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Would you Buy to Let without viewing?

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22nd November 2018, 7 years ago | 7

I have been thinking of investing my money in Manchester, but I don’t fancy traveling all the way there. My...

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Bond Return to Tenant or New Landlord?

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21st November 2018, 7 years ago | 7

I sold a property and the tenants Bond is still in my name with the DPS, the new landlord /...

Tenants moving out because of upstairs neighbours?

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21st November 2018, 7 years ago | 11

May I please ask for an advise with relation to an issue we are facing with tenants from the flat...

Fire door demand but not for everyone?

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20th November 2018, 7 years ago | 8

We are a share of freehold flat in a block of 6 with a management company. We have had a...

Advice about a student property purchase for our daughter?

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20th November 2018, 7 years ago | 8

We recently set up a family partnership company through Property118 to enable us to split property income between my wife,...

Do Housing Associations have a responsibility?

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19th November 2018, 7 years ago | 12

I am a freeholder living next door to a Housing Association tenant. Yesterday, she drove her car into our boundary...

Threat to kill a reasonable excuse?

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19th November 2018, 7 years ago | 2

A sequel to Kicking Landlords by Fergus Wilson A landlord was threatened with being stabbed by a tenant who telephoned...

Email to Karen Buck MP re S21 Debate

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16th November 2018, 7 years ago | 36

Karen Buck, whose Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill is set to become law, has a backbench debate on ‘S21...

Deed Poll name change eviction?

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14th November 2018, 7 years ago | 3

I have a tenant I would like to evict. However, I have recently been informed that the tenant changed their...

Can Lenders help with S24 – High fees Low rates?

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14th November 2018, 7 years ago | 8

I have not seen this discussed before, but was wondering why there aren’t more BTL lending products where there is...

Question: how to deal with a faulty leaky roof?

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13th November 2018, 7 years ago | 3

I had a loft conversion done in 2006 and since I have had leaks. The loft conversion company has reluctantly...

The Times: Misery of families forced to live on industrial estate

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13th November 2018, 7 years ago | 14

This article appeared in The Times: 09 November 2018 by Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson. ‘Connect House is a run-down...

Retain permission to develop when granting a long lease?

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12th November 2018, 7 years ago | 11

I jointly own with one other individual the freehold of a property via a ltd company. The property comprises of...

Restraining Order put on Mortgage Customer?

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12th November 2018, 7 years ago | 28

Yorkshire Building Society apply to put a restraining order on a customer. The customer as been refused a face to...

DWP maladministration of UC direct payments – latest update

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12th November 2018, 7 years ago | 1

I refer to my open letter to my MP Mr Chris Stephens: Click here to view the original article To...

Agent demanding check out fees 8 months after tenancy end?

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9th November 2018, 8 years ago | 7

I have a property which is let via an agent. The previous tenancy ended in March 2018 when the tenants...

The inaugural National LIS Awards, Thursday 15th November

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8th November 2018, 8 years ago | 1

18:00 – 12:30 The Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London W1K 7TN Brought to you by the organisers of the...

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill 2018 – Letter of concern

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8th November 2018, 8 years ago | 11

Open letter to Gareth Johnson MP: Dear Mr Johnson, There is a lot of support among landlords for the above...

Does the punishment fit the crime?

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7th November 2018, 8 years ago | 52

This morning I read about a landlord who failed to make improvements demanded by the local Council through notice under...

Kicking Landlords is the National Pastime – Fergus Wilson

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6th November 2018, 8 years ago | 8

The Reality is that Great Britain PLC cannot cope without Private Sector Landlords. Kicking the landlord is good copy and...

CGT offset time limit?

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6th November 2018, 8 years ago | 1

I have recently sold a property and I am now in the process of calculating my Capital Gains Tax (CGT)...