I am a semi experienced landlord with a few properties in London with some access to finance and potential to leverage in encumbered properties further.  I am very interested in looking at buying land with existing planning permission or purchasing land with a chance of planning permission (appreciate these risks can be large). Does anyone […]

I know that there are or have been schemes that offer free boilers to tenants on qualifying benefits but I can’t find one that seems genuine at the moment. The company’s that I contact seem to ask me to make a contribution of varying amounts between £600 & £800!  I have a house at the […]

This exclusive buy to let investment opportunity, located in the Northern Powerhouse, will generate investor’s yields of up to 11.4%. Situated just three miles from Manchester city centre and only a short walk away from the local Metrolink station, this development is ideally located for students and young professionals who need easy access into the […]

I have an AST with three tenants, a married couple who have just had a baby and a cousin who is related. They are nice tenants but in the first month of tenancy the cousin has now moved in his wife and child. This was done while I was on holiday.  It seems this is […]

My brother and I have for many years both been Self Employed sole traders in construction and building maintenance. Over the last 3 years we have been concentrating more on acquiring BTL Properties and have so far built a portfolio of 14 properties which doesn’t give us much time to do any paid work, so […]

I have a tenant of 9 years (3 years in the current property). The property is up for sale via auction as a tenanted property (which probably doesn’t help the situation).  Anyway, 5 days prior to the auction the boiler had an ignition fault. I received a text at 07:30 from my tenant saying no hot water. I […]

We purchased a property last year to rent out. It is coming up to a year later and the letting agent we have been using are wanting to renew the agreement. They will be charging us for this. They also want to put up the rent to the tenants. We as landlords do not want […]

I have just transferred the leasehold title of my daughters flat to me as she is not now returning to the UK.   It is presently tenanted, the fixed term expired last year and the tenants are now on a periodic tenancy. Do I need to issue them with any legal notice of landlord change […]

I have 2 properties that I let out and leave with a letting agent to manage. I am going to live and work abroad at the end of August.  The properties give me not a bad income considering how much I paid for them. I have thought about selling them to put my mind at […]

I have a house I rent out to three tenants. Two have remained the same since starting to rent it out in 2008 but the third has changed several times. I originally had an AST for one year with the original three tenants which I assume has now just gone onto a periodic tenancy which […]

I have a flat with a concrete roof. It is top floor and the roof is flat. Below that by some 2-3 feet is a suspended ceiling with a grid/frame of tiles.  My problem is condensation. There has been a steady drip of water onto the tiles from the cold roof. This also results in […]

UK landlords are being warned to be vigilant towards tenants cultivating cannabis in their properties. Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) revealed that police seized over 400,000 plants in the UK last year alone. The highest number of seizures were made by the Metropolitan police (59,002), followed by police in Wiltshire and the […]

Hi there everyone, Total newbie to the forum and website having previously only browsed over a few topics and now I am in a position to start my projects I have become a member – great website! So I need some advice and opinions. I have two options available to me and I am looking […]

We recently bought a second property on a BTL mortgage. Although it doesn’t seem logical we have ended up living in the property and have all bills/council tax in our name registered to this address.  To cut a long story short, although it’s on a BTL mortgage this property has been our primary residence from […]

We invested in a new build that was due for completion in Feb this year, after a lot of delays they will be completing in the next 3 weeks. Our current circumstances mean that we will not be able to complete then, we would ideally like to delay this by 4-6 weeks – then it […]

We have a rental property which at present is empty. The previous tenants were issued with a section 21 and owe us 4 months rent. They left on 4th May and we have new tenants moving in this weekend.  However, my husband went down to check the property today to make sure everything is in […]

I own 2 flats in a block of 7. The first two floors have 3 flats each and the last flat (flat7) is in the roof space and its floor space covers the 3 flats below. We all have equal share of freehold.The owner of flat 7 is a menace. He is a bully and […]

There is an area near me that I know is popular for people to live in – it’s a pleasant place, not too far from town, close to decent schools, low crime etc etc. However, there seems to be pretty much NOTHING available to rent there… and I’m trying to work out if that means […]

We have recently had quite a few changes of tenancies and have had lots of enquiries from Rightmove etc. However, the vast majority are scammers such as rent to rent and sub letters. Most scammers are easily weeded out over phone.  However, had a strange meeting last night with an attractive blond Bulgarian lady and […]

Landlords’ worst nightmare – well, almost! I am a landlord with a conundrum. A year ago, the freeholder of our block of flats sold the freehold of our car parking forecourt/garages that surround our block. For forty years the 21 car parking spaces have been free and the garages to rent.  The new freeholder wants […]

With the London property boom still going through the roof, will rental yields ever make it a good return to tie up your capital in a buy to let – or simply a buy to invest and sell with the capital gain?  Is this why so many London properties are simply left empty as they […]