Sam Addison
Sam Addison
Registered with Property118.com
3rd April 2014
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Bio
Barnard Castle School 65-71
City Uni 72-78 Civil Eng thin sandwich course
Worked for Wimpey, Bullens, Pell Frischmann including time in UAE, Ivory Coast, Hong Kong, Eire and of course all over UK.
Gave up civil engineering in 2000 to be house husband, self builder, accounting technician, security guard, white van man and supporting my wife in her Opticians Practice (up to 4 of these concurrently)
school governor 2000-2012
Rotarian 2011 to current.
Have a small number of BTLs in lieu of personal pension managed by letting agents.
Currently living near Warrington.
Reply to comment left by N N at 13/07/2023 - 10:42
Reply to the comment left by N N at 13/07/2023 - 10:42BBA cert shows the system as class B but the EPS is class E. EPS is totally enclosed in render so on a two storey building I would not...
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Reply to the comment left by Simon M at 13/07/2023 - 10:23The installer has extended all air bricks through the cladding so ventilation should not be a problem. We also have a PIV in the property and an extractor fan...
Read More →11th November 2022, 3 years ago
I read that Shelter employees are going on strike for more money because they cannot afford their rents. I laughed out loud!
Read More →23rd August 2022, 4 years ago
I really appreciate Forever Tenant coming on here with a tenant's viewpoint and carefully considered points too. As a landlord I have put rents up recently but not to what the market will bear. I want my tenants to stay...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Mellors at 23/08/2022 - 12:21
Reply to the comment left by Robert M at 23/08/2022 - 12:21By my reckoning Rob that is approx. £600,000 into council coffers and now they have another £434k out of which they can take £300k! £15k per house hold to...
Read More →25th March 2022, 4 years ago
The suggested measures are generated by the software in that order as being cost effective. If you want to only do some of them then best to talk to the assessor who can change the in puts to match your...
Read More →23rd June 2021, 5 years ago
My limited co had to apply online for council tax refund after tenant moved in and the form required first name and last name. I put name of limited co in first name and in last name i put none....
Read More →5th January 2021, 5 years ago
I would try to talk to the mother and explain the situation that if she has moved out then the tenancy is ending. Perhaps see if she is happy to be a guarantor for her daughter to take up a...
Read More →20th November 2020, 5 years ago
I will not invest in property in London or , in fact, anywhere where licensing my property is compulsory. If it happens in Leigh, Lancs I am selling up!
Read More →22nd September 2020, 6 years ago
The 'legal advice desert' for ;landlords covers the whole of the country!
Read More →Reply to comment left by paul kwiatkowski at 04/08/2020 - 10:33
Reply to the comment left by paul kaye at 04/08/2020 - 10:33But the landlord has accepted rent after one tenant moved out.Has this established a new tenancy by default?
Read More →4th August 2020, 6 years ago
Try adding up the percentages for various cities. Leicester adds up to 67.1 %. Please do not rely on this research!
Read More →2nd July 2020, 6 years ago
I suspect the taxman will look askance at your ltd. co. paying you 20% interest but I believe that your first £1000 of interest is tax free for both of you. Try buying 5 houses at 100k each with 80%...
Read More →19th February 2020, 6 years ago
It sounds as if your father downsized after the trust was set up. If this is the case I would look very closely as to what was left in trust. It may not be possible to void the trust but...
Read More →14th February 2020, 6 years ago
'Navigators will help support and train landlords and letting agents ' - how about trying to train tenants?
Read More →6th November 2019, 6 years ago
this will all be sorted out by the respective solicitors for the sale. She has paid in accordance with her contract and should have no worries but for her peace of mind she could talk to the estate agents handling...
Read More →21st October 2019, 7 years ago
£750m for 3,500 homes is £214,000 each. Affordable?
Read More →1st October 2019, 7 years ago
Personally I think 37 Sq.M is unnecessarily large as a minimum. As a student in the 70s I rented bedsits (in London) which were probably less than 16 Sq.M including cooking facilities (Baby Belling) and bathroom/toilet shared among a dozen...
Read More →18th July 2019, 7 years ago
I had a similar situation when tenants switched to a smart meter (Apparently as Landlord I have no say in this!). After discussion with my letting agent I had an engineer visit and issue a new gas safety cert. It...
Read More →15th April 2019, 7 years ago
there will be a spate of Sec 21 evictions now as landlords sell up before this comes into force.
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