Paul Mayhew, Author at Property118

Paul Mayhew

Over-40s redefine HMO market

11th June 2025, 11 months ago

The most depressing thing I have heard in years.

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Surely this is against data protection? I might just create a free online website for landlords to register all their nightmare tenants. Landlords can search for their new tenants and see if they have previously destroyed a property or not...

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Blaming section 21 for homelessness is like blaming the bread for being toasted. Homelessness is not caused by being evicted, its caused by people being unable to pay the rent or find social housing. Instead of tackling the root cause,...

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Labour is the new Stasi

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Again the obsession with migrants in the UK government and marxist non profit "charities". I sold my primary residence a few years back and I tried to rent as an IT contractor with over £100k savings in the bank and...

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Just remember the government does not care about your assets or your ability to mortgage or insurance them. They will gladly encourage you to ruin your properties with unnecessary chemicals.

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I wouldn't mind renting to councils if it was for women in need or for housing genuine English homeless people but we all know it will go to illegal immigrants who the government is importing more and more every day...

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Can you get me an extra £800 per month from the government to pay my new 5% mortgage rate?

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On Reddit, someone claimed to have spent £6000 on a spray foam insulation to increase their EPC rating only for the mortgage provider to claim their house was unmortgageable due to the spray foam insulation when they came to remortgage....

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Tenants can't afford rents? Well Landlords and property owners can't afford their mortgages. Such is life, maybe they should blame the BOE for high interest rates and the government for high energy costs and inflation and the banks for how...

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Insulation and fire exit challenges?

10th October 2023, 3 years ago

Depending on who you speak to, there is a growing movement against "damp industry" as people are convinced that it damages properties and is a fraud. Peter Ward from heritage-house.org has made a number of youtube videos outlining the damage...

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I had to pay £650 per month for a room in a shared house in my 20s some 10+ years ago. Not sure why it is any different now? Took me until my 30s before I could buy a home...

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Social housing is some of the lowest quality housing available in the rental sector. Strange how shelter never seems to raise that issue. It is almost like they have an agenda against the private rental sector.

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Rent controls end up hurting people struggling to find cheap rental properties as it reduces the supply because tenants are locked in to properties that they don't want to move from as they will lose their amazing deal. It also...

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Look in to rent to own, this is a becoming a very popular strategy with a win win for the tenant and the freeholder. Far superior to leasehold from the tenants perspective and from a freehold perspective, minimises costs and...

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Paul Mayhew

Paul Mayhew


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