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Freeholders Legal Costs passed on to leaseholders?

19th September 2016, 10 years ago | 2

The Freeholder of my buy to let flat undertook a major rooftop development recently, adding flats to the block. Their...

Refund for hotel expenses while property was infested

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19th September 2016, 10 years ago | 6

We are in a dispute with the landlord over money owed. More than a year ago (about 2 weeks after...

Council Tax liability appeal and I have no copy of the AST!

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16th September 2016, 10 years ago | 24

Urgent help- I am due to go to a tribunal to appeal my responsibility as owner to having to pay...

Bedbugs brought into HMO

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15th September 2016, 10 years ago | 3

Hello everyone, I have a HMO. I refurbished it and bought all new beds and wardrobes. I then let all...

Can we switch off the electricity

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15th September 2016, 10 years ago | 5

Our landlord has rented out the garage at the back of the property, adjacent to the house, 4.5 metres away...

Capital gains tax when selling from a portfolio mortgage?

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15th September 2016, 10 years ago | 16

I wonder if anyone could help me. I’m a landlord with a portfolio of properties with The mortgage works. I...

Do I get in now?

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14th September 2016, 10 years ago | 11

Hello all – I am looking for some non-legally binding advice! Just your opinions and thoughts on the current market...

Lease extension clauses?

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14th September 2016, 10 years ago | 4

I am about to sign a new lease extension that has been agreed by my solicitor. However there is a...

Tenant never occupied the property?

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14th September 2016, 10 years ago | 19

I signed up a tenant in January for six months so now periodic ‘but’ he’s never lived there and uses...

Lodger to Tenant to Lodger – or just a holiday?

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13th September 2016, 10 years ago | 9

I’m asking this question on behalf of my niece. She is in an interesting situation and I wondered if anyone...

Repair expenses – certain reliefs are no longer allowable?

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13th September 2016, 10 years ago | 10

My accountant has advised me that I can no longer claim for replacement carpets even though they are heavily worn....

Lease Covenants Discrimination?

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13th September 2016, 10 years ago | 11

I have been told by the Directors that I am breaking the terms of my lease by having Laminate/wooden floor...

New build/grade 2 listed conversion with incomplete pipework!

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13th September 2016, 10 years ago | 4

Currently in year four of a new build/grade listed 2 building conversion and just discovered that my waste water pipe...

Extending up on a block of flats?

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 3

Our block of flats is 3 stories tall and semi-detached to a 2 story house. The ground floor is a...

Making a tenant bankrupt?

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 4

If a tenant owes a large amount in arrears why not consider making the tenant bankrupt as this alone will...

Table of Housing Benefit cuts from Nov 2016

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 22

Like many landlords on this forum, I let properties to tenants in receipt of Housing Benefit. I usually get the...

Buy to let joint owners and partner split up?

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 4

My partner and I have split up and she has moved into our jointly owned property which is on a...

New freeholder wants to self contain the basement and stop us using it!

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 11

We have RTM of a block of 15 flats. There is a large basement which is marked in our leases...

Care of address on tenancy agreement?

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 6

I wonder if someone can advise me if this is Ok to do, I have always managed my properties myself...

£100k shortfall on second home

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 7

I have found a house that would I would like to buy as my main residential property. Although I wasn’t...

Paying my unemployed mother to manage two properties

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9th September 2016, 10 years ago | 6

I am planning to ask my mother to manage 2 properties for me which would include inspections, agreements, certificates repairs,...