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Covid-19 will crash my student BTL business?

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17th March 2020, 6 years ago | 15

The majority of my BTL portfolio is offered to students. Following the recent switch to online teaching and exams by...

Spouse Property transfers and SDLT?

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17th March 2020, 6 years ago | 12

I am led to believe spouse property transfers are Capital Gains exempt. I also understand if the property transfer is...

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Should we consider a Capital Account Restructure?

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16th March 2020, 6 years ago | 18

Dear Property118. When my husband and I first started investing into rental property in the mid 1990’s we invested £250,000...

To install gas central heating or not?

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16th March 2020, 6 years ago | 15

I have been planning to have gas central heating installed later this year, in a 1st floor, 2 bed flat...

How to address loss of income from car parking space?

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16th March 2020, 6 years ago | 19

We own a flat, with underground car park, which we let out (independent of the flat) as most of the...

Coronavirus has crashed my tenant’s business

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16th March 2020, 6 years ago | 4

My tenant is an European national who has a holidays business across Europe. He tells me it has crashed due...

Tenants own business supplying lighting to large scale events?

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16th March 2020, 6 years ago | 3

If Covid19 gets a bad as it has in Italy I’m sure many people will find themselves temporarily out of...

Budget implications on holiday lets?

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12th March 2020, 6 years ago | 6

I have just been watching the new Chancellor’s Budget speech and I was particularly interested in the proposals for business...

HB payments while tenant in prison?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 9

I had a call from the Probation Service yesterday asking if I had any objection to my tenant returning to...

Mortgage holiday?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 2

I’m a large Buy to Let HMO landlord renting room by room in Aberdeen and have already been hit with...

Called out Repairman – Nothing wrong – Can we charge tenant?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 9

The other week we had a report from the tenant saying that the dishwasher wasn’t working. We asked them to...

Planning permission and licence applications?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 5

Waltham Forest have made changes to their renewed licence scheme that comes into effect on 1st May such that additional...

How should I respond to the court as I need to sell?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 2

I’m going through some financial challenges and the best way out was to sell my Buy to Let property. I...

Mortgage lender insisting on 6 month AST for product renewal?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 6

My Buy to Let mortgage is coming up for renewal in June. My existing tenancy agreement ends in mid May....

No housing benefit but what if they need it during tenancy?

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10th March 2020, 6 years ago | 18

We do not accept housing benefit and always make sure that tenants are working. We also put on our lease...

Landlord not aware of Nottingham Licensing – Help?

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9th March 2020, 6 years ago | 4

I have a client who has just approached me with a problem. He moved to London 2 years ago and...

The wildfires are out but are disputes on the horizon?

EWS1 reports – yet another concern for HMO owners?

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9th March 2020, 6 years ago | 3

We are in the process of selling a leasehold flat, and have been asked to provide an EWS1 form which,...

County Durham to be hit by largest Selective Licensing proposal yet!

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9th March 2020, 6 years ago | 3

The proposed scheme will cover 51,000 properties across County Durham! Landlords will have to pay up to £590 for each...

Can directors charge interest on loans offered to Ltd co?

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6th March 2020, 6 years ago | 5

As a director of a Limited company can I charge interest on loans offered to my company and what is...

Freehold to new leasehold flat?

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6th March 2020, 6 years ago | 7

I am looking to purchase a converted house that is showing on land registry as 20 and 20a. However, this...

Definitive answer on live-in landlord status?

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5th March 2020, 6 years ago | 16

I’m just wondering whether you can tell me definitively from a legal point of view: I have lodgers in my...