The new series of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords’ has launched featuring cases handled by eviction specialists Landlord Action. In the second episode, due to air on Monday 10th June, 9pm, founder of Landlord Action, Paul Shamplina, helps two landlords track down £16,000 they’re owed by rogue letting agent Lang and Ward. The latest […]

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Sam-K, an 86 ft. Sunseeker Motor-yacht, is being pitched as the leader in its class for Mediterranean charters. This is my story of how my wife and I managed to spend a day on this magnificent vessel. Some business friends and I took a walk around Portomaso Marina earlier this week, which is where Sam-K […]

Since 3rd October 2018, working alongside The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Caridon Landlord Solutions has been piloting a new online system to allow rent payments, from tenants in receipt of Universal Credit, to be paid directly to Private Rented Sector (PRS) landlords.  The pilot of the new system, which will replace the two […]

The Land for the Many report for the Labour Party was released on 4 June. Click here George Monbiot was the editor and there were six other authors. One of them, Beth Stratford, wrote an article about it in CityMetric. Click here Paragraph 6 of her article reads “We recommend measures to reduce the exploitation and […]

Hi, I have left an abusive relationship one month into my joint tenancy with my ex partner. Since then, he has stayed in the property and not paid any rent. I was very honest with the landlord about my situation and that I had to move out for my safety. I also explained I want […]

I have just had a major flood in my downstairs flat, my insurance has agreed to pay for new kitchen bathroom with no problem, but contents are not covered. However, the disabled tenant has had all his electrical goods destroyed (this was a major flood raining in flat) he is not insured. The flood was […]

The Sheriffs office is running the webinar “Rapid eviction of tenants from a residential property.” This webinar is for landlords, legal professionals and property agents and will run through the eviction process for residential tenants. Date and Time: Wed, Jun 19, 2019 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM BST Click Here to register for the webinar […]

Having purchased a number of new builds over the last few years I’ve had a massive wake up call over the standards that we are forced to accept – with what I consider shoddy work is apparently classed as ‘within tolerance’ – along with snagging that goes on for over a year with some things […]

I am looking for advice from anyone au fait with the process or has any knowledge on this procedure. Summary: I have an Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) company with mixed properties. I am looking to transfer out one particular Semi-Commercial property (which has a lease) to a new SPV I have registered to hold it. […]

Hi there, Does anyone have experience of ‘digital signatures’ to share? I am using the latest PIM’s AST agreement for 2 new student house tenancies due to start on 01 July 2019 which encompasses the most up-to-date legislation. It’s one agreement for the new household of friends coming out of halls. I have two of […]

I own 1 of 7 leasehold flats, there is a leaseholder controlled management company between the leaseholders and the freeholder. The freeholder has offered to sell the freehold to the leaseholders, 3 of the 7 have already extended their leases, the other 4 will need to at some point. Is it possible for the management […]

For some millennials, ownership, it seems, isn’t particularly important. They will happily utilise facilities driven by Apps such as Uber and Airbnb. And In terms of careers and jobs, they will happily embrace flexibility to go full digital nomad with their lifestyle forsaking the 9-5 to be truly flexible and work from the comfort of […]

Following Theresa May’s announcement that she would abolish Section 21, the Alliance announced that it would hold an emergency summit in Manchester and invited other Landlord representative bodies. Following discussions with the RLA, we agreed to cancel our summit and attend a summit in London chaired by Lord Lytton. We have achieved what never has […]

The adjective Rogue is very popular with the media. It has been applied by “Shelter” to Private Sector Landlords who are retiring (or dying!). If the landlord does die then what happens to the tenant who may have lived there for up to 15 years albeit the average length of tenancy is 4½ years? Left […]

The Labour Party have commissioned an ‘independent’ report titled “Land for the Many” that proposes changes in the way land in the UK is used and governed. Key proposal headlines include: Tenancies should be open-ended, and landlords should lose their power to evict a tenant who has not broken the terms of the tenancy agreement […]

There has been a trend in the Private Rental Sector for the UK to follow Scottish legislation and the general theory is that the various pieces of legislation have been introduced in Scotland and the market is still working well. In reality the changes to the market in Scotland has come at a heavy price […]

The proposed abolition of Section 21, which will do away with landlords’ rights to legally repossess property in an efficient and cost-effective way, will leave them “virtually powerless” to tackle chronic anti-social behaviour (ASB) among tenants in the rented property sector, according to the National Landlords Association. In a survey of more than 40,000 members, […]

I own a flat where there was a sprinkler system that installed by the developer when this property was first built. Now this building is run by the Management company. However, there is an issue with this, whereby there is a water leak from the pipes from the Sprinkler system. Each individual flat has this […]

The Government is currently looking closely at discriminatory policies which affect those needing to be housed but are reliant either fully or partially on benefits to be able to afford to do so. The All Parliamentary Work and Pensions Committee is looking at not just landlords but also mortgage providers, insurance providers and policies. They […]

Despite uncertainty around Brexit, the student property market is predicted to rise by 72% between 2014 and the end of 2019* and is set to remain an attractive option for landlords across the UK. Landlord insurance provider, Towergate, conducted a study of 500 undergraduate students across the UK to find out how landlords can succeed […]