TheBiggerPicture, Author at Property118

TheBiggerPicture

Great article. Well articulated."Person of the People". Not a member but I have an association with Reform. From an investor and owner perspective it's a no brainer that they would be landlord friendly. Cannot stress enough the importance of making...

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I am not clear on why someone hasn't set up one privately we can subscribe to. You can ask a previous landlord for a reference, why not have a company that registers these references?

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There is a obvious failure in the original legislation. It do not allow for transition from private to company property transfers in a cost effective way. Unless this was a feature, not a bug, intended to push out amateur landlords...

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If something requires the labour of another person, it is not a right!

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Great, will look forward to the equivalent tenants database. Half of mine scammed me previously and probably did to the landlord before and after me.

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Only solution we have is to vote Reform!

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Put a price on everything then, why single out landlords. If Polanski wants to cap the price for tenants, why doesn't he become a landlord and cap his own rent? Price caps are government overreach.

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"A Labour MP is calling on the government to introduce rent controls to curb welfare spending." We need MPs calling for controls to curb the amounts of legislation and taxes.

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I'm going to get a tent and sleep outside Andy Burnhams house for a few months. Being homeless they will be powerless to move me because hey- being homeless is not a crime.

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Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 10:53 And now that feel will be more than nominal. Classic bait and switch from politicians. Slow salami as slicing you into oblivion. why can't they fund enforcement from fines. They...

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Reply to the comment left by Ian Cognito at 24/06/2026 - 16:47Let me get this straight, putting a tax on something will increase supply. Even if that was true, did you consider it would reduce demand? If I was thinking...

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Taxed on square meters is a much fairer way. But as others have alluded to, its much more about being a cash grab. Bank robbers rob banks, because that is where the money is, and land value tax advocates go...

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The Land tax is the worst of all taxes. All houses in New Zealand have a government valuation. This valuation has nothing to do with the properties real value. How can you continuously value a whole country's properties? Putting that...

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Because the impact is already decided. You don't need past data for that.

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The government shouldn't be putting fines on people pulling out. Just shorten the process to 20 days like other countries. What is a "legitimate reason." for pulling out. Can 2 half "legitimate reasons." count. What if there is a legitimate...

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"The reason rents have risen across England is a historic failure to build homes to meet rocketing demand." "But that’s not the fault of landlords – it would take a very big pair of rose-tinted glasses to suggest otherwise." The...

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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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TheBiggerPicture

TheBiggerPicture


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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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