I think you missed the bit where LLs will be paying the Ts Council Tax, and not allowed to pass it on: " A cap on rent increases, when rents are already unaffordable in many areas, may sound of modest...
Mick This FOI has just been put into Nottingham for details of their Selective Licencing cost model, used to calculate fee levels. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/selective_licensing_cost_estimat_3 One was done 5 years ago for Hyndburn, which revealed that eg they budgeted 10 minutes for...
Let me check - does the Bill also apply to Social Landlords? Concerning that he is listening to Olly Grender. If my memory serves me right, she sat on the Committee which acknowledged the 'unexplainable' rent rises in Scotland at...
Reply to the comment left by Matt Wardman at 24/11/2018 - 08:31Link to report of Grenfell incident - two slightly different accounts. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/18/tory-councillor-beaten-grenfell-tower-protesters-revealed-volunteer/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-fire-volunteer-beaten-protest-kensington-and-chelsea-robert-black-kctmo-a7796531.html
Reply to the comment left by Annie Landlord at 22/11/2018 - 13:09You have half a point here, @Annie - but only half a point. Golby is an opinion-former, who claims to be a pro-journalist, and he helps form opinions for...
Nottingham have a history of trolling LLs at public expense like this. Back in 2012 they went for the Congregational Federation, who have a big HMO in central Nottingham, on the basis of a minimum room size of 8sqm in...
In Nottingham there is: "Anyone who owns a privately rented home in the designated Nottingham areas should have applied for a licence by now. The only exception is for those properties which already have an HMO licence. The designated areas...
>Now as a Landlord I had not taken too much notice of this looming legislation. It is difficult to muster much sympathy here - these rules have been high profile since about 2012. And a demand for E is an...
Typo. The English Housing Survey this year indicates that households in the PRS in London fell by 116. Not 116, but 116,000. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35135639
Reply to the comment left by "Mark Alexander" at "26/02/2016 - 06:58": >I’m in Malta now and move into our new home at the end of March. I’ve already met a few other Property118 members living over here. If you...
Reply to the comment left by "Puzzler " at "20/02/2016 - 08:44": As as I understand it Ts in Scotland *can* effectively be charged fees, but you have to guess what they will be and charge a higher rent instead....
Chris Byways said: >Individual PRS LL reactions seem to be ‘rents have to go up to survive’ and try to traditionally make increases the minimum possible, if at all, to existing tenants. Laudable. >IMV, Corporates, seem to be trying to...
Manage about 8 properties for family members, including 2 student houses on 12 months contracts. On the others tenancies are usually 2-10 years, my policy has been to increase rents in line with inflation or slightly less most years. Rent...
Personally I tend to prefer Chartered Surveyors or Architectural Draftsmen to Architects as they are a little less likely to view themselves as artists and therefore be more attentive to my requirements over their own vision. But I have done...
Pete 3 comments: 1 - If the CiL has not been Examined and Introduced yet, that means you have an opportunity to put your Planning Application in quickly and avoid liability. You will need to check what defines the start...
Reply to comment left by Tricia Forrester at 08/06/2019 - 09:01
Men of principle do not facilitate the spread of racism throughout their own party.
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I think you missed the bit where LLs will be paying the Ts Council Tax, and not allowed to pass it on: " A cap on rent increases, when rents are already unaffordable in many areas, may sound of modest...
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It was not exempt; iirc they got the non-residential rate.
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Mick This FOI has just been put into Nottingham for details of their Selective Licencing cost model, used to calculate fee levels. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/selective_licensing_cost_estimat_3 One was done 5 years ago for Hyndburn, which revealed that eg they budgeted 10 minutes for...
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Let me check - does the Bill also apply to Social Landlords? Concerning that he is listening to Olly Grender. If my memory serves me right, she sat on the Committee which acknowledged the 'unexplainable' rent rises in Scotland at...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Matt Wardman at 24/11/2018 - 08:31
Reply to the comment left by Matt Wardman at 24/11/2018 - 08:31Link to report of Grenfell incident - two slightly different accounts. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/18/tory-councillor-beaten-grenfell-tower-protesters-revealed-volunteer/ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/grenfell-tower-fire-volunteer-beaten-protest-kensington-and-chelsea-robert-black-kctmo-a7796531.html
Read More →Reply to comment left by Annie Landlord at 22/11/2018 - 13:09
Reply to the comment left by Annie Landlord at 22/11/2018 - 13:09You have half a point here, @Annie - but only half a point. Golby is an opinion-former, who claims to be a pro-journalist, and he helps form opinions for...
Read More →21st November 2018, 7 years ago
Nottingham have a history of trolling LLs at public expense like this. Back in 2012 they went for the Congregational Federation, who have a big HMO in central Nottingham, on the basis of a minimum room size of 8sqm in...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Stokes at 19/11/2018 - 15:12
In Nottingham there is: "Anyone who owns a privately rented home in the designated Nottingham areas should have applied for a licence by now. The only exception is for those properties which already have an HMO licence. The designated areas...
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Excellent.
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>Now as a Landlord I had not taken too much notice of this looming legislation. It is difficult to muster much sympathy here - these rules have been high profile since about 2012. And a demand for E is an...
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Thanks for the reply. Alas I know not.
Read More →25th March 2016, 10 years ago
Typo. The English Housing Survey this year indicates that households in the PRS in London fell by 116. Not 116, but 116,000. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35135639
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 26/02/2016 - 06:58
Reply to the comment left by "Mark Alexander" at "26/02/2016 - 06:58": >I’m in Malta now and move into our new home at the end of March. I’ve already met a few other Property118 members living over here. If you...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Puzzler at 20/02/2016 - 08:44
Reply to the comment left by "Puzzler " at "20/02/2016 - 08:44": As as I understand it Ts in Scotland *can* effectively be charged fees, but you have to guess what they will be and charge a higher rent instead....
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Chris Byways said: >Individual PRS LL reactions seem to be ‘rents have to go up to survive’ and try to traditionally make increases the minimum possible, if at all, to existing tenants. Laudable. >IMV, Corporates, seem to be trying to...
Read More →26th November 2015, 10 years ago
Manage about 8 properties for family members, including 2 student houses on 12 months contracts. On the others tenancies are usually 2-10 years, my policy has been to increase rents in line with inflation or slightly less most years. Rent...
Read More →14th October 2015, 10 years ago
Personally I tend to prefer Chartered Surveyors or Architectural Draftsmen to Architects as they are a little less likely to view themselves as artists and therefore be more attentive to my requirements over their own vision. But I have done...
Read More →14th October 2015, 10 years ago
Pete 3 comments: 1 - If the CiL has not been Examined and Introduced yet, that means you have an opportunity to put your Planning Application in quickly and avoid liability. You will need to check what defines the start...
Read More →10th September 2015, 11 years ago
In Nottm you will be spendnig 1-2k on the fees and time for a 5 year HMO License if occupancy goes up to 3 or more, I believe.
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