Privacy Policy
BACKGROUND:
Property118 Ltd understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used and shared online. We respect and value the privacy of everyone who visits this website,
www.property118.com (“Our Site”) and will only collect and use personal data in ways that are described here, and in a manner that is consistent with Our obligations and your rights under the law.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of Our Privacy Policy is deemed to occur upon your first use of Our Site
. If you do not accept and agree with this Privacy Policy, you must stop using Our Site immediately.
- Definitions and Interpretation
In this Policy the following terms shall have the following meanings:
| “Account” |
means an account required to access and/or use certain areas and features of Our Site; |
| “Cookie” |
means a small text file placed on your computer or device by Our Site when you visit certain parts of Our Site and/or when you use certain features of Our Site. Details of the Cookies used by Our Site are set out in section 13, below; |
| “Cookie Law” |
means the relevant parts of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003; |
| “personal data” |
means any and all data that relates to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified from that data. In this case, it means personal data that you give to Us via Our Site. This definition shall, where applicable, incorporate the definitions provided in the EU Regulation 2016/679 – the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”); and |
| “We/Us/Our” |
Means Property118 Ltd , a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. |
- Information About Us
- Our Site is owned and operated by Property118 Ltd, a limited company registered in England under company number 10295964, whose registered address is 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- Our VAT number is 990 0332 34.
- Our Data Protection Officer is Neil Patterson, and can be contacted by email at npatterson@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB.
- What Does This Policy Cover?
This Privacy Policy applies only to your use of Our Site. Our Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that We have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and We advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.
- Your Rights
- As a data subject, you have the following rights under the GDPR, which this Policy and Our use of personal data have been designed to uphold:
- The right to be informed about Our collection and use of personal data;
- The right of access to the personal data We hold about you (see section 12);
- The right to rectification if any personal data We hold about you is inaccurate or incomplete (please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to be forgotten – i.e. the right to ask Us to delete any personal data We hold about you (We only hold your personal data for a limited time, as explained in section 6 but if you would like Us to delete it sooner, please contact Us using the details in section 14);
- The right to restrict (i.e. prevent) the processing of your personal data;
- The right to data portability (obtaining a copy of your personal data to re-use with another service or organisation);
- The right to object to Us using your personal data for particular purposes; and
- If you have any cause for complaint about Our use of your personal data, please contact Us using the details provided in section 14 and We will do Our best to solve the problem for you. If We are unable to help, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the UK’s supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
- For further information about your rights, please contact the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.
- What Data Do We Collect?
Depending upon your use of Our Site, We may collect some or all of the following personal data (please also see section 13 on Our use of Cookies and similar technologies):
- Name;
- Date of birth;
- Address and post code;
- Business/company name and trading status;
- Number of properties owned;
- Accountants details;
- Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
- Proof of residence and ID;
- Financial information such as income and tax status;
- Landlords insurance renewal dates;
- Property Portfolio details such as value and mortgage outstanding;
- How Do We Use Your Data?
- All personal data is processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with Our obligations and safeguard your rights under the GDPR at all times. For more details on security see section 7, below.
- Our use of your personal data will always have a lawful basis, either because it is necessary for our performance of a contract with you, because you have consented to our use of your personal data (e.g. by subscribing to emails), or because it is in our legitimate interests. Specifically, we may use your data for the following purposes:
- Providing and managing your access to Our Site;
- Supplying our products and or services to you (please note that We require your personal data in order to enter into a contract with you);
- Personalising and tailoring our products and or services for you;
- Replying to emails from you;
- Supplying you with emails that you have opted into (you may unsubscribe or opt-out at any time by the unsubscribe link at the bottom of all emails;
- Analysing your use of our site and gathering feedback to enable us to continually improve our site and your user experience;
- Provide information to our partner service and product suppliers at your request.
- With your permission and/or where permitted by law, We may also use your data for marketing purposes which may include contacting you by email and or telephone with information, news and offers on our products and or We will not, however, send you any unsolicited marketing or spam and will take all reasonable steps to ensure that We fully protect your rights and comply with Our obligations under the GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003.
- You have the right to withdraw your consent to us using your personal data at any time, and to request that we delete it.
- We do not keep your personal data for any longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. Data will therefore be retained for the following periods (or its retention will be determined on the following bases):
- Member profile information is collected with your consent and can be amended or deleted at any time by you;
- Anti-Money Laundering information and tax consultancy records are to be kept as required by law for up to seven years.
- How and Where Do We Store Your Data?
- We only keep your personal data for as long as We need to in order to use it as described above in section 6, and/or for as long as We have your permission to keep it.
- Some or all of your data may be stored outside of the European Economic Area (“the EEA”) (The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein). You are deemed to accept and agree to this by using our site and submitting information to Us. If we do store data outside the EEA, we will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data is treated as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the GDPR
- Data security is very important to Us, and to protect your data We have taken suitable measures to safeguard and secure data collected through Our Site.
- Do We Share Your Data?
- We may share your data with other partner companies in for the purpose of supplying products or services you have requested.
- We may sometimes contract with third parties to supply products and services to you on Our behalf. Where any of your data is required for such a purpose, We will take all reasonable steps to ensure that your data will be handled safely, securely, and in accordance with your rights, Our obligations, and the obligations of the third party under the law.
- We may compile statistics about the use of Our Site including data on traffic, usage patterns, user numbers, sales, and other information. All such data will be anonymised and will not include any personally identifying data, or any anonymised data that can be combined with other data and used to identify you. We may from time to time share such data with third parties such as prospective investors, affiliates, partners, and advertisers. Data will only be shared and used within the bounds of the law.
- In certain circumstances, We may be legally required to share certain data held by Us, which may include your personal data, for example, where We are involved in legal proceedings, where We are complying with legal requirements, a court order, or a governmental authority.
- What Happens If Our Business Changes Hands?
- We may, from time to time, expand or reduce Our business and this may involve the sale and/or the transfer of control of all or part of Our business. Any personal data that you have provided will, where it is relevant to any part of Our business that is being transferred, be transferred along with that part and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this Privacy Policy, be permitted to use that data only for the same purposes for which it was originally collected by Us.
- How Can You Control Your Data?
- In addition to your rights under the GDPR, set out in section 4, we aim to give you strong controls on Our use of your data for direct marketing purposes including the ability to opt-out of receiving emails from Us which you may do by unsubscribing using the links provided in Our emails.
- Your Right to Withhold Information
- You may access certain areas of Our Site without providing any data at all. However, to use all features and functions available on Our Site you may be required to submit or allow for the collection of certain data.
- You may restrict Our use of Cookies. For more information, see section 13.
- How Can You Access Your Data?
You have the right to ask for a copy of any of your personal data held by Us (where such data is held). Under the GDPR, no fee is payable and We will provide any and all information in response to your request free of charge. Please contact Us for more details at info@property118.com, or using the contact details below in section 14.
- Our Use of Cookies
- Our Site may place and access certain first party Cookies on your computer or device. First party Cookies are those placed directly by Us and are used only by Us. We use Cookies to facilitate and improve your experience of Our Site and to provide and improve Our products AND/OR We have carefully chosen these Cookies and have taken steps to ensure that your privacy and personal data is protected and respected at all times.
- All Cookies used by and on Our Site are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
- Before Cookies are placed on your computer or device, you will be shown a cookie prompt requesting your consent to set those Cookies. By giving your consent to the placing of Cookies you are enabling Us to provide the best possible experience and service to you. You may, if you wish, deny consent to the placing of Cookies; however certain features of Our Site may not function fully or as intended. You will be given the opportunity to allow only first party Cookies and block third party Cookies.
- Certain features of Our Site depend on Cookies to function. Cookie Law deems these Cookies to be “strictly necessary”. These Cookies are shown below in section 13.5. Your consent will not be sought to place these Cookies, but it is still important that you are aware of them. You may still block these Cookies by changing your internet browser’s settings as detailed below in section 13.9, but please be aware that Our Site may not work properly if you do so. We have taken great care to ensure that your privacy is not at risk by allowing them.
- The following first party Cookies may be placed on your computer or device:
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Used only to collect performance data, with any identifiable data obfuscated |
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| __cfduid |
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Yes |
- Our Site uses analytics services provided by Google Analytics and Facebook. Website analytics refers to a set of tools used to collect and analyse anonymous usage information, enabling Us to better understand how Our Site is used. This, in turn, enables Us to improve Our Site and the products AND/OR services offered through it. You do not have to allow Us to use these Cookies, however whilst Our use of them does not pose any risk to your privacy or your safe use of Our Site, it does enable Us to continually improve Our Site, making it a better and more useful experience for you.
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- The analytics service(s) used by Our Site use(s) the following Cookies:
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Google |
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| _fbp |
First |
Facebook |
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- Contacting Us
If you have any questions about Our Site or this Privacy Policy, please contact Us by email at info@property118.com, by telephone on 01603 489118, or by post at 1st Floor, Woburn House, 84 St Benedicts Street, Norwich, NR2 4AB. Please ensure that your query is clear, particularly if it is a request for information about the data We hold about you (as under section 12, above).
- Changes to Our Privacy Policy
We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time (for example, if the law changes). Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up-to-date.
J CHAPMAN
15:54 PM, 2nd December 2021, About 2 years ago
Mick, have a look at how 'rent to buy' works. A landlord in my hometown is avoiding licensing fees by doing this. The Council agreed that he is exempt from the licensing fee. I did not get the details of how it works from him, as I sold all mine in the licensing area.
Mick Roberts
16:32 PM, 2nd December 2021, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by J CHAPMAN at 02/12/2021 - 15:54
Aaah we getting there. Thanks I'll look tomorrow when back in office. I suspect maybe different as my tenants can't afford to buy mine.
Be good though if works.
Mick Roberts
16:33 PM, 2nd December 2021, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Paul M at 02/12/2021 - 12:25
Thanks Paul M,
I must have missed your comment earlier as I was posting mine, yours wasn't there. Someone else just mentioned this.
Have u any pointers?
J CHAPMAN
23:33 PM, 2nd December 2021, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 02/12/2021 - 16:32
My fellow landlords tenants can't afford to buy either, they are mostly on benefits. Sorry I can't give you more details, I thought it was a brilliant strategy and would have looked at it further if I hadn't been planning to get rid of mine. He said the SL Officer was seething when they agreed he could not be forced to pay for the license, also said they were now responsible for their own repairs. Got to be worth a look.
Jessie Jones
9:24 AM, 4th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Mick, the Selective Licensing scheme only lasts for 5 years, and then the Council have to re-apply to central government if they want to extend the scheme. I think that this permission has been rejected in some areas as the Councils hadn't demonstrated that the schemes had delivered the benefits they are supposed to, such as a reduction in antisocial behaviour in the relevant areas.
I think that it would be more effective to try and oppose the renewal of the licensing scheme, than to try and figure out a way to avoid it.
Mick Roberts
11:50 AM, 4th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Jessie Jones at 04/12/2021 - 09:24
Yes Jessie,
The Council have employed someone specifically just for the renewal which they are apparently starting Oct 2022.
At that time, we have to get all our tenants writing in to the Secretary of State saying they don't want Licensing as it's making rents expensive & reducing supply, so much so that Benefit tenants can't move any more.
Yes, some areas have been rejected, Liverpool for one, let's hope.
We all try to oppose, but as u know, Landlord always wrong, Govt & Council right.
Kate Mellor
18:01 PM, 4th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Okay, this is just my immediate off the cuff thoughts.
I suspect you would probably still be classed as a landlord, because even if you gifted the tenant a 5% share of the property you would be renting them the 95% share that you still owned, (I think!?).
You would have the legal cost of registering the tenants in common with HMLR which could land you with tax due on the value of the gift plus legal fees. If you had a mortgage you would have a restriction on disposal registered on the property which would kybosh the idea. (I think you said you didn't have a mortgage?)
You'd also have legal fees for a contractual agreement between you on how things would be agreed in terms of the possible future sale of the property or any other things such as fees, maintenance etc.
If for some reason the tenant left the property you may lose touch with them and not be in a position to sign off on anything without them?
If you registered the shares as tenants in common with a declared split, the tenant could potentially die and you'd end up with an unknown part owner, or if no will a part share going to the government, or being held in limbo because no relative could be found.
If you registered as joint tenants whereby the same scenario would lead to you inheriting the deceased tenant's share, you could have the scenario where you pass away first and your share goes directly to your tenant. You may not mind this if you have no other family you wish to leave your estate to, but if you do then this isn't desirable.
Just a few random thoughts...
Mick Roberts
12:28 PM, 5th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Reply to the comment left by Kate Mellor at 04/12/2021 - 18:01
Thanks Kate,
Din't think of that -Tax due on the gift. Great thinking.
Yes most have no mortgages.
Ooh u putting lots of spanners in the works.
No, I can't have them having the whole lot if I pass away.
SCP
14:09 PM, 5th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Hello Mick
I am new to the forum.
I have the feeling you are an "old timer" and throw a googly from time to time to everybody's enjoyment.
Did you notice that the solicitors did not reply?
You have raised a series of fundamental questions, which would require a number of lectures.
Overthrow the system - via an avoidance scheme:
The legal system will not permit it. Judges will find against you. They have an armoury.
If there is a case, where the Judges are sympathetic, they may find in your favour "on the special facts of the case." It will NOT have a wider import or significance.
[Example: it is settled law a commercial lease of a shop with living accommodation on top - subject to the LTA 1954 - is NOT subject to leasehold enfranchisement. The lessee cannot buy the freehold reversion on the cheap. And yet when the House of Lords decided in favour of Mr Tandon - vide Tandon v Spurgeon's Trustees - there was an uproar, but it settled down quickly : special facts (my foot).]
There are well-settled principles of English land law:
1. A freeholder may not grant a Lease to himself.
2. The Lesser interest merges in the greater interest.
Your scheme cannot succeed ab initio.
There was a suggestion that the Landlord will pass his liability for repairs to the Tenant by putting this in the Tenancy Agreement (signed by the Tenant).
No Landlord may override the specific provisions of s.11 LTA 1985.
A Landlord may have a small victory in clarifying the meaning, where such meaning is not settled law.
Bristol Landlord
1:09 AM, 6th December 2021, About 2 years ago
Hi Mick
I’ve no idea if this could work but there seem to be several housing associations in your town,
Could you approach them with a view to selling to them with a tenant in place?
It doesn’t have to be all your properties at once to one HA but maybe a few properties each over time to a different HA.
If your tenants are low income and the HA have the funds and they are looking to buy then perhaps there could be a deal?
Otherwise is it possible to start your own Housing Association with your own properties.
If you can get any Govt or, heaven forbid, any LA funding then perhaps your HA, which you run, can purchase your properties from you.
If you hire a manager to run it then perhaps over time you can sell up to your HA and manage to retire.
No idea if this can be done but perhaps it’s something to look into?
Cheers, BL.