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Am I liable for sitting tenant’s council tax?

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1st December 2016, 10 years ago | 3

I purchased a flat with a sitting tenant and the tenant never paid his council tax bills for two years....

Help Limited company accounts and tax return

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1st December 2016, 10 years ago | 7

Looking for some help please. I have just incorporated to provide a managing company to my properties and to buy...

Build flaw in new apartment lead to flood and denials?

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30th November 2016, 10 years ago | 13

We have recently had a BTL unit suffer severe water damage from an incorrectly installed toilet filling valve, which was...

Your accounts won’t be worth the paper they are written on after 2021

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30th November 2016, 10 years ago | 1

As anyone considered what will happen when a landlord who can ill afford to incorporate goes to his bank or...

ATED – Impact on Limited Company Landlords?

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30th November 2016, 10 years ago | 8

Talking to my accountant this morning about buying properties to renovate and sell within a limited company he mentioned a...

Keeping the freehold after selling 3 BTL properties

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29th November 2016, 10 years ago | 2

Seeking advice on selling 3x BTL properties and keeping the freeholds. What clauses can be written into the lease for...

What am I entitled to if tenant leaves after 1 month?

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29th November 2016, 10 years ago | 20

I had a tenant that signed a 6 month contract; paid deposit and 1st months rent. Decided after approx 1...

Advice on settling a Subsidence Claim

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29th November 2016, 10 years ago | 4

We own a commercial premise which we trade from. Our neighbour has developed land directly at the back of our...

RTM Company wants to quit but freeholder refuses to accept management

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29th November 2016, 10 years ago | 20

We have been RTM for 4 years and started off with 8 Directors. We have been at legal loggerheads with...

Unsavoury goings on?

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29th November 2016, 10 years ago | 6

In a conversion building , one of the owner/Leaseholders ( no share in Freehold) is a thoroughly undesirable element. He...

Viewing Clause vs Right to Quiet Enjoyment

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28th November 2016, 10 years ago | 6

Currently renting a property and only a few months into the 12 month contract. There have been viewings arranged and...

S21 or S8 but no EPC – Which will be quicker?

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28th November 2016, 10 years ago | 5

Please be gentle as this is my first post, especially when you get to to EPC part. I have a...

Tenant In Distress – Mowing The Lawn

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26th November 2016, 10 years ago | 86

Dear Mark, I hope you don’t mind me contacting, but after doing some research on Google I came across a...

Landlord accreditation scheme

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25th November 2016, 10 years ago | 10

There seem to be a number of landlord accreditation schemes- and landlord training programmes- both run by individual councils, ARLA,...

BTL Early Repayment Charge Allowable Expense?

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25th November 2016, 10 years ago | 13

Apologies if this question has already asked but I am struggling to find clarity on the .Gov website. I am...

Previously a Conservative voter!

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24th November 2016, 10 years ago | 29

I have traditionally voted Conservative but I would be unable to vote for them if there was a general election...

How and when to serve a Section 21?

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24th November 2016, 10 years ago | 4

We wish to start the process of evicting our tenants from 3 of our properties in the new year due...

Can landlords charge for managing end of tenancy cleaning and repairs?

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24th November 2016, 10 years ago | 29

My AST states that tenants agree to pay the landlord a management fee equivalent to a 10% of the cost...

Sectioned tenant ripped out pipes and now wants to come back?

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24th November 2016, 10 years ago | 14

I have what I think is a strange circumstance. My tenant has ripped all the pipes out of the water...

Non EU partner due to join non EU tenant for a month – What should I and agent do?

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24th November 2016, 10 years ago | 2

I have had a tenant in my property for six months who arrived in the U.K from outside the EU...

Sale of communal parts approval process?

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23rd November 2016, 10 years ago | 1

I am a leaseholder of a property with a share of the freehold whereby a number of the leaseholders(& share...