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carbon monoxide alarms – are they a legal requirement?

12th August 2015, 11 years ago | 4

Did the proposed changes to the law that would require landlords to install carbon monoxide alarms become law in October...

Refusal for professional end of tenancy clean by tenant

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12th August 2015, 11 years ago | 16

Our standard terms state at the end of the Tenancy, (or on renewal should this be agreed) to pay a...

Bankrupt Freeholder Nightmare – Now they say we owe them money?

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12th August 2015, 11 years ago | 5

I will try and explain this the best I can but it confuses the hell out of me so here...

I am having problems with planning regulations that make no sense converting HMO from 6 to 8 Beds

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12th August 2015, 11 years ago | 3

I have a house in E14 (Tower Hamlets, London) currently arranged as 6 beds, 4 bathrooms and a kitchen/living area...

Should I manage the block of flats myself?

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11th August 2015, 11 years ago | 6

I am a freeholder of 5 flats in a building and would like to manage the block of flats by...

Will HMRC tell the lender my husband is living in the Buy to Let?

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11th August 2015, 11 years ago | 4

Both my husband and I have a residential mortgage and two buy to lets. The sale on the second buy...

Help to Buy ISAs, is that where our new taxes are going?

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10th August 2015, 11 years ago | 0

I was wondering what the government might do with all of the extra tax revenue squeezed out of us landlords....

Taylor Wimpey lease – cost of escape?

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10th August 2015, 11 years ago | 20

Recently bought Taylor Wimpey 2 bed apartment. Built in 2007 on 150 year lease. Poorly advised by solicitor. Ground rent...

Request from Freeholder for reinstatement value?

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10th August 2015, 11 years ago | 9

One of my properties is a flat in a large converted detached house in Dewsbury, W. Yorks. I also happen...

Is agent in breach of contract for not telling me a tenant had moved in?

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10th August 2015, 11 years ago | 8

A managing agent I contracted to let out and manage my flat still, four days later, has not sent me...

Fraudulent property purchase – How do you guard against this?

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10th August 2015, 11 years ago | 13

If I buy a property and it turns out that the property was fraudulently sold without the owners knowledge ie....

Is CGT for non-residents an opportunity for some landlords post Summer Budget?

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8th August 2015, 11 years ago | 7

CGT has been introduced on UK property for non-residents from April 2015. This will apply to the increase in value...

Current Occupant with no AST – help!

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6th August 2015, 11 years ago | 8

I had a tenant on an AST and he had his girlfriend subsequently move in. He has since moved out...

Only 1 BTL and HMRC Tax me out of business!

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6th August 2015, 11 years ago | 5

This is direct from Megan Shaw Product Owner HMRC, contact details are on the bottom so this can be confirmed...

Do I rent flat to London Housing Trust?

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6th August 2015, 11 years ago | 10

After a year long battle, I have finally managed to get my flat back from the council tenants. Now my...

How to become an LPA Receiver

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6th August 2015, 11 years ago | 0

This is what you have to do to become an LPA Receiver as copied from the IPA website: Thinking of...

Landlords Fight Back Against Budget Tax Plans

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6th August 2015, 11 years ago | 5

We are asking all Property118 members to forward this Press Release to five business/finance editors of Newspapers, preferably one or...

What is Aunt Sally going to do now?

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5th August 2015, 11 years ago | 10

Aunt Sally has a full time job earning £55,000 per annum. She is a 40% rate tax payer and has...

Tax treatment of loan arrangement fees

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5th August 2015, 11 years ago | 1

It was mentioned recently in another discussion that re-mortgage arrangement and broker fees are not allowable expenses , but are...

Left before the break-clause and now trying to solve all the problems?

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5th August 2015, 11 years ago | 3

I signed a lease a couple of months ago for a property in London with my ex-partner, and after breaking...

Court of Protection tenant has caused extensive damage

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5th August 2015, 11 years ago | 1

One of our thankfully soon to be former tenant is a “protected person” under the OPG (Office of the Public...