All posts by Paul Shamplina
A tenant from hell can make or break you as a landlord...
Last month, during filming for the next series of ‘Bad Tenants, Rogue Landlords’ (due to air on Channel 5 later this year), we carried out an eviction in Cardiff.
Although Landlord Action features...
Keeping compliant – First Hamilton Fraser Academy event success!
The 22nd November 2018 saw the launch of Hamilton Fraser Academy’s first ‘Legal update & compliance’ course.
The SOLD OUT course, led by Susie Crolla of the Lettings Training Centre, provided...
‘Bastard Landlords’ but what about bad tenants?
Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth wants to rephrase the words ‘ Rogue Landlords’, to the words ‘Bastards Landlords’, as Rogue sounds to soft and cuddly.
In my eyes the words should be...
Podcast with Jeremy Leaf- Buy or Not to Buy...
In the latest episode of Hamilton Fraser’s podcast series Paul Shamplina, Director at Hamilton Fraser and Eddie Hooker, CEO at Hamilton Fraser, are joined by the Principal of Jeremy Leaf & Co Chartered...
Second date added for Letting Agents academy course...
Hamilton Fraser’s first academy course for Letting Agents sold out and now a second date has been added.
Next month, Hamilton Fraser is launching the Hamilton Fraser Academy, a series of half and...
Podcast Series – Landlords, lettings and deposits...
Podcast Series – Landlords, lettings and deposits
Every month at Hamilton Fraser Eddie Hooker and myself present a monthly podcast relating to the Property Sector, October’s podcast was Zero to...
Section 21 – The Bigger Picture not seen by Citizens Advice...
A recent report published by Citizens Advice suggests tenants who complain to their landlords are more likely to be served a section 21 eviction notice as a result of their actions.
The report called ‘Touch...
Property Redress Scheme partners with Client Money Protect...
With the introduction of mandatory client money protection from April 2019, Hamilton Fraser is annoucing a joined up approach to its group companies; the Property Redress Scheme (PRS) and CMProtect (CMP).
Gas certificates and Section 21 – be compliant or you may pay...
Landlords, did you know that if you did not provide a gas safety certificate at the start of a tenancy (be it a first agreement or written renewal after 1st October 2015), before the tenant moved in, you...
Bad Tenants Rogue Landlords Channel 5 8pm Thursday 5th July...
In North East London, Landlord Steve Moreno has been put in an extremely stressful situation. His problems began after deciding to sell his flat in Lea in order to purchase a property with his girlfriend.
Officially the WORST property I have ever been in!
Last week, whilst filming in the town of March, Cambridgeshire, for the fourth series of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords’, I experienced the worst living conditions I had ever seen...
‘Rumble’ returns for the fourth year...
Having raised more than £58,000 for local charities across the last three events, ‘Rumble with the Agents’, the white-collar charity boxing event which was set up in 2015 by founder of Landlord Action,
It’s only going to get worse!
A few weeks ago, I started filming the new series of Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords (due to air on Channel 5 in Spring 2018), and one of the eviction cases was for a landlord called Emmanuel in Dagenham.
Landlord Action response to Budget Universal Credit changes...
The Government appears to have bowed to the volume of criticism leveled at its flagship Universal Credit scheme and a realisation there is a range of fundamental issues which need to be urgently addressed.
Property Redress Scheme says redress for landlords should also...
Earlier last month the Conservatives announced that all buy-to-let (BTL) landlords will be forced to register with a redress scheme, as is already compulsory for all letting and estate agents. The Property...
Punishing private landlords – help or hindrance?
Everyone knows that rogue landlords bring down standards and should be rooted out, but have recent buy-to-let changes gone too far in punishing the good landlords who provide an excellent service and high-quality...
Almost half of landlords planning changes as a result of tax...
Results from a survey released today by mydeposits, the custodial and insurance-backed tenancy deposit scheme, have revealed that 44% of landlords are planning to make changes to their present circumstances...
Rumble with the Agents raises £18k for Noah’s Ark Children’s...
On Thursday 25th May 2017 ‘Rumble with the Agents’, an annual white collar charity boxing event in association with Landlord Action and sponsored by Hamilton Fraser, raised £18,000 for Noah’s Ark...
Nightmare agent with no Client Money Protection causes double...
This week (Thursday 18th May, 9pm) Channel Five’s “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords” will highlight why Client Money Protection is of paramount importance to all landlords and tenants, as a rogue...
Nightmare Tenant – No rent payments, two mortgages and...
Today (Thursday 27th April, 9pm) on Channel 5s “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, a Watford landlord has a fight on his hands when his long-term tenant stops paying rent and unleashes a deluge of...
Avoid the Voids!
This has been written by Paul as a Brand Ambassador for Hamilton Fraser
Historically, there were two key things that could cripple a landlord financially; rent arrears (where the tenant does not pay rent...