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 […]

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. […]