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 […]

Our Hon. Legal Counsel, Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers will be presenting an overview of several landlords tax strategies at the pin Kent Meeting property networking event Thursday 6th February 2020. The event will be held at Village Hotel Club, Castle View, Forstal Road, Sandling, Maidstone, ME14 3AQ The Event hosts are […]

On Monday night, I watched BBC Inside Out London which, following the tragic death of Danny Butcher who took his own life, has been investigating London based company, Property Investors. The company tells its customers they can make a fortune if they sign up to their training course. It’s a two-day free course where attendees […]

So much for being impartial, unbiased and acting as a third party. The AIIC clerk who did the check out report with the tenant present noted as he carried out the inspection that items from the original inventory were missing (eg washer/dryer and bedroom furniture). There was a large bulky item (a huge workbench) left […]

The suggestion (eg Jenrick) that landlords should be utterly relaxed about pets is shortsighted and another threat and attempt to provide council housing terms on the cheap by private landlords. Landlords should insist on a certificate of responsible dog/pet ownership by a recognised body, periodically updated as required, and tenants should have passed this course […]

MPs should back proposals to prevent EU citizens with settled status facing severe difficulties accessing healthcare, housing, and employment a coalition of groups representing EU citizens, immigrants and landlords argue. The House of Commons will today vote on an amendment passed in the House of Lords to the EU Withdrawal Bill that would require EU […]

I have a few properties full managed with previous agreements agreed and signed for each property. I sign a new agreement laying out management and other fees with them for every new AST even on the same properties, and have been doing this for years. However, since tenant fee ban, they have increased their management […]