I own a flat in Scotland which my daughter lives in along with two rent paying flatmates.  I have a difference of opinion with a council housing officer as to whether the flat has to have an HMO or not. I believe that under the legislation I do not need to have an HMO as […]

Landlord Ian Holmes would like to know what you would do in this situation. Ian said …. “In the last two days of a tenancy, the garden wall was knocked down. I suspect this was done by the tenant’s removal company. Does anyone know if I can retain some of the tenant’s deposit for this […]

Ramesh Pindoria of Regal Estates Willesden Regal Estates are a Sales, Lettings and Management agent in North West London Our combined experience of over 50 years in the property industry gives us a thorough understanding of the local market which is to the benefit of all our clients. We cover a large area of North […]

Wealth Tax proposed by Lib Dems could affect Landlords Today I read one of the best forum posts I’ve ever seen on the topic of economics and in particular the proposed new Wealth Tax which could affect landlords according to the Mail Online. The post was written by Paul Fenton over on the Property Tribes […]

The closing date to become a founder member of The GOOD Landlords Campaign is fast approaching. It doesn’t matter whether you have one property or you are a full time landlord, we welcome anybody who believes in sharing best practice in the UK Private Rented Sector. That includes letting agents and other associated property professionals. […]

Rightmove have just released their February 2013 House Price Index which shows a “Sprightly start to 2013 but ‘old hands’ support the market” The key points in their report are:-

Residential Property Inventory Services In A Nutshell What is an Inventory? To sum it up in simple terms, an inventory is a detailed list using specific phrases to describe the features, items and condition of a property. Once produced it becomes a legal document and it is in the best interest of both the landlord […]

Richard Baker is both a landlord and a letting agent and is always pleased to offer free buy to let advice in Northampton and Rugby. For any landlord who might be considering the purchase of buy to let investment property in Northampton or rugby we can strongly recommend reading this page of Richard’s website. Richard […]

Several years ago my business partners and I were approached by an insurance broker who told us we could save a lot of money by combining our landlords insurance policies into a block policy.  This was the beginning of our landlords buying group.

My tenant has complained about draughty windows and vents. I put draught seal on the windows but there wasn’t anything I could do about the vents as they are there to prevent damp etc. My tenant has now got back to the letting agent informing them that the windows are still draughty and that she is […]

Network auctions are pleased to announce that their property auction catalogue for their next auction on 6th March 2013 is now available for download.  Venue: Glaziers Hall, London SE1 9DD Commencing: 1pm (13:00 hours)

The Property Auction Catalogue for Pearsons Property Auction for March 2013 is now available for download. The next auction will held on Tuesday 5th March 2013 commencing at 11am in the Hambledon Suite, The Solent Hotel, Whiteley, Fareham, PO15 7AJ (just off junction 9 of the M 27)

The catalogue for the Salter McGuiness property auction for March 2013 is now available to download. The auction commences at 1.30pm on Tuesday 5th March 2013 Venue: Quality Hotel and Conference Centre, Empire Way, Wembley, HA9 0NH For further information please contact:-

I have been a buy to let mortgage broker for several years and recently heard the most alarming story in my career regarding the Mortgage Express Exit strategy and their “right to consolidate”. I was contacted by a long-standing client recently as he had had a disturbing conversation with  Mortgage Express.  After calling them in […]

A tenant of mine of some 18 years has died 🙁 He was under the care of social services with a reading age of 8 or 10. He died without leaving a will. Nobody from social services will give me official notice that the tenancy is to end. What is the law on this? The […]

There is more than one type of Inventory, in fact, there are three main types, property inventories, insurance/home inventories (very big in USA) and business inventories that track materials and stock. I want to discuss only one type here, which can be used for a secondary purpose. It is an inventory of a property to […]

I sincerely hope that you enjoy visiting Property118 and that you find it useful, informative and hopefully entertaining at times. We don’t just love GOOD Landlords on Valentines day of course, we love building a community where we can all help each other, learn from each others experiences and access useful information and contacts 24/7 […]

Our property portfolio review spreadsheet is now available as a free download. This property portfolio review spreadsheet calculates your rental yields net of voids, the interest rate which will make your portfolio cash neutral and the true costs of rental void periods. It is incredibly easy to use, simply fill in the boxes and the […]

This auction news update looks back at auction activity in January and preceding periods. Lots offered and sold were both slightly down on January 2012 (2% and 8% respectively), but the amount raised increased by 8% to £33.5m. With January being a relatively quiet month in the auction calendar one cannot draw many conclusions from […]

The Bank of England Inflation Report Feb 2013 has been presented quarterly for the last 20 years by the outgoing Grosvenor Mervyn King. The BoE makes it reports available to the public and can all be downloaded simply by completing the form below.

Barnard Marcus Auctions have just released their February 2013 Newsletter. To download your copy please see below.