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‘Central Funds’? Maybe the council will never learn!

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20th August 2018, 8 years ago | 15

I must admit I never knew of such a thing as ‘Central Funds’. Perhaps P118 readers could shed some light...

HMO tenant barricaded room and started £80,000 fire

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20th August 2018, 8 years ago | 26

A month ago, one of my tenants in an HMO barricaded himself into his room and started a fire. He...

No wonder we are short of builders in the UK!

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20th August 2018, 8 years ago | 7

I’m looking for some advice. I have a young relative in Aberdeen who’s very keen to get into the building...

Could Bulgaria be a tax haven for landlords?

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20th August 2018, 8 years ago | 4

As I understand it, both the corporation tax rate and the income tax rate in Bulgaria is fixed at 10%,...

Short-term tenancies: 3 instead of 6 months?

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16th August 2018, 8 years ago | 9

I’m in the process of selling one of my properties however have recently found an overseas tenant who is ready...

It’s a personal Brexit for this landlord!

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16th August 2018, 8 years ago | 32

I couldn’t think of a title for my article so i will leave that to the clever people at Property118....

Update with Some success

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15th August 2018, 8 years ago | 43

Some may remember my problem with a tenant owing approx. £4k in rent arrears. I served the s8 notice and...

Conflicting S21 advice on late deposit protection?

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15th August 2018, 8 years ago | 19

I served a Section 21 notice on a tenant in May 2018 and when it expired in July I instructed...

Where can I go when the Energy Ombudsman takes tenant’s word?

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14th August 2018, 8 years ago | 40

One of my long term tenants left a property on 26th January 2018, but advised his electricity supplier that he...

Boundary – No clue on the title deeds?

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14th August 2018, 8 years ago | 7

I have a Victoria semi detached rental property that has been in the family for 100 years and we are...

Next investment steps or flippant purchase?

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14th August 2018, 8 years ago | 11

I am now tentatively looking into making my next investment steps, never one to be happy just coasting, rather striving...

Sale of Freehold Interest – any problems?

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13th August 2018, 8 years ago | 1

Can I sell/transfer the Freehold interest from my SPV company to a management company I also own ? My existing...

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Will Landlords have to test smoke alarms?

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13th August 2018, 8 years ago | 6

Does a new court ruling in reference to smoke alarms mean that smoke alarms inside a property will have to be...

Leaseholder wants to change Ground Rent?

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13th August 2018, 8 years ago | 8

I am the Freehoder of block of Flats (12) which I acquired in 2014. The orignal Lease is 125 years...

Just incorporated – Now can’t sell for 6 months?

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13th August 2018, 8 years ago | 1

So, you have just incorporated your properties. Now you want to sell one of them. A buyer has been found,...

Licence Fees may be unlawful

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13th August 2018, 8 years ago | 25

I have just seen the article by solicitor Giles Peaker on his excellent blog “Nearly Legal”, which relates to a...

Government has a Lemming Instinct!

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10th August 2018, 8 years ago | 1

Maggie Thatcher said you can have the Channel Tunnel as long as it is built by Private Sector Funding and...

Reinstatement insurance valuation every 2 years?

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10th August 2018, 8 years ago | 4

Please can anyone tell me the min time period that the freeholder can legitimately carry out insurance reinstatement valuations for...

Taxed and regulated to death by clowns

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10th August 2018, 8 years ago | 7

The UK now has such a plethora of Regulations that doing business in any sector of the economy is becoming...

Letting Out Annex via Airbnb?

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10th August 2018, 8 years ago | 2

I recently purchased a converted barn, which has a two bedroom adjoining annex with internal access via the main house...

Selective Licensing in Leeds at £825 per property!

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 21

I have just heard about proposals for selective licensing in parts of Beeston and Harehills in Leeds. I am quite...