Readers Question

EPC certificate and energy efficiency rating chart highlighting questions around Section 21 eviction rules

Is Section 21 valid if the EPC was served late but before notice?

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19th December 2025, 4 months ago | 1

Hi, I’ve served a Section 21 notice on a tenant and I’m getting conflicting advice regarding the EPC validity and...

Scales balancing money against a tenancy agreement with text asking if it’s fair

Agents sneaking in unfair exit clauses?

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19th December 2025, 4 months ago | 21

What do other landlords think about the exit clauses in their contracts with agents? I’m shocked, so check yours and...

Question mark over empty parking bay highlighting uncertainty over allocated parking space

Defective lease – missing parking space?

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18th December 2025, 4 months ago | 3

Hello, I legally completed on a flat in July 2015 and the development was physically completed in November 2018. I...

Cash being exchanged for a house to illustrate debates over rent-in-advance rules

Rent with no income but large savings?

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18th December 2025, 4 months ago | 23

Hi, I understand the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 outlaws rent in advance? I know of a tenant who is cash-rich...

Businessman trapped between two walls symbolizing landlords under pressure from new property legislation

The second crucial deadline for section 21 notices and Making Tax Digital?

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17th December 2025, 4 months ago | 0

Most, if not all, landlords understand that from 1 May 2026, the section 21 route to exit the Private Rented...

Lawyers reviewing a disputed lease agreement with legal documents and gavel on desk

Share of Freehold company in a real mess?

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16th December 2025, 5 months ago | 6

I own two properties in a development of 52. Each property owns 1/52nd of the freehold, so I own about...

Eviction notice placed in a file marked “Past,” symbolising landlord decisions on serving Section 21 notices

Maybe landlords should have all served Section 21 notices in 2022?

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12th December 2025, 5 months ago | 8

Rachel Reeves told MPs on the Treasury Select Committee that she had “narrowed the gap” between earnings from work and...

Piggy bank beside coins and a small house illustrating questions about recovering a tenancy deposit

Tenancy pre 2007 not put into a deposit scheme?

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11th December 2025, 5 months ago | 3

Hi. I am currently dealing with the estate of a friend. I have established that his Assured Shorthold Tenancy commenced...

Question mark surrounded by flying documents highlighting confusion over prescribed deposit information

What is the purpose of prescribed information and why doesn’t the Renters’ Rights Act fix it?

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10th December 2025, 5 months ago | 11

Landlords will know that once a deposit is placed in the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS), the landlord is under a...

Boiler with icons representing gas and electric options for choosing a heating system in new flats

Gas or electric boiler for flats?

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8th December 2025, 5 months ago | 6

Hello, I’m going through the process of building 2 x 1 bed flats. I’m at the stage of the predicted/design...

I think my Airbnb guests were strippers and now I have a glitter problem

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5th December 2025, 5 months ago | 0

I have been an Airbnb host for about six years, and I thought I had seen everything. I was wrong....

Gavel held during legal discussion about enforcing a court judgment

Enforcing judgement against a housing association?

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5th December 2025, 5 months ago | 2

In November 2020, I let a property in North London to a major housing association (HA) on a three-year lease....

Credit score gauge on a laptop highlighting rent reporting benefits for tenants and landlords

Should tenants use rent payments for better credit scores?

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4th December 2025, 5 months ago | 6

Hello, Should PRS landlords be encouraging all tenants to sign up for free to Canopy or Credit Ladder so that...

Water leak dripping into a bucket on a living-room floor, illustrating a delayed-reported leak causing property damage.

Can delayed reporting of a leak make a tenant liable for damage?

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4th December 2025, 5 months ago | 5

My tenant of 14 years reported a puddle on her carpet, which she had noticed three weeks ago, and she...

Rent increase concept with house model, rising arrow and question mark

Why a rent increase might be held up by Renters’ Rights Act?

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2nd December 2025, 5 months ago | 13

Say your flat’s rent is due to increase on 1 January 2027, and you serve a Section 13 notice on...

Model houses with stacked coins illustrating the Mansion Tax

Practicalities of the Mansion Tax?

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1st December 2025, 5 months ago | 1

I can’t get my head around how this Mansion Tax can ever work in practice. HMRC can surely only work...

Eviction notice beside piggy bank and deposit form highlighting tenancy deposit issues

Can I evict a tenant from a 2004 tenancy without a protected deposit?

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28th November 2025, 5 months ago | 10

I have had a tenant since Oct 2004. I gave him Section 9 notice to quit, which expired 30th Sept...

Neighbour has reported ‘late-night goings-on’ in a tenant’s flat

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28th November 2025, 5 months ago | 3

I want to stay anonymous because I already feel ridiculous writing this, but I think most landlords will understand how...

Dog resting on floor with symbols questioning and prohibiting pets in rental property

Do head lease terms override tenant pet requests?

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27th November 2025, 5 months ago | 5

Hello, hopefully a quick question. It is my understanding that if a Head Lease (from the freeholder) prohibits pets residing...

Has Any Landlord Actually Managed to Access EPC Upgrade Grants?

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21st November 2025, 5 months ago | 13

I have been following the conversations about EPC upgrades and the grants that are supposed to help landlords improve older...

Refund policy graphic with house keys illustrating unexpected rent refunds

Rent refund to all tenants years after S21 eviction?

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21st November 2025, 5 months ago | 6

Do any landlords know why several former tenants (who each rented a self-contained flat within a very large house) might...