Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Registered with Property118.com
23rd August 2017
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Registered with Property118.com
23rd August 2017
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149
3rd November 2025, 5 months ago
This is just another example of how landlords are guilty until proven innocent. As Rachel Reeves is now likely to find out, an inadvertent mistake can result in your tenants getting a year living for free at your expense. I...
Read More →6th October 2025, 6 months ago
The Green Party is now in the hands of radical socialists/communists who would turn this country into something like Venezuela. I remember when Jeremy Corbin (of a similar political view) had nothing but praise for Hugo Chavez, who turned Venezuela...
Read More →8th September 2025, 7 months ago
Higher taxes on landlords + more regulations on landlords + the threat through the RRB of further restrictions on landlords' ability to control their businesses + the threat that sub-C EPC rated properties won't be rentable = fewer private landlords...
Read More →28th August 2025, 7 months ago
As National Insurance is a tax that applies to individuals, this would drive an even bigger wedge between the tax treatment of property held personally against that held through a company structure.
Read More →18th August 2025, 8 months ago
On the few occasions I have used a letting agent to find me tenants they have served up what turned out to be some of the worst tenants I have encountered. They have sometimes tried to mislead me over fees....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Phil rosenberg at 18/08/2025 - 03:59
Reply to the comment left by Phil rosenberg at 18/08/2025 - 03:59This is a very good exposition of the legal situation but this landlord is simply asking for more money. That suggests that he doesn't think the tenancy contract has...
Read More →15th August 2025, 8 months ago
Dear blogger I'm very sorry to hear about your experience and I've no reason to doubt the veracity of your comments. I don't think many landlords on this site would raise doubts about a story from another landlord in the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ryan Stevens at 06/08/2025 - 10:09
Reply to the comment left by Ryan Stevens at 06/08/2025 - 10:09I entirely agree with you that this is a complete waste of time. How does forcing small businesses to do more admin support growth and make us more efficent...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Keith Wellburn at 06/08/2025 - 09:15
Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 06/08/2025 - 09:15Well actually no, they didn't scap the cap. Previously, each individual lender had to stick to the 15% limit. Now individual lenders can exceed it but lenders as a...
Read More →5th August 2025, 8 months ago
Every time any government looks at cutting red tape and easing regulations on lending someone pops up and warns of a housing bubble. This is ridiculous and indeed ignorant because it takes no acccount of the fact that after these...
Read More →17th July 2025, 9 months ago
"Ms Thompson says landlords should consider these practical steps: Update tenancy agreements to include clauses that reflect the requirement to assess pet requests individually" It makes no difference to add this to the tenancy agreement. If tenants get the right...
Read More →17th July 2025, 9 months ago
“good landlords have nothing to fear from the amendments.” All landlords should be worried every time they hear this stock phrase from the government.
Read More →16th June 2025, 10 months ago
Near to my rented houses an entire block of properties were rented to asylum seekers and they trashed the places so badly they had to be removed and the places completely refurbished. If you're stupid enough to take up this...
Read More →16th June 2025, 10 months ago
If Inventory Base thinks the best way to sell their services to private landlords is by this sort of alamist nonesense they can't be worth having any dealings with. Insulting your customer base is not usually a good idea.
Read More →16th May 2025, 11 months ago
There are reasons why you heard horror stories - you are contracting with large faceless organisations who represent the government, which has already made clear how it really feels about landlords. Once they have you on board, you have lost...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ed Tuff at 11/11/2024 - 11:09
Reply to the comment left by Ed Tuff at 11/11/2024 - 11:09These new corporate landlords aren't interested in buying individual properties. They are building new Build-to-Rent blocks in the belief that this will keep down management costs. Personally, I'm sceptical...
Read More →7th November 2024, 1 year ago
I have a relevant anecdote. During Covid lockdown a couple of my tenants told me they were struggling so I agreed a large temporary rent reduction. At the time I was also a non-executive director for a large housing association....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Desert Rat at 07/11/2024 - 03:33
Reply to the comment left by Desert Rat at 07/11/2024 - 03:33Hi Desert Rat Very good post. Keeping your tenant's rent down to £495 is laudable but is it sensible? I used to do exactly the same thing but since...
Read More →6th November 2024, 1 year ago
Thanks Mark - I think you're right, but the biggest losers are actually the tenants. Large Corporate landlords demand much higher returns. In my work for the Intermediary Mortgage Lenders Association (IMLA), I commissioned a landlord survey and average net...
Read More →Reply to comment left by John Bentley at 05/11/2024 - 13:33
Reply to the comment left by John Bentley at 05/11/2024 - 13:33Sorry, it's an American phrase. They say math and we say maths!
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