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.
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19th December 2023
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I’m a project manager with 11 x properties. One is for sale but the remainder have tenants.
24th August 2026, 12 hours ago
Has the rental stock increased or just the number of ‘To Ket’ signs?
Read More →21st August 2026, 3 days ago
If you survey landlords one year and a baseline measure of confidence is ascertained, what happens is that non-confident landlords quit. This leaves the remaining, more confident landlords to make the measured confidence level increase. Not because landlords are more...
Read More →19th August 2026, 5 days ago
We all had the option of buying or renting. The problem is that life expectancy in the U.K. back in 1976 was 72.7 years (75.9 for women and . 69.8 for men). Today it is 83 years for women and...
Read More →15th August 2026, 1 week ago
Rents go up, income tax goes up, CGT goes up. Labour are doing what Labour always do. Higher taxes, poorer services, higher national debt. Less than 3 years left to suffer,
Read More →8th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
There are some nationalities that only let property to people from their home country. There are some religions that only let to people from their own religion. Will the law apply to them? My money is on ‘No’.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Adam Whitfield at 03/08/2026 - 00:29
Local Authorities can levy penalties on a ‘balance of probabilities’ rather than ‘beyond reasonable doubt’. No proof required. If you have 100 properties in Birmingham and all let to people without children or to one ethnic group only, the balance...
Read More →6th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Erm, all landlords help prevent homelessness by housing people that would otherwise be homeless. If only we had a national association for residential landlords to fight these ridiculous licensing scams?
Read More →5th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
I really don’t have a problem with the database if the cost is reasonable. I’d like it to be a percentage of the rent rather than a fixed price. Something like 0.5% if the annual rent could be reasonable. My...
Read More →5th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
I am trialling the beta version of the database. There’s nothing sexy about it as far as I can see. It’s just somewhere to add a few compliance documents (Gas Safety, EICR, EPC). Of course, I will have to pay...
Read More →3rd August 2026, 3 weeks ago
I took deposits before the deposit protection rules were introduced. I returned the deposits before the tenants left to help them with their next home. I never retained a penny. When the deposit protection scam was introduced, I protected one...
Read More →31st July 2026, 3 weeks ago
Labour needs money to fund their incompetence. Housing is an obvious target.
Read More →31st July 2026, 3 weeks ago
I’ve registered with the trial database. It was very easy and took no more than 5 minutes per landlord and 5 minutes per property. The database should ensure that all landlords pay tax on rental income and all properties are...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/07/2026 - 10:40
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 30/07/2026 - 10:40You cannot purport to end a tenancy orally. I’d steer clear of such a suggestion. A Section 8 Ground 8 might be the best way to open up negotiations.
Read More →30th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
The ONS data suggests rents have multiplied 5-fold since 1987. This compares to a 3-fold increase in inflation over the same period. My rent has risen from £325 in 2001 to £660 in 2026. Where do the Ranters get their...
Read More →30th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
Increasing my tax by 10% is not negotiable. My tenants will pay more for their rent as a result. I think the government simply anticipated that we would lose 10% of rental properties and needed to raise the tax rate...
Read More →29th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
The bottom line is that some landlords are selling. This may be masked in official figures because of the rise of the HMO where each room may be counted as one residence. Landlords with the poorest housing, often housing the...
Read More →29th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
In 1988, the average house price in the United Kingdom was approximately £51,077 by the end of the year, having experienced a massive annual growth rate of 25.6%. Bank of England interest rates were close to 13%. Inflation was near...
Read More →29th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
The courts may not have a backlog yet. When some politicians say that migration isn’t the problem, they all lose credibility. Given that the RRA introduced new grounds under Section 8, requiring 4 months’ notice, it is likely that a...
Read More →27th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
Here’s an idea. The government could make it easier for landlords to evict bad tenants. Something like, miss one rent payment by two weeks and you must return the keys, or Maybe the government would like to be the guarantor....
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 25/07/2026 - 11:49
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 25/07/2026 - 11:49Maybe they wouldn’t need removing. A report to the social services might be enough to get the tenants the help that they need. We cannot allow poor areas, that...
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