Maybe when the technology has improved, and running costs fall, and efficiency improves, they'll be great. Many of my tenants are not well off. Maybe only receive benefits. They switch on their heating for an hour in the morning, or...
Of course they are discriminated against. And it’s about to get 100 times worse as a result of the RRA. No proven track record, no/bad/appalling credit history, low income, can’t satisfy ability to pay rent checks, no experience of renting/...
We do all this already, and as previously stated, social media and Google search. Often the later is the give away. I like the idea of asking the tenant to download and provide their own credit history, We experimented with...
However efficient, or green, they are to run, they need to run continuously. Some of my tenants only run their (gas) central heating for 2-4 hours a day, it only takes about 1/2 an hour to warm a flat, then...
I give it 5 years before they realise and start scampering to change it, in order to encourage private landlord investment by changing the law again. Like they did in 1988, to address the housing crisis. If they don’t, the...
Some of my clauses include cutting the grass, cleaning windows, not lighting fires, not switching off ventilation, not smoking, reporting repairs, allowing access for repairs, inspections and certification. Just what is an ‘unenforceable’ clause, and who decides? Will we only...
Does resolution actually work in these cases? Has there been a trial of this system? If the tenant hasn’t paid rent because they just don’t want to pay the rent, how will the resolution process help? Or when the owner...
This sounds like a great scheme. I was part of an accredited landlord scheme, which operated in a similar way. It meant there was help available from a third, knowledgeable, party when things went wrong, such as rent arrears or...
It will be interesting to see what happens when some disgruntled tenant challenges a warranted section 8 eviction, and engages Shelter (who do nothing to provide shelter, housing or supported living, yet have a £23 million surplus!), pitting a main...
This is great news, and why Crisis is such a great homelessness charity. They provide support, guidance, emergency accommodation and is now looking to become landlords providing decent accommodation. Shelter has a rolling surplus of around £23 million, which sits...
The RRA has been responsible for so much of this. Under both this and the previous government. I get there was substandard accom and some bad landlords but at least, for most of the country, there was decent affordable accommodation....
The Lords’ comments have been virtually ignored through the passage of the RRB, despite their forensic analysis of the detail. It will be nice if she, too, may be largely ignored for once. I used to promote Shelter, in a...
There was a reason why the Rent Act of 1977 failed and had to be replaced. Undersupply, unfair terms for landlords, over regulation of rents and Secure Tenancies, which even allowed for succession. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 was...
Without the guarantor, many tenants will have zero chance of getting tenancies which would otherwise be available to them. I will be tightening up on all requirements and insisting on excellent references and credit checks, even if it means extra...
I thought the amendments were, on the whole, helpful. My main concern, however, is that protection offered by guarantors, rent guarantee insurance and advance rent are going to be an either/or option, so tenants could move in having paid nothing...
Great letter. I did a similar one to my MP, Emma Llewell Buck, but had no reply at all. Couple of things I said: Restricting when guarantors can be used, restricting the guarantor to the equivalent of 6 months rent,...
25th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
Maybe when the technology has improved, and running costs fall, and efficiency improves, they'll be great. Many of my tenants are not well off. Maybe only receive benefits. They switch on their heating for an hour in the morning, or...
Read More →28th February 2026, 1 month ago
Of course they are discriminated against. And it’s about to get 100 times worse as a result of the RRA. No proven track record, no/bad/appalling credit history, low income, can’t satisfy ability to pay rent checks, no experience of renting/...
Read More →17th February 2026, 2 months ago
We do all this already, and as previously stated, social media and Google search. Often the later is the give away. I like the idea of asking the tenant to download and provide their own credit history, We experimented with...
Read More →6th February 2026, 2 months ago
However efficient, or green, they are to run, they need to run continuously. Some of my tenants only run their (gas) central heating for 2-4 hours a day, it only takes about 1/2 an hour to warm a flat, then...
Read More →9th January 2026, 3 months ago
I give it 5 years before they realise and start scampering to change it, in order to encourage private landlord investment by changing the law again. Like they did in 1988, to address the housing crisis. If they don’t, the...
Read More →9th January 2026, 3 months ago
Some of my clauses include cutting the grass, cleaning windows, not lighting fires, not switching off ventilation, not smoking, reporting repairs, allowing access for repairs, inspections and certification. Just what is an ‘unenforceable’ clause, and who decides? Will we only...
Read More →2nd January 2026, 3 months ago
Does resolution actually work in these cases? Has there been a trial of this system? If the tenant hasn’t paid rent because they just don’t want to pay the rent, how will the resolution process help? Or when the owner...
Read More →21st November 2025, 5 months ago
This sounds like a great scheme. I was part of an accredited landlord scheme, which operated in a similar way. It meant there was help available from a third, knowledgeable, party when things went wrong, such as rent arrears or...
Read More →12th November 2025, 5 months ago
It will be interesting to see what happens when some disgruntled tenant challenges a warranted section 8 eviction, and engages Shelter (who do nothing to provide shelter, housing or supported living, yet have a £23 million surplus!), pitting a main...
Read More →11th November 2025, 5 months ago
This is great news, and why Crisis is such a great homelessness charity. They provide support, guidance, emergency accommodation and is now looking to become landlords providing decent accommodation. Shelter has a rolling surplus of around £23 million, which sits...
Read More →6th November 2025, 5 months ago
The RRA has been responsible for so much of this. Under both this and the previous government. I get there was substandard accom and some bad landlords but at least, for most of the country, there was decent affordable accommodation....
Read More →24th October 2025, 6 months ago
The Lords’ comments have been virtually ignored through the passage of the RRB, despite their forensic analysis of the detail. It will be nice if she, too, may be largely ignored for once. I used to promote Shelter, in a...
Read More →10th October 2025, 6 months ago
There was a reason why the Rent Act of 1977 failed and had to be replaced. Undersupply, unfair terms for landlords, over regulation of rents and Secure Tenancies, which even allowed for succession. The Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 was...
Read More →22nd August 2025, 8 months ago
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Read More →18th March 2025, 1 year ago
Without the guarantor, many tenants will have zero chance of getting tenancies which would otherwise be available to them. I will be tightening up on all requirements and insisting on excellent references and credit checks, even if it means extra...
Read More →8th March 2025, 1 year ago
I thought the amendments were, on the whole, helpful. My main concern, however, is that protection offered by guarantors, rent guarantee insurance and advance rent are going to be an either/or option, so tenants could move in having paid nothing...
Read More →2nd February 2025, 1 year ago
Great letter. I did a similar one to my MP, Emma Llewell Buck, but had no reply at all. Couple of things I said: Restricting when guarantors can be used, restricting the guarantor to the equivalent of 6 months rent,...
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