Michael Crofts
Michael Crofts
Registered with Property118.com
27th December 2022
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Registered with Property118.com
27th December 2022
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15th May 2025, 11 months ago
I think I know what is going to happen, based on what happened when the tax rules changed. For a long time nothing happened. Some landlords just weren't aware they couldn't offset mortgage interest (and some didn't even know they...
Read More →22nd March 2025, 1 year ago
The trouble with Justin Bates is that he is too young. He doesn’t have first-hand experience of the PRS before 1988. I do. My family has been involved one way and another for 60 years. Between 1984 and 1987 I...
Read More →21st March 2025, 1 year ago
Alison, do make sure your agent knows what they are doing with both the drafting and the execution of the deed.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ronald Too at 11/02/2025 - 10:51
Would you be willing to share the clause in the tenancy agreement which reserves a landlord right of entry?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alison Clark at 11/02/2025 - 07:44
Reply to the comment left by Alison Clark at 11/02/2025 - 07:44Yes, please keep us informed. Threads liken this often end without anyone knowing the final result.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alison Clark at 09/02/2025 - 18:46
Reply to the comment left by Alison Clark at 09/02/2025 - 18:46Paul Shamplina of Landlord Action telephoned me this evening at Alison's request. It was very kind of him to respond to this. He has acted for both landlords and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alison Clark at 09/02/2025 - 14:41
Reply to the comment left by Alison Clark at 09/02/2025 - 14:41I'm hoping to speak to him on Monday. If anything comes of this I'll post here. This is also an active topic on the Landlord Law Blog, the post...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alison Clark at 06/02/2025 - 18:32
Reply to the comment left by Alison Clark at 06/02/2025 - 18:32Alison - I have sent a private message. All - This question of whether tenants are able to refuse entry keeps cropping up. I've seen it discussed almost since...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jonathan Willis at 06/02/2025 - 16:12
Reply to the comment left by Jonathan Willis at 06/02/2025 - 16:12I have been told there have been cases where courts have denied access for landlords because of quiet enjoyment but I have not seen a report of any such...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 05/02/2025 - 16:56
Agents will also have to decide how to weed out errant, dilatory and incompetent landlords, especially the ones who can't be told what to do because they ignore anything they don't want to hear. Agents who have bad landlord clients,...
Read More →5th February 2025, 1 year ago
Ryan, I think you are wise. If you travel I assume you delegate management to an agent. I have read the entire Bill, the original and as brought to the Lords, I listened to every minute of the Committee's deliberations,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dylan Morris at 05/02/2025 - 13:36
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 05/02/2025 - 13:36I can tell you that the answer is not to be found in the Bill. The question of proof of intent was debated in one of the early Committee...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Peter Merrick at 01/02/2025 - 22:09
Reply to the comment left by Peter Merrick at 01/02/2025 - 22:09I am adding to the excellent replies by Dylan Morris and Reluctant Landlord about whether you have to "follow through" an intention to sell. Referring to the current text...
Read More →1st February 2025, 1 year ago
Serious response here. 1. The predictions are correct but it will take longer than suggested. If you look at s24 it was obvious when it first came in that about half way through the taper over-stretched landlords would be in...
Read More →25th January 2025, 1 year ago
Jenni - PLEASE take the advice to run away from this. Your question shows that you are out of your depth. I'm not being rude, just brutally honest. Over the years I have read hundreds of forum posts by people...
Read More →25th January 2025, 1 year ago
Knight Frank said: 'Under the amendments, any payment of rent made before a tenancy agreement is signed will be a prohibited payment'. Well, yes, But that's only half the story. The relevant amendments are here, search for NC13 and NC14:...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Alison Clark at 14/12/2024 - 16:16
Reply to the comment left by Alison Clark at 14/12/2024 - 16:16I hope Jonathan won't mind if I amplify his answer. If a case is going to court the essential preparatory work is to predict what challenges may be made...
Read More →2nd November 2024, 1 year ago
My wording in my ASTs: When the tenant vacates the premises she/he will leave them in a good, clean, tidy condition, and will remove everything which is not part of the premises as defined above, or listed on the inventory,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Michael Crofts at 19/10/2024 - 09:26
Reply to the comment left by Michael Crofts at 19/10/2024 - 09:26Further to my earlier post about refusing to let to a pregnant woman because her baby will keep other occupants awake at night. Section 32 (2) of RRB says:...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paddy Murphy at 20/10/2024 - 18:27
Reply to the comment left by Paddy Murphy at 20/10/2024 - 18:27Not sure if you know but the deadline is today because the first meeting of the committee is tomorrow. My Evidence went in at 02:32 this morning and has...
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