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Problem with drunk and threatening tenant

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

We have a problem with a new tenant in an HMO house who has come in drunk and used threatening...

Can the system really be so stacked against the landlord?

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 9

I’d like confirmation please that we are doing everything we can here. We let our buy-to-let property through an estate...

Council want their housing money back – £15,000!

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 8

Tenant of over 20 years on housing benefit. Been paying their rent ok up to some months ago and then...

Second Floor Extension to my First Floor Flat

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I live in block of flats with my family (wife and 2 daughters). The block has got 47 flats in...

How do we restore RTM company that was struck off?

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16th December 2016, 10 years ago | 1

We are a block of 28 flats in north London. Some years ago, we formed a Right to Manage company...

How do you Flip properties but not own them?

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15th December 2016, 10 years ago | 5

I have number of properties that I have sourced and want to flip to other investors at a profit, but...

Problem Owner Selling – Can we use opportunity to reclaim outstanding costs?

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15th December 2016, 10 years ago | 4

I’m a fifth owner of the freehold in a building of 5 flats. We manage the building ourselves and I’m...

Can anyone recommend a bank?

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14th December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

Can anyone recommend any particular bank that is supportive of limited companies in the property business? I’m just setting up...

The Tenants must now have their say on Section 24

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14th December 2016, 10 years ago | 15

I think the Government have their bog standard responses on auto response, we will make very little progress now I...

Freeholder ignoring my calls to fix leaking roof

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13th December 2016, 10 years ago | 5

I have bought a flat with a short lease (64 years), above a letting agent. I have noticed the roof...

Keeping the momentum going against Section 24

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13th December 2016, 10 years ago | 61

I have decided to adopt a policy of making myself a complete pain in the backside and try to create...

Sole property while on missionary work

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13th December 2016, 10 years ago | 4

I bought my house in, 1982. In 2008 I went to Spain working as a missionary working with a Church....

Section 24 and Mortgage Contracts flaw?

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12th December 2016, 10 years ago | 1

Having buried my head in the sand so far about the whole situation (I have 17 properties), I am now...

Carbon monoxide alarms

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12th December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

As a responsible Landlord, Non HMO, I’ve fitted Carbon Monoxide Alarms in the boiler room and where there is either...

Letting Agent not protected deposit and will not forward me the deposit

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12th December 2016, 10 years ago | 11

My old letting agent found tenants for a flat I own in Feb 2015 and at the time was led...

Freeholder wants £35k for a Variation of a Defective Lease!

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12th December 2016, 10 years ago | 10

The story so far…..Bought a 1st floor maisonette for cash. It had a defective lease hence got it for a...

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Contacted by MX Bradford and Bingley about S24!

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8th December 2016, 10 years ago | 3

I’ve received a letter telling me about S24, stamp duty and a few other changes happening in the market which...

Tenant is sub-letting without permission – what can I do?

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7th December 2016, 10 years ago | 9

I have just discovered that my tenants, who are the only ones named on the contract, are sub-letting the 2nd...

Landlord wants me to pay for roof and give it back to me when he can?

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7th December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I bought 3 apartments off an estate agent who personally owned them himself. He needed to sell to stave off...

MR WHIP OFF Councils breaking Laws collecting council tax?

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7th December 2016, 10 years ago | 44

MR WHIP OFF by Disgruntled Landlord Councils flaunting and breaking Statutory Laws collecting council tax I have copied my letter...

How to interpret one clear calendar month’s notice?

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7th December 2016, 10 years ago | 9

My tenant gave notice on 23 November. ( currently on periodic tenancy) His lease period runs from 15th – 14th...