Cautionary Tales

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EU Trying To Kill Buy To Let – sign the petition to STOP it now.

Author: Mark Alexander

19th November 2011, 14 years ago | 100

The buy to let market will grind to a halt if EU proposals to change the way lenders hand out...

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Tell Tenants How to Deal with Emergencies, Urges NLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th November 2011, 14 years ago | 2

Tenants need to know about how to cope in an emergency to protect rental properties from risk of damage in...

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AIIC Serve up a Winter Warning

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Being mid-November, the Christmas warnings are well on their way. The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has put together...

HMO Landlady Sacks Tenant

Author: HMOLandlady

14th November 2011, 14 years ago | 6

Continuing on the maintenance theme (somehow I think this could be ongoing!), I’m in the midst of a continuing dilemma:...

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Referencing Tenants Explained on Animated Video

Author: Mark Alexander

11th November 2011, 14 years ago | 2

A few months ago I wrote an article entitled How Free Tenant Referencing Businesses Are Influencing Landlords Strategies. Since then...

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Tales from the Frontline

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

2nd November 2011, 14 years ago | 30

Regular readers will know that I am a working Tenancy Relations Officer dealing with harassment and illegal eviction cases and...

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Bank Pulls Plug on Britain’s Worst Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 14 years ago | 1

A buy to let mortgage lender called in more than £1 million of loans when a landlord described as one...

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Don’t Shoot the Messenger #7 – When a Tenant Takes on a New Partner

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

31st October 2011, 14 years ago | 7

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

A Tenant from Hell – And a Landlord’s Revenge!

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

28th October 2011, 14 years ago | 15

I thought I’d share my recent experiences of a “Tenant From Hell” We often take on properties from landlords who...

Why Do People Hate Landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 14 years ago | 5

I decided to write this article as a companion piece to Mary Latham’s recent article “I will not say sorry...

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Fraudster Letting Agent Faces More Time in Jail

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A jailed letting agent who stole cash from landlords to fund his ailing business risks another 15 months in prison...

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To Be a Rogue – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #7

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

17th October 2011, 15 years ago | 15

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

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HMO Landlord Pays £12,000 for Ignoring Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord was fined £12,000 for failing to provide a fire alarm and electricity supply in a shared house he...

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New Move to Combat Buy to Let Fraudsters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buy to let lenders are making deals tougher for property investors who try and purchase off-plan or at below market...

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Council Bids to Bankrupt Landlord Over £25,000 Tax Claim

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

A council is making a bid to bankrupt a landlord who is alleged to owe almost £25,000 in council tax....

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HMO Landlords Pick up £28,000 Bill for Flouting Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two landlords who put tenant lives at risk by flouting fire safety rules were ordered to pay fines and costs...

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Hands on HMOs – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #2

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

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Crooks Have Plagued us for Years, Says Leading Letting Agent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Theft and fraud by letting agents has always been a problem in the industry, claims the managing director of the...