Nick Pope
Nick Pope
Registered with Property118.com
18th August 2013
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Registered with Property118.com
18th August 2013
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21st June 2025, 10 months ago
Been there, done that once, never, never, never again.
Read More →19th April 2025, 12 months ago
Interesting that 44/404 (11%) of Labour MPs are landlords themselves.
Read More →15th March 2025, 1 year ago
Strikes me that using one of the zero deposit schemes, essentially an insurance policy for the benefit of the landlord which would solve this dilemma provided they cover for pet damage and the introduction of a pet during a tenancy....
Read More →1st February 2025, 1 year ago
A tenant of mine recently switched to UC and his payments were delayed as they asked for additional information time and again. At one point they requested an original of the tenancy agreement which neither I nor the had as...
Read More →8th September 2024, 2 years ago
Having just gained possession of a property from an benefits tenant can give you about 15,000 reasons why I will never rent via the public sector again.
Read More →6th May 2023, 3 years ago
My best guess is that the family simply want to get the flat cheap and are being intentionally obstructive.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Charles de Lastic at 03/05/2023 - 15:40
Reply to the comment left by Charles de Lastic at 03/05/2023 - 15:40I suspect that a competent lawyer for the tenant's family would argue that the management company has a duty to inform the landlord of any health and safety...
Read More →28th January 2023, 3 years ago
Oddly enough I have had to take the same decision and visited my tenant of 10 years just yesterday (27/01). He is, and always bas been, on Housing Benefit and I took him on because his partnet had decamped to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Adam Geerdes at 22/01/2023 - 06:19
Reply to the comment left by Adam Geerdes at 22/01/2023 - 06:19You may laugh at the hot head comment but it was true. I was doing an inventory on a fully furnished house in The Bull Meadow, Streatley in the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 20/12/2022 - 10:55
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 20/12/2022 - 10:55The outstanding balance of the mortgage has no bearing on the amount of CGT. It's simply calculated on the difference between purchase price (or probate value if inherited) and...
Read More →3rd December 2022, 3 years ago
The reason for the early repayment charge is twofold 1) There are upfront costs to the lender such as set-up, legal, surveys etc which are calculated over the lengthg of the fixed rate 2) Lenders borrow this money wholesale themselves...
Read More →23rd January 2022, 4 years ago
I am in the process of getting a deposit from the DPS and had to go down the Statutory Declaration route. From a third party, I know the tenant will not respond and that he has no access to the...
Read More →23rd January 2022, 4 years ago
All my properties have a coded lockbox with a spare set of keys. Tenants don't have the code but I will let them have it if they call me and promise to put key back in the box. I then...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jane Breakell at 11/08/2021 - 15:07
But the "poor old tenant" will be benefitting from lower energy bills as a result.
Read More →31st July 2021, 5 years ago
I dealt with a situation like this many years ago. All parties being difficult and then the owner checked the deeds. The boundary was his responsibility but there was no requirement to actually have any sort of fence so he...
Read More →31st July 2021, 5 years ago
If the property is late 60s or 70's there were several systems available. The commonest was ICI Flexel. It was cheap to install, each room could be separately controlled but it was expensive to run and easily damaged - one...
Read More →17th July 2021, 5 years ago
It's up to the developers. They build a product and offer it for sale - it's your choice whether you buy it or not. Let's reverse the situation. If a potential tenant came to you and insisted they needed a...
Read More →12th June 2021, 5 years ago
In these circumstances, my immediate concern would be whether the fabric of the building is insured. If not and the worst happens you get nothing. If the freeholder has not insured then you gave an insurable interest but all the...
Read More →3rd April 2021, 5 years ago
Firstly I assume that these are existing tenants on AST'a and not sitting tenants with security of tenure which would have a significant (25% - 50%) effect on value. From the valuation point of view, lenders require a valuation at...
Read More →30th January 2021, 5 years ago
I may have a ossible answer to this query. We have been dealing with an estate where the property was let in October 2019 to a Chinese national who could not supply financial references so the full year's rent was...
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