Peter Merrick
Peter Merrick
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Registered with Property118.com
29th October 2022
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19th July 2026, 2 days ago
The plan all along was to stop dodgy, "unprofessional" private landlords from squeezing out homeownership and forcing people to rent, and that proper providers could build out new inventory for tenants to live in instead. And give politicians a few...
Read More →15th July 2026, 6 days ago
They are determined to believe that landlords are the problem for having the temerity to own property and use it to provide a service. No amount of punishment by way of tax and regulation will satisfy them. The hate is...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 17:11
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 17:11You just have to look up where their funding comes from. For example, Lloyds runs its own corporate rental business but also funds the Renters' Reform Coalition and a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 08:53
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 13/07/2026 - 08:53It was also designed ultimately to hand the keys to the rental market to corporate actors by the back door. But the official story by rent activist groups like...
Read More →13th July 2026, 1 week ago
A more accurate headline is: "Accommodation becomes more affordable in real terms as wages rise seven times as fast as rent and rent rises more than four times less than inflation". Surely these people must understand the concept of inflation...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 11/07/2026 - 15:53
Reply to the comment left by Beaver at 15:53 Absolutely, a classic case of "band-aid solutionism" typical of the political establishment, Section 21 was never "no-fault", nor an an actual eviction. The whole debacle amounts to fraud by false representation...
Read More →12th July 2026, 1 week ago
When your current deal expires, move to another lender that is more flexible. TMW seems to be the best in that regard. They still count up to 4 unrelated tenants on individual tenancies as a standard let. They also have...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Kinzley at 10/07/2026 - 16:04
Reply to the comment left by Simon Kinzley at 10/07/2026 - 16:04It began under Theresa May who became prime minister just as the war on landlords was being implemented, the purpose of which was to disenfranchise landlords and drive them...
Read More →6th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
"Landlords demand controls and a cap on tax and regulation to help tackle the cost of providing rental accommodation". Or: "Landlords demand that Shelter, GR etc all pay for the extra costs of regulation enacted over the last 10 years...
Read More →6th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
Who would have thought that campaigning for government to massacre the supply of rental homes by massively driving up costs and regulation would affect the tenants at the end of the line?
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 02/07/2026 - 10:10
Quite so, ever had the feeling of being pulled in all directions at once? Or that landlords will simply pass the buck to future owner occupiers when they can't reasonably fulfill all the demands to upgrade their properties in ways...
Read More →2nd July 2026, 3 weeks ago
To paraphrase a saying from the days of American westerns: "The only good landlord is a dead landlord" (so as to speak). That's what I read between the lines every time they say good landlords have nothing to fear. It's...
Read More →2nd July 2026, 3 weeks ago
Didn't Mr Beadle say that he welcomed the abolition of Section 21? Repossessions will inevitably decline over time anyway because landlords will become so risk-adverse that they won't rent to anybody they have the slightest doubts about. The days of...
Read More →29th June 2026, 3 weeks ago
My sister owns one of six flats in a large converted grade 2 listed building 3 storeys high with a high roof, essentially on a commonhold basis. It's a great place but it's also a nightmare, partly because service charges...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ian Narbeth at 24/06/2026 - 16:21
Reply to the comment left by Ian Narbeth at 24/06/2026 - 16:21Exactly, only the best and most decent tenants will have a chance of getting somewhere to call home in future. The fact that any tenant that goes rogue will...
Read More →21st June 2026, 1 month ago
Only yesterday, I acquired a large fridge freezer for a property via Facebook from a woman who was moving home and had no room for the appliance in the new place. When I got chatting with her, she told me...
Read More →17th June 2026, 1 month ago
If all else fails, decide you've had enough and are selling up. It's what they want you to do anyway, and leave it to the "professionals".
Read More →17th June 2026, 1 month ago
This is the cost of doing business where all risk is placed on the provider and people are desperate for somewhere to live. Be very upfront to prospective tenants that you will be very thorough, require a copy of their...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Lawrenson at 15/06/2026 - 16:43
Reply to the comment left by David Lawrenson at 15/06/2026 - 16:43Yes David, they have made it quite clear that they want to “professionalise” the sector, i.e. they want to see the end of the “amateur” landlord and for everybody...
Read More →15th June 2026, 1 month ago
They know that EPC C will decimate the PRS. It's what they are counting on, otherwise they would be making it a level playing field. They want to tip the balance away from the landlord to the owner occupier and...
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