Landlord Action

Landlords Need to Watch This Before It Is Too Late: Renters’ Rights Bill 2026

Author: Paul Shamplina

17th October 2025, 6 months ago | 0

I have worked in landlord and tenant law for more than 30 years. I have seen thousands of landlords lose...

Landlords turn to asylum seeker housing amid fears over Renters’ Rights Bill

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th October 2025, 6 months ago | 4

A property expert has warned fears over the Renters’ Rights Bill are driving many landlords to house asylum seekers instead....

Avoid County Court eviction delays by using High Court enforcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2025, 11 months ago | 0

Landlords across England and Wales struggling to get their properties back because of months of delays and a ‘postcode lottery’...

Paul Shamplina launches Talkin’ Property for straight-talking landlord advice

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th April 2025, 12 months ago | 0

A new no-nonsense property channel offering advice for landlords and tenants has launched. Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action, has...

Can a tenant refusing engineer access affect my Section 21 notice?

Author: Readers Question

28th January 2025, 1 year ago | 13

Hi, I wonder if anyone from the Property118 community can help. I have served a Section 21 on a tenant...

Paul Shamplina Wins ‘Seminar Speaker of the Year’ for a Record Fourth Time

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2024, 1 year ago | 0

Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action and a leading voice in the UK’s property sector, has been awarded ‘Seminar Speaker of the Year’ at...

Landlords face tougher eviction rules and long wait times

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th September 2024, 2 years ago | 21

A property expert warns of “bad news for landlords” as Labour reforms could see tenants who don’t pay rent stay...

Court system is failing landlords wanting to evict tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th February 2024, 2 years ago | 17

Landlords in the UK are struggling to regain their properties from tenants who have breached their tenancies or stopped paying...

How to evict a tenant in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2023, 2 years ago | 0

Evicting a tenant is never an easy decision and usually, it’s the last choice any landlord wants to make. With...

My ITV News interview with Dan Hewitt

Author: Paul Shamplina

1st December 2022, 3 years ago | 4

Hi Property118 readers, Wednesday night in my ITV News interview with Dan Hewitt the main narrative of the story was...

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Nightmare Tenant – No rent payments, two mortgages and mounting legal fees

Author: Paul Shamplina

27th April 2017, 9 years ago | 0

Today (Thursday 27th April, 9pm) on Channel 5s “Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords”, a Watford landlord has a fight on his...

Refunding Deposit money re section21 – Landlord training

Author: Tessa Shepperson

9th December 2016, 9 years ago | 0

What can you do if  your tenant refuses to cash a cheque refunding their deposit so you can serve a...

Landlord Action calls for a Rogue Tenant List

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2016, 10 years ago | 29

The Housing and Planning Bill is currently making its way through Parliament following a Government consultation on ‘Tackling rogue landlords...

Using the rent to keep up with the Jones’s

Author: Paul Shamplina

9th December 2015, 10 years ago | 18

Yesterday morning I attended a successful High Court eviction in North London, which will appear on our next series of...

Court call centres fuelling possession delays

Author: Paul Shamplina

27th November 2015, 10 years ago | 0

Since reporting a year ago that under-resourced county courts were overwhelmed by the number of possession claims being put forward,...

Sub-letting abuse will not be stopped by Government’s new over-crowding measures

Author: Paul Shamplina

11th November 2015, 10 years ago | 0

Landlord Action is in full support of the Government’s latest proposal to crack down on rogue landlords. In particular, those...

Oliver Knights shuts shop leaving landlords and tenants in despair

Author: Paul Shamplina

11th September 2015, 11 years ago | 14

Landlords and tenants are in despair as a London letting agent, Oliver Knights, is thought to have closed down, owing...

August has been All Action

Author: Paul Shamplina

1st September 2015, 11 years ago | 0

here’s a theory that August is a quiet month of the year, particularly in the property world, with kids off...