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Who is responsible for my tenants £400 water bill?

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18th October 2013, 13 years ago | 21

I recently visited my tenant with a congratulations card as they had recently had a new baby. While I was...

Does landlord or agent keep the holding deposit if a tenant pulls out?

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4th February 2014, 12 years ago | 56

Should a holding deposit be retained by the agent or the landlord? A tenant paid my agent just under two...

Problems using savings I put into my daughters bank accounts as a deposit

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3rd May 2014, 12 years ago | 12

TMW (BTL mortgage) have told me that I can’t use my daughters’ (both under the age of 16 yrs old)...

Tenant not handing back keys

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18th March 2015, 11 years ago | 38

I have a tenant who text me on 17th March to say she would be moving out by the weekend...

Tenants notice to quit by text

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20th May 2015, 11 years ago | 17

I am being messed about by a young HB tenant. I said never again to young HB tenants, but this...

New owner of downstairs flat saying I can’t let out property

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18th June 2015, 11 years ago | 24

I own a 1st floor London flat in a 2 story purpose built maisonette in a residential street where the...

Turns out a property I bought over 2 years ago has a charge against it?

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26th January 2016, 10 years ago | 16

I bought a house over 2 years ago to rent out, all went well until about 3 months ago when...

2nd property tax when buying out share of jointly owned inherited property?

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23rd May 2016, 10 years ago | 8

When our parents died a few years ago my siblings and I inherited their house. My sister, living away, wants...

Does an Airbnb room count towards an HMO?

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5th September 2016, 10 years ago | 15

The definition of HMO (Housing Act 2004) includes “occupied by three or more unrelated persons” and “(d) the living accommodation...

Care of address on tenancy agreement?

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12th September 2016, 10 years ago | 6

I wonder if someone can advise me if this is Ok to do, I have always managed my properties myself...

Section 8 and Section 21 with an improvement order outstanding?

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29th June 2017, 9 years ago | 6

If you haven’t issued a tenant with a EPC cert when commencing a tenancy agreement can you still evict for...

Should I buy a third buy to let?

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20th March 2018, 8 years ago | 13

I currently have 2 buy to let flats in Reading. Each brings in £9800 per annum. I have a total...

Smart Meters – Beware and advice needed?

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18th July 2019, 7 years ago | 14

I have just received a letter from Eon saying they have “issued a safety warning notice stating that the boiler...

Salford council launch social letting agency

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28th August 2019, 7 years ago | 16

Salford City Council has launched its own letting agency, Salford Property Link, in an effort to encourage private landlords to...

Selective Licencing – 1 room is 10cm too small?

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6th December 2019, 6 years ago | 36

Hello fellow landlords, I have a small portfolio of properties in Tower Hamlets. They introduced an Additional Licencing scheme throughout...

Fuseboard Confusion!

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27th February 2020, 6 years ago | 24

I am just about to have the five year DEIC Report done on a block containing 4 one bed flats....

EPC failed – Can’t let it, can’t sell it, can’t pay for the work?

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15th January 2021, 5 years ago | 17

Hi, I just had my two flats out of date EPC assessments done and one failed.  The grade was G...

Selling Leasehold and Retaining Freehold?

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10th February 2021, 5 years ago | 4

Hello, I own a house that has been purposely converted into 2 flats. I rent both of the flats out...

Managing Agents overcharging for nothing?

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21st April 2021, 5 years ago | 16

I own two flats in a small block of four flats. There is a Managing Agent for the Freeholder. They...

Form N5B: Proof of notice and How to Rent Guide?

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17th November 2021, 4 years ago | 5

Hi, I am completing the N5B form for an accelerated possession order. Question 10a asks about how the Section 21...

Contract or deposit first?

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1st February 2022, 4 years ago | 8

For those of you that manage your own properties (without using an agency etc), what is your sequence of events...

Commercial rent – what to charge?

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4th April 2022, 4 years ago | 5

Hi, I’m stumped! I have looked at various websites and all give weird and wonderful formulae that are confusing contradictory...

EICR requires full re-wire?

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6th October 2022, 4 years ago | 31

Hello, Our flat in London has failed its EICR with code 2s and 3s. The electrician says it needs a...

The ethics vs financial realities of paying a tenant to leave?

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15th November 2022, 3 years ago | 40

Hello, We have an awkward freeloader who’s stopped paying. If it takes 6-12 months to evict him we will have...