Mike W
Mike W
Registered with Property118.com
10th September 2013
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Registered with Property118.com
10th September 2013
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217
20th November 2024, 1 year ago
I won't bother to comment on a report which seems based upon a premise that one is entitled to free housing - someone else pays. (We know how well the communist system worked.) My insurance company requires a guarantor for...
Read More →30th September 2024, 2 years ago
I issue tenants with house notes which include a copy of the local council's notice to council tenants on the issue of condensation and mould. It just is not read but allows me to refer to it when I bill...
Read More →23rd May 2022, 4 years ago
Given what you say, I suspect the developer was liquidated? Purchasers may have claims against a new build warranty but would need to check their purchase documentation. Were completion certificates ever issued?
Read More →7th February 2022, 4 years ago
Hi Stewart, Ian is completely correct. I am in Scotland and a few years ago I, and another landlord made a series of FOI requests which ultimately led us into making a formal complaint because the council was not following...
Read More →21st May 2021, 5 years ago
Mike, Get a better electrician. Maybe I have been lucky with mine, but he explains the issues. Recently another landlord in the block (of 4 flats - one owned by the council) asked all landlords to pay their share of...
Read More →9th April 2021, 5 years ago
Paul, I had one case where a tenant installed a smart meter without consultation with me, so you are lucky. When they left there was no manual on how to read the meter and the small Chameleon SMETS2 unit (a...
Read More →15th February 2021, 5 years ago
Perhaps we should lobby for tax rebates equating to all the lost rent caused by inability to evict? ie the government paying 100% compensation to landlords? "is that not 'doing the right thing?' in supporting the nation in a time...
Read More →10th February 2021, 5 years ago
Excellent article but until landlords start putting the case for landlords then nothing is going to change. In my employment I had to move every 2-3 years. That is 16 houses across 4 countries I and my family have lived...
Read More →26th January 2021, 5 years ago
The story does not add up. So your solicitor said not to buy because he could not find any listed building permission on the property. My understanding is that grade 2 covers both outside and certain internal features. You contacted...
Read More →9th July 2020, 6 years ago
Yes great for England - 90% of UK - but devolved governments very quiet. 4% is Scottish additional stamp duty and nothing about matching a £500k nil band in England. And of course an interesting story on Landlord zone about...
Read More →3rd June 2020, 6 years ago
My understanding is that the date of exchange of contracts is the date that determines when the property is sold, not the date of physical transfer of the asset. A relative was caught in a similar position but many solicitors...
Read More →29th May 2020, 6 years ago
Jay, No. If it sounds too good to be true it probably is. I will put the following to you. If your family rented a property from an unconnected person or company (no links whatsoever) and obtained government support to...
Read More →18th May 2020, 6 years ago
Buy cable from B&Q - relatively easy job.
Read More →12th May 2020, 6 years ago
Hi David, under normal circumstances a response along the lines of "I will sell or remortgage" would cover the issue. All they are trying to do is establish your plans - which I suspect the regulator (post 2008) requires them...
Read More →18th March 2020, 6 years ago
Yes, I'm afraid the numpties, who drafted the Scottish law, did not take this sort of event into account. Those in England with fixed-term contacts will have some leverage. In Scotland, there will be a 5-month void unless there is...
Read More →21st February 2020, 6 years ago
Landlord and tenant signed a contract for the tenant to live in the property until 21/3. The tenant paid until 21/3 and is entitled to stay in the property until then. In my view, the tenant would also be responsible...
Read More →8th February 2020, 6 years ago
Rachel, you have my sympathy. As another commentator has said it is worse in Scotland. In 2015 I had internal wall insulation work done on two properties as part of a kitchen and bathroom refurbishment. Then I had EPCs done...
Read More →27th June 2019, 7 years ago
Hi Samantha, You asked some reasonable questions and have received a range of views. It all comes down to what is reasonable. Unfortunately it is a 3 party situation whereby an agent is acting for the landlord and appears to...
Read More →26th March 2019, 7 years ago
At last some realisation that taxing people who want to move, up sizing or downsizing or relocating, is not a sensible idea. It removes fluidity from market and the market will cease to function. And similarly taxing those individuals who...
Read More →25th March 2019, 7 years ago
Excellent news BUT I have found the market very restrictive. Only two lenders prepared to consider and rates roughly 3% higher than I can get on a personal basis. And these are loans less than 50% LTV but of course...
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