I can't help feeling that solar panels are the best option to move the score upwards significantly and quickly. It seems to increase the score by around 9 points for a 2.5KW system and is not particularly invasive. Presumably, a...
Reply to the comment left by Monty Bodkin at 02/01/2026 - 09:51Monty - the RRA clearly marks a shift in power towards the tenant and away from the landlord. I'm surprised you can't see that. What I've referred to below...
As I read the government guidance, the landlord is responsible for eradicating mould, however it got there. This is desperately unjust and needs to be challenged in court by the NRLA. The idea that a tenant can live how they...
Hold on a second! For years, Shelter claimed that S21 drove homelessness. Landlords said it didn't and now it seems, Shelter believes us! MAKE UP YOUR MINDS YOU LEFT WING DIMWITS!!
What I find so infuriating about this type of story is the fact that the Council introduces a licensing scheme and assumes that all landlords will be fully aware. Why should they be? Putting a page on the Council's website...
In future, you could try making the start date of new tenancies follow on immediately from the end date of the previous student tenancy. This is usually reasonably easy to organise with students who have predictable periods at the university....
Oh, the irony of it. Asking an independent adjudicator to limit the rent rise and then find that the landlord had been overly kind in the first place. Then, how typical of the loony Left to suggest that any landlord...
The landlord group that I belong to, the Association of Local Landlords (Wessex) ALLWESSEX, received a presentation from a firm of accountants recently. Apparently, if you operate as a limited company or a partnership, then you'll escape MTD. Can anyone...
Licensing is supposed to prevent illegal landlords from operating. Fair enough on the surface. However, the problem comes when there is a requirement for council officers to get out from behind their desks and go out and find the often...
It's a combination of low levels of government investment in social housing provision over decades coupled with mainly the Conservatives throwing open the doors and inviting the world to come here, resulting in a massive shortage in properties to rent....
Clearly, Ms Eshalomi is too dim to appreciate that local councils have the power to get these properties improved - if they can be bothered to get out from behind their desks! Also, aren't most, if not all the councils...
This article sums up the situation very well. There is absolutely no benefit for landlords in complying with this ridiculous requirement. All it will do is provide the bureaucrats in the Treasury with slightly more up to date information relating...
Rather than penalise landlords by artificially controlling the market by restricting private rents, could the government simply buy, rent or build more affordable housing? It used to be called 'council housing'.
Reply to the comment left by Ma'at Housing Solutions at 29/03/2025 - 08:24No, they are fixed for 12 months but by including that clause, we the landlords, have the right to evict under S21 by giving 2 months notice after...
The agent you used should have provided you with a tenancy agreement that allows YOU to give notice after 4 months and a day, then serve a Section 21, even though it's a fixed term contract. Thankfully, you appear to...
This government and its left wing civil servants are just too dim to understand that "one size fits all" simply won't work because there are circumstances such as foreign students, where rent up front is entirely appropriate.
4th April 2026, 5 days ago
My EPCs say that a 2.4KWh system will add around 9 points but does anyone know what happens if you fit say, a 4KWh system? Do you get more points?
Read More →2nd April 2026, 1 week ago
I can't help feeling that solar panels are the best option to move the score upwards significantly and quickly. It seems to increase the score by around 9 points for a 2.5KW system and is not particularly invasive. Presumably, a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Monty Bodkin at 02/01/2026 - 09:51
Reply to the comment left by Monty Bodkin at 02/01/2026 - 09:51Monty - the RRA clearly marks a shift in power towards the tenant and away from the landlord. I'm surprised you can't see that. What I've referred to below...
Read More →31st December 2025, 3 months ago
As I read the government guidance, the landlord is responsible for eradicating mould, however it got there. This is desperately unjust and needs to be challenged in court by the NRLA. The idea that a tenant can live how they...
Read More →22nd December 2025, 4 months ago
Hold on a second! For years, Shelter claimed that S21 drove homelessness. Landlords said it didn't and now it seems, Shelter believes us! MAKE UP YOUR MINDS YOU LEFT WING DIMWITS!!
Read More →17th November 2025, 5 months ago
What I find so infuriating about this type of story is the fact that the Council introduces a licensing scheme and assumes that all landlords will be fully aware. Why should they be? Putting a page on the Council's website...
Read More →16th October 2025, 6 months ago
In future, you could try making the start date of new tenancies follow on immediately from the end date of the previous student tenancy. This is usually reasonably easy to organise with students who have predictable periods at the university....
Read More →27th August 2025, 8 months ago
Oh, the irony of it. Asking an independent adjudicator to limit the rent rise and then find that the landlord had been overly kind in the first place. Then, how typical of the loony Left to suggest that any landlord...
Read More →6th August 2025, 8 months ago
The landlord group that I belong to, the Association of Local Landlords (Wessex) ALLWESSEX, received a presentation from a firm of accountants recently. Apparently, if you operate as a limited company or a partnership, then you'll escape MTD. Can anyone...
Read More →5th August 2025, 8 months ago
Licensing is supposed to prevent illegal landlords from operating. Fair enough on the surface. However, the problem comes when there is a requirement for council officers to get out from behind their desks and go out and find the often...
Read More →23rd July 2025, 9 months ago
It's a combination of low levels of government investment in social housing provision over decades coupled with mainly the Conservatives throwing open the doors and inviting the world to come here, resulting in a massive shortage in properties to rent....
Read More →24th June 2025, 10 months ago
Clearly, Ms Eshalomi is too dim to appreciate that local councils have the power to get these properties improved - if they can be bothered to get out from behind their desks! Also, aren't most, if not all the councils...
Read More →23rd June 2025, 10 months ago
This article sums up the situation very well. There is absolutely no benefit for landlords in complying with this ridiculous requirement. All it will do is provide the bureaucrats in the Treasury with slightly more up to date information relating...
Read More →19th May 2025, 11 months ago
Rather than penalise landlords by artificially controlling the market by restricting private rents, could the government simply buy, rent or build more affordable housing? It used to be called 'council housing'.
Read More →1st April 2025, 1 year ago
There is no benefit whatsoever to landlords of MTD. It's all about better tax receipt planning for the government.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rosemary N. Edwards at 29/03/2025 - 08:24
Reply to the comment left by Ma'at Housing Solutions at 29/03/2025 - 08:24No, they are fixed for 12 months but by including that clause, we the landlords, have the right to evict under S21 by giving 2 months notice after...
Read More →24th March 2025, 1 year ago
The agent you used should have provided you with a tenancy agreement that allows YOU to give notice after 4 months and a day, then serve a Section 21, even though it's a fixed term contract. Thankfully, you appear to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Nigel Comer at 10/01/2025 - 08:10
Reply to the comment left by Ivor Tennant at 10/01/2025 - 08:10That's a very good point and it needs clarifying - quickly!
Read More →9th January 2025, 1 year ago
This government and its left wing civil servants are just too dim to understand that "one size fits all" simply won't work because there are circumstances such as foreign students, where rent up front is entirely appropriate.
Read More →29th November 2024, 1 year ago
Why doesn't the Council simply set the length of the scheme so they DON'T have to register it with Land Registry? Or is that too simple? DUH!!
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