Phil Robinson
Phil Robinson
Registered with Property118.com
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Registered with Property118.com
4th June 2017
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Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 13/08/2026 - 15:16
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 13/08/2026 - 15:16But the same standards should apply to all landlords. My tenants would never complain at not having to wait in for a gas engineer, but I still instigate the...
Read More →12th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
In the private sector, we'd be hoisted from the financial gallows. Maybe social housing tenants are of lower importance to the government, so safety isn't such an important consideration, So maybe yes, it could be a two tier system, in...
Read More →12th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
I'm a director of a commonhold block of apartments, which works well, but only because the directors are all reasonable people that respect each others views & learn from each other. The issue with common hold is that, at some...
Read More →12th August 2026, 2 weeks ago
The argument for rent controls can never make sense until all a landlords costs are regulated to the same level That's mortgage rates, taxes, repair costs, the purchase cost of items, court fees, licencing charges & the plethora of junk...
Read More →10th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
I read one clever line in the article, a quote. "There is no national backlog for possession cases at this time" If there is no national measurement of backlogs, there is no national backlog. What the commentary doesn't say is...
Read More →31st July 2026, 4 weeks ago
You said it my friend. I grew up in Manchester, & visit it regularly too. I know what you mean exactly. Maybe we should be politicians? Ah they'd never have me, I'm just to keen to deliver truth. A fun...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 31/07/2026 - 15:17
Absolutely spot on, but I have lost overall faith in what I now think of as generic politicians. I tend to think of politics now as being rather purple, not red & blue, with a splash of another colour as...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 31/07/2026 - 14:10
I hear you, but having an accountant in the family has opened my eyes to what can be done to diminish an individuals tax liabilities. Trust me, these people can add value if there's enough money sloshing about for high...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 30/07/2026 - 18:19
I suspect you may be on the right track there. The other problem with increased taxation is it becoming disproportionately high, compared to the earnings of ordinary blue & white collar workers. The high earners will use strategies to avoid...
Read More →30th July 2026, 4 weeks ago
I read the statistic in this article that, "The combined cost had therefore risen from approximately £2.25 million to almost £13 million, an increase of 478% in only five years", in Manchester, where Mr. Burnham presumably had more than a...
Read More →28th July 2026, 1 month ago
So a minister can under pay their taxes, get severance payment from the job that they resign from, in shame, & be reappointed & rewarded with a fabulous salary. Yet a landlord can make an innocent mistake & can be...
Read More →23rd July 2026, 1 month ago
I wonder, are many of us missing the point here? Is the new world of PRS restriction there for another reason? We've been assuming that our politicians don't have another agenda than to protect the poor & less fortunate. Or...
Read More →23rd July 2026, 1 month ago
I thought about getting out of the PRS, but sensibilities had to take hold. I have a low to mid sized portfolio. To evict every tenant would have cost a fortune. Evictions are expensive. I also quite like most of...
Read More →23rd July 2026, 1 month ago
Profits? Their word, not mine. Does the term used in the article take into account the new roof I just had to put on a leaky house? Or the fact that I'm having spend money on a new hot water...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 17/07/2026 - 13:43
That's diabolical behaviour on the part of councils. Should I encounter it, I will gladly allow the case to rise to a courtroom setting. I'm absolutely sure that once case law is established, such discriminatory encouragement will cease. The suggestion...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 16/07/2026 - 16:15
Well, if I have 5 applicants for a property, & that's not unreasonable to expect in the current climate, & I really just don't like 4 of them, I'll credit check one. If he, she or the family meets the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Simon Gear at 22/04/2026 - 16:10
Reply to the comment left by Cider Drinker at 22/04/2026 - 16:10And some organisations simply exist to line their own pockets whilst pretending to care. It's amazing what the wider public will swallow as the truth, when it's simply rhetoric...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ryden Jones at 22/04/2026 - 10:06
Reply to the comment left by Ryden Jones at 22/04/2026 - 10:06It's worth noting that I have read the gov website repeatedly on the subject of the rights of potential renters receiving benefits. They have no more rights than those...
Read More →3rd July 2026, 2 months ago
Doesn't the existence of the renters rights act make selective licencing an obsolete concept? What makes it still relevant?
Read More →26th June 2026, 2 months ago
Boost our incomes, really? If we're going to put rents up, it's to bolster our losses or to prepare for stuff like the new roof that I just had to shell £14k out for, or get ourselves ready for the...
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