There has been a lot of talk about this allowance being fair game for removal and at first I thought the same. When I read the IR consultation document I suddenly realised some serious consequences and why the allowance had probably been given in the first place. I have written to HMRC as part of […]

As part of our campaign to reverse the Government’s Budget proposals restricting finance cost relief for individual landlords we are aiming to lobby all MPs in the UK – and as many times as possible.  We are asking that everyone who is against this proposal firstly signs this petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/104880 Secondly, and as importantly, we are asking that […]

What is a tax efficient investment for landlords to consider if they don’t like the idea of pension schemes and want to invest into something else other than property?  The answer is a business which benefits from the Seed Enterprise Initiative Scheme, AKA SEIS. Clearly they would want to invest into something they understand, i.e. property […]

Landlords are investing in rental properties particularly in London, Birmingham and Bristol, according to research by Barclays bank. The biggest jumps in BTL properties purchased has been seen in Plymouth, which ranked 212th in the Barclays ranking last year and is now 16th in 2015. More businesses are flocking to the South West as a […]

My LPA receiver sold one of my properties (without the power of sale I later found out but another story). There was an access passageway to the property and before the transfer, the main house was transferred to another title leaving me the owner of the passageway on the original title. The AP1 for the […]

With immense joy and interest I’m devouring all Property118 articles. What a wealth of experience and knowledge you all have! And what generosity to share this wealth with others. My husband and I are a newly retired Dutch(me)/English couple who have lived in Australia for 32 years. We are experienced BTL investors and renovators, however, […]

I had a boiler installed on finance but paperwork seems to be missing and some of the radiators are not working. The company that arranged the installation admitted there seems to be an error on their side and they do not have copy of documents, and the engineer they hired to carry out the installation […]

There is a leak from the flat above me that has caused significant damage to a bedroom in my flat. The owner of the flat above (who owns the leasehold, and also a share of the freehold (as do I)) is refusing to accept responsibility and to trace the leak in her bathroom (the leak […]

Under “Right to Rent” proposals in the upcoming Immigration Bill the Home Office would issue a notice when an asylum application fails that confirms the tenant no longer has the right to rent property. This will then give landlords the ability to end the tenancy without a court order in some circumstances. Financial support for […]

Would you be prepared to invest just 15 minutes a day to campaign against the Budget proposals to restrict finance cost relief for private landlords? If so please complete the form at the bottom of this article. Every day we will send you one email with new campaign ideas, for example:- 1) Letter templates (first example below) […]

I rented a house which had 12 months minimum term. This was unknowingly signed by me and my wife because we discussed 6 months. We had intention of staying in the house for 6 months because we were already looking for mortgage to secure our own house. Luckily after staying for 7 months (March 2015) […]

I would like some advice regarding taking in a live in lodger. I was wondering if it would be necessary or advisable to obtain a tenant reference for a live in lodger prior to them moving in as it is for a tenant renting a property on an AST. Any advice would be most helpful. […]

This is the petition that intends to STOP the Government making the biggest mistake in recent history. “Restricting finance cost relief for individual landlords” The petition isn’t branded by any particular organisation because this issue is far too important to us all than to allow rivalries to influence campaigning. All you need to know about the […]

My wife and I are divorcing and we want to transfer 3 rental properties from joint names into my name in return for a lump sum that I will pay her. I believe we have to do the transfer in the year of separation otherwise a CGT would be payable. What is involved in the […]

We have been using a letting agent to fully manage one of our properties for the last 8 years and we pay 10% commission for doing this which includes Landlord insurance. Around 2 years ago he found us a new tenant and she moved in and everything was fine. A couple of months after she […]

For many Buy to Let borrowers raising finance by way of a second charge loan can be far better than leaving an existing very low reversion rate and re-entering the cycle of remortgaging every few years with an incrementally higher rate at the end of each mortgage product term. Precise Mortgages have launched a new […]

I am new in the property investments but I would like to ask for the opinion of the more experienced landlords. I am planning to buy my first BTL I own a property already which is my main residence in Great Yarmouth that’s where I live now. I am wondering where to buy my BTL […]

I let my Flat to a holiday let company, but it was on the basis that they would NOT use it as a holiday let, but were going to let it to a couple who were in London for 6 months working. It is a one bed flat and I insisted it should remain as […]

My mother recently moved in to the granny annex in our house. We have had to agree that she pays rent for the flat as she refused to move in otherwise. She is going to rent out her house with the idea that she will then use this to pay us. Is there a way […]

Channel Five bosses have agreed the eye-opening first series of ‘Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords’ has only scratched the surface of the issues faced when the relationships between landlords and tenants break down. With the last episode in the current series due to air on Wednesday 29th July, a second series featuring Landlord Action has been […]

I am in process of buying my first buy to let property. I have couple of questions: (i) The property we are in process of buying is for my brother who doesn’t own any property in his name. Ideally we want to have property in his and his wife name but he couldn’t get mortgage […]