Advice appreciated for my biggest venture yet! – 8 flats and a terrace of 4 2bed houses! I’ve redeveloped properties and done commercial to resi’ as well as conversions for buy 2 let but this is my BIG deep breath moment with mega funds needed to take this gamble(scratch Gamble – Substitute challenge!). I have […]

Many property investors are optimistic about the future of buy-to-let, despite the tax changes that were implemented on April 1st. Investors remain resilient, with some planning to add to their UK property portfolios by purchasing buy to lets across the country as tenant demand continues to outstrip housing supply. However, landlords are planning to add […]

I currently have a house to rent and am advertising on the usual sites. I have been contacted by a company and been made an offer which seems too good to be true. So it probably is! Before I dismiss the offer, I thought I would see if anyone else has experience of leasing to […]

In reply to our complaint escalation, Click Here, the BBC has sent this reply: “Thank you for taking the time to contact us and we appreciate that you felt strongly enough to write to us again. We have noted your points and are sorry to learn you were not satisfied with our earlier response. We […]

My flat has awful water damage because the landlord above failed to service his water cylinder for 6 years and it burst leaking into my tenanted flat. He accepts no responsibility and says his tenant refused him access for 6 years. This is the second time I have had water damage from his flat. I […]

Twice now I have had a judge question how I have signed an AST on behalf of my company. What is the correct way please? Many thanks Steve

I have recently been asked by potential investors to help them understand the benefits of investing and the true net costs taking into account how many properties they have to manage, tax relief and possible future dividends. Therefore having done the calculations in easy tabled format I thought it would be worth sharing this with […]

Nuisance drunken neighbour is harassing, threatening and frightening off my tenants which is costing me a lot of money. Can you please help? I have two flats in a block of 8 flats. Directly above one of my flats is a person that owns his own flat. He doesn’t work and sits at home getting […]

We own a flat, rented to a great tenant, found by an agent, who don’t manage it, we do. We pay them quarterly and they get the tenancy signed and find us a new tenant if we need one – they’ve found us 2 in 6 years. Several months ago they stopped billing us quarterly […]

On Thursday 26th May 2016, ‘Rumble with the Agents’, the white collar charity boxing event held at The Holiday Inn Finchley Central in association with Landlord Action, raised £22,000 for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospice. Noah’s Ark is a North London community based hospice, providing support for children and young people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, […]

David Jones the former Welsh Secretary and MP for Clwyd West has written an article in the Conservativehome online magazine titled: Why are we clobbering people who provide homes to rent? Click Here to view the article which is also copied below: “For all the Government’s laudable ambitions to support home ownership, the country still […]

In appreciation for all the emails of support I received from all over the country in regards to my exposure in the flaws of the blanket Selective Licensing of landlords in Liverpool I promised that I would review another scheme.  Last Friday, 27th May 2016, I was interviewed on BBC radio 4 about the sham that is […]

Last week I hosted a very successful meeting in Southport about the sham that is Liverpool”s Selective License scheme.  Liverpool Council have refused to acknowledge that the Information commissioner stated that some of the conditions within their landlord licensing application form breached the DPA. In my opinion, Liverpool Council are holding signed forms which they should now return together with […]

This article was released exclusively on Property118.com at 8pm on Thursday 26th May 2016, the same time as my presentation to landlords attending my Liverpool Landlords Emergency Meeting. Please feel free to share it on social media networks. Press and media may contact me email in the first instance [email protected] Thank you to Mark Alexander and Neil Patterson […]

Housing benefit tenants are set to lose out on private rented homes as landlords look to tenants less prone to missing rental payments, in order to minimise the impact of last year’s Budget. According to the latest research of 1097 respondents from the National Landlords Association (NLA), 60% of landlords report that the Chancellor’s decision […]

New software used by Tenant Assured is said to be able to profile prospective tenants, by using the social media platform of their choice, to assist landlords and agents select applicants. It is also supposed to be able to help ‘check up’ on tenants during the term of the tenancy. Obviously only with an individuals […]

My Father died suddenly, leaving me to manage a small portfolio that provided income for my Mother. I live many miles away and was lucky to find a good agency (After first experiencing a bad one.) Recently the owner sold out to another company. There was no notice, but they assured me the transfer would […]

UK rents are currently rising at the fastest pace since last autumn, according to the latest Index. Rents have risen by 0.3% month on month in April to reach an average of £793 per calendar month across England and Wales. Rents are now at the highest they have ever been in the East Midlands, West […]

You may well have seen the latest articles posted by Larry Sweeney which highlight the flaws in the Liverpool Landlord Licensing scheme. If not you can READ THEM HERE. If there is a sufficient level of interest Larry is prepared to meet groups of landlords throughout the UK to expose the flaws in Landlord Licensing schemes introduced […]

My new letting agents normally sends me a monthly rental statement, but on my May 2016 statement there’s a deduction of £75.00 plus vat. I did received an A4 sheet of paper from the letting agent with the last six months rental and deduction as a tax statement, but thought nothing of it! I questioned […]

Not only does the application form for Liverpool Landlord Licensing fall foul of the Data Protection Act, the scheme rules also fall foul of the De-Regulation Act. I refer to condition 4 of their Landlord License . The Council insist that Landlords issue a section 21 where anti-social behaviour is taking place. Their specified timeline […]