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Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What are landlords actually changing now?

Renters’ Rights Act 2025: What are landlords actually changing...

With the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 approaching, I’m interested in what landlords are actually changing in practice, rather than what the headlines suggest we should be doing. Much of the commentary...

0:02 AM, 23rd December 2025, About 4 weeks ago |  22

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Could a tenant’s boyfriend moving in turn the property into an HMO if they split?

Could a tenant’s boyfriend moving in turn the property into...

Hello, I’m looking for some advice here. The property is let to a mum and daughter on a single tenancy agreement. Recently, the daughter asked if her boyfriend could move in. In general, I do not have...

0:01 AM, 23rd December 2025, About 4 weeks ago |  19

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Is Section 21 valid if the EPC was served late but before notice?

Is Section 21 valid if the EPC was served late but before notice?

Hi, I’ve served a Section 21 notice on a tenant and I’m getting conflicting advice regarding the EPC validity and when it should be served on the tenant to validate a Section 21. The AST began...

0:01 AM, 19th December 2025, About a month ago |  1

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Agents sneaking in unfair exit clauses?

Agents sneaking in unfair exit clauses?

What do other landlords think about the exit clauses in their contracts with agents? I’m shocked, so check yours and see if you think it is fair. I just got a letter from my letting agent saying...

0:00 AM, 19th December 2025, About a month ago |  21

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Defective lease – missing parking space?

Defective lease – missing parking space?

Hello, I legally completed on a flat in July 2015 and the development was physically completed in November 2018. I bought a parking space, but until this year, no tenant needed to use it. The new tenant...

0:01 AM, 18th December 2025, About a month ago |  3

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Rent with no income but large savings?

Rent with no income but large savings?

Hi, I understand the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 outlaws rent in advance? I know of a tenant who is cash-rich – lots of investments and savings – and who has given up paid work. He wishes...

0:01 AM, 18th December 2025, About a month ago |  23

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The second crucial deadline for section 21 notices and Making Tax Digital?

The second crucial deadline for section 21 notices and Making...

Most, if not all, landlords understand that from 1 May 2026, the section 21 route to exit the Private Rented Sector will cease to exist. But there’s another crucial deadline that I suspect not everyone...

0:01 AM, 17th December 2025, About a month ago |  0

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Share of Freehold company in a real mess?

Share of Freehold company in a real mess?

I own two properties in a development of 52. Each property owns 1/52nd of the freehold, so I own about 4%. I was also a director (1 of 5). In late November, one director and the managing agent were starting...

15:36 PM, 16th December 2025, About a month ago |  6

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Maybe landlords should have all served Section 21 notices in 2022?

Maybe landlords should have all served Section 21 notices in...

Rachel Reeves told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee that she had “narrowed the gap” between earnings from work and income from property, and has refused to rule out new property levies...

8:18 AM, 12th December 2025, About a month ago |  8

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Tenancy pre 2007 not put into a deposit scheme?

Tenancy pre 2007 not put into a deposit scheme?

Hi. I am currently dealing with the estate of a friend. I have established that his Assured Shorthold Tenancy commenced in 2006 and changed to a periodic tenancy after the initial 12-month period. I have...

0:01 AM, 11th December 2025, About a month ago |  3

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What is the purpose of prescribed information and why doesn’t the Renters’ Rights Act fix it?

What is the purpose of prescribed information and why doesn’t...

Landlords will know that once a deposit is placed in the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS), the landlord is under a countdown of 30 days to provide prescribed information. The prescribed information appears...

9:40 AM, 10th December 2025, About a month ago |  11

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Gas or electric boiler for flats?

Gas or electric boiler for flats?

Hello, I’m going through the process of building 2 x 1 bed flats. I’m at the stage of the predicted/design SAP/EPC’s to add to the bundle of info to send off for Build Reg approval and...

0:01 AM, 8th December 2025, About a month ago |  6

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I think my Airbnb guests were strippers and now I have a glitter problem

I think my Airbnb guests were strippers and now I have a glitter...

I have been an Airbnb host for about six years, and I thought I had seen everything. I was wrong. I recently accepted a three-night booking from three young women. They looked perfectly normal on their...

0:00 AM, 5th December 2025, About 2 months ago |  0

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Enforcing judgement against a housing association?

Enforcing judgement against a housing association?

In November 2020, I let a property in North London to a major housing association (HA) on a three-year lease. They overstayed their lease by two years and in 2025, I made a claim through the Money Claim...

0:00 AM, 5th December 2025, About 2 months ago |  2

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Should tenants use rent payments for better credit scores?

Should tenants use rent payments for better credit scores?

Hello, Should PRS landlords be encouraging all tenants to sign up for free to Canopy or Credit Ladder so that their rent payments help build their credit score with big credit referencing agencies? The...

0:01 AM, 4th December 2025, About 2 months ago |  6

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Can delayed reporting of a leak make a tenant liable for damage?

Can delayed reporting of a leak make a tenant liable for damage?

My tenant of 14 years reported a puddle on her carpet, which she had noticed three weeks ago, and she tried to mop it up with a towel. However, it kept coming back, so I went the next morning to find access...

0:01 AM, 4th December 2025, About 2 months ago |  5

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Why a rent increase might be held up by Renters’ Rights Act?

Why a rent increase might be held up by Renters’ Rights...

Say your flat’s rent is due to increase on 1 January 2027, and you serve a Section 13 notice on 1 November 2026 (providing the required two months’ notice). If the tenant contests the increase and...

0:01 AM, 2nd December 2025, About 2 months ago |  13

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Practicalities of the Mansion Tax?

Practicalities of the Mansion Tax?

I can’t get my head around how this Mansion Tax can ever work in practice. HMRC can surely only work with agreed valuations from the District Valuer, not the likes of Rightmove / Zoopla. If there...

0:01 AM, 1st December 2025, About 2 months ago |  1

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Can I evict a tenant from a 2004 tenancy without a protected deposit?

Can I evict a tenant from a 2004 tenancy without a protected...

I have had a tenant since Oct 2004. I gave him Section 9 notice to quit, which expired 30th Sept 2025. I have allowed him extra time to find a home, mainly as he can only afford council property, and it...

0:01 AM, 28th November 2025, About 2 months ago |  10

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Neighbour has reported ‘late-night goings-on’ in a tenant’s flat

Neighbour has reported ‘late-night goings-on’ in...

I want to stay anonymous because I already feel ridiculous writing this, but I think most landlords will understand how quickly your mind spirals once neighbours start getting involved. One of my tenants...

0:00 AM, 28th November 2025, About 2 months ago |  3

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