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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...

Best way to UK Ltd Co for Aunt with Offshore Ltd Co?

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1st August 2018, 8 years ago | 2

My aunt (+70) cannot raise mortgage finance within her Offshore company, on buy to let property. She has no mortgage...

We have inherited a property portfolio – what next?

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1st August 2018, 8 years ago | 6

By way of background, my wife and I are both 56 years old. In recent years, my wife has been...

Can I buy Mother’s house in installments as IHT planning?

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31st July 2018, 8 years ago | 5

Hi everyone, I have tried searching the archives but I cannot find a definitive answer for my question. I’d like...

Landlord’s post threatening repossession?

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31st July 2018, 8 years ago | 13

We currently rent our home via a local estate agent, but we keep receiving letter for the landlord to state...

Council want to strangle the high street along with the PRS

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30th July 2018, 8 years ago | 4

Every reader will be all too familiar with the carnage on our high streets. Major chains going under and shutters...

Proud to be a Landlord

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26th July 2018, 8 years ago | 9

Within the last ten minutes I have received proof that being a fair, kind and friendly landlord who provides good...

Fed up with all the landlord bashing – What’s the alternative?

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26th July 2018, 8 years ago | 40

I am a portfolio landlord and now fed up with all the legislation and landlord bashing from the government. Can...

Kent Landlord – Hero or Villain

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25th July 2018, 8 years ago | 71

Fergus Wilson, a Kent portfolio landlord has made the headlines recently for the wrong reasons. Mr Wilson has stated that...

Can I charge fees for managing my son’s properties?

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23rd July 2018, 8 years ago | 13

I used to own 8 rental properties in central London, which I have been managing myself for the last 35...

1991 Building Regulations – I don’t want an HMO?

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23rd July 2018, 8 years ago | 10

I have a property that I inherited from my late husband that has been divided into 8 self contained flats....

Negotiating fee to renovate – Am I price Taker?

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23rd July 2018, 8 years ago | 3

I own a Leasehold apartment and would like to renovate, and have been proposed a fee by the Freeholder for...

HMO or What?

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20th July 2018, 8 years ago | 16

I have been offered a building split into 10 self contained units, no sharing. Planning is for one property and...

Solution for buying student property – Shares?

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19th July 2018, 8 years ago | 1

We have just sold several buy to lets we have had for a long time. We are looking at re-investing...