All posts by Mary Latham
Further Warnings to Landlords about Tenants Deposit Protection...
Following my blog The Devil is in the Detail, I want to pass on some information that will help landlords avoid being caught out.
“When you protect a deposit you are asked if there is a third party...
The Devil is in the Detail...
The Localism Act 2011 is another heavy piece of legislation and you might be forgiven for missing a very important detail. It has been overlooked in several articles that I have read this week, but the...
Frivolous it might be but I don’t fall out with my tenants...
There have been some really interesting comments on the EU Trying To Kill Buy To Let – sign the petition to STOP it now. blog and it is great to see some new people contributing to this important discussion...
Private Landlords Will Need To Be Much More Vigilant if Proposals...
Tenants with anti social behaviour orders will be forced into the private rented sector if proposals to give housing associations and councils a discretionary power to evict tenants who commit crime –...
We Need More Trust Not More Legislation and Regulation...
There is a lot of talk these days about tenants needing security of tenure and organisations like Shelter would like Government to change legislation to force landlords to give tenants longer tenancies.
I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord...
An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords can really understand our business but “well informed” people seem to have very short...
Landlords, Let’s Make December Celebration of Good Tenants...
Next year I will have been a landlord for 40 years and I am going to throw a boomerang at each of my good tenants via twitter (@landlordtweets) during the month of December. I am fed up of hearing tenants...
The Boomerang Effect for Landlords?
“Respect seems to be like a boomerang in the sense that you must send it out before it will come back to you.”
I have been giving a lot of thought to the relationship between a landlord and his tenants.
Get Out of Property Now?
Landlords Money Week Magazine are telling us to Get out of Property Now.
“Dump property”. “……If you are a property speculator”
In 2007 they told us to “Get out of property now”
“Get the...