Southwark insist I leave a room unoccupied so going to Tribunal – Help!
Author: Ross Tulloch
20th May 2017, 9 years ago | 25
Ross Tulloch
Ross Tulloch
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Own 12 properties in London, letting to single people usually, mainly HMOs. With the anti landlord and tenant attack, am reducing portfolio because suddenly some of our rooms are too small according to some damaging legislation.
14th May 2026, 1 day ago
We used to take risks on tenants sometimes, but if there's any doubt we will not take a risky tenant. So there is with a proper job will always win. Sadly for those who came to us with no job...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Garry Salmons at 14/05/2026 - 10:51
Reply to the comment left by Garry Salmons at 14/05/2026 - 10:51From taking a very lax attitude to Rent rises when I heard Rent's controls might be coming in we moved to making sure we raised Rent's modestly every year....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Martin Hicks at 14/05/2026 - 10:35
Reply to the comment left by Martin Hicks at 14/05/2026 - 10:35I have no time for her, and would have taken to the cleaners anybody from the opposite side of the house had they done the same. That said in...
Read More →19th December 2025, 5 months ago
it is madness, the war on landlords and tenants.... The sad thing is nobody in the council sees the elephant in the room which is simply a shortage of property so the key thing should be to let out as...
Read More →16th December 2025, 5 months ago
What earth would I want them to enforce? What good is that going to do to the tenants there who happily live there in rooms of their own choosing at prices that they were presumably accepting they would need to...
Read More →16th December 2025, 5 months ago
"Bedrooms so small that they pose a risk to occupants?" What nonsense. Our smallest rooms always went fastest because they were so loved partly because of cost. Sadly with the silly 6.51 minimum room size for HMO we had to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kate Gould at 11/12/2025 - 10:41
Reply to the comment left by Kate Gould at 11/12/2025 - 10:41I think that the war on landlords and tenants means we are not allowed to accept this payment, but am I right?
Read More →11th December 2025, 5 months ago
Sadly another group of people we will not be able to rent to . This year two people without jobs but one offering 3 months in advance, another 5 months. We took a risk, but now sadly cannot take such...
Read More →25th November 2025, 6 months ago
So all the people over the years who had no job or were coming from abroad and wanted to pay in advance but had money to pay upfront a few months we will have to say no to. Yet another...
Read More →17th November 2025, 6 months ago
It is so sad how clueless those putting in regulations are. And as for Rent controls, well. As soon as I heard that Rent controls may come in I thought, I guess as many people would've done, that I mustn’t,...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Rob Green at 04/11/2025 - 13:01
Reply to the comment left by Rob Green at 04/11/2025 - 13:01please do. [email protected]
Read More →25th October 2025, 7 months ago
I have a property slightly susceptible to mould. One tenant twice in a year complained of black mould, both times I thoroughly cleaned the room and repainted. She left for reasons unconnected with this. I did as I always do...
Read More →15th August 2025, 9 months ago
There is almost no such thing as a no fault eviction. Either silly minimum room size legislation is at fault or tax regimes or most usually because the tenant is at fault so we use a section 21. It should...
Read More →1st August 2025, 10 months ago
All fueled by councils arbitrary increased minimum sizes and also the countrywide minimum room size of 6.51 m which means many illegal but absolutely lovely rooms have to bu law remain permanently empty. Presuming not deliberate presumably only the hopelessness...
Read More →19th June 2025, 11 months ago
Connected to this is the crazy law that says in an HMO room less than 6.51m, has to remain permanently empty. So it is preferable for somebody to be living, admittedly for free, on the street, then renting a perfectly...
Read More →19th June 2025, 11 months ago
At the risk of stating the obvious this was bound to happen. We as a policy will no longer be taking anybody who is in the slightest bit vulnerable as there are always people with proper jobs out there they...
Read More →4th June 2025, 12 months ago
The war on landlords and tenants continue unabated. Wandsworth in London are bringing in licensing as well for Hmo's, which is way more expensive than the above.
Read More →1st May 2025, 1 year ago
The war on landlords and tenants continues. I've been a very good boy and sold four of our properties and we plan another 4 to go. Which will leave us just with four which will no doubt at some point...
Read More →1st April 2025, 1 year ago
Does anybody know how long bailiffs normally take now? I’m with the Putney, London Court.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jaz Jaz at 01/04/2025 - 09:54
Reply to the comment left by Jaz Jaz at 01/04/2025 - 09:54That I do not know. I am not sure it is encouraging at all. In my case I told the tenant that this was happening as he did not...
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