John Taylor
John Taylor
Registered with Property118.com
12th February 2025
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Registered with Property118.com
12th February 2025
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18
16th February 2026, 2 months ago
As soon as I'm aware of a problem I ask the tenant to watch a video on damp prevention and supply them with a dehumidifier and a hygrometer. I also offer to subsidise the electricity for a month or two...
Read More →23rd January 2026, 3 months ago
All very noble in principle, but where are the regulations govering tenant stupidity? have a large studio flat which I had fully insulated with 2 inch PIR backed plasterboard 5 years ago, and which has an EPC of C. My...
Read More →15th January 2026, 3 months ago
A friend of mine is leaving a bad marriage, the house is sold and the husband moved out several months ago. Now my friend has to rent while the divorce gets sorted out but she can't find anywhere available in...
Read More →6th November 2025, 5 months ago
Well done to Shelter for supporting the 12-month vacancy rule due to a failed sale, which will ensure that vacant properties remain vacant and the homeless remain homeless.
Read More →27th October 2025, 6 months ago
It’s crazy. Assuming I have a failed attempt to sell (at below market value) a family with 2 children will have to remain in a Council funded B&B while they gaze at my empty 3-bedroom flat which I won’t be...
Read More →25th September 2025, 7 months ago
It's utterly stupid that tenants can prove that they've been reliably paying rent, council tax and utilities for years and years and not having any financial problems, yet these same people are not able to apply for a mortgage, even...
Read More →10th September 2025, 7 months ago
Oh yes, always best to have someone with no practical experience setting the rules. We ought not allow anyone with any medical knowledge be secretary of state for health, or anyone who's ever served in the forces anywhere near defence....
Read More →9th September 2025, 7 months ago
I had 2 flats on the market for 6 months at below market prices to encourage buyers. No joy, the government have got flat buyers as worried as they've got us landlords, so after the 6 months I've re-let to...
Read More →16th August 2025, 8 months ago
In that case any MP who were previously a doctor or nurse shouldn't be allowed near the Department if Health, all ex-military people must be banned from the Defense Ministry and so on. These idiots want people with no lived...
Read More →14th July 2025, 9 months ago
You can't talk to someone who won't listen. He doesnt want to hear, his mind is shut.
Read More →14th July 2025, 9 months ago
There's none as blind as those that will not see. These clowns simply refuse to accept the obvious, and have no grasp of the concept of unexpected consequences. I've sold 5 of my 10 rentals, and moved out two good,...
Read More →10th July 2025, 9 months ago
Insane Government meddling and the threat of worse to come, so landlords, me included, are selling up and tensnts are finding a shortage and rising prices. What a surprise, well done Labour.
Read More →27th June 2025, 10 months ago
My letting agent is in despair; I've served notice on my 3 flats so that I can sell, and she has several other of her long term landlords also selling. One is getting 5 of his properties empty before October....
Read More →Reply to comment left by David Fox at 29/04/2025 - 12:35
I'm one like you......I've sold three properties and I've got two on the market. I'm too old to be caught in the trap Labour is setting for landlords. I've no problem with giving 4 months notice. I've no problem with...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Robert Stacey at 30/04/2025 - 17:32
It was Freehold Managers I was dealing with, and they were as slow and stubborn as they could be. That's why it would've been worth me finding a specislist rather yhan my country town solicitor.
Read More →30th April 2025, 12 months ago
Certainly you can buy a lease extension with 120 years left to run. There'd be virtually no marriage value so the cost would be pretty low. I put some figures into the lease-advice.org calculator (based on a value of flat...
Read More →30th April 2025, 12 months ago
Are you in a position to buy a lease extension? That would fo away eirh ground rent completely.
Read More →25th March 2025, 1 year ago
C is too high an EPC for many buildings to get to no matter what a landlord does. I have a listed Grade 11 building, and unless I'm allowed to install double glazing there's little more I can do.
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