Monday 3rd February at 20:30 BBC1 Panorama is broadcasting an episode titled ‘Cashing in on the Housing Crisis.’ For the landlords interested in the Government and Councils slating us for maybe a bedroom 2cm too small, yet the program below will probably show Councils putting families in old office blocks converted  for temporary accommodation. Some […]

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At the start of the year, Housing Secretary, Robert Jenrick MP, announced an overhaul of model tenancy contracts to put more pressure on landlords to allow ‘responsible tenants to have well-behaved pets’ in their rental property. However, leading lettings and estate agent, Benham and Reeves, believe this is the latest in a long line of […]

The government plans to help more rough sleepers off the streets and into safe accommodation after an extra £112 million funding for councils has been announced by Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick. The funding is a 30% increase this year and will be used by local authorities, charities and other organisations to fund up to 6,000 […]

Leading tradespeople comparison site, HaMuch.com, has looked at the biggest gripes of trade professionals when it comes to working in your home and the things you might be doing that really get on their nerves. They provides a platform for listing DIY jobs to thousands of tradespeople across the UK and has compiled a list […]

We have a couple only 6 weeks into a 6 months tenancy who have split up after a domestic incident involving the police, but no charges made. The alleged attacker is believed to have had similar issues before, but I have no proof.Also that person is known to smoke weed etc but again I have […]

A tenant of mine recently died leaving behind her 18 year old son. Naturally I was very understanding and tried to help him and the family out as much as possible; offered him an AST in his own name, plenty of support, regular contact. He said he wanted to stay in the property and sign […]

Hot off the press from a SAL Mailing to their members: Scottish Association of Landlords (SAL) has been advised by The Scottish Government that it intends to postpone the introduction of the minimum EPC requirement until 1 October 2020 due to delays in finalising the regulations. The government now intends to lay final regulations before […]

We have the bailiffs going to take possession of our property next week. I know the tenant is not going to have removed all his belongings, but we need to clear the property as soon as possible. My question is when can I skip any belongings left over or do I have to store them […]

I am a first time potential landlord intending to convert our family home for HMO use and have carried out due diligence and am satisfied that the project is feasible other than concern re a restrictive covenant. The property was built by Shepherd Homes in 2007 who have since been taken over by another business […]

We are seeking advice on how to manage a two bedroom property which we will be looking to rent out in the next 6 months and, being relatively new to this website, we hope to get some helpful tips to or tricks in making the most of our rental income. We are currently living in […]

Dear All, Firstly thank you to the website and its members for all the informative content which has been of enormous help to us throughout the years! We currently own a ground floor flat on a very long lease. The freeholder of the building has begun excavation and underpinning for the development of a basement […]

We managed to evict our tenant after she was many months in arrears. We got a CCJ for eviction and a money demand for about £20,000. She did a moonlight flip but we traced her through a tracing agency. The CCJ was not registered with the Registry-Trust but by continuously chasing the Court we got […]

A friend has been in touch. She rents in London and signed a new 12 months fixed term AST wef from 1st September 2019. The paperwork was signed on the 16th July 2019. Her Landlord has served her 2 months notice on the basis that they have a new buyer for the property who wants […]

We currently let 3 properties, all of the tenants have been our tenants since we purchased them in early 2017. We haven’t increased the rent since, however we would like to do so this year. All of the tenants are on a periodic tenancy agreement and the AST has provision for a rent increase – […]

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has today released the English Housing Survey 2018-19. Click here to download the headlines report. First run in 1967, it is a national survey of people’s housing circumstances and the condition and energy efficiency of housing in England. The Main findings of the report show: The proportion […]

The Government’s English Housing Survey for 2018-19 shows that the average length that a private sector tenant lived in their current rental property was 4.4 years, up from 4.1 years in 2017-18. This is the highest average length of time tenants were staying in their current homes over the last decade. With growing numbers of […]

I have a very tragic scenario and would welcome any comments. Background: My elderly mum has been married to her husband, Mr M, for 25 years. As both were on their second marriages and both have children from their first marriages, they have always maintained an element of independence with regards to their assets so […]

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has given approval for Waltham Forest’s new selective licensing scheme, which will cover 18 out of 20 wards (excluding Hatch Lane and Endlebury) and will commence on Friday 1 May 2020. Waltham Forest council claim to have evidence that over 8,000 rented homes contain significant hazards […]

In just two months the Japanese housing horror, knotweed, will start to rear its ugly head again and by June it will have grown to over three metres. Tradespeople comparison site, HaMuch.com, has looked at the value being wiped from UK house prices due to the nation’s growing knotweed epidemic and what this equates to […]

The latest research by rental deposit replacement scheme Ome, has looked at how the growing preference for custodial deposit protection schemes is creating a more professional, safer and transparent rental sector, with the emergence of deposit alternatives also helping to drive this change. Data from Ome shows that the number of deposits protected via insurance-based […]