Tim Peters
Tim Peters
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17th October 2023
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Registered with Property118.com
17th October 2023
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12th September 2026, 2 days ago
It's a fascinating change. They have taken the Private Rental Sector, removed all profit from it and made all the suppliers want to exit because there is no margin in it. At least the Greens were honest enough to say...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Smith at 11/09/2026 - 06:54
Reply to the comment left by Paul Smith at 11/09/2026 - 06:54When did you ever see anyone in the public sector take accountability for their decisions 😂😂😂
Read More →9th September 2026, 5 days ago
You don't have to be a professor to work it out, but HE has credibility and landlords do not. Management Consultants make a business from telling managers what their staff have been telling them for years, but when you are...
Read More →24th August 2026, 3 weeks ago
By law you can go and inspect the actual receipts within 6 months of your accounts being published. That often reveals much since you can see what each payment was for. insurance is a problem because some underwriters have left...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 24/08/2026 - 18:26
You are absolutely correct. Full disclosure, as well as being a landlord I am also a Freeholder AND a building manager (not the one where I own the freehold) I have never added anything as a fee for managing a...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 24/08/2026 - 15:39
RTM helps but it isn't the answer, because the managing agents are the ones bumping up the costs. Sometimes that is for their own gain, and sometimes it's because the person managing the account lacks the knowledge to challenge the...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 24/08/2026 - 10:18
Reply to the comment left by David at 10:18 If you want to private message me the address, I have a land registry account so I can check your lease and at least explain how and where you are being...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 23/08/2026 - 20:26
The reason social housing doesn’t have to comply comes down to who pays. The government would have to and (don’t tell anyone but ). They have no money! I’m not against pension funds making a fair profit because they need...
Read More →23rd August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Also, for what it's worth, the developers don't own the freeholds (in the main). They sold them off long ago and so they won't suffer.
Read More →23rd August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Well assuming that you have a pension YOU will be the one losing out. Developers were greedy, even houses were sold as leasehold and there is no reason for that. Leasehold properties have always been cheaper and that was largely...
Read More →23rd August 2026, 3 weeks ago
If you are saying solicitors didn't understand the contract terms then they all carry PI insurance and it should be a claim against that. The point remains that an ongoing ground rent was part of the deal. You can't just...
Read More →23rd August 2026, 3 weeks ago
Agree completely, and that is fine going forward. The issue is the current ground rents. Those are contracts agreed by both parties who both had legal advice. For the government to step in and take from one party to give...
Read More →Reply to comment left by northernpleb at 27/07/2026 - 10:20
It's ok ...the government has a plan. They want landlords to be more flexible in who they take even though they have removed all the protection and massively increased both the cost and the risk
Read More →27th July 2026, 2 months ago
That is a great idea. It would give real insight into how they look after a property. My guess is that very few tenants will agree. Some move for jobs, study etc but there are a large number who takes...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Carol Moscardini at 20/07/2026 - 19:06
Yes but the takeaway is also that if the lease does not specify explicitly who owns the door, the CoA are going to take the view that it belongs to the flat (and therefore the Leaseholder). So we agree, it...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lucy McKenna at 20/07/2026 - 11:32
Rita....be very careful who you take "advice" from on a forum like this. Look at the decision in Marlborough Knightsbridge Management Ltd v Fivaz (2021) EWCA Civ 989, The court of appeal decided (in simple terms) that there wasn't much...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 19/07/2026 - 22:32
Agreed, but a building is not a static situation, and the regs require that the FRA is reviewed "regularly". At a review, you can't determine if a door is "adequate to resist the spread of smoke and flame" unless you...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 19/07/2026 - 19:51
Well...yes....and no. The 2022 regs do not require formal quarterly checks of communal doors and annual checks of entrance doors at that height, But The fire safety order 2005 guidance suggests 6 monthly checks and an annual inspection of flat...
Read More →19th July 2026, 2 months ago
So can you explain this... "It doesn't matter how many floors there are" And "Qualifying leaseholders in buildings over 11m are legally protected " That is why the height of the building DOES matter. As you said, you are not...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Lucy McKenna at 19/07/2026 - 18:44
I may have missed it, but I don't think the OP has said the height (number of floors) in the building. That could be critical too. If the lease is silent about the door, it may be indicated elsewhere eg...
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