I currently have a small portfolio of rental properties, three HMO’s and a residential flat. I have been pondering purchasing a further property by releasing some equity from my rented residential flat which is currently at a 38% LTV outstanding mortgage. I am getting rather confused by the options. I would prefer a straight residential […]

My son has a couple of rental properties. The tenant of one of them has finally quit following expiry of the Section 21 Notice. He is about £1,000 behind with the rent. The property was left in a disgusting state with litter everywhere and a child’s scrawlings on some walls. The flat needs to be […]

I am getting my first property ready to rent out. I am wanting to manage it myself in conjunction with the local council who apparently has a very good scheme that will do some of the leg work for me. I am just needing a little advice on where to start with the legal side […]

I wanted to rent a house and deposited £500 at 11.00 the previous day and at 1.00 the next day decide not continue with renting the house. The house is still being advertised they have not withdrawn it from the market, and I can safely say that my money has not been handed to the […]

The Tenancies Reform Bill presented by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather and aimed at stopping Revenge Evictions, has failed to secure enough votes to pass in Parliament, much to our relief at Landlord Action and other industry organisations. This is great news for landlords. Whilst I fully agree that tenants need to be protected from […]

Dear all, A short introduction to my problem:  I have rented a flat since July 1, 2013 on a 12 month agreement. At month 11, the owner was unable to pay his debts and my flat was temporarily managed by another company. Since my tenancy agreement was up, I asked them what to do and […]

I currently have an issue concerning dealings with the Nottingham City Council HMO Licence. I was granted an HMO licence by the Council in 2009. When I applied to renew my licence I was told that two of the room sizes are two small even though I have not made any changes in the last […]

I currently have some two bed flats in a block where the freehold has recently been  I recently got an insurance bill from them that contains the following items: Annual Ground Rent: £250 (Standard) Annual Building Insurance: £212.82 (Seems a bit expensive. I have a 3br house nearby insured for £130). Insurance Admin Fee: £20 […]

A year on from acquiring law firm status as part of our perpetual efforts to raise industry standards, particularly in the field of eviction, Landlord Action has been announced the winner of the Legal Supplier category at the Landlord and Buy-to-Let Awards 2014/2015, held on 26th November 2014. The awards took place at Stoneleigh Park […]

I did not issue a deposit protection scheme for one of my tenants in a shared house. The other tenants have the DPS done within 30 days of deposit, but this tenant has been in since end of Sept. I received a solicitors letter informing me that it is the law and I have to […]

I have been in the dubious position of being my father in laws landlord for the past 12-13 years with him paying a fraction of the full market rent to which he has been subsidized by quite a considerable sum over the years.  A considerable family fallout ( surely not ) has caused me to […]

BM Solutions have changed policy and criteria for New Builds. The maximum Loan to Value now available on New Build houses and more importantly New Build Flats has increased from 65% to 75% LTV. 75% is the standard maximum LTV for BM Solutions and all products will now be made available to New Build houses […]

Thank you Mark and everyone on this website for all comments/articles. I have learned more on Property118 about property and other aspects in the last 6 months since I signed up then ever before. Now for my first post… My question is a simple one… I think… when is it right to charge ground rent […]

I suspect I can here the groans already…  I’ve owned a Buy To Let flat for about 10 years. During the purchase consent was given to sublet. Over recent years I’ve been getting correspondence from OM about a License and other fees and I’ll be honest, I always ignore them as I disagree with their […]

I am a live-in Landlord, and qualify for the Council Tax single occupant discount. I have just rented out my spareroom to a student, hence can I claim council tax as allowable expenses if my lodger is a student?  Thanks Jane G

We are ( my husband and I ) are trying to purchase a property which consists of a basement flat and a 3 story maisonette ( a Victorian house that has been converted ). The 2 properties are self contained. In trying to get a mortgage for each of these properties we are being told […]

A pilot for introducing checking a tenant’s right to rent under the immigration act 2014 is being introduced in 5 areas as of 1st December. These pilot areas are Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton. Full roll out across the country is expected after a Government review of the pilot within 6 months. Under the […]

I desperately need advice!!! I am a first time landlord and have made a silly mistake of giving the tenants keys before the tenancy started to help them move things in. It was agreed that they would pay rent and deposit on the first day, but this has failed to happen and now my calls […]

My tenant could not afford a months rent and deposit in advance to secure my property. She really wanted the property and offered to pay four weeks rental in advance. She was honest enough to say that she would not be able to pay future rent in four weekly payments so offered to pay one […]

In the last few years I have had several meetings with various Councils across the UK regarding their stance on tenants that are due to be evicted. In almost all circumstances, the Council’s advice is that despite the granting of an order for possession and a possession date coming and going the tenant should remain […]

Each time a new selective licensing consultation period begins in another local authority area we receive another post from another disgruntled landlord. From now on, proposed articles regarding all new Selective Licensing Consultations will be directed to this discussion thread. It appears that landlords seem to bury their heads in the sand and don’t tackle […]