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New laws laid in Parliament (21 July 2020) will deliver much-needed new homes and revitalise town centres across England, Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has announced. The new rules, which will come into effect by September, will mean full planning applications will not be required to demolish and rebuild unused buildings as homes and commercial and […]

I’m renovating a five-bed, three-story flat into three separate flats (a floor each). I now need to determine what to fit in each flat: Prepay card meter – tenants know how much they have, top-ups when need to, better for budgeting, and as a Landlord no standing charges between tenancies Normal/smart billing meters – tenants […]

We are completely fed up with tenants using in-shower baths and not taking care about over-spillage, creating a real mess on floors and ceilings below the bathroom. Therefore, we are thinking of using one of the Kinedo Constort Shower Pods, which claim to be leak proof. Has anyone installed these and are they as successful […]

For a limited period and to take advantage of the Stamp Duty holiday for properties under £500,00, Precise Mortgages has launched a new 5 year fixed rate Buy to Let mortgage for Limited Companies at 3.54% to a maximum of 75% Loan to Value. The product is specifically for single dwelling residential properties purchased through […]

Hi, So basically my tenant’s AST runs out Aug 17th and I have served the 3 months notice during the lockdown, but the agent I used has spelt one of the tenant’s surname wrong looking at this? (Sidepoint), I have told my tenant late Jan this year before the lockdown that I want the property […]

I recently invested in a BTL property in Scotland (Renfrewshire) which is in a building containing 8 flats. 5 of these flats are privately owned and 3 are still under council control. 4 of the flats (including mine) being let by their owners. The council are not the factors for this building. There is currently […]

I have a Managed Payment To Landlord (MPTL) for rent arrears set up. That was established on top-ups not paid at the date of application, so the deductions are set up accordingly. The tenant still continues not to pay the top-ups. Universal Credit have advised of another MPTL request for the arrears since the last […]

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has announced a review of Capital Gains Tax. In this video I discuss with Alex Caravello, Property118 Tax Consultant and Mark Smith, Cotswold Barristers, what implications this will have on property investors and landlords and what action landlords can take now before any changes take effect.  Landlord […]

Housing Minister, Christopher Pincher MP responded to a written question from Labour MP Helen Hayes regarding the eviction ban extension and confirmed again that the ban on possession cases would end on 23rd August. The Minister indicated that priority would be given for landlords and tenants in cases that are not related to COVID-19 including […]

Hi All, We have our flat advertised for tenancy and we got a couple who are interested to move in. We asked for all the relevant info for the reference check from TenantVerify, but also asked for last 6 months bank statement/payslips, which they happily provided with no delay. One partner has just started working […]

I have an issue regarding an office that was converted into a 3-bed flat June 2016 with full planning permission and would welcome any advice on how to tackle the problem. Since being converted, it has been rented out to 3 friends and was covered by a Selective Property Licence which was the correct licence […]

I would like to know if I have the right to first refusal on the freehold of the property I own a lease on. I bought the flat with a ninety-nine year lease, the occupants in the other flat did likewise, after a number of years the freeholder put the freehold up for sale, both […]

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost every facet of society. For landlords and property owners, the disruptions have been significant, with many tenants facing furlough or redundancy and no way to pay rent. This issue has been even more challenging for student property providers, as university terms being brought to an early end led to […]

I need some legal advice on a property for sale, please. Three agents were advising on our property for sale back in September 2019. There were few offers, which were not accepted until January this year. Agent A forwarded an offer in January, which was accepted but later on the buyer, which was a company […]

Welcome to the Landlord and lawyer Podcast with myself and Ben Beadle. Our first episode is now live. Read our article or listen to the post below. Click the button to listen to the episode on Apple, Google or Spotify. “So what are Unique Property Reference Numbers (UPRNs)? Kate describes them as a ‘little holy […]

One of my tenants has issued me with a Notice to Quite after she realised I wasn’t bluffing when I issued a Section 21. Anyway she is due to leave on 27th July, with a debt that I can’t get agreed for a TPD with via DWP (not that I have much time now anyway) […]

I am being told that to comply with new electrical regulations we need a certificate of fitness. I am also being told that the plastic fuse box/consumer unit needs to be replaced with something of non-combustible construction? This means made of metal! We have spent the last 50 years taking out metal fuse boxes because […]

The Welsh Government has announced a temporary increase to the nil rate band of Land Transaction Tax (LTT) to £250,00 for main residence property transactions from 27th July 2020 until 31st March 2021. The tax paid for higher rate residential or non-residential transactions are unchanged. There will still be additional rates to pay for landlords […]

We are considering an International Student who has viewed the room to rent via Whatsapp and has chatted to me about the rental. She would like to take the room, but will not be in the UK until mid-September. We have agreed to commence a 12-month tenancy from 1 September and will email the contract […]

I think my property management agent is proposing an unfair contract and I’d appreciate the views of the wise landlords on this forum. For more than 10 years I have employed the same agent to manage my rental property in London. My tenant of the last 5+ years is leaving and the agent has sent […]