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Short term lets an option?

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30th January 2019, 8 years ago | 4

Am I able to offer short term lets to allow me more flexibility and the ability to offer those who...

Frustrated by different advice given for taking possession?

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29th January 2019, 8 years ago | 11

In brief, a section 21 notice was given to the tenant which expired without her leaving. A possession order was...

PRS should cooperate to raise standards – Kate Faulkner

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29th January 2019, 8 years ago | 0

Kate Faulkner believes that the private rented sector (PRS) has to band together to ensure tenants and landlords are fully...

6 weeks backlog at the DPS?

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29th January 2019, 8 years ago | 12

On August the 16th 2018 I left rented accommodation to get back on the property ladder. I had been a...

Tap into the tax smarts of this community – Development deal?

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28th January 2019, 8 years ago | 4

Hoping to tap into the tax smarts of this community. I am working on a development deal at the moment...

No shower – It’s a dirty job?

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28th January 2019, 8 years ago | 32

My new tenant of 5 weeks in my refurbished buy to let says I must fit an electric shower for...

Best route to mitigate Stamp Duty for new landlord?

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23rd January 2019, 8 years ago | 4

Background is that we are looking to buy a new residential property and retain our current property as BTL. I...

Lease extension – Situation Hopeless?

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22nd January 2019, 8 years ago | 4

I am a landlady of the residential property as well as a tenant of commercial one and got into trouble...

Does the Landlord have to pay for damages?

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21st January 2019, 8 years ago | 5

I have a terraced house with a passageway between the neighbouring properties. The Tenants next-door have just been evicted, they...

Coventry Selective Licensing being rushed through?

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21st January 2019, 8 years ago | 10

Please see below email I have received from Coventry City Council regarding a Selective Licensing scheme (not that selective) which...

Joining of houses by purchasing next-door?

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21st January 2019, 8 years ago | 2

I have recently purchased my neighbours house with the hope of one day connecting them together. Our son is wheelchair...

Evicting an intermitant paying tenant now on SPT?

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17th January 2019, 8 years ago | 3

I’m a newbie to the letting game and would welcome advice from some seasoned members. I have a tenant who...

Access after section 8/abandonment

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16th January 2019, 8 years ago | 16

Hi, My tenant stopped paying rent and didn’t respond when I chased this. I served both a s8 notice and...

HS2 Compulsory Purchase – Have you received your payment?

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16th January 2019, 8 years ago | 8

As most of you may know, HS2 has compulsory purchased many properties in London and the surrounding areas in which...

Is Class 4 NIC due on a UK property tax return?

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15th January 2019, 8 years ago | 15

Completing a self assessment tax return for filing this January with only the UK Property page, no employment, no self...

Only £100 compensation offered by Redress scheme?

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15th January 2019, 8 years ago | 8

I have let my flat via a London letting agent. They produced a very good Reference Report on a tenant...

My life is finite – Fergus Wilson

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14th January 2019, 8 years ago | 4

What has become clear is tenants, Councils, and Journalists expect Landlords to live forever! The reality is that they get...

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Letting Agent liquidation – Questions about the tenants deposits?

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14th January 2019, 8 years ago | 7

I’m a hands off landlord that has been using the same letting agent for 11 years. On Friday I was...

VAT on Service Charges?

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14th January 2019, 8 years ago | 3

I first heard about this on BBC Moneybox. It inferred that service charges for leaseholders (and many landlords) will be...

Should previous bankruptcy notice have been removed from property?

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14th January 2019, 8 years ago | 3

I bought a house with my now ex-partner in 2008 and I am now in the process of remortgaging in...

Immediately sell a new build house?

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11th January 2019, 8 years ago | 3

Hi, New here, so apologies if I’m asking an obvious question (though you don’t know, what you don’t know!) I’m...