We (husband and I) currently own two let properties.  One is worth around £170,000 – with no mortgage on it – currently let for £675 per month gross. The second is worth around £160,000 with a £63,000 interest only mortgage – repayable in about 10 years and lets for £560 per month. Both sets of […]

I have a property (my main residence) that is currently valued at about £200,000, and I hope to own it outright in less than five years (barring any disasters!). Thereafter, I hope to release some equity from the property in order to invest in property and “work my asset” – the only thing is I […]

First post here but I’ve been reading for a while and this is a great resource.  I’m nearing the end of my first BTL purchase of a flat but there are a few things to be finalised with the solicitor…. We put an offer in on the flat knowing that the lease was being extended […]

I have a tenant who has been renting one room from me since September, she had one kid who is aged under 4 living with her… which I knew about. In the last 3 days I have seen two more kids in the house. I presumed they were her guests or something (visiting), so I […]

On 30th October this year I wrote a blog entitled “Is your MP a landlords champion?” you can read it HERE I asked all Property118 members to send a letter similar to mine to their MP and gave you a link to make it very easy to find your MP’s contact details using just your […]

I’m picking the keys up to my first ever property today which is hopefully the first of many in my BTL portfolio.  I’m 23 and have just purchased a 3 bed recently refurbished terraced house near to where I live with my parents. I have been wanting to start my portfolio for a few years. […]

I rented out my property and was unaware I needed to tell my mortgage company. Since renting it out my relationship has broken down and I became a single mother of my 2 children, having to pay rent alone on the property I lived in of £900 per month. I also got made redundant so […]

I received an unsolicited call this morning from someone claiming to work for G4S, they had seen one of our rental properties being advertised in the paper and wanted to take it on a 4 year lease and then sublet to asylum seekers. Apparently they had lost a contract with a big housing provider and […]

I own the downstairs maisonette in a terrace, with one flat upstairs, which is also tenanted. There has been a water leak from the upstairs hand wash basin which has caused extensive damage to my flat. It was a fortuitous incident, and my upstairs neighbour’s insurance has declined liability. Her tenants might have been negligent […]

I’ve just acquired my first BTL property which will provide me with an additional income in retirement. My plan is to retire in the next 4-5 years, downsize the family home and use the residual equity to acquire a second BTL and take this income too. I’m happy to let the capital growth look after […]

Eastbank Manchester is the perfect development to cater for the abundance of young professionals seeking prime high-end apartments in the popular area of Manchester. The location is close to the city centre  and many apartments will benefit from spectacular city views, with the remainder facing the garden courtyard and terraces. It also benefits from a […]

16% of shared homes in the UK have no living room, according to a survey of more than 10,000 users of flat and house share site SpareRoom.co.uk. Just three years ago, only 10% of sharers lived in properties without living rooms. In London, where demand for rooms in flat and house shares is highest there […]

I use a rolling contract for all my properties as my tenants are all local and tend to be long term, I have a 2 months notice period after the 6 month period and let the lease run on a rolling basis never had a problem doing it this way for 10 years. However a […]

I’ve been trying to get on the property ladder but because of lack of funds, it’s proving difficult. I would like to try to purchase cheaper run down property, from auction north of England, renovate it and possible sell it to raise some deposit money to buy a family home near London. I do not […]

Check out the UK Property Investor Survey 2014 conducted by Rob Dix (AKA “The Property Geek”) as an infographic and read his full write up HERE. The Property Geeks Claims to Fame Include ……. The Property Podcast: The UK’s most popular business podcast. Listen here. The Property Hub: Community and training for property investors. Join the conversation. […]

After deciding to move in with a long-term girlfriend and not wanting to give up my own property, I decided to allow a local high street agent, who are ARLA regulated, to let and manage the property for me. This is the second tenant who is now in arrears.  They have stopped paying rent as […]

I have received a letter from a firm of solicitors instructed by a new freeholder for non-payment of ground rent. Clearly there are now excessive fees to pay!!! The ground rent payments are for this year (when I have owned the property) and the whole of last year (when I didn’t even own the property, […]

One of the properties I have just purchased as a buy to let has three glass doors in place of different designs.  The internal vestibule door is wooden panel to bottom and full glass panel to top single paned and doesn’t look toughened. The bathroom door has full length glass obscure in wooden frame which […]

I have taken out an interest only BTL mortgage with Paragon with a 20% deposit for a 25 years term and I noticed that the rules says that paragon can ask for the mortgage to be adjusted at whatever time suits them (after the first 2 years) so for example they can switch the mortgage […]

We are new to the letting game and have a nice tenant in the property, the issue we have is with the agent. The tenant has live there for just over 6 months and the agreement was for 6 months, 2 working days before the end of the agreement we still had not heard anything […]

The Mortgage Works (TMW) have announced they will increase their standard Stress Testing on all Buy to Let mortgages  that fall between 65% and 75% Loan to Value (LTV) from a Notional rate of 4.99% to 5.49%. Stress testing is how a lender calculates the amount you can borrow based on the rental income pcm […]