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Property Investor Show 2015

25th March 2015

At 4:15pm on Friday 17th April I will be presenting a seminar on buying and selling tenanted property at the Property Investor Show 2015 at Excel London (Theatre 7). FREE tickets and guaranteed entrance to my seminar are available for Property118 members, just click THIS LINK and then complete the registration form to get your entrance […]

Helping a Tenants Wife to get Council Housing

24th March 2015

We have a tenant that has left the family home, he has left his wife & two kids but the wife is not on the tenancy Agreement. We have served a section 21 notice addressed to the tenant on the agreement.  The council have told her they can’t help her with housing if /when she […]

Help against defence put up by tenants against section 21

24th March 2015

I bought a flat back in Aug 2014 in auction where there were already 2 tenants living in the property with separate tenancy agreement. I was advised by my agent to formulate new joint Tenancy Agreement with £1,200 rent per month.  They are council tenants and I only have received only £600 since then. I […]

No inventory and landlord refusing to remove junk

24th March 2015

I have recently moved into a flat which was supposed to be rented part furnished. When I did the viewings the previous tenants showed me the furniture that was meant to be staying in the property and I was fine with it.  In real life, when I moved in, I discovered all sorts of clutter […]

Can you remove a difficult tenant from an agreement?

24th March 2015

After all my years in the industry, I am sure I know the answer to this already but just thought I would pick your brains.  Is there any way of removing one tenant from a joint tenancy ? The tenant has been obstructive and abusive towards his partner, not contributing towards the rent and Police […]

Allowable expenses? – my first buy to let

24th March 2015

I will be joining the team and collecting the keys to my first property at the end of this week, and getting it ready to let ….  yay! 🙂  I have got most things in place, insurance/home emergency/legal and rent cover etc. I am having trouble finding information out about allowable expenses though, when I […]

Santander mortgage question

24th March 2015

I am about to sign a contract with Santander (received all the documents) but I will need to confirm there will be no persons over the age of 17 years (other than me) who will residing at the property – at all time…. Any such other person who will be living in the property must […]

Use a solicitor to help evict a tenant or do it yourself?

24th March 2015

I have a property which is being managed by a letting agent and the tenant who is a single parent in full time work is now over 3 months in arrears. The tenant has had lots of letters sent to her and been into the letting agent to arrange a payment plan to pay off […]

HMO entitlement to receive rent

24th March 2015

After reading a lot of the articles on this matter I am very concerned.  I have a property that I have let out as rooms since 2006 and after problems with a tenant that has not paid rent the council was called in by her and now I have been informed that I need a […]

Crowd funding – are the current offerings credible?

24th March 2015

I’m keen to hear other peoples views on crowd funding buy-to-let property. I saw in the news today that one firm had just received over £5m of funding so clearly someone thinks this is a big opportunity. In the question below I have named some firms I know of but please remove these if this […]

6 months rent paid in advance refund

23rd March 2015

My father has paid 6 months rent in advance as he is retired, but is now in hospital and unlikely to return to his flat.  Can he get a partial refund? Thanks Monica Hawley

Inheriting Properties with Buy to Let Mortgages

23rd March 2015

My father recently passed away leaving 11 properties, all with mortgages with an average of around 85% remaining to pay. My siblings and I have little to no knowledge of this area.  A couple of the properties mortgages are up in 2016, which at that time, as understand it, will need to either be paid […]

Buying an unregistered property with no deeds

22nd March 2015

First post here and glad I found the site. I have a conundrum and am about to walk away from an opportunity if there is no solution. I have found a 3 bed detached house, in need of total renovation, with a house sized plot to the side, and garage at rear. It is a […]

Landlords Duty of Care to Tenant?

22nd March 2015

I moved into rented accommodation in the last six weeks.  The landlord failed to inform me of the violent lady downstairs and I have since been assaulted by her. He clearly knew about her violent nature from previous tenants, has he a duty of care to move me? I am a single mum with a […]

My complaint against my landlords is ….

22nd March 2015

So glad there is a platform for tenant support – I feel really screwed!  So my partner and I have been living in a property for just under one year. When we originally looked and moved into the property, WE requested two years as we wanted to keep the high London costs to a minimum […]

Can I turn my 2 bed flat into a 3 bed shared accommodation?

22nd March 2015

Hello all, I own the freehold of a block of 4 flats in Southport town centre. I have planning permission to turn the top and bottom flat into 4 flats but have been advised by an estate agent not to poor any money into small town centre flats as there are too many already. I […]

Sell via online or high street estate agent?

22nd March 2015

I have been a long time Property118 reader and am always amazed at the amount of advice that readers questions get, so have decided to try it for myself! I am a small time landlord with 4 properties which I self manage. For work reasons we have been living in rented accommodation, but now wish […]

Landlord Mortgage Expansion Advice required

22nd March 2015

Hi all, First of all, I like this site, the wealth of available information is immense, however, I am green and therefore require some advice, here go’s …  In 2011 I went through a divorce and with the financial help of my parents paid off my ex for 50 percent of the property equity. She […]

Seeking Advice on Habitual Residence Legislation

22nd March 2015

My tenant came to this country aged 9 mths, his mother was German & his father a British serviceman, they then married in the UK.  He is now approaching 29 years of age and has remained in the UK ever since undertaking all his schooling here plus a college course. Due to him having a […]

Managing your own Buy to Let Properties

21st March 2015

What can self-managing buy to let landlords do to improve efficiency and protect themselves …. and under what circumstances should they seriously consider outsourcing the letting and management of their properties? I’m not a particularly well organised person when it comes to paperwork etc. probably because I don’t enjoy it. For that reason I choose […]

Good questions to ask when buying a tenanted property

20th March 2015

Buying a tenanted property can have many advantages, immediate cashflow being an obvious one. However, you need to be sure that you are not taking on another persons problems so below are some of the questions we recommend you to ask the seller.  1) How many tenant changeovers have there been in the last 5 […]