PAUL BARTLETT, Author at Property118

PAUL BARTLETT

100% on brand value for that organisation to resuscitate a documented housing incompetent in the Housing Minister position. HMRC must answer to taxpayers why she doesn't need to pay her taxes, or doesn't get a punitive fine for late payment...

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Reply to the comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 27/07/2026 - 12:10This is an example of what to expect Privacy notice for dispute resolution | Housing Ombudsman https://www.housing-ombudsman.org.uk/home/about-us/your-data/privacy-notice-for-dispute-resolution/

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Reply to the comment left by Richard Dean at 08/12/2025 - 11:17Full name and address are the foundation of Personal Identity Information (PII) under GDPR so the database is subject to ICO regulation under GDPR which must include a Privacy...

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Reply to the comment left by Jill Church at 30/12/2025 - 10:16Selective licencing is a scheme to make tenants pay for Housing Act enforcement by the responsible local authorities instead of central government. It's a slight of hand to go...

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Nope, definitely have no time, no money and no motivation to do ASB work for Local Authority social services staff. Not going to happen given all the other legislation in place... This is dome epic wishful thinking by the political...

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Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 19/05/2026 - 09:31"the government are setting fire to the student market. They need those HMOs for non-students. If a few ‘Universities’ can be lost along the way, so much the better."...

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Interesting point. A possible block on leveraged investment! The Leasehold Reform was supposed to bring a peppercorn ground rent, possibly even zero. This is an advantage for Right To Buy property where local authorities usually set a peppercorn ground rent...

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Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 15/05/2026 - 21:06Paul, most blocks have service spaces and conduit that supports a scalable approach in floors and wings of large buildings. So there's a local cable splitter on each floor...

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Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 16:16 Judith, the freeholder can't prevent the installation of broadband by an Internet Service Provider, their subcontractor or Openreach the FTTP Gigabit fibre optic provider. Under Alt-Net licensing or Project Gigabit...

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Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 05/05/2026 - 10:06Section 24 Finance Act taxation on costs not profits means the only way to keep it yours is to prioritise paying off the Finance to reduce tax costs to...

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Epic hypocrisy and political opportunism. Gullible Gove started this having no experience or insights in Property to reject the disfunction of the Activists who house nobody. Of course our reaction to market interference and risk baring is I'm Out!

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Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 01/04/2026 - 10:46Your point about Survey data makes IT sense but denies you the chance to consider improving the survey later. Nobody would expect text to be...

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Reply to the comment left by juliet bonnet at 25/03/2026 - 10:51"I would imagine that the estate agent would not be highlighting those costs, for fear of losing the sale and therefore their commission" Interesting point, but example of failing...

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Reply to the comment left by Jack Jennings at 23/03/2026 - 19:09The correct state subsidy is for the Social Housing sector, not to enrich private companies with public funds. Yet government of all shades have provided a resounding vote of...

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No mention of Property Ombudsman and Portal with support for dispute resolution that avoids Court demand, until it doesn't. The responsible ministry should have published their processes so the portal can be built and people trained, so ready to operate...

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Since tenants are gaining the right to stay in the property without end rather than a fixed term, it's only reasonable to ensure that regular property inspections are done to safeguard the property condition long term. Fixed term tenancy agreements...

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Taking your post at face value, Buyer Beware applies to all transactions, especially property which is why Surveyors and Conveyancers are established. Of course the buyer must read all the sale documents including the Lease to know what rights or...

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So much gap to reality: “Those people that sold the freehold, that are ripping off people for no money … You may as well lob the money in the street, they’re not doing anything for it." Totally ignoring the Freeholder...

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"Hamptons data shows there are 25% fewer homes available to rent than in 2016. .. Five million households rent privately today; experts say we should have seven million if pre-2016 trends had continued. The ‘missing’ homes didn’t magically become owner-occupied...

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So just like Shelter CEO, he's getting out while he can plausibly claim RRB success and before the reality of what GR actually did has bitten tenants. What an insincere hypocrite..

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PAUL BARTLETT

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