Hi Steve, I agree wholeheartedly with your logic and Reform are the only Party that I feel aligned with now. Also a 'shout out' for GBNews as the platform for free-speaking conversation that goes some way to air views the...
Two things come to mind: There may be a waiver created as you have been letting your flat for a very long time (as have others) and there is a legal term 'estoppel by convention' which is based on your...
Hi Elizabeth, We are in exactly the same circumstances and fully understand your position and dilemma. Again we have a mortgage due to expire with Rosinca. Email me direct if you want to discuss and we can support each other,...
My husband and I hold a small portfolio of properties in our personal names and have taken the decision to incorporate them with the guidance of Alex Norian who has given us a lot of his time and patience far...
We had an electric boiler fitted which has been a fantastic solution for us.....however, it is very important that the total capacity of electricity for your property (from the main meter) is properly assessed so that the boiler for it...
Hi Pip, Our case was settled 'out of Court' at the Mediation phase prior to the Trial Date where our Management Company 'gave in' and agreed that one household in the lease can be interpreted as two or more unrelated...
Reply to the comment left by Mark Shine at 09/05/2021 - 21:45Our Settlement Agreement at Mediation (just 3 weeks prior to the full blown Trial) has stated the result of our case, but this was accepted by the Defendant (our...
Reply to the comment left by T Krishna at 29/04/2021 - 01:57Hi, Re: Household. I've just spent two years litigating about the definition of 'household' in our lease (being different to the word 'family''). We always maintained three unrelated sharers...
We are going through a similar experience of questioning our Board over their action/lack of action and transparency on this expensive subject. We have been considering similar remedies and would like to know the validity of your Board's comments? It...
Hi Citymanlettings, I am not a BCC this week, please email (as previous message) me with your contact details for my department to get in touch with you. Thanks, Wenndy
Dear Citymanlettings, can you email me on my private email: [email protected] and get in touch that way so I can further assist without bureaucracy getting in the way. I now may not be 'in post' at Birmingham CC over next...
Dear Citymanlettings, I started work for BCC this week in the very department that you have tried to contact (I think). I am also a private landlord personally and understand your frustration so I will endeavour to put you in...
Reply to the comment left by Yvonne Francis at 01/01/2021 - 12:40Hi Yvonne, I understand I have to abide by Housing Act 2004 HMO rules and its definition of household for the purposes of licensing...no issue/no argument there at all...
Reply to the comment left by Yvonne Francis at 31/12/2020 - 17:26Hi Yvonne, Thanks for your comments, but I am the leaseholder (and absentee private landlord) of my flat which I wanted to let to 3 unrelated tenants (for the...
I have an active Court Case running currently (Jan 2021) seeking a determination from the First Tier Tribunal on the definition of household in our lease which the landlord has interpreted as the definition in The Housing Act 2004. For...
3rd January 2024, 2 years ago
Hi Steve, I agree wholeheartedly with your logic and Reform are the only Party that I feel aligned with now. Also a 'shout out' for GBNews as the platform for free-speaking conversation that goes some way to air views the...
Read More →12th December 2023, 2 years ago
Two things come to mind: There may be a waiver created as you have been letting your flat for a very long time (as have others) and there is a legal term 'estoppel by convention' which is based on your...
Read More →30th October 2022, 3 years ago
Hi Elizabeth, We are in exactly the same circumstances and fully understand your position and dilemma. Again we have a mortgage due to expire with Rosinca. Email me direct if you want to discuss and we can support each other,...
Read More →28th September 2022, 4 years ago
My husband and I hold a small portfolio of properties in our personal names and have taken the decision to incorporate them with the guidance of Alex Norian who has given us a lot of his time and patience far...
Read More →8th February 2022, 4 years ago
We had an electric boiler fitted which has been a fantastic solution for us.....however, it is very important that the total capacity of electricity for your property (from the main meter) is properly assessed so that the boiler for it...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Philip Sackey at 25/10/2021 - 13:57
Hi Pip, Our case was settled 'out of Court' at the Mediation phase prior to the Trial Date where our Management Company 'gave in' and agreed that one household in the lease can be interpreted as two or more unrelated...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mark Shine at 09/05/2021 - 21:45
Reply to the comment left by Mark Shine at 09/05/2021 - 21:45Our Settlement Agreement at Mediation (just 3 weeks prior to the full blown Trial) has stated the result of our case, but this was accepted by the Defendant (our...
Read More →Reply to comment left by T Krishna at 29/04/2021 - 01:57
Reply to the comment left by T Krishna at 29/04/2021 - 01:57Hi, Re: Household. I've just spent two years litigating about the definition of 'household' in our lease (being different to the word 'family''). We always maintained three unrelated sharers...
Read More →15th April 2021, 5 years ago
We are going through a similar experience of questioning our Board over their action/lack of action and transparency on this expensive subject. We have been considering similar remedies and would like to know the validity of your Board's comments? It...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Wendy McGuinnes at 08/01/2021 - 19:28
Hi Citymanlettings, I am not a BCC this week, please email (as previous message) me with your contact details for my department to get in touch with you. Thanks, Wenndy
Read More →Reply to comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 09/01/2021 - 10:40
Dear Citymanlettings, can you email me on my private email: [email protected] and get in touch that way so I can further assist without bureaucracy getting in the way. I now may not be 'in post' at Birmingham CC over next...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Ross Smith at 08/01/2021 - 09:40
Dear Citymanlettings, I started work for BCC this week in the very department that you have tried to contact (I think). I am also a private landlord personally and understand your frustration so I will endeavour to put you in...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Yvonne Francis at 01/01/2021 - 12:40
Reply to the comment left by Yvonne Francis at 01/01/2021 - 12:40Hi Yvonne, I understand I have to abide by Housing Act 2004 HMO rules and its definition of household for the purposes of licensing...no issue/no argument there at all...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Yvonne Francis at 31/12/2020 - 17:26
Reply to the comment left by Yvonne Francis at 31/12/2020 - 17:26Hi Yvonne, Thanks for your comments, but I am the leaseholder (and absentee private landlord) of my flat which I wanted to let to 3 unrelated tenants (for the...
Read More →31st December 2020, 5 years ago
I have an active Court Case running currently (Jan 2021) seeking a determination from the First Tier Tribunal on the definition of household in our lease which the landlord has interpreted as the definition in The Housing Act 2004. For...
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