MARY PRICE
MARY PRICE
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I have been a Landlord since 1975 and for the most part it has been a positive experience.
Registered with Property118.com
4th May 2014
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641
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I have been a Landlord since 1975 and for the most part it has been a positive experience.
Reply to comment left by Paul at 25/08/2026 - 15:54
I hope I am wrong but I think if a tenant now moves in and has agreed a certain rent he might be able to apply to the tribunal to have it assessed. I know Pennycook was in favour of...
Read More →25th August 2026, 4 days ago
"Oh, what a surprise. Rent controls by the back door!
Read More →18th August 2026, 1 week ago
I can envisage Battersea dogs and cats home having to build another wing to accommodate abandoned animals when reality dawns and some starry-eyed tenants cannot pay vet bills and other expenses associated with owning a pet. Having experience good and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 14/08/2026 - 12:08
You are spot on! When Andy gives the left wing Mayors like Sadiq Khan autonomy over housing one of the first things they will introduce are rent controls. It is just a matter of time.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Fergus Wilson at 14/08/2026 - 10:37
Reply to the comment left by Fergus Wilson at 14/08/2026 - 10:37Fergus did you manage to sell any of your properties to first time buyers or did you have to resort to investors?
Read More →12th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
This is crazy and how is this going to help the economy ? Sadiq Khan has created a shortage of these type of lets in London. Other parts of the country can let their properties for 365 days /year on...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 02/08/2026 - 17:10
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 17:10 It would not surprise me if there is a ban on evictions within 3 years. We could then have mainstream lenders taking flight and prices dropping off a cliff. I...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 22/07/2026 - 12:15
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 22/07/2026 - 12:15This clueless bunch have already made a pigs ear of the PRS and they are only getting started.
Read More →8th July 2026, 2 months ago
An agent who sells these gleaming new flats in the Olympic Park told me recently that the heat is unbearable inside them. If this was the workplace I expect Health and safety would not be very happy.
Read More →27th June 2026, 2 months ago
Well said Landlord Crusader! I fear we are in line for more of these draconian laws when Mr Burnham takes the helm.
Read More →25th June 2026, 2 months ago
What about the tenants who cause the mould like the 3 tenants I had who refused to use the tumble drier and caused a massive mould problem. It is high time these tenants were made responsible for their actions but...
Read More →25th June 2026, 2 months ago
Lets hope they don't move the goalposts again and that this is the last time you will hear from them.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 23/06/2026 - 09:59
The 1988 housing act was a logical solution that solved the housing problem and a great boost to the economy. We now have an acute shortage of council housing and lots of demand for private housing and the Government's solution...
Read More →19th June 2026, 2 months ago
Hi Richard I sympathise this is a very unfair situation. I had a slightly different problem when Newham council had just introduced selective licensing throughout the borough. Newham informed my mortgage company that I was operating a HMO. and they...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 29/05/2026 - 15:47
There is no good reason to invest in London while Sadiq Khan is mayor. He has even stifled Airbnb with his 90 day rule. This is not the case in any other part of the UK. and yet in London...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 29/05/2026 - 13:20
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 29/05/2026 - 13:20Is this more encouragement for Build to Rent?
Read More →Reply to comment left by DAMIEN RAFFERTY at 24/05/2026 - 12:49
Reply to the comment left by DAMIEN RAFFERTY at 24/05/2026 - 12:49I would say that £2000/yr for a dog might be a conservative estimate. If the animal has to be taken to the vet most policies will not pay all...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robin Wilson at 24/05/2026 - 10:23
Reply to the comment left by Robin Wilson at 24/05/2026 - 10:23More Developers are cutting back on building projects. There are worries about the direction of travel with inflation, red tape etc. Who is going to build the millions of...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 21/05/2026 - 10:11
You are correct David as I and others have predicted this has all the hallmarks of the return of the bad old days of protected tenants. I wish I had sold up sooner.
Read More →18th May 2026, 3 months ago
Edward I synpathhize with your plight and it is a shame that Shelter, generation rent et al were so blinkered they failed to understand the consequences of their actions.
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