Landlord faces double licensing payment due to council website error
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Nottingham City Council wants to strip landlords of licences, yet their own houses are shocking
by Mick Roberts
10:33 AM, 29th January 2025, 1 year ago
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The story about Nottingham’s council social houses being a ‘house of horrors’, shows yet again Nottingham City Council’s failure with poor quality housing.
One of the residents, Janette, who has lived on Wyton Close for around 20 years, is resigned to not getting any repairs done. After recently dealing with a dripping tap issue, she bought the parts and fixed the problem herself. “My days of ringing the council ended about 10 years ago,” Janette said.
Yet, the same council, which bought in selective licensing in August 2018 said landlords must have their phones on 24 hours a day – The hypocrisy of it.
If it’s not the council, it’s the government, Universal Credit, Section 24, pet deposits, proposed rent caps, never get your house back. You are not allowed to get old, must spend £30,000 on your house to get EPC C while the tenant pays no rent.
Get fined £30,000 for tenant taking the battery out of smoke alarm. The list goes on.
Monitor your selective licensing emails please landlords. Every single one of them comes with a threat of some sort. The council takes 2 years to look at your documents, yet sends you an email saying if you don’t comply with the latest request, they’ll not grant you a licence and give you an unlimited fine and 2 years rent repayment order. Nothing positive comes from them at all!
I’m selling all my houses as we speak, I think selective licensing gives you a 3-month abstention. They are now starting to bill me the remainder of the £890 license fee which I clearly don’t want to pay for a 5-year licence when I’m selling the houses and won’t be required to have a licence.
And if you didn’t know, you bizarrely have to pay for years even if you sell the house after one year, then NEW LANDLORD HAS TO PAY AGAIN. Uh? Why is that then? Was the house licenced or not?
If the licence was on the landlord, why has he got to have multiple licences then for each house? Licensing still has not answered me that after 7 years.
We all know 3 months isn’t enough to complete a house sale – Let’s see how they work with me on this to keep tenants safe in their homes.
So much so, that I’m out of it. Putting almost all my houses up for sale as we speak. Going to do my best to sell with tenants into hopefully good landlords. But I’ve had enough, I thought my tenants would have a home for life with me, but not anymore. Government, councils and new retrospective rules and regulations (which only hurt tenants that are being looked after), are the biggest cause of homelessness in England.
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council housing issues, EPC requirements, homelessness in England, house of horrors, Landlord regulations, landlord struggles, Landlords, Nottingham City Council, renters rights bill, section 24, Selective Licensing, Selling Rental Properties, smoke alarm fines, UK Property Market, Universal Credit issues
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Member Since May 2016 - Comments: 24
3:31 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
In other news, on a galloping white horse, comes L&G to the rescue with this.
1 bed at £2330 pcm
2 bed at £2600 pcm
3 bed at £3940 pcm
Pet fees applicable
Benefits tenants welcome.
https://www.newacreswandsworth.com/
Member Since June 2014 - Comments: 1562
4:10 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Layla . at 29/01/2025 – 15:31
“In other news, on a galloping white horse, comes L&G to the rescue with this.
1 bed at £2330 pcm
2 bed at £2600 pcm
3 bed at £3940 pcm
Pet fees applicable
Benefits tenants welcome.”
LHA rates for that area;
1 bed £1416 pcm
2 bed £1695 pcm
3 bed £2154 pcm
Member Since May 2020 - Comments: 38
4:22 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Taking after two tier Starmer. Double standards you can expect from the authorities in the UK
Member Since March 2023 - Comments: 1506
4:48 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Mick, at last the penny has dropped and you have finally seen it is a mugs game.
Suggest when you have sold some you pop down to Greypaul by Queens Med and buy yourself a Ferrari, you will have a different outlook on life then. They have very good customer service, free coffee and cake in exchange for £200,000
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
4:51 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Layla . at 29/01/2025 – 15:31
Are you sure that these are not the annual rates?
Member Since April 2018 - Comments: 45
5:09 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Omg Mick! I have been following your tweets for years and I’m so sorry. Actually brought tears to my eyes. However, I think you’ll be happier.
By the way, I have sold houses to other landlords but only in a thriving buy to let market. I’ve been selling for 20 years, but now I have to empty the houses, refurbish completely and then sell with vacant possession to owner occupiers.
I think you’ll find that if you are actually going to sell, that’s what you will have to do. There are just no new landlords and certainly not for a portfolio of your size.
Good luck, and thanks for all your tweets.
Kind regards, Peter Butler.
Member Since May 2016 - Comments: 24
5:33 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by TheMaluka at 29/01/2025 – 16:51
One might think so but no, its monthly with ad on fees apparently, interesting innit.
Member Since May 2015 - Comments: 2188 - Articles: 2
8:44 PM, 29th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Reply to the comment left by Layla . at 29/01/2025 – 17:33
Very interesting. My flats are not quite so luxurious but are fully refurbished to modern standards, have a sea view and cost £600 per month. As a result of your post, and a little independent research, I have now increased the rent for new tenants to £750 and may well go higher. Existing tenants have had a 20% rise over the last two years and are now in for another 20% in autumn. I have automated my section 13 via mail merge, so my greatest problem is putting the documents in an envelope.
I would like to thank all the governments, Labour and Conservative, for enacting the excellent legislation that has led me to greater profits. Pity about the homeless tenants, cannon fodder to government ‘special military operations’.
Member Since January 2023 - Comments: 317
7:32 AM, 30th January 2025, About 1 year ago
Sad to see you leave PRS Mick. You were a great vocal advocate in the media for highlighting selective licencing was OTT and only caused financial pain to tenants. It would be good for you to get the publicity nationally as you are a leading LL in Nottingham and get Poppycock to notice LL ARE leaving the sector.
Member Since September 2018 - Comments: 3508 - Articles: 5
10:30 PM, 31st January 2025, About 1 year ago
oh no Mick!
Your posts have come from the heart and this latest one is no different. You are going to leave a big hole on 119 and a hell of a problem for Notts CC.
Think if it as both personal liberation and timely payback. hahahah!
Enjoy your retirement…or…are you secretly planning to now put yourself forward as the new poster boy for the NRLA? I think its time that BB shuffled off and there was new blood in charge who actually kicks off a bit!….