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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...

Nottingham Landlord Licensing – Letter to Councillor

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 22

Subject: Re: Landlord Licensing Dear Councillor Urquhart, My wife and I have just spent a day and a half applying...

Title Splitting – SASS, SPV?

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 2

What is the best way to structure this please ? I am very close to purchasing (with cash) a mixed...

Three Generation Households – by Fergus Wilson

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 38

If Councils up and down the Country ask the question Have you got any children under age five years in...

Who owns the loft space?

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 6

We own a ground floor flat, a house converted into two flats. We own the freehold of upstairs and the...

Saga insurance – leaking cistern not covered

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7th August 2018, 8 years ago | 17

Just be aware folks. I took out landlord home emergency cover with Saga which I was told covered plumbing, and...

Arrears settled but LPA receivers still acting negligently?

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6th August 2018, 8 years ago | 3

After the Bank of Ireland interest rate hike, I fell £1000 in arrears with my rental property by mid 2014....

Why would Croydon have the public removed from a licensing meeting?

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3rd August 2018, 8 years ago | 6

Croydon Council’s agenda for last Monday’s Licensing Sub-Committee states: “Exclusion of the Press and Public The following motion is to...

Liverpool council granted my licence for less than 5 years?

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2nd August 2018, 8 years ago | 6

I am looking for legal advice as Liverpool council granted my licence for less than 5 years. This is their...

No mortgage choice for portfolio landlords

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2nd August 2018, 8 years ago | 8

My broker has just come back with a long list of No’s Skipton – maximum 10 properties in a portfolio...