My husband and I are trying to purchase my husbands family home. Prior the death of his parents, his parent built a clause into the Deeds to ensure their physically disabled sister would never be without her family home. My husbands sister now resides very happily in a nursing care home. We are having great […]

Landlords’ confidence in the buy to let (BTL) sector has collapsed to an all-time low and is now ‘worse than levels witnessed during the financial crash’, the CEO of the UK’s largest landlord association will tell leading mortgage professionals today (2nd February 2016). Richard Lambert, Chief Executive Officer of the National Landlords Association (NLA), will […]

I am renting what it is a two bedroom flat as a one bedroom flat. The owner keeps a room locked, never accessed it in 2 years (was told for storage). The property is band D and I think that the landlord is liable for council tax regardless of the AST agreement or whether they […]

I am currently in the process of buying a property which the vendor has recently refurbished, this included the fitting of UPvC windows and door. My conveyancer discovered that the property is in a conservation area, and apparently there was no local authority consent for the new façade. When pressed by my conveyancer, the vendor […]

Newbie here, both in HMO buy-to-let and in the forum. Has anyone used Access Control Card Key Systems in HMO rooms as key to rooms and control usage of utility? I am thinking of the key systems used in the hotels used as both keys to enter the rooms and to activate electricity and heating […]

Sad but oh so true, especially for landlords like me who have been life supporters of the Conservative Party (until recently!) … These are all phrases used by Chancellor George Osborne when referring to his infamous clause 24 restrictions on finance cost relief for individual landlords ONLY. His tax grab has no effect of those […]

In addition to the reporting today on several BBC Radio News Stations the Judicial Review has also been reported in The Telegraph and Mortgage Strategy.  To listen to, or to read the reports, please click on the links above and feel free to post links to other related articles in the comments section below as […]

My partner bought a 1 bed flat on the government’s help to buy scheme a couple of years ago, and almost immediately we found out we were pregnant! We continued to live there during the pregnancy and for a while after the baby arrived, but it was just too small for the three of us […]

My case seems to be quite peculiar. My partner and I are considering purchasing a small property in the UK as our first buy-to-let investment. I already own a property in the UK (where I live), whilst my partner doesn’t own any property. My mother in France has been considerably helping me with my finances […]

Pictures like this have been going viral on Facebook so I decided to create one of my own. I think we should keep this theme going every day so that more landlords get the message and share it with others. It only took me a few minutes to create these pictures so I’m very happy to […]

We own a commercial building of roughly 6000 square foot. We bought this building in June 2014 for the purposes of relocating our business to this building. We sold the business in June 2015 to a company who not only bought the business but decided to lease the building from us. Our present insurers have […]

Bridgewater Gate is a beautiful residential development in the heart of Salford, providing 53 stunning apartments to the thriving rental market. Along with spacious and high-spec apartments, this development will also contain a number of breath-taking roof terraces, providing a tranquil retreat (including beautifully landscaped gardens and secluded seating areas) for its tenants wishing to […]

We are about to purchase our second investment property in SE London. It’s a 2 bed semi and could easily be converted to 3 bed by using a downstairs room. The straight unfurnished let should achieve a gross rent of £1400 per month . Letting 3 rooms individually could achieve circa £1800 – 2100 per […]

When buying property with another person, typically with an investor, what’s important for us is sticking to our ethos and values. This allows us to over come most issues in the right way. This doesn’t mean every joint venture or deal is the same. Actually what’s important to remember is flexibility must always be a […]

Shawbrook Bank are one of the most flexible lenders for property investors with real underwriters that will look at individual cases and a whole range of criteria and products from standard BTL to Refurbs and Bridging facilities. They have just released a new range of BTL products to attract business from the rush to get […]

Tricky situation: I have a sole 3 bed BTL property and have a really nice family in it who both worked. I learned last month that the wife was to lose her job so there would be only one wage earner. She was looking for work. I did my 6 month inspection 2 days ago […]

As we launch our new eBook on the eviction of squatters, trespassers and activists from land and commercial property, we take a look at some of the more unusual circumstances we have come across in the course of squatter evictions. Here are the ones that stand out the most for us: – Squatters who left […]

I was letting my property to tenants who wished to continue after the fixed term lease expired. Instead of letting the tenancy go to statuary periodic I issued them with a new 6 month short term lease. The original was for 1 year. I kept the original deposit and did not issue new information. They […]

I rented 4 bed property, and sublet three rooms, finding sublet tenants from Gumtree, and the contract finished on 20th of January 2016. Actually, the contract was finished on September 2015, but I asked the landlord to stay longer to find a new property. We agreed to move out 20th of January 2016 by email. […]

Less than a fifth of new build properties in London include a parking space in the purchase price, compared to 67% for other major cities, according to new research. A parking space with a new home in London can add up to 13% on the price of the property, making them unaffordable for many. Restrictions […]