My case is complicated. On April 4th signed a group lease with 5 people ( including myself ) that was going from May 1st 2016 to May 1st 2017 Later on the April 19th one of our co-tenants sexually assaulted my girlfriend while he was on drugs. We called the Police on the night of the event […]

Last chance to book onto our CPD webinar Rapid eviction of tenants from residential property Wednesday 23rd November, 12:30 – 13:30 If you haven’t yet booked your place, we are running a complimentary webinar for private landlords, letting agents and property solicitors this Wednesday 23rd November from 12.30 to 1.30 pm. For lawyers, you can […]

I’ve been searching for my first BTL for a while and have found one which I am comfortable getting involved with. Value – £155k. Now I am in a dilemma as to whether to set up a LTD company to purchase it, or purchase it through my significant other. At the moment our residence is […]

One of my properties has an old fashioned gas fire and back boiler downstairs in the lounge. I’ll be doing a bit of renovation work there when my tenant moves out next year, so I was after some advice as to what others have done in the same situation. The boiler works and is checked […]

Last week Property118 published the response from HM Treasury to my comprehensive report on Section 24 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 “the unjust legislation that will make the UK housing crisis much worse.” The report has become widely known among landlords as “The Ros Report” “The Ros Report” – reply to The Treasury response […]

I have leased a flat to a Limited company who are a lettings company on a 5-year lease agreement for £1000 per month. After a few months, I discovered that they have dissolved this limited company and declared it to HMRC as dormant. They have done a HMO with my property and I want to […]

Just wondering what other self managing Landlords do to guarantee rents from students whose parents live abroad. Correct me if I’m wrong but guarantees from parents abroad are not worth the paper they are written on as no action can be bought against them. I know guarantors can be other family members or even friends […]

Britons who do not have a passport are struggling to rent as a result of immigration checks, according to a new survey. New immigration checks were introduced earlier this year with all private landlords in England required to check that new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting out their property […]

I have recently moved to the UK and looking to buy a property together with my wife. She is a FTB, but I own a property abroad. Due to my current ownership of a flat currently being rented out, us buying together, and a joint application sole proprietor mortgage not being an option, we are […]

Does anyone know whether the deadline of 23 November is just for registering or do you have to applied for the licence as well by then. Not clear from their website and cannot get through by email or phone. Thanks. Adrian

From 07.11.16 the government has imposed the Benefit Cap which sees family housing benefit cut in one real example from around £150pw to 50pence pw effectively leaving me very little choice but to serve a notice to quit/end the tenancy of this single mother and 5 young children. She will end up going homeless and […]

I have two properties that are managed by a letting agency. Despite receiving statements showing that rent has been paid to the agency by the tenants, the payments to me are constantly two months in arrears. When I call to chase the payments, I am given a different excuse every month why the payments are […]

Below is the response from HM Treasury to the comprehensive report written by Dr Rosalind Beck on Section 24 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 “the unjust legislation that will make the UK housing crisis much worse.” Click Here to Download the full report by Dr Beck Please leave any (polite) comments you would […]

My ex-partner and I bought a house together a few years ago. At the time, I couldn’t be on the mortgage, because I was not on a British work contract and didn’t have indefinite leave to remain. We put the house in his sole name, though I contributed significantly to the deposit (which I can […]

With so little time left until the autumn statement, when we are hoping the Chancellor will announce a U-Turn on Section 24, is it still worth contacting your MP about it if you have not yet? I think the answer is ‘Yes’, even if Philip Hammond has decided the fate of S24 already, one way […]

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Published today, the Redfern Review is supposed to be an independent report, led by Pete Redfern, Chief Executive of Taylor Wimpey,  commissioned by Labour Shadow Secretary of State for Housing, John Healey MP. The review into home ownership reveals that the financial squeeze on young people is at the heart of the decline in the […]

Nottingham City Council has announced their desire to introduce citywide selective licensing across the 20 wards of Nottingham looking raise an extra £16 million. This will represent one of the largest schemes in the Country impacting at least 26250 properties at £600.00 per property. The council will employ an additional 74 officers to handle on […]

The Daily Telegraph has launched a campaign calling on Mr Hammond to address the issue of stamp duty in next week’s Autumn Statement. Click Here In an article for the Telegraph today, Lord Lawson, Chancellor for Margaret Thatcher from 1983 to 1989, says the Treasury could learn from his time as Chancellor when he cut […]

Over the years, Liverpool has undergone substantial regeneration, but what was the catalyst that brought about Liverpool’s ever changing skyline, and what’s in store for the future of the city? Liverpool has long been the neglected city in the north west. Throughout the 1990s, whilst nearby places such as Manchester enjoyed significant investment, Liverpool was […]

The cost of long term fixed rates is about half of what they were at the lowest point whilst I built my own property portfolio. Newcomers to buy-to-let will not be affected by tax changes on mortgage interest relief because they will buy in a Limited company from day one. Tenant demand has never been higher. […]