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Boiler keeps breaking down

Author: Readers Question

12th March 2013, 13 years ago | 12

My seven year old boiler keeps breaking down. I must have had about 15 visits from British Gas for the...

Serving the correct section 21 notice

Author: Readers Question

12th March 2013, 13 years ago | 13

If you serve a section 21 notice to a tenant one month before their fixed tenancy expires i.e it will...

The mis-selling of IRHP – interest rate hedging products

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2013, 13 years ago | 1

The space for advice in the mis-selling of Interest Rate Hedging Products (IRHP’s) is becoming increasingly busy. A quick Google...

Universal Credit trial increases arrears by a factor of seven!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th March 2013, 13 years ago | 49

A Universal Credit trial of a first group of tenants in Torfaen South Wales has resulted in an increase in...

Letting my house without telling the mortgage company

Author: Readers Question

11th March 2013, 13 years ago | 73

We live in a small two bedroom house with two children already and I have now found out I am...

Lending Criteria to Consider when Purchasing a Buy to Let Flat

Author: Neil Patterson

11th March 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I had a question concerning this from our reader Dan today, but many Buy to Let investors I talk to...

Bankers advice resulted in collapse of my property business

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2013, 13 years ago | 4

IRHP stands for Interest Rate Hedging Protection. So how can a form of “protection” result in the collapse of a...

Why do some perfectly good tenants fail referencing?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th March 2013, 13 years ago | 7

Are there some agents out there frustrated by the declines they get for some of their tenants, when they seem...

What do you do when a tenant leaves and does not give you the keys?

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

7th March 2013, 13 years ago | 14

You may get tenants who from time to time leave without giving you the keys. You know the ones… They...

Letting agent possibly pulling a fast one over rent increase?

Author: Readers Question

7th March 2013, 13 years ago | 19

We have been renting out our property through a letting agent for the past 2 years. The rent was £330...

Gas Boiler Regulations – Landlords Question

Author: Readers Question

7th March 2013, 13 years ago | 69

I recently asked a plumber to look at a gas boiler in my rented flat. The hot water was patchy...

Tenant wants hole in kitchen wall for a dryer

Author: Readers Question

7th March 2013, 13 years ago | 15

My tenant wants to cut a small hole into the kitchen wall that backs into the garden to let her...

Are Rent Guarantees Worth Buying?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2013, 13 years ago | 15

Increasing rents, a difficult economy and job losses mean a growing number of tenants are struggling to pay their rent....

Class Action Litigation BOI + Bristol and West Mortgages

Author: Mark Alexander

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 28

As you have probably heard, Bank of Ireland (BOI) and Bristol and West have advised borrowers who took tracker rate...

Prime Manchester Buy-to-Let Apartments

Author: Property Hotspots

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Now over 50% sold out and with construction already underway these prime Manchester buy-to-let apartments at X1 Salford Quays are on...

Creating opportunities by letting to pet owners

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 4

At present I let several on my properties to tenants with pets. Being a pet lover myself I have always...

Static Shocks in my rental property – what can I do?

Author: Readers Question

5th March 2013, 13 years ago | 11

My former home has been rented out for the last three years to a great set of tenants who would...

The Mortgage Works backs down on benefit tenants ruling

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th March 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The Mortgage Works backs down as the balance of risk has shifted again and The Mortgage Works (TMW) are now...