Sarah O'Connell
Sarah O'Connell
Registered with Property118.com
10th December 2025
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Registered with Property118.com
10th December 2025
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Total Comments
17
Reply to comment left by Dean James at 28/03/2026 - 10:13
Reply to the comment left by Dean James at 28/03/2026 - 10:13You are doing well. I pay £240 for a simple gas safe check and boiler service. I offered to pay parking for a carpenter so he would come to...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Sarah O'Connell at 27/03/2026 - 09:19
Reply to the comment left by Sarah O'Connell at 27/03/2026 - 09:19Sorry typo. Landlord/tenant lawyer.
Read More →27th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
Members of the public are allowed to complete this. Interesting that landlords are not one of the industry groups in the drop down menu. The consultation is endless. However you can skip all the irrelevant bits. It looks like year...
Read More →27th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
Astonishing. A landlord/tenant I know told me that during Covid his work came mainly from Chelsea landlords whose rich tenants were using the temporary stay on evictions as an opportunity not to pay their rent. Labour seem to have got...
Read More →25th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
The abuse of the freehold system should be rectified. Replacing the system altogether is only a good option if it will be better than the old. I am a Director of two companies where leaseholders have share of freehold. The...
Read More →18th March 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Government does not seem to understanding Landlord finance. I have been successfully renting for four decades. I have not made a fortune, in part because I have prioritised retaining good tenants, regular maintenance and a quiet life. I have...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 18/03/2026 - 09:56
Reply to the comment left by Property One at 18/03/2026 - 09:56If the Government really cared about net zero, they would be encouraging renters to turn down their thermostats and consider wearing jumpers rather than just T shirts. All too...
Read More →18th March 2026, 3 weeks ago
So how does that work? My, otherwise well maintained, Victorian terrace houses will need substantial work to get from D to C. I can't ask the tenants to leave in order to do those works. Even if someone would lend...
Read More →9th March 2026, 1 month ago
I hate it when they say "the vast majority". My properties are in Central London and here it might be reasonable to say that "the vast majority" of tenancies will reach thresholds within a couple of years. Most of my...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Dylan Morris at 03/02/2026 - 10:05
Reply to the comment left by Dylan Morris at 03/02/2026 - 10:05You are housing people, and if you don't they will find alternative, less attractive accommodation, in turn crowding out less qualified tenants. At the bottom of this are the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Fox at 10/01/2026 - 09:45
My previous reply seems to have disappeared. Fair enough as it was off-topic. Essentially since the withdrawal of UK resident priority, doctors and nurses are having to compete with experienced staff from across the world. Difficult for those starting their...
Read More →7th January 2026, 3 months ago
More proposed legislation that punishes the accidental landlord. My daughter needs to let her NI house as she is one of the 25% of newly qualified NI doctors forced to seek work in Australia because of the lack of jobs....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Barbara Gwyer at 06/01/2026 - 17:45
Reply to the comment left by Barbara Gwyer at 06/01/2026 - 17:45You are probably right about room sizes. When I was looking for tenants a desperate estate agent phoned. They had tenants about to move into a flat but Wandsworth...
Read More →6th January 2026, 3 months ago
I would add that the form was very difficult to understand. To the extent that, from memory, they had add a separate dialogue box at the end allowing you to expand/explain any answers. The Westminster one is equally grim, and...
Read More →6th January 2026, 3 months ago
I applied the day applications opened, but had to wait well beyond the promised response time before I heard anything. The inspection involved three people, none of whom seemed to know much about the realities of renting property. For example...
Read More →3rd January 2026, 3 months ago
I mainly rent to sharers on joint and several tenancies. Young professional graduates with good jobs moving to London with friends. The sort of property that has only recently been caught up in HMO licensing. In the past I have...
Read More →10th December 2025, 4 months ago
I once suffered attempted identity theft, and Action Fraud suggested it was because I was a Director and personal details including home address were available at Companies House. The process there has changed. Having landlord details available along with rental...
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