James Sim
James Sim
Registered with Property118.com
29th February 2024
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I’ve been renting houses for over 20 years in the Wigan area.
I used to think it was a good business financially and socially, now I’m slowly selling up, even my kids don’t want to get into it now it’s so stressful and ever increasingly troublesome. The scales have been tipped too far for it to be a good business any more for a private landlord, I feel sorry for my tenants, because ultimately they will be the homeless ones, and it was all preventable if only the government and crusading charities stopped to smell the coffee and took a fair and balanced approach.
31st March 2026, 1 week ago
I’ve just been through this, the tenant left, refused to sign any paperwork or return keys and would not confirm they no longer lived there, while leaving the place in a total mess and also that they were using it...
Read More →27th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
This should come as no surprise to anyone. The constant barrage of legislation, problems with tenants and the court system, uncertainly regarding EPCs, and ever decreasing return for ever increasing risk is just madness for inexperienced landlords, and not that...
Read More →25th March 2026, 2 weeks ago
At £7k a mistake it’s cheaper to do what you need to do to get this done even if there is some duplication. I’ve done some of mine by email, and those emails I don’t have for tenants I’ve requested...
Read More →19th March 2026, 3 weeks ago
So are the government making sure ALL rented accommodation is a C, or is it just the PRIVATE landlords in the crosshairs - again! Generation Rent are so out of touch with the real world, it’s like they don’t have...
Read More →17th March 2026, 3 weeks ago
Just had this and it’s ridiculous, but you can’t afford to fall foul of the law or it could cost you a criminal record for illegal eviction. My tenant simply would not surrender the keys out of spite even though...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Gordon MacRae at 13/03/2026 - 14:16
Reply to the comment left by Gordon MacRae at 13/03/2026 - 14:16This is a typical political response, kick the can down the road and don’t accept any accountability. Instead of playing politics, how about engaging in the questions raised, as...
Read More →13th March 2026, 4 weeks ago
The real issue for me is dealing with bad tenants or getting my house back if I need to. With section 21 going, and the RRA coming, combined with the yet unknown, but likely costly, impact of the new EPC...
Read More →12th March 2026, 4 weeks ago
If only we could deal with bad tenants the way the government is dealing with ALL landlords! I don’t have much time for those who run shoddy homes, and I agree things should be done, but the biggest problem has...
Read More →1st March 2026, 1 month ago
Yep, I’m selling up also, it was supported to be my pension, but now there are so many down sides it’s just a headache with an ever diminishing return and ever increasing risk. I feel sorry for the tenants I’m...
Read More →1st March 2026, 1 month ago
I’ve been using the TDS for 20 years and they have never helped me in a tenant dispute, in fact, they have actively worked agains me even though I could prove the wrongdoing and cost to me the tenant caused....
Read More →27th February 2026, 1 month ago
All these renters rights groups have a lot to answer for, none of us on here want to increase rents, none of us want shoddy homes, none of us want to be asking good tenants to leave, but that is...
Read More →28th January 2026, 2 months ago
Once again MPs totally miss the point. I’m a small landlord with 7 properties left as I’ve already started selling up, but even with this modest total, I simply cannot afford to pay up to £70k in EPC upgrades?? It’s...
Read More →27th January 2026, 2 months ago
You can make figures say anything with enough spin, all I know is I’m a small landlord who is selling up over the next several years because of all the legislation, fines, persecution, and poorer and poorer return on investment....
Read More →27th January 2026, 2 months ago
Expecting private landlords to go to a C when the national average is a D, and housing associations and councils can let Ds just reeks of discrimination. £10k may reasonable in a London house with. £2/month rent, but where I...
Read More →6th January 2026, 3 months ago
These people are so out of touch with reality it’s scary. I don’t know how they sleep at night given the utter lies they spout, admittedly, probably in total ignorance. The huge increases in taxation, legislation and administrative burden is...
Read More →11th December 2025, 4 months ago
Many of us on here with properties in the D bracket will have older terraced houses 100+ years old, they were never designed for today’s standards, but we’re fine for the past years since they were built. I get that...
Read More →21st November 2025, 5 months ago
I have several properties with tenants who work, but still receive benefits as low income families. Last year I asked three of them to apply for funding for insulation as I could not, but they could. One epc was a...
Read More →19th November 2025, 5 months ago
I recently used a section 8 done via a solicitor. Unfortunately the solicitor spelt the tenants name incorrectly by one letter, instead of accepting the error the judge threw it out - whatever happened to common sense?? Currently waiting another...
Read More →14th November 2025, 5 months ago
I’m selling up and will ultimately leave the sector. Yes, you can still make money in being a landlord, but it’s now almost socially unacceptable to be one! The profits continue to degrade every year while the costs spiral, compounded...
Read More →27th October 2025, 5 months ago
No bias whatsoever then! Jobs for the boys, at the taxpayers expense, Shelter do more harm than good unfortunately.
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