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Tax implication on selling part of garden?

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28th November 2017, 9 years ago | 7

I have one house where I’ve lived for 3 years and 5 months, I am about to move out and...

Eviction and return of deposit from inherited tenancy?

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28th November 2017, 9 years ago | 8

I have the bailiffs booked for a legal eviction at one of my properties on Thursday 30th Nov. I purchased...

M&S Food for Shelter

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27th November 2017, 9 years ago | 47

Along with 12 other charities our reader Luke would like to point out that Marks and Spencers supports the anti-landlord...

Freehold flat bridge construction?

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27th November 2017, 9 years ago | 2

I am considering buying a freehold flat and would like some advice please. The flat is purpose built and is...

Taking over management from agent closed 3 months into contract?

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27th November 2017, 9 years ago | 11

I have been very unfortunate to have trusted an agency to manage my property who has shut down 3 months...

Form N325 and joint tenants?

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27th November 2017, 9 years ago | 5

I have obtained an order for possession under an accelerated possession order for 29th November. The tenancy is a joint...

Exception to the s24 Tenant Tax loophole?

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27th November 2017, 9 years ago | 15

I have just been looking at the wording of the s24 legislation (Tenant Tax) and I noticed that one of...

Removing Registry restriction from liquidated company

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24th November 2017, 9 years ago | 4

I am in the process of selling my house and our solicitor has advised that there is a restriction on...

Can I stop an Airbnb guest entering the property?

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 4

I’m yet another landlord to discover one of their single let tenants is Airbnb-ing their flat. I actually found out...

Housing Benefit Claim declined for sister tenant?

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 18

Bit of a complicated one this. My sister relocated to Edinburgh after her marriage broke down and has been renting...

Deceased father, bankruptcy and land charges from 30 years ago! HELP!

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 4

My father (who died 20 years ago) owned a piece of land in Kent. There are 10 separate charges /...

Buying an HMO that is unlicensed and converting to single use?

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 8

My husband and I are in the early stages of buying a property which currently has 8 tenants. It’s a...

Lender’s Surveyor not happy with manufacturers cladding certificate?

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 4

Hi Guys I was wondering if any one have come across this issue and mind sharing it. For a long...

Inheritance tax relief maximisation?

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 1

My wife and I own several properties which are rented to tenants. Some of the properties were bought over a...

Non-development covenant on an ex-LA house

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23rd November 2017, 9 years ago | 14

Help sought, please, to get around a non-development covenant on an ex-LA house. We live in an ex-LA semi on...

Undervalue sale of property repossession

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21st November 2017, 9 years ago | 17

I had a property sold by my lender for what I believe was undervalued. It comprised of a house converted...

Ex tenant still using our address

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21st November 2017, 9 years ago | 20

Can anyone advise on how to stop an ex-tenant using our address? We evicted him 8 months ago for non-payment...

Illegal possession due to tenant being sectioned?

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21st November 2017, 9 years ago | 2

A friend of mine was compulsorily sectioned under the mental health act two days ago following a failed suicide attempt....

Serving a Section 21 on tenant while house is uninhabitable

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21st November 2017, 9 years ago | 8

This is about a tenant who claims a a Section 21 notice constitutes illegal eviction because he can’t return to...

So what does an aging small landlord do?

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20th November 2017, 9 years ago | 27

I’m a small landlord, 4 BTL properties acquired over the last 13 years. 3 are in a limited company (no...

Letter to Universal Credit and MP

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20th November 2017, 9 years ago | 1

This is a copy of an email I sent to Mr Rhodes under the advice of ICE, as they said...