TheBiggerPicture, Author at Property118

TheBiggerPicture

The end goal here is to make being a landlord impossible. Then complain landlords are a failure and the government should be landlords. Nationalisation of the rental sector.

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If you are saying rental income and salary income are equal, and therefor rental income should have NI, then: Salary income should have Stamp Duty and Capital gains taxes. Even better, if the problem is they are not equal, then...

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Are they talking about a land tax? Basically making everyone tenants in their own homes.

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Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 20/05/2026 - 10:14Ignorance of legislation??? Those two are responsible for making legislation! They should be more culpable than others.

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If they don't like the rent being charged, then live further out or in a smaller place, that's what I did when renting. When inflation and capital gains are taken into account are landlords really making super normal gains?

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"79% of the public believe the government should play a role in ensuring private rents are affordable" 79 percent probably believe they should get free groceries and get quadruple pay rises. Doesn't make it a good idea or a workable...

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Even better, because there is no bidding wars, landlords will advertise higher rents and accept lower bids. So if the market rents are advertised rents, it's all good.

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I think even responsible landlords do have to fea inadvertent mistakes, which are guaranteed to happen.

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I think there is a fundamental mistake. How are landlords responsible for tenants financial situation? If a tenant cannot afford the rent they should contact the landlord about that, or find a cheaper property.

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“Good landlords have nothing to fear" Said the lion to the sheep.

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This government has a policy of saying everything is fine all the time, even when it's not. As long as you're not personally affected, you'd believe them. We know better.

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As a software developer, I find it bizarre, you wouldn't combine the two. There is a principle in development, the DRY principle. Which means Don't Repeat Yourself. But as this is not a service offered by business for a customer,...

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NZ has a party equivalent to Reform in the governing coalition. Which is the reason section 24 equivalent removed and reversal of bad landlord policies. The sooner we have a Reform government the better.

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I saw your posts and attempt to organise. Much appreciated. Sad there was not much take up. Governments treat landlords as thier b*tches. No-one seems to stand up to them, and we are so fragmented. I would have considered joining...

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Yet more erosion of property rights, the state encroaching the ability of an owner to manage the property.

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This happened to me exactly. My agent took 1p too much deposit. "With monthly rents between £1000 and £4000, calculating a 5 week deposit to 2 decimal places will give too high a figure in over 46% of cases. Those...

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"Most who renovated went on to raise rents with more than 80% increasing rents with an average rise of 17%, with nearly a third putting rents up 20%." But how much did those without renovations put up rents? My current...

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Why Property118 Is Changing Its Tone

18th November 2025, 7 months ago

Thanks for all your hard work with this website. Its one of many valuable resources. Hope the new direction works well!

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Where is this funded from? They won't have a profi motive. So will we be taxed more?

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TheBiggerPicture

TheBiggerPicture


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2nd February 2020

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Bio

Own a very small portfolio of properties..
Have skills in finance, accounting and software.

Interested in ways of making property management more efficient.
Less effort
Less time
Less costs
More revenue

Have developed custom software(Not commercial) for managing own properties.

Believe the government is to big, and cause more problems than they solve with their involvement in many things.


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