Peter Merrick
Peter Merrick
Registered with Property118.com
29th October 2022
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Registered with Property118.com
29th October 2022
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Reply to comment left by Bob Black at 22/04/2026 - 16:53
The Act and all the politicisation of property and renting is clearly designed to gradually force "undesirable" private landlords out and have them replaced by proper entities like larger companies and corporations. You only need to look at the level...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Vibha Spal at 16/04/2026 - 17:36
Maybe it's possible to charge high rent for 8 months and then allow them the last 3/4 months "free" if they need longer? I'm not sure about the legality of that though.
Read More →16th April 2026, 1 week ago
Very surprising statistics. Supposedly about 50% of BTL mortgages are repayment, and mortgaged property has gone from 69% to 51% of inventory in the course of just one year, so about 25% of BTL mortgages have been discharged in just...
Read More →15th April 2026, 1 week ago
Once section 21, "the leading cause of homelessness" is removed, I wonder what they will have left to blame for the ever-increasing levels of homelessness? One positive point though, is that they think that the digitisation of the court process...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/04/2026 - 09:17
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 13/04/2026 - 09:17All it says is that they advised the tenants of their legal right to remain until a court order is enforced. We don't know from the article if they...
Read More →31st March 2026, 3 weeks ago
It's all part of the plan ... from now on, just don't ever take on a tenant that gives the slightest room for doubt.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Alexander at 23/03/2026 - 09:05
Reply to the comment left by Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118 at 23/03/2026 - 09:05They are not interested in fairness, only in squeezing the dirty business of private property letting until the horrid perpetrators squeak. They know that landlords...
Read More →18th March 2026, 1 month ago
Most D grade freehold properties can be upgraded to C with little disruption by adding solar panels, and the rent can reasonably be increased to reflect tenant savings, so could be cost neutral with the right finance. Hopefully by 2030...
Read More →13th March 2026, 1 month ago
The best protection as always is to be ruthlessly careful who you rent to, so as to avoid bad tenants as far as possible and not need to issue a court order for non-payment, ASB, etc. This could have the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 06/03/2026 - 13:30
Reply to the comment left by PAUL BARTLETT at 13:30 We don't really live in a democracy any more. It's more like a "pressurocracy" than anything else. Whoever shouts the loudest and longest gets what they want, like little children....
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 02/03/2026 - 12:43
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 02/03/2026 - 12:43If it gets to that then I will just stop paying the mortgage and dare the lender to repossess the property so they have to evict the tenant. At...
Read More →19th February 2026, 2 months ago
Who knew knew that property requires active input to keep it in good condition, especially rental properties? Clearly the politicians, who mostly own and manage their own homes, are wilfully blind as they seek to undermine landlords in any way...
Read More →19th February 2026, 2 months ago
They could easily make renting more affordable by reversing the raft of ridiculous punitive taxes and other disincentives of recent years and generally de-risking the PRS. And ceasing their general antipathy towards the sector. Except of course even with all...
Read More →14th February 2026, 2 months ago
How did the government not predict that the totally obvious would happen? It's basically a tax on non-standard renters. We might as well charge a slightly higher rent to mitigate the risk and be ultra-careful about who we take on.
Read More →14th February 2026, 2 months ago
A PIV system can be a good way to "tenant-proof" your investment. I'm told you can even get units for individual rooms these days. Just make sure the tenant can't sabotage it.
Read More →12th February 2026, 2 months ago
If history is any indication, they will just do the same as they always do and blame landlords for the consequences of their actions, then whip up a frenzy and ban them for taking whatever measures are logical and reasonable....
Read More →7th February 2026, 3 months ago
Reminds me of my childhood cartoon days when someone would get bashed over the head and a lump would form. They would then push the lump back down, only for it to reappear somewhere else on their head! I can...
Read More →4th February 2026, 3 months ago
Rents are falling vs inflation, which was measured at 3.4% in the 12 months to December 2025., anticipated to be slightly lower in January.
Read More →25th January 2026, 3 months ago
Has anyone considered the fact that what tenants generally hate more than anything else is the disruption of building work going on around them? Even if it's unavoidable, and even if the tenant asked for the work to be done,...
Read More →23rd January 2026, 3 months ago
I think all of my whole let properties are now C rated bar two. But I fail to understand why shared houses where the landlord pays the bills are not being exempted. MEES seems to be primarily about saving tenants...
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