The benefit of becoming a corporate landlord is that it allows you to retain profits at corporation tax rates of 20% and falling, and continue to offset 100% of finance costs against income despite George Osborne’s tax changes for individual landlords being phased in from April 2017. It works best for portfolios where mortgage debt is in excess […]

I am close to completing the purchase of an investment property that has been mortgaged on a buy to let mortgage. As a first time landlord I am seeking some guidance on the responsibilities of the landlord for self managed Assured Shorthold tenancies. Here is how I see the workflow… 1. Advertise on property renting […]

I am new to the forum so apologies if asking questions that have previously been answered.  I have 4 BTL’s all under my name and my wife’s name. I’m aware of the tax changes (although don’t necessarily understand all of them) for landlord’s coming into effect next year and I’ve heard of the various implications this […]

Last August, after many years of searching, I found a house that I would love to live in, but the solicitor did not send me the papers to fill in until the end of August. I heard no more until the end of Sept when I was informed that the probate had not been signed. […]

I am a regular reader of Property118 Newsletters and I also find the discussion forums very informative. Last Friday, after reading an article on Property118, I contacted LettingSupermarket.com regarding their 4% letting and management fees offering. At first it appeared too good to be true and I was expecting there to be a catch. Other […]

Does anyone know whether unpaid service charges fall to a new owner? My solicitor says I should not have to pay the previous owners service charges because there was no way knowing these were outstanding. Whatever the reason I need to know whether I am on the hook, or whether I should resist demands for […]

I recently began investing in property after I received a large inheritance and I have some friends who are very successful property investors in the North who have found me 2 properties so far. I am wanting to grow my portfolio quickly and begin sourcing for myself and have read that it is much better […]

Interested to understand what measures people use to assess their investment decisions both at point of purchase and in retrospect? Many thanks Richard

I seek suggestions on how to get a rental deposit returned after the agency has been liquidated. My letting agency often delayed rental payments for months and always had to be chased to hand over the rental income so I moved the letting to another agency. This transfer happened 5 years ago and at the […]

There is a rising number of parent landlords letting second properties to their children, according to new research. 250,000 parents are already letting properties to their offspring and a further 1.4 million would be willing to let their properties to their children. 50% of landlords let to their children because they are struggling to see […]

I currently have a tenant who shares a property with three other people, four in total on a single tenancy agreement and the tenancy is currently periodic One of the tenants wishes to leave and has served notice on the whole property. As the tenancy is periodic I know they can do that. My questions […]

On my flight from Malta to Heathrow last week I had the pleasure of sitting next to a gentleman who was a Judge and also worked for the Ministry of Justice to review the Court system. We got talking about criminal damage so I asked him how many tenants he had fined or imprisoned for […]

Ashford Council has banned two people from meetings designed to encourage private landlords to provide housing for benefits tenants. Allegedly the two people were banned for asking too many probing questions, both are portfolio landlords. The landlords will remain nameless but one of them told Property118 “The ban will not prevent us attending for we are […]

I have owned a house for 24 years. For the last 10 years I have been renting it out and living in my long term partner’s home. We have decided to get married for reasons of next of kin responsibilities, inheritance, and transfer of pensions in the event of one of us dying. If I […]

My letting agent insisted to put my home address in AST instead of using their office address with my name which is what most letting agents do as I understand. Is there any legal reason they have to do this, or shouldn’t do this? This is what they claim to be why: Section 47 is […]

I’m a landlord. I rented my property out 12 months ago. In the last two months. The tenant has abandoned the property and fallen short on rent. My letting agent and I, have been trying to get hold of the tenant via phone, email and letters. We wanted to go and inspect the property so […]

Last night I googled ‘My Common Law Rights to earning a Living’ and came across this Beginners Guide to Common Law versus Statutes/Legislation and Acts of Parliament. Naïve as I am to the ways of government I had no idea how Statutes were used for the benefit of minority groups! Common Law vs Statutes – […]

We have 4 properties let out in our Ltd company and 5 properties in our private name. We are looking to exit the whole BTL business and move on. We are looking to sell our company as a whole and the other properties as the mortgages come to an end. Could you give any advice […]

What is the point of having different bands (A-G) for paying Council Tax if your property is a studio worth £25,000 in Liverpool? Most properties are in Band “A” and that ranges from a five bedroom house to just a room with a kitchenette and build in bathroom. So one large bedroom (self contained) pays […]

Unless the government confirms a U-turn on section 24, I suggest ALL LANDLORDS make it widely publicised that as of 5th April 2017 they will in unison apply a Tenant Tax to their passing rents. i.e. current rent plus X% tenant tax. (The actual % applied will probably be circa 8% but should be independently […]

There are a couple of old threads (a few years old) on this already but welcome people views / ideas / help as things in the world have changed since then! I am pretty new to the property world and currently I have one BTL property with an okay return at 7.1%. I have got […]