PAUL BARTLETT
PAUL BARTLETT
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Registered with Property118.com
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Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 15/05/2026 - 21:06
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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 15/05/2026 - 16:16
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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 05/05/2026 - 10:06
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...
Read More →24th April 2026, 3 weeks ago
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!
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 01/04/2026 - 10:46
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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by juliet bonnet at 25/03/2026 - 10:51
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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jack Jennings at 23/03/2026 - 19:09
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...
Read More →25th March 2026, 2 months ago
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...
Read More →25th March 2026, 2 months ago
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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lou Valdini at 25/03/2026 - 10:09
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...
Read More →25th March 2026, 2 months ago
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...
Read More →24th March 2026, 2 months ago
"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...
Read More →24th March 2026, 2 months ago
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..
Read More →24th March 2026, 2 months ago
HMRC wrote saying no need for Self Assessment income tax return so Pennyshort will soon be seeing the data that "We're Out!"* * (c) Dragons Den
Read More →24th March 2026, 2 months ago
What Antisocial Behaviour, exactly? Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour in HMO Properties https://www.belfastcity.gov.uk/documents/nihmo/tackling-anti-social-behaviour-in-hmo-properties States "HMOs are a source of relatively inexpensive housing for a variety of groups such as students and migrant workers. They also tend to house some of the most...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 13/03/2026 - 17:42
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 13/03/2026 - 17:42Mark, thanks for leading this debate. I agree that data and insight are more likely effective than opinions and wishes. Homelessness is not just a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dr David Price at 19/03/2026 - 10:45
Vote Catching is possible from people who would rather deal in wishful thinking than engage with reality. I blame the parents...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 09/12/2025 - 10:50
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 09/12/2025 - 10:50Mark, very diplomatic, and thoughtful, as ever. To the outsider, it seems that HMRC are playing politics in service of their current masters, not following...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rosanne Turvey at 28/11/2025 - 13:31
Reply to the comment left by Rosanne Turvey at 13:31 It's possible to start and run a Company for a few hundred pounds depending on your Accountants fee structure. However that is pointless for a property business where you already...
Read More →6th March 2026, 2 months ago
Who would have thought that a toxic narrative against landlords has consequences...
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