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 […]

Dear Mr Fallon,  Thank you so much for your time at your Swanley surgery on Saturday. Following our meeting I would like to take the opportunity to summarise some of the key areas of disagreement between us on the effects of Clause 24 of the Finance Act (2) 2015. Firstly I would like to start […]

I bought a house over 2 years ago to rent out, all went well until about 3 months ago when the local council contacted me saying they had a charge on the property and unless I paid the outstanding amount of £1500 they would take legal proceeding’s against me. I know they cannot make me […]

I’m not an experienced landlord & only started renting out my house last year, following relationship breakdown. I’ve used a very well known letting agent from the start, to provide a fully managed service for me as I have a busy job, little time & I haven’t got a clue how to manage it myself. […]

I have inherited a situation I don’t fully understand and wonder if anyone can clarify how things should work please. I am not familiar with running a company and all that entails. I own 3 leasehold flats in a block of 4. There is a Ltd management company that owns the Freehold and I own […]

Neither the letting agent nor the tenant registered council tax at the beginning of the tenancy half year ago. The Council then sent out a letter to my name at the BTL address. Consequently they then sent out court summons and passed it to debt collection company. The tenant has now registered and paid for […]

The dreaded MEX review has led to ruin for many, so it is wise to avoid triggering one. I would like to know if any reader has had a review started within a short time of advertising a property for sale on Rightmove or Zoopla, etc? Rightmove run a ‘snitching’ service, called ‘Mover Alerts’ which […]

I’m in the fortunate position to have enough cash to buy a rental property outright. The home I live in is also mortgage free. Should I buy one property as a rental with no mortgage or buy 3 or 4 on a 75% LTV ratio. Advice would be welcome Jen

I have recently seen an advert for a HMO for sale offering a 12.2% gross yield. As someone who operates several HMOs, I felt that this is perhaps not a very good yield at all, and I wondered what other landlords on here thought would be a reasonably good gross yield? My reasoning for dismissing […]

I’ve shared this email to my MP, Grant Shapps, on another thread where a prominent poster has suggested that I post it on a new discussion.  I emailed Grant Shapps on 7th January 2016. He acknowledged, but I received no further reply. I emailed him yesterday morning giving him the chance to reply, and informed […]

I have a tenant who is terrible at paying his rent. He does pay, eventually, but is bad with money management and has now asked to pay his rent weekly as that is how he is paid. I do not have a problem with doing this, but wonder how this affects my tenancy agreement and […]

Does one have to re-register deposits on a renewal or even a periodic tenancy please? I read somewhere that there is a new form for Section 21 usable for both Fixed term and periodic but I can find no other information. Is there a new form, if so where do I get it? Are the […]