Simon Gear
Simon Gear
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I’m a project manager with 11 x properties. One is for sale but the remainder have tenants.
Registered with Property118.com
19th December 2023
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1,612
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I’m a project manager with 11 x properties. One is for sale but the remainder have tenants.
19th May 2026, 2 days ago
Rents should set records every month. That is how inflation works. One of the (unintended) consequences of the RRA is that properties at the lower end of rents are likely be sold to the owner-occupier sector. This is likely because...
Read More →18th May 2026, 3 days ago
If the government stop adding extra costs, rents will stabilise. Tenants are paying more and landlords are earning less. Rachel Thieves is doing rather well from the PRS.
Read More →16th May 2026, 5 days ago
When I deliver the Information Sheet, I explained each section of the sheet. Most of it wasn’t relevant. I also explained that where they had a fixed term of three years, during which I couldn’t seek possession, they could now...
Read More →16th May 2026, 5 days ago
I don’t supply white goods. I found that tenants rarely respected things that they had not bought. Instead, I offer lower rents. If I provided white goods, I’d charge more rent to cover the cost of maintaining and replacing the...
Read More →14th May 2026, 7 days ago
Do not believe the spin. This is exactly what Rachael Reeves needs. CGT receipts.
Read More →13th May 2026, 1 week ago
A few points here. Firstly, the maximum notice a tenant is required to give is two months. If that notice has to fall on a rent day, that could be almost three months. The legislation only refers to a maximum...
Read More →8th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
If the threat of rent controls doesn’t subside, my rents will rise to market rates next year. For one lucky tenant, that means an increase of 25%. Others will be 10%. The alternative, if rent controls means I cannot raise...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 06/05/2026 - 11:44
Reply to the comment left by russell branch at 06/05/2026 - 11:44Were you represented in court or did you do it yourself. Judges are rarely competent and need form direction from a professional.
Read More →6th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
I don’t have mortgages. I would like to sell but not to another landlord. I’d prefer to give the government more families to find housing for. I’d happily have one demolished to avoid CGT when I sell some of the...
Read More →5th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
They should also be busy with Section 8 No Fault evictions.
Read More →Reply to comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 05/05/2026 - 15:59
Reply to the comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 15:59 That’s what I did. Now, my plan is to sell up and spend the money on foreign holidays and to gift some to my children that live abroad.
Read More →5th May 2026, 2 weeks ago
There was a time when I may have used my equity to buy more properties for tenants to live in. This gave government SDLT and income tax receipts and gave house builders encouragement to build houses. Government don’t want me...
Read More →3rd May 2026, 3 weeks ago
Normally, I’d sell the one with the least CGT. I’d make an exception to lose a Labour voting tenant or one that is part of the entitled contingent. I’d choose the buyer carefully.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 01/05/2026 - 15:06
I asked and they were non-committal. I’ve written my own with the help of written terms. Scotland has a really good tenancy creator.
Read More →30th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
I have one property where the rent is £600 per month and well below market rate. A rent freeze would see the tenants save £7,200 per year. But they would be homeless.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 29/04/2026 - 23:15
If tenants delay a rent increase by taking it to a FTT, landlords MUST remember to bear it in mind when they set the next increase.(or issue Section 8 Ground 1/1A).
Read More →29th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
As an homeowner, it costs me far more to move home. I laid over £10,000 is Stamp Duty last time. As a result, I won’t downsize so my 5 bed home is only occupied by the two of us. For...
Read More →29th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
My rents start at less than£6k per year. A penalty of £7k would be devastating (especially for the tenants).
Read More →29th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
Labour don’t like educated people. They have shown this by targeting private schools. Now, they want student HMOs to be available for a different group of occupants. Those hotels won’t empty themselves.
Read More →29th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
I’m a small landlord. I do not need additional guidance, I understand the rules. The problem is that the rules are grossly unfair.
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