Category Archives: Property Maintenance

Landlords are under a legal duty of care to ensure that the risk of exposure to Legionella for tenants, residents and visitors to their properties is adequately assessed and controlled. Landlords are...

Hello All  I am posting here at the invitation of Mark Alexander (founder of Property118) to explain how you can get free help when making a property related insurance claim. I have been a member of...

I am in favour of new regulations which could help to save lives but I don’t understand why only the lives of tenants seem to matter in the eyes of the law. I don’t have gas at home but I do have...

I am a leaseholder in a large block of flats built in 2007. After two flats were severely damaged by water escaping through pipes our insurance had the excess for escape of water increased to...

A letting agent who rented out a damp, dangerous and dilapidated property received a hefty fine following a successful council prosecution.  Key Property (UK) Ltd of 47 Bell Road, Hounslow, who trade...

One of the things that always scares me about property and, to be honest, stopped me from buying properties earlier was my lack of maintenance skills. I knew nothing about the causes of damp, how much...

EPC regulations are beginning to worry many landlords so I would like to raise this question; “should landlords be selling leasehold flats with a Band F & G EPC rating now?” Just in...

Putting a freshly cut onion in roughly the centre of a room whilst painting and after you have decorated will get rid of the smell of fresh paint a lot quicker. Give it a try, it really does work, not...

Hello Mark, I wonder how you and others feel about my quandry regarding the gas installation at my rental property. I have an end of terrace, 1920s built house which I rent out through my local...

I have a few flats in South Tyneside, some of which are known to have been built on watercourses and have a damp problem ….  the phrase “I wish I’d know that when I bought...