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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I’m a project manager with 11 x properties. One is for sale but the remainder have tenants.
4th June 2026, 7 hours ago
It isn’t lost. It’s bought them a home for a whole year.
Read More →4th June 2026, 7 hours ago
Tenants find it difficult to move due to the population crisis and the lack of rental properties. It’s worse now that they need to give two (almost three) months’ notice to quit a tenancy. Also, as landlords rush to the...
Read More →4th June 2026, 8 hours ago
We should be allowed to use a thermal imaging camera to prove that old windows are still providing the insulation that they were designed to provide. I don’t suppose 20% VAT is one of the reasons for the new rules.
Read More →4th June 2026, 8 hours ago
The poorest tenants will be frozen out of tge private rental sector because of campaigning by charities such as Shelter, Crisis and Generation Rent. They need to own the problem.
Read More →26th May 2026, 1 week ago
Freezing LHA is ridiculoue. LHA forces claimants into poorer housing. Freezing the rates fotces them into even poorer housing.
Read More →26th May 2026, 1 week ago
The RRA ensures bad tenants can stay in their homes longer. This means that potential better tenants spend more time in temporary accommodation. But at least the hotels are empty. More space for displaced tenants to spend the next decade...
Read More →23rd May 2026, 2 weeks ago
In my area, LHA has risen by just 11% since 2020. As LHA is based on the rental market, I assume rents didn’t increased much between 2020 and 2024 (when revised rates of LHA were introduced). In other areas, mainly...
Read More →19th May 2026, 2 weeks 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, 2 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks 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, 3 weeks ago
Do not believe the spin. This is exactly what Rachael Reeves needs. CGT receipts.
Read More →13th May 2026, 3 weeks 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, 4 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, 4 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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, 1 month 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.
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