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Court of Appeal decision made on when is a payment rent and when is it a deposit

23rd April 2013, 13 years ago | 43

Newsflash from Tessa Shepperson of Landlord Law. There has been an important Court of Appeal decision on tenancy deposits. In...

Stephen Cleaver of Phoenix Aircon Limited Pontypool

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Stephen Cleaver of Phoenix Aircon Limited Pontypool I am a Landlord and want to support The GOOD Landlords Campaign and...

Ben Hall of Loft Interiors Manchester

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Ben Hall of Loft Interiors Manchester I am not a Landlord, but do want to support The GOOD Landlords Campaign...

Can I charge tenants for extra admin if they are in arrears?

Author: Readers Question

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 16

Following the news from Property118 last week regarding “no win no fee” debt collection for landlords I have been re-thinking...

HMO Bathroom Provision for 7 people

Author: Readers Question

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 14

For years I have happily operated a 7 bed HMO which has 2 full bathrooms. According to the council bumf...

Agent’s breach or tenant’s breach? Please HELP!!

Author: Readers Question

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 2

Our tenants moved in with pets (ferret, cat and a dog) even though we had advised our letting agents that...

ARLA figures suggest lack of housing supply taking firm hold

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Tenants are now staying in one property for a record duration of 20 months, according to the latest research from...

Are you owed money for rent arrears or damages?

Author: Mark Alexander

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I don’t think landlords should allow tenants to get away with not paying rent or making good any damages, do...

Rent2Rent Scheme Gone Wrong

Author: Readers Question

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 70

I rented my property to a company who in turn sub-let the property for the same term. The tenancy was...

HMO room sizes – Does size really matter?

Author: Readers Question

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 18

After having read a lot of articles that Mark has posted, some of which are very informative, some of which...

Insolvency compensation rules for deposit and mortgages

Author: Readers Question

20th April 2013, 13 years ago | 3

What are the compensation rules when a customer has both deposits (over £85,000) and an outstanding mortgage with the same...

Newbie property investor seeks advice

Author: Readers Question

19th April 2013, 13 years ago | 22

I am just getting started off in the property game and my ambition it to set up a small portfolio...

Free ebook – investing in Cambridge

Author: Mark Alexander

18th April 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Buy to let investors in Cambridge can see between 12 to 15% pre tax income on capital employed. Cambridge –...

Do tenants have choices?

Author: Mark Alexander

16th April 2013, 13 years ago | 8

Am I the only person in the world who is sick to the back teeth of hearing stories of letting...

Globrix & findaproperty – advice to letting agents

Author: Mark Alexander

15th April 2013, 13 years ago | 1

Letting Agents using the Globrix and findaproperty logo’s on their websites might wish to consider updating their logo’s. The firms...

Condensation claim and prescribed information question

Author: Readers Question

15th April 2013, 13 years ago | 17

A tenant sneaked out 2 months into a 6 month tenancy without paying for the rent. At the start I...

Barclays Offset mortgage customers – TAKE HEED!

Author: Mark Alexander

15th April 2013, 13 years ago | 42

Around 1 million Woolwich and Barclays Offset customers are to be affected by the changes to their offset reserve accounts. I...

I have been offered 6 months rent in advance

Author: Readers Question

14th April 2013, 13 years ago | 47

I have a prospective tenant who has been paid off with early retirement from a major high street bank together...