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Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 09/04/2026 - 10:43
Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 09/04/2026 - 10:43That may have been the motivation for the restriction, but the wording of the legislation is not that narrow.
Read More →8th April 2026, 3 days ago
Reading through RRA provisions 12 to 17 more closely: Re-lettng is not the offence, it is marketing the property for let that is the offence.
Read More →8th April 2026, 3 days ago
Reading Government Guidance rather than RRA wording directly shows up a nuance - Guidance says it's £7000 fine for re-letting after serving a notice of possession on Ground 1A, but upto £40,000 for re-letting if it goes to court and...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 08/04/2026 - 17:26
So long as the tenant stays, the landlord would have lawful excuse for any subsequent attempt at enforcement action. Ground 6A re-possession to allow for compliance with enforcement action does not cover the scenario -- check para 22 in schedule...
Read More →7th April 2026, 4 days ago
I understand it's a max £7000 fine for breach of the relet ban, and it's not an offence that would give rise to an RRO. With mitigating circumstances, early payment discount, and the time it would take for the council...
Read More →10th February 2026, 2 months ago
Agree with others. If you let HMO rooms individually, CT is an overhead you simply factor in, and it is not helpful to hypothesise that part of rent is CTax. The exception is shared houses let on a joint tenancy....
Read More →4th February 2026, 2 months ago
Use an Eviction specialist solicitor. It's upfront cost but saves time, money, and stress overall. Your nearest local landlords association should be able to point you to one with a decent record serving your area.
Read More →24th January 2026, 3 months ago
Whether or not there is a written agreement now, you will need to provide written terms in May as part of the new rules. Perhaps consider letting the whole flat to them jointly at market rate including the right to...
Read More →9th January 2026, 3 months ago
A tribunal can quash charges on appeal of the notice. If the flat was let under a tenancy agreement and in the legal possession of the tenant at the time they served the prohibition order then appeal that the notice...
Read More →19th December 2025, 4 months ago
Print the terms, cross out any you disagree with then sign, make your own copy, and return. Then it is upto them to choose if they want to continue as your agent. As others say a term like that is...
Read More →15th November 2025, 5 months ago
Sounds like the officer is way off base and doesn't understand the law, but perhaps you filled in a part of the application form in a way they don't expect when rooms are let individually. If they have not sent...
Read More →4th November 2025, 5 months ago
For anyone challenging local authority discretionary space standards for a room in a house with a good amount of communal shared space, the Supreme Court case of Nottingham City Council v Parr 2018 UKSC 51 is relevant.
Read More →1st October 2025, 6 months ago
Not sure where COHO are getting their numbers from, but in our area, Portsmouth, the ONS stats have been grossly exaggerated since 2020. Even though there has never been any data to suggest more than circa 4200, our council has...
Read More →5th September 2025, 7 months ago
The sooner the better as a national register kills the excuse for local Selective licencing.
Read More →23rd August 2025, 8 months ago
For this type of thing, CrowdJustice would be more appropriate than GoFundMe.
Read More →22nd August 2025, 8 months ago
Legal arguments are set out very well, but this is not a Judicial Review that makes sense for landlord associations more widely to sponsor. It is merely an First-tier tribunal case. I don't see how it provides any benefit more...
Read More →19th June 2025, 10 months ago
The licence (as done in many other councils) should say "one household or not more than two persons in two households". If your licence does not permit a family of three then request a variation to the licence and if...
Read More →5th June 2025, 10 months ago
Anywhere landlords are facing consultation or implementation of Selective Licencing where the council plan to inspect every property -- ask the council for the legal basis for powers of entry to conduct 'precautionary' inspections -- because they don't have any...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Tyler at 23/05/2025 - 11:19
And the established law in England is that notices can be served by any one individual in a joint tenancy; so there is no basis in law for taking a different stance when it comes to a notice from the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Tyler at 22/05/2025 - 18:50
Why do you say all persons that form the Tenant would need to agree to withdraw the NTQ? Parliament opted not to follow Scotland in that respect. I agree with the point that it would be unreasonable to trap someone...
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