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.
5th October 2026, 3 days ago
Mick Roberts sounds a little bit dramatic but actually when you think about it, he is spot-on. And well written.
Read More →5th October 2026, 3 days ago
So another cost for all renters (for that is where it ends up) of £1.25 per property per week plus costs of the work itself
Read More →22nd September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Sadly, it's another £1.25 on the Rent plus admin time of every property in the country every single week. Eventually of course it'll find its way to the Rent.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Phil Heath at 21/09/2026 - 19:32
Have I misunderstood? Surely you put how many bedrooms Etcetera and the Rent amount but surely not the actual names of the tenants who happen to be there on the day you do the work?
Read More →Reply to comment left by Tauhid Islam at 21/09/2026 - 12:22
Reply to the comment left by Tauhid Islam at 21/09/2026 - 12:22Are you saying that during the rest of the year when perhaps the gas certificate runs out it needs to be updated before the next year when we go...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Tauhid Islam at 21/09/2026 - 12:18
Reply to the comment left by Tauhid Islam at 21/09/2026 - 12:18There is no way I would wish to educate what is three different property ownership groups to do what I could relatively easy do and everything is on my...
Read More →21st September 2026, 2 weeks ago
I manage my own properties, my wife's properties and children. Only a few but in four different ownership names. Presumably I can do them all under my own account and then just list them as per the correct details? Or...
Read More →17th September 2026, 3 weeks ago
So every Property in the country is having another say £1.25 per week cost. I wonder if ever tenant would be happy to pay that so that it can be registered?
Read More →25th August 2026, 1 month ago
What happens if somebody of their own volition after the tenancy has started pays, say the rest of the year upfront, but was not part of the deal.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Chris Monk at 25/08/2026 - 09:10
This is helpful, so are you saying that after the Tenant starts and is in the property the tenant, or in this case his father because he is a student is able to pay the rest of the year in...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kim percival at 24/08/2026 - 07:31
Reply to the comment left by Perc666 music at 07:31 Yet another consequence of this disastrous act We used to have quite a number of people who various reasons had no job or were coming from abroad as a student...
Read More →14th May 2026, 5 months 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 10 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, 11 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...
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