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Housing benefit and direct landlord payments

6th February 2017, 10 years ago | 5

Many of us have tenants who receive housing benefit, even though HB is being slowly being replaced by universal credit....

£10,000 lost in rent and expenses!

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2nd February 2017, 10 years ago | 6

We own a leasehold flat and the landlords are a well known Housing Trust. Ever since 2012, we have suffered...

Tenant not handing back keys in HMO?

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2nd February 2017, 10 years ago | 14

I have recently taken a tenant to court 26 Jan 2016, for non payment of rent, and we won, and...

License to Alter on work done by previous owner

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2nd February 2017, 10 years ago | 6

I purchased a leasehold flat 7 years ago which had been renovated a bathroom had been split to house a...

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Tax Planning For Individual Buy to Let Owners

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2nd February 2017, 10 years ago | 7

I have 10 Buy to Lets in Kent worth approximately £1.5million before CGT. Mortgages £18,000 year. Yearly rental £85,000. Most...

I have been told Buy to Let is a Win Win – is this true?

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1st February 2017, 10 years ago | 21

I’m here for some advice. As a family we are downsizing our house from £580,000 to around £300,000 and looking...

How do I approach my licence application and mortgage lender for consent?

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1st February 2017, 10 years ago | 4

I bought a flat in London(residential mortgage), whilst working as contractor close to Brighton. The idea was to move to...

Buying a property with vendors wanting to stay a few months?

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 30

I plan to buy a house as a buy-to-let investment. The sellers have asked if they can continue to stay...

A better alternative to S24?

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 69

I was thinking about Section 24 and the news that Hammond recently commented that if we could replace the revenue...

Fighting unfair Council tax on empty properties?

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 28

I have paid hundreds of pounds in council tax in the last 12 months on empty properties. Mainly between tenants,...

Buying a little extra land from council for my garden – Who do I contact?

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 3

I have been reading this website for a while and found it extremely helpful! So I was hoping someone can...

Seriously ill Tenant’s Status

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 13

Ok, some background on the Tenant (single lady), been in the property 8 years, claims housing benefit which is paid...

Unwanted tenant – can I turn of electricity and gas?

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31st January 2017, 10 years ago | 9

I have a tenant who has been served a section 21 at end October ’16 (contract expired 31/12/16) but still...

Chimney sweeping requested but tenant put gas fire in themselves?

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30th January 2017, 10 years ago | 17

My tenant has asked for her chimney to be swept as soot has blown down onto her new carpet during...

Conveyancing – Are things so much better than they used to be?

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30th January 2017, 10 years ago | 17

I bought my first house 35 years ago and since then have bought (and sold) houses in the region of...

Capital gains maize!!

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30th January 2017, 10 years ago | 10

I’m not good with numbers. I’m an illustrator!! But I am also a desperate illustrator (many of us are). I...

Ownership Split

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30th January 2017, 10 years ago | 2

I am in the process in remortgaging my buy to let property and I am also in the process in...

QROPS for property investors living abroad

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30th January 2017, 10 years ago | 10

Does anyone have info on QROPS for property investors in UK who live abroad? I understand that a UK pension...

Changing a Prepaid Meter?

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27th January 2017, 10 years ago | 19

My sister in law is moving into a flat – everything has been agreed, bar one thing. The current meter...

Repercussions of flipping from BTL to Residential mortgage

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27th January 2017, 10 years ago | 12

I would like to buy a house that I could let out, however if necessary I would be happy to...

Chartered Institute of Housing warns 250,000 social rented homes could be lost by 2020

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27th January 2017, 10 years ago | 3

An article in The Planner reports social housing numbers are dropping much faster than they are being built and that...