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Why are Social Landlords excluded from smoke alarm regulations – are their tenants less valuable?

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4th March 2016, 11 years ago | 12

I received this letter, but my boiler service was 2015 by the way. I completed a home safety check on...

How to gift a fire damaged property to Local Authority?

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3rd March 2016, 11 years ago | 9

Can anyone suggest how I go about gifting a fire damaged North East property to the Local Authority, or to...

Landlord Insurance Query – Public liability for flat?

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2nd March 2016, 11 years ago | 13

I have a landlord insurance query that I hope some may be able to advise me on. I am looking...

Beneficial Trust to wife now tax is going to bite?

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2nd March 2016, 11 years ago | 17

With restrictions mortgage tax relief coming in I will end up with income well over £100,0000. All my properties are...

Housing and Planning Bill – effects on BTL?

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1st March 2016, 11 years ago | 4

Our local Landlords’ Association secretary has just forwarded an email from a Forum who, whilst obviously touting for business by...

Buying with tenants in situ with periodic AST

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1st March 2016, 11 years ago | 6

I’m about to exchange/ complete on a leasehold property which currently has tenants in situ on an AST periodic agreement...

Do you have to pay capital gains tax on a compulsory purchase?

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1st March 2016, 11 years ago | 4

I have had a compulsory purchase order put on me buy the council , do you have to pay capital...

George be honest or are the Conservatives are turning red?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 7

At the danger of sounding like Mrs Osborne, there are surprisingly many of us speaking to the television in front...

Last months rent damp and dubious oil bill?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 13

I would like some advice on what to do regarding the last months rent of my tenancy. I have rented...

Can I offset my Council Tax on a property being renovated?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 7

I am currently renovating a property in a view to rent it out & I’m paying 150% per month council...

How to prepare an inherited property?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 6

My brother and I have recently inherited a 45 year old property which was completely owned outright, it is in...

What smoke and heat alarms do HMO landlords use?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 8

Hi veterans! I am preparing my first HMO property. There are plenty of options in the market for smoke and...

Changing a name on an AST

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 4

3 person HMO on an AST. 1 tenant is moving out on the 11th March and another tenant is taking...

Council Tax allowance used previously before purchase?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 14

Recently I just received a council tax bill for £407, addressed to me with a secondary address reference to a...

Purpose Build Student Accommodation VS HMOs – the future?

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29th February 2016, 11 years ago | 8

I have been an investor in the student HMO sector for over 10 years. My properties are all 100 yr...

Open fireplace in bedroom?

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28th February 2016, 11 years ago | 8

I know that you cannot have an open vented gas appliance in a room used as a bedroom, but can...

Can we insist that the freehold for the properties is sold separately from the leases?

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26th February 2016, 11 years ago | 5

Some time ago I asked for your views about purchasing the freehold of the development where we live. Your comments...

Urgent advice required please on tenant that may have left owing 10k!

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26th February 2016, 11 years ago | 4

My tenant has not paid any rent since Aug 15 and their AST expired on 31st October 2015. A Section...

Leveraging workload on HMOs and using Virtual Assistants?

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25th February 2016, 11 years ago | 8

I currently have 3 x 10 bed HMOs in Liverpool obtained via purchase or leased, I am doing a little...

Liable for rubbish left probably by sub let tenant

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25th February 2016, 11 years ago | 9

My partner is freeholder to a building – a shop and 2 flats. The flats are both owned by leaseholders...

Stamp Duty extra 3% – Do I pay flow chart

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25th February 2016, 11 years ago | 19

Myself and my fiancee rent in London and due to the astronomical property prices here, we decided in Dec 2014...