years of being a Landlord, whereby on the whole, I've had good working relationships with tenants, and continue to do so today. We all know there are Landlords out there who give the business...
Read More →2nd March 2024, 2 years ago
The truth is that wealthy people don't need mortgages, or as I have done, take money out of other properties, so as to buy a holiday home outright. This is doubly beneficial as you don't have to pay the higher...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Bob Akro at 29/07/2023 - 19:57
Reply to the comment left by Happy housing at 29/07/2023 - 19:57Social housing providers also get plenty of hassle with many tenants. I don't know why you think they don't, plus they frequently don't have a lot of choice over...
Read More →29th July 2023, 3 years ago
We always use Agents to find and vet potential tenants, then before any deemed suitable tenant can move in, we always meet them, usually on evenings or weekends, so that we, and they, know who they are dealing with in...
Read More →25th July 2023, 3 years ago
We've just heard this morning from Michael Gove, that things might be relaxed on this front for a while, so let's see what transpires, although this is just one part of the equation as to whether to sell up or...
Read More →17th June 2023, 3 years ago
Having been a Landlord for over 30 years, and on the whole trouble free (1 x Section 21), I think that I must have been doing things correctly during this time, and most tenants, past & present, would see me/us...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Anthony Greenland at 10/02/2023 - 15:46
This is obviously going to present problems to people wishing to sell properties which struggle to get a D, never mind a C. I have 2 properties, built in the late 1800s, both rented out to long term tenants who...
Read More →22nd December 2022, 3 years ago
I see that back in 2018 I was the last person to post a comment on that blog. The Editor initially posted the Government link for exemptions here (seen below) which I note now states domestic and commercial relevance, which...
Read More →21st December 2022, 3 years ago
Thanks for that feedback. It's a distinct possibility. Worth it financially when all the costs are taken out?
Read More →21st December 2022, 3 years ago
That should have read 2025, and not 2015!
Read More →21st December 2022, 3 years ago
Thanks for the comments so far, but nothing definitive yet it seems. Interesting someone mentions space standards, as neither I, nor tenants have ever really thought about that aspect before. It has a reasonable sized bedroom/living room on the 1st...
Read More →23rd April 2022, 4 years ago
Another aspect of this, is property in Conservation Areas. I've just bought a cottage, built 1667, which oddly isn't listed, although everything else in the area is. I have documentation from the local Council, dated 1972, who served a Notice...
Read More →23rd April 2022, 4 years ago
It seems that anyone reading this blog, is already aware of the implications of what is going on here, even if the Government is blind, or intentionally pushing matterss in the direction things are going, which I suspect is the...
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