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Daughter remaining in property after tenant moves?

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4th January 2021, 6 years ago | 5

I have a tenant who has moved into her partner’s property leaving her just 18 years old daughter in my...

Investor or Developer – How would HMRC treat me?

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31st December 2020, 6 years ago | 6

I have the opportunity to invest in a small local development of 4/5 barn conversions, either as, purely an investor,...

NDR – Council is wrong?

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30th December 2020, 6 years ago | 7

I have a tiny shop with ratings on VOA site showing as follows:- April 2010 – Jan 2014 £2,600 Oct...

Difficulties with national agent paying across 6 months upfront rent?

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30th December 2020, 6 years ago | 6

Wm. H. Brown let a property for us on 10th December with 6 months upfront payment of rent. We chased...

Rent repayment order VS Rent Arrears?

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30th December 2020, 6 years ago | 6

I rented my 2-bed property to a company as a corporate let from June 2018 for 18 months fixed with...

Mould with a Covid Twist?

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30th December 2020, 6 years ago | 9

I have tenants who have both been furloughed. One of the neighbours inquired if there was a leak in my...

Buying a new and selling existing main residence to ltd company?

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30th December 2020, 6 years ago | 2

Hello everyone, I am in the process of purchasing a new residential property and transferring my current residential property to...

Property turned out to be a Granny Flat?

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29th December 2020, 6 years ago | 5

This is a long story I will cut very short. We had an offer accepted on a house we wanted...

Potential Purchase Cesspit Nightmare?

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29th December 2020, 6 years ago | 3

Should I consider buying a property that has a communal cess-pit in/on its land despite the fact that the property...

How best to trace a tenant?

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29th December 2020, 6 years ago | 17

A tenant recently left my rental property with no forwarding address. The keys have been returned and there is an...

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What’s good and which ones to avoid?

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22nd December 2020, 6 years ago | 1

Rather than trawling through Google play store and reading countless reviews on apps that assist with midterm inspections, I thought...

Rent to Rent Contracts – lots of questions?

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21st December 2020, 6 years ago | 16

Do I need to protect a deposit via a protection scheme if received from a company for the lease of...

Change to Uk Law for Serviced Accommodation?

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18th December 2020, 6 years ago | 5

Hi everyone, I have a BTL apartment in Scotland and have been enquiring about changing our mortgage from BTL to...

EICRs – communal areas?

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18th December 2020, 6 years ago | 20

This question relates to EICRs in blocks of flats where there is a separate metered supply to each flat with...

Splitting a property horizontally?

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16th December 2020, 6 years ago | 5

We own and rent out a maisonette (c. 1900) which is a single building, with one entrance leading to the...

Statutory v Contractual Periodic Tenancy: what to issue?

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16th December 2020, 6 years ago | 44

Despite having been a landlord for over 20 years, I only became aware yesterday of the existence of contractual periodic...

Northern Irish students – advice needed please?

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16th December 2020, 6 years ago | 1

When foreign students rent an HMO, the landlord would normally require a UK guarantor or substantial rent up-front, since the...

30-day CGT rule on property and non-property disposals?

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14th December 2020, 6 years ago | 6

I understand that disposal of a rental property must be reported and CGT paid within 30 days of the sale,...

Government respond to “Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are 14 days rent arrears”

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14th December 2020, 6 years ago | 4

Dear Denise, The Government has responded to the petition you signed – “Allow Landlords to evict tenants where there are...

Residential tenancy taken out by my company director who has left?

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10th December 2020, 6 years ago | 3

Hi there, I have a question regarding a rental lease taken out by my company naming me as the tenant....

Landlord out of pocket costs due to early termination?

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10th December 2020, 6 years ago | 11

Who is liable for additional out-of-pocket costs due to early termination of a lease by the tenant? An AST Lease...