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Licence Fees – Should I only pay an inflation linked increase?

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16th April 2021, 5 years ago | 16

Hi Everyone, I am an HMO landlord for many years in Leicester. The local Authority who does a very good...

Conveyancing timescales increasing

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16th April 2021, 5 years ago | 0

According to data from TwentyCI, a property statistics and data provider, the average time taken for properties to complete has...

Rogue management board and cladding grant funding?

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14th April 2021, 5 years ago | 3

Can anyone provide some guidance regarding The Private Sector ACM Cladding Remediation Fund? We are a residents group with apartments...

EICR has thrown a complete spanner in the works?

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14th April 2021, 5 years ago | 71

Can anyone help? We have 10 properties all currently let and very few issues – life good right? Along comes...

Tenant charged with Arson?

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14th April 2021, 5 years ago | 21

Well over the years I’ve come across a lot of things while managing properties, but this is in a different...

Is two months Rent in Advance instead a solution?

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14th April 2021, 5 years ago | 9

Normally I ask for a month’s rent in advance (RIA). Most of my tenants are benefit tenants and claiming UC...

MHCLG Right to Rent Checker

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14th April 2021, 5 years ago | 0

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published a Right to Rent guide for landlords with a basic...

Applications and criminal history questions?

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13th April 2021, 5 years ago | 6

The NRLA’s sample tenant Application Form fails to ask any questions regarding criminal history. Why is this? I realise that...

Unsatisfactory EICR is an absolute shower?

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13th April 2021, 5 years ago | 23

The electrician who recently did an EICR for my property found the installation “Unsatisfactory”, one of the reasons being that...

Business Asset Roll-over relief for residential BTL?

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13th April 2021, 5 years ago | 7

Hi I am selling a property mainly due to the financial consequences of covid and like so many landlords we...

Build costs for Apartment Block?

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12th April 2021, 5 years ago | 2

I have just re-mortgaged my property and have taken out a substantial amount for investment and would like some advice...

Let your property to the Council for Emergency Accommodation?

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12th April 2021, 5 years ago | 17

Interested to know if anyone lets their property to a Local Authority for use by them as Emergency Accommodation? One...

Cladding Remediation: Cost of alternative accommodation?

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8th April 2021, 5 years ago | 14

Sometime in the near future, the remediation of cladding issues will need to take place in several developments in which...

Smart Meter Installation – thoughts please?

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8th April 2021, 5 years ago | 32

I had an email this morning from one of my tenants asking how I felt about granting permission for the...

No confidence in legal advice from property experts?

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8th April 2021, 5 years ago | 3

I own the freehold of a property consisting of two self-contained flats. I bought it at auction. There is no...

Stuck with a student pod and no management company?

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8th April 2021, 5 years ago | 9

I purchased our student pod in 2017, and it came with the on-site management company that offered a rental agreement...

Periodic tenancy estate agents fees response?

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8th April 2021, 5 years ago | 8

After several years of paying renewal fees, and with the agreement of the tenant, I notified the agent that at...

Ground Rent makes property an AST?

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6th April 2021, 5 years ago | 13

I am selling a property with a lease of over 100 years Ground Rent of £175 pa with 10-year reviews...

Messaging app icons on a smartphone home screen relating to serving notices digitally

Lodger’s possessions abandoned in my property?

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6th April 2021, 5 years ago | 10

I recently had to evict a lodger from my house. I gave them 28 days notice for causing a nuisance,...

Returning expat CGT liability on selling main residence?

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6th April 2021, 5 years ago | 1

Having lived in our main residence for three years my family relocated and moved abroad for my husband’s work. We...

Keep or sell leasehold with ground rent increasing formula?

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5th April 2021, 5 years ago | 17

I have a leasehold of a flat with Ground Rent of £250 that increases by either £250 or the rate...