Readers Question

Tenant insists on gas fire replacement!

Author: Readers Question

18th September 2020, 6 years ago | 23

Hi, first-time landlady here, hoping for advice. When my tenants moved in 3 years ago there was a gas cooker,...

Letter of claim from no win no fee solicitor?

Author: Readers Question

18th September 2020, 6 years ago | 9

I served a S21 on my tenant. Since then, he has been on a mission to hurt me! He has...

Is this a DWP system failure or just an excuse?

Author: Readers Question

18th September 2020, 6 years ago | 7

To cut (an inevitably long story short!) I had a tenant who declared a change of address away from my...

My first ever working tenant!

Author: Readers Question

16th September 2020, 6 years ago | 8

I have a flat to rent and had an enquiry from a single lady (with son aged 13) who will...

Section 8 Antisocial Behaviour?

Author: Readers Question

16th September 2020, 6 years ago | 7

We have a tenant who has just been raided for the third time in six months and who is noisy,...

Ex-tenant threatening legal action over parking?

Author: Readers Question

14th September 2020, 6 years ago | 13

A tenant that has recently vacated one of our properties left the place in such a state that we said...

Electric safety certificate/CCU/fuse board

Author: Readers Question

14th September 2020, 6 years ago | 15

Hello, I have a number of properties where the fuse board/CCU is not in a metal cabinet or metal frame....

Could be waiting until the latter half of 2021 to regain possession?

Author: Readers Question

14th September 2020, 6 years ago | 3

On the 5th of June 2020, the UK Government announced that it would be suspending all housing possession cases in...

Making a property a Freehold / Leasehold

Author: Readers Question

14th September 2020, 6 years ago | 6

Hello, Please can anyone point me where to look on the internet (or Property118) where I can read up about...

Tenant being evicted to enable “massive repairs”?

Author: Readers Question

11th September 2020, 6 years ago | 9

A tenant (local to us but not one of ours) has been advised that she has to vacate to enable...

He simply wants to keep it because he’s paid for it?

Author: Readers Question

10th September 2020, 6 years ago | 36

Hi. We have a tenant who left a fixed-term tenancy agreement 2 months earlier than his end of tenancy agreement...

Landlord fits new high efficiency boiler in under 24 hours despite tenant owing rent!

Author: Readers Question

10th September 2020, 6 years ago | 16

“Landlord fits new high-efficiency boiler in under 24 hours despite tenant owing rent!” Is a headline that won’t be appearing...

Extra 3% SDLT exemption/refund on probate properties?

Author: Readers Question

9th September 2020, 6 years ago | 2

Hello peers, My question is regarding exemptions to the extra 3% SDLT (Stamp Duty Land Tax) currently payable on investment...

Lease Extension and Marriage Value?

Author: Readers Question

8th September 2020, 6 years ago | 15

Hi All, I was hoping for a bit of advice from the community RE. Lease Extensions, I’m a landlord with...

Housing Associations/Charities – want my property?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2020, 6 years ago | 0

I am coming to the end of a 4 year contract with a Managing Agent that has a direct link...

How to change AST agreement when husband voluntarily moves out?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2020, 6 years ago | 10

Hello everyone. We have a house we’ve been renting out to the same married couple for over 3 years –...

LDC (existing) HMO C4 Application Rejected – What Next?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2020, 6 years ago | 1

I have a small property in Leytonstone which has been let to 4 Sharers since 2007 and Walthamstow brought in...

EICR reports and Distribution Boards?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2020, 6 years ago | 14

I have had EICR reports prepared for 2 flats and both of them say that the Electrical Distribution Boards need...

Is the DWP fully complicit in ensuring evictions?

Author: Readers Question

7th September 2020, 6 years ago | 6

I sent off a complaint to the DWP regarding them paying the rent direct to a (self declared) vulnerable tenant...

Flooded property – Should rent be paid?

Author: Readers Question

4th September 2020, 6 years ago | 6

Can anyone give me some advice on whether my tenant should carry on paying their rent? My flat was flooded...

Can one buy a property for a friend and charge him rent?

Author: Readers Question

4th September 2020, 6 years ago | 18

Suddenly it struck me, I have a friend who is struggling to raise enough deposit, as he waits longer to...