Tenant asking to move young brother in for a couple of months?
Author: Reluctant Landlord
28th June 2022, 4 years ago | 7
Reluctant Landlord
Can I withhold tenant access temporarily?
Author: Reluctant Landlord
9th March 2021, 5 years ago | 8
Leak – Tenant delay reporting and made problem worse?
Author: Reluctant Landlord
26th February 2021, 5 years ago | 6
Assessed water charges between tenancies?
Author: Reluctant Landlord
26th August 2020, 6 years ago | 4
Reluctant Landlord
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Reply to comment left by Keith Wellburn at 21/08/2026 - 10:25
Reply to the comment left by Keith Wellburn at 21/08/2026 - 10:25the point being the tenant complained and the council investigated. That's exactly what should happen, so clearly the system works. The bad landlords are being dealt with. “Good landlords...
Read More →21st August 2026, 19 hours ago
Some landlords may choose to pass on part or all of the additional costs to tenants via rent. Some? Its a business cost so it gets passed on. Anyone who doesn't is plainly stupid.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 20/08/2026 - 11:37
while the legislation regarding animals might be complex, the RRA has made it clear that the person making a request to have an animal on the premises is the tenant named in the APT (meaning they will be both the...
Read More →19th August 2026, 2 days ago
the reality is NONE of this is needed. Councils complain the they don't have the manpower/money to enforce and stop 'bad' landlords providing shoddy accommodation in the private sector, yet none of this will make any difference. Bad landlords only...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 18/08/2026 - 13:50
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 18/08/2026 - 13:50...and if people are on benefits and not working they wont need to be commuting anywhere. Simply hiding ghettos in plain sight but where fewer will object?
Read More →Reply to comment left by David at 18/08/2026 - 16:11
It goes back to the very start first on the build spec....with all the legislation surrounding sound proofing for new builds in such locations, demands for high insulation (yet the ability not to overheat or open windows so kids can...
Read More →19th August 2026, 3 days ago
“This an exciting opportunity for landlords in Brighton & Hove ...." Seriously - how deluded are these councils?
Read More →19th August 2026, 3 days ago
small print!!!! Grant funding is ONLY paid when: the works are completed the EPC has been reassessed the property is successfully leased to the council (including tenant onboarding and key handover) In other words do the work FIRST and then...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Darlington Landlord at 14/08/2026 - 18:37
Reply to the comment left by Darlington Landlord at 14/08/2026 - 18:37ditto = property manager. Puts the focus purely on looking after a property (and not the tenant) - just as a letting agent would do. Other options I sometimes...
Read More →17th August 2026, 5 days ago
The RRA sheet issued or not has ZERO bearing on the claimant receiving the housing element. The only proof DWP need is a copy of the AST/APT provided by the tenant. End of. Write to the partnership manager and copy...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 14/08/2026 - 10:04
Reply to the comment left by Judith Wordsworth at 14/08/2026 - 10:04but that upsets their voting base....
Read More →14th August 2026, 1 week ago
with Parliament in recess a lot of the fluff Burnham is putting out cannot be challenged nor pushed for more detail. We are in a vacuum where Chinese whispers and clap trap is the order of the day. Snippets of...
Read More →14th August 2026, 1 week ago
The other side of the story that no one sees other than the landlord, is the actual verbal and physical hostility. The landlord is very often the only person on whom discontent for everything is raged on, irrespective of whether...
Read More →13th August 2026, 1 week ago
That’s despite an increase in the proportion of tenants who said their home was safe Because social landlords don't actually tell them what the legal standard is I expect. Shhhhhh.
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Lawrenson at 13/08/2026 - 12:45
Reply to the comment left by David Lawrenson at 13/08/2026 - 12:45because that is what the off the shelf package they picked says.....floorplans not a legal necessity in non HMO's. Push back and ask why. It makes it clear the...
Read More →13th August 2026, 1 week ago
when council see SL - al they see is £'s in front of their eyes. They also just pick an off the shelf database as pushed by the sub contractor they put this out to (cost irrelevant as being paid...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jo at 13/08/2026 - 11:47
Reply to the comment left by Jo Westlake at 13/08/2026 - 11:47...and not all building insurance /legal cover allow the guarantor to be a company. Many demand PERSONAL guarantors only or legal cover is void.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/08/2026 - 14:44
agree. You can ask for entry to do a property check etc....doesn't mean its granted. No judge would give possession on the basis the tenant refused the LL access unless there were significant and legal implications and the LL had...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 13/08/2026 - 08:53
Reply to the comment left by at 13/08/2026 - 08:53if this is correct and for example the LL did everything by the book in terms of refencing, right to rent checks ID etc, then the only possible 'failing' could be...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 12/08/2026 - 18:29
Reply to the comment left by Paul Essex at 12/08/2026 - 18:29see it as providing evidence in a defence situation if ever one should arise.... All you can do is show that there was no ulterior motive on your behalf...
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