I have just bought a house with an existing tenant. The tenancy was for a fixed term of 1 year beginning on 13 February 2013, and so the tenant has been holding over since February this year. The original landlord served a s21(1)(b) at the start of the tenancy.  I am wondering if I can […]

Just received a letter from the council saying they have been informed that the house I let out is in a state of disrepair and will need to be inspected. The tenants have just recently received an order to vacate using section 21. The tenants signed a form stating they had inspected the property and […]

Im new to the BTL business and I’ve found a  back to Back terrace with a loft conversion at a very good price. I’m pretty certain the loft conversion doesn’t meet the regs as you have to come up more of a ladder than stairs. The room itself has 2 velux windows in and is done […]

I’m looking for a like minded individual who, like me, wants to buy properties at Auction in the area where I live – Brighton  I’ve up to £100k cash, not enough to buy something outright but my plan is to buy at Auction, do it up and sell it on the open market within a […]

Hi All I’m a landlord because I doubt that a pension alone will feed me in my dotage…  Anyhow…I generally know what I want to do and how, but the next decisions I make could be critical and I feel that some wiser heads than mine could be very useful. I may need to review […]

Sheffield City Enterprise Zone is set to double in size. Sheffield Chamber of commerce has helped 140 businesses with funding support. Investment in job creation is having positive spin offs for property investors. Companies such as Finch insurance brokers and XLN which supplies services such as phones, internet and energy to small businesses, chose to […]

I am in early talks with a large Home builder. They will be putting up 350 units in a town where I currently have 3 properties. I like the town and I like the idea of a new build. I’m looking to buy 1 or 2 three bedroom houses from them. It was suggested by […]

Some time ago my tenants asked if I would allow pets in the house.  At the time I agreed but now I would like to advise them that pets are no longer allowed in the property. Am I able to do this, and can I simply send them a letter stating this. Thanks Hendry

I have tenants who left on a sect 21 owing 2 months rent, they had a rent guarantor who I have approached regarding this who has said that she signed this with a letting agent that we no longer use so is not liable. The tenant had been in the property for 18 months so […]

I am aware that it isn’t easy to sell a house within 6 months of purchase, but speaking to my solicitor the other day it would appear to be nigh on impossible. She seemed to think most lenders would reject any application without even looking at it if the property hadn’t previously been owned for […]

As non-professional Directors of freehold property management company, we accepted a condition of our purchase that we use “reasonable endeavours” to recover outstanding service charge debts on behalf of the administrators.  The outstanding debt remains with a professional leaseholder who countered this by taking us to the LVT for over-payment of service charges. On two […]

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Hello everyone! I am renting my apartment through an estate agent but have never met him, I only knew his name! Today he called me saying that his apartment belongs to a housing association!  I pay the full amount of rent, have never seen the landlord and today he said the council wanted to speak […]

Firstly, I’ve just joined and I love this site – So much interesting stuff. I was wondering if anyone would like to comment about my proposed business structure. My aim is to set up a business buying, renovating and selling properties, one or two at a time. I haven’t yet had professional advice, but I […]

I watched a webinar the other day extolling the undoubted cashflow virtues of 2 x 2 ‘s (putting two separate Housing Benefit tenants into a single family house). The webinar leader went through the technical details of the process, most of which I would have been aware of or able to put together myself, but […]

I wanted my house back to sell. I served S21 at the correct time, ie 2 months before the end of the AST. The end date was 27th October 2014. The Tenant got a council flat. Council called me for flexibility on end date, for that week (27th was a Monday). I agreed to this, […]

The property adjoining mine has broken guttering and this is allowing water into their property and damp into mine.  The landlord of that property has been made aware of this several times. What action can I take as it is badly affecting my property. Thanks Andy

To give you some background, I own a terraced property built 1888 which was later fitted with a dpc (drilled into brick) but I’m not sure how long ago this was. We refurbished the property 4 years ago, having all external walls re pointed and painted, we hooked off old damp plaster, allowed an industrial […]

I am a co-director of a RTM (Right to Manage) company of a development which is extremely challenging to manage. We are now at a critical phase – just about to start major works which will cost about £70K. We’ve been leading up to this point for the last 2 years and, needless to say, […]

I have up to £300K to invest in BTL, and would welcome all suggestions for where the best location and what type of property would be for me to invest.  Given problems I’ve had (continue to have) with purpose built new blocks, rip-off freeholders and agents, service charges, etc… I would prefer to avoid leasehold […]

A friend is thinking of buying a property where her sister is the sitting tenant. She has one BTL and shares 2 others as joint leaseholder, but her income (salary) is low. She needs advice on whether this is feasible, if she can get a BTL mortgage, if her sister as sitting tenant would be […]