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Rental taxation query

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21st October 2014, 12 years ago | 2

I have six rental properties, three in the UK and one each in Australia, France and Spain, producing a net...

Issue of electrical installation certificate + part P notification

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21st October 2014, 12 years ago | 6

I’ve had a lot of problems with my electrician who was refusing to provide an invoice for the entire work...

Switching from annual to rolling tenancy – RISKS?

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21st October 2014, 12 years ago | 15

I’ve had a tenant for the last two years on a yearly tenancy. I have just issued another tenancy for...

Section 20 renovation works rip off – HELP!

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21st October 2014, 12 years ago | 7

I’m a leaseholder of a flat in a redbrick Victorian mansion block of six flats in London W6. My management...

Landlord/letting agent neglecting my emails for settling property maintenance claim

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 5

In the month of May this year,I received my quarterly gas bills ,which was shocking as it was around 420...

Tenant Owes 6 Weeks Rent on room in HMO and has moved someone else in

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 17

I have a tenant who hasn’t paid rent for over 6 weeks. She is a single mother with a child...

Should I redeem my Mortgage Express mortgage?

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 9

Hi guys I currently have a mortgage on a London flat which I purchased 9 years. The flat is now...

Pitfalls of more than 4 on a single AST?

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 4

The other day a professional letting agent told me that if more than four people sharing a house are joint...

I think I’m being evicted unfairly

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 8

After emailing our agent for months to fix issue in the flat, they have replied and it will be fixed...

Student Accommodation Investment – Experiences?

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 4

I’m currently being bombarded with student accommodation investment opportunities. Do they deliver the guaranteed returns promised and what risks come...

International Student Wants to Surrender Tenancy

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 2

Dear readers, I am a current tenant who is settling to terminate a 6 month contract with the landlord due...

AST rent reviews

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 15

Probably a straightforward question about rent reviews when a property is let under the usual AST: 1. If the tenancy...

HMO council goal posts?

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 3

I own a 2 bed end of terrace house in south-east London, which in my opinion is ripe to convert...

Buying a property with tenant in situ

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20th October 2014, 12 years ago | 6

Just in the process of buying a property where the tenant wishes to stay on. The current agent has less...

I Want To Repair My House And Sell It..But Still Have A Tenant Living There

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17th October 2014, 12 years ago | 8

I have a property, which I rent out, most of the tenants have moved out, however there is one left,...

Tenant leaving before notice period expires

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16th October 2014, 12 years ago | 10

Our tenant of 11 years has given one months notice which is up soon. Apart from some clothes and other...

Letting Agencies and commission

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16th October 2014, 12 years ago | 7

Having moved into new build properties I now have to use agents for letting as the usual route – spare...

Agency demand for new contract with non-rent paying tenant

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15th October 2014, 12 years ago | 6

We bought a newly built flat in October 2012 and rented it from November 2012. Problems with the drainage appeared...

Advice needed about forfeiture of lease (leaseholder in arrears)

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15th October 2014, 12 years ago | 13

Background: One of my rental flats has a shared freehold. There are only 4 flats and 4 leaseholders/joint freeholders, including...

Can I get planning permission for self contained flat in loft?

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15th October 2014, 12 years ago | 7

I have just bought a large freehold flat which is basically the first floor of a converted semi detached house....

Potential Deposit dispute but I am working abroad!

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15th October 2014, 12 years ago | 8

I have a dispute with a previous tenant on the return of deposit (in DPS) and the difference in our...