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Things are getting tougher and tougher for landlords. Despite Brexit, the Government is continually bringing in new rules and regulations – with more planned...
Refunding Deposit money re section21 – Landlord training...
What can you do if your tenant refuses to cash a cheque refunding their deposit so you can serve a section 21 notice?
Does it mean you can’t serve your notice, ever?
Today’s video clip...
Retaliatory Eviction – Legal update training for Landlords...
Watch a 10 minute clip of specialist housing barrister Sam Mdage-Wyld explaining retaliatory eviction, taken from the Legal Update Online Video Course (NB special 50% reduction offer ending tomorrow,
Data Protection Rules Training...
How long do you need to keep ‘right to rent’ data in order to defend yourself against prosecution?
Are you at risk if you destroy your copy documents?
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Superstike – Deposit Protection rules reminder...
Landlords up and down the country will (or should) be celebrating the demise of the ridiculous rules we have all had to put up with following the Court of Appeal decision in the Superstrike case.
This...
Landlords rejoice as Superstrike problems are no more!!
Landlords up and down the country will (or should) be celebrating the demise of the ridiculous rules we have all had to put up with following the Court of Appeal decision in the Superstrike case.
This...
Tenants Refusing Access for Gas Safety Inspections – survey...
A couple of months ago I created a survey of Landlord Law members to identify what the levels of interest might be for a legal help kit on what to do if a tenant refuses access for Gages Safety inspections.
Tenancy agreements – At the end of the fixed term...
All good things come to an end – and in due course your tenancy agreement’s fixed term will end too.
What happens then?
When the fixed term ends
Some people assume that the tenancy will end and...
Tenancy agreements – Adapting tenancy agreement clauses...
So you have got your tenancy agreement and read it through. You are happy with most of it but there are just one or two things you don’t like.
Is it all right for you to change them?
Tenancy agreements – Essential information...
So you have sourced your ideal tenancy agreement and have found a suitable tenant. Lets take a look at the information you need to put in your tenancy agreement.
The property
It sounds obvious...
Tenancy agreements – Using the correct agreement...
People often talk about getting a tenancy agreement as if it were the same as getting a table or new kettle for the property. Anything will do.
However a tenancy agreement is a very important document.
Tenancy agreements – Why you need one...
Did you know its not actually necessary, legally, to have a tenancy agreement?
You can create a perfectly valid tenancy on a handshake, handing over the keys and collecting the rent from your tenant...
Court of Appeal decision made on when is a payment rent and when...
Newsflash from Tessa Shepperson of Landlord Law.
There has been an important Court of Appeal decision on tenancy deposits.
In the case of Johnson v. Old the tenant claimed that the six months rent she...
The various and wondrous ways that tenancies end...
This is the last in this series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
What do you do if your tenant won’t leave when their section...
This is the ninth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
What do you do if your tenant won’t leave...
I think my tenant has left, can I change the locks?
This is the eighth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
I think my tenant has left, can I change...
Help! My tenant has stopped paying rent – what do I do?
This is the seventh in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
Help! My tenant has stopped paying rent...
How to increase rent the proper way...
This is the sixth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
How to increase rent the proper way
As we...
All about tenancy deposits...
This is the fifth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
Why you need to have the right tenancy agreement for your letting...
This is the fourth in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
@TessaShepperson blogs “Check out your tenants or live...
This is the third in a series of 10 articles written by specialist landlord & tenant solicitor Tessa Shepperson, founder of the online Landlord Law Service.
Having a good tenant is THE most important...