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Landlords watching an online renters rights webinar on a screen during a meeting

Generation Rent Zoom presentations?

20th April 2026, 21 hours ago | 2

In preparation for the Renters’ Rights Act, Generation Rent has planned a number of online presentations to discuss the benefits...

Family carrying boxes to move into a house beside a property under renovation

Do landlords need to provide alternative accommodation under Ground 6?

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17th April 2026, 4 days ago | 4

Just read through the Guidance – Grounds for possession: guidance for landlords and letting agents, which was updated on 10...

Tenant affordability check screen showing benefits like PIP being assessed for rental referencing

Should you include all benefits in affordability referencing?

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17th April 2026, 4 days ago | 7

If HB/UC rent element is awarded to a tenant on the basis of what specific housing subsidy they are to...

Pink piggy bank labeled deposit with cash and a registration fee sign, illustrating tenant deposit costs

Unauthorised letting agent charge?

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16th April 2026, 5 days ago | 8

Hello, I have always used letting agents to find my tenants and insisting the deposits are held with DPS which...

Freehold for sale sign with padlock and keys in front of an apartment block symbolising leasehold ownership transfer

Selling freehold of small block of flats?

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15th April 2026, 6 days ago | 22

I own the freehold of a small block of flats. I also owned all of the leasehold flats (jointly with...

Property management dashboard showing compliance tracking, certificates, and landlord records on a laptop

We’ve built a property management tool for small landlords

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13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 28

Hello Property118 readers: I’m William Harford. I co-founded Harthing with Neil Carthy and Adam Saul. We’ve built a property management...

Landlord reacts to unexpected £5,000 service charge on studio flat purchase after auction listing showed £1,400, raising misrepresentation concerns

Is this auction purchase misselling?

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13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 3

Hi, I’ve recently agreed to purchase a studio flat with a pre-auction offer. I paid the auction fees of £7,800...

Homeowner plugging an electric car into a private EV charging point outside a London home

Electric vehicle charger for block of 11 flats in private car park?

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13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 2

Hi, I own a ground-floor flat where all owners have their own parking space. I rent it out. It’s a...

Unfinished staircase repair with tools and inspection photos highlighting missed contractor work

Letting agent supplying contractors?

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13th April 2026, 1 week ago | 4

As a single property landlord who lives a fair distance from my property. I am heavily reliant on the letting...

Semi-detached house with large garden and allotment alongside text asking whether to sell a rental property worth £200k with £900 monthly income.

Do I sell up and leave the PRS?

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10th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 10

Hi, I’m a one rental property owner, a lovely 3 bedroom semi, rendered to EPC C with an allotment and...

Wooden blocks showing remortgage concept with home, bank, and finance icons.

Missing building control and completion certificates on conversion remortgage?

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9th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 1

Hi all, I’m currently in the process of remortgaging a leasehold flat and have run into an issue following the...

Tenant starts fight with management?

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8th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6

My rental tenant of eight years has got herself into a nasty fight with the managing agent of the development....

Landlords facing rows of rental houses with “To Let” signs while question marks hover overhead

Is this government worse than useless for tracking landlord numbers?

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8th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0

The government has admitted it doesn’t collect data on landlord numbers exiting the market. This most basic of counters, neglected,...

Hands signing a tenancy agreement with keys on the document, highlighting uncertainty over tenant move-out dates.

AST versus licence in rent to rent agreement?

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7th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 12

Hello, I have several properties on a Rent to Rent agreement with a Property Management company. In view of the...

Renters’ Rights Act and the 12 months relet ban?

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7th April 2026, 2 weeks ago | 15

Hi, I’ve just read through the details again… If you evict a tenant post 1st May using ground 1 as...

What’s the true cost for landlords to get properties to EPC C by 2030?

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2nd April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 59

I’ve been digging into the EPC open data register to work out what the EPC C 2030 deadline actually means...

What does a balanced tenancy agreement actually look like?

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2nd April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 23

I have been reflecting recently on how tenancy agreements are evolving, and I keep coming back to the same question: What...

Giant ant outside a holiday home illustrates the risk of spring ant infestations for short-term let owners

Are holiday home owners prepared as ant infestations spike earlier than ever?

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2nd April 2026, 3 weeks ago | 0

A holiday home insurer issues “Duty of Care” warning to short-term let owners ahead of the April booking surge. Holiday...

Listed historic house with low EPC rating highlighting challenges of improving energy efficiency

EPCs for listed buildings?

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25th March 2026, 4 weeks ago | 3

Has anyone heard anything definite to answer on this seemingly ongoing subject? I have seen so many comments, sites, suggested...

Landlord researching the Renters’ Rights Act on a laptop while reviewing property documents

The Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet 2026 – Trap?

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24th March 2026, 4 weeks ago | 9

The government website with the recently released Renters’ Rights Act Information Sheet https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-renters-rights-act-information-sheet-2026 says:- “The Information Sheet is only valid...

Torn tenancy agreement symbolising end of fixed-term student rental and legal uncertainty

How to end a tenancy in a 2-bed student property?

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24th March 2026, 4 weeks ago | 3

Hello, I have a joint student property fixed term of 11 months with an end date of 31st July. One...