We have been asked by Peter Lewis, Chairman of Devon Landlords Association to share his question about the validity of Landlord Accreditation. I’m sure that the Accredited Landlord readers and trainers amongst the Property118 community will have some interesting responses and this could well make for a lively debate. If you want to follow this […]

My Eastbourne HMO project is almost at a close so I thought I’d bring you up to speed so you can see for yourself if running an HMO is suitable for you. Nine out of ten rooms are let at an average of £86.66 per room per week. A total of £335k has been spent […]

They say everyone has a book inside them waiting to be set free. After being asked to review a friend’s book and unexpectedly seeing my words in print, I found I recently got the bug to write a book of my own! I knew it would have to be a property related book and I […]

I thought I would share a few of lifes little challenges that I’ve had to deal with recently as a landlord. This is three mini blogs in one covering:- TENANT CHECK OUT CHALLENGE – The tenant who touched up the paintwork throughout the house with the wrong paint TO BE OR NOT TO BE THE PERFECT TENANTS […]

Can any readers provide any advice on what to do when a tenant has pets without the landlords permission please? Scenario: my new tenant moved in just over two months ago along with a ferrett, two cats and a dog. I was not aware that the tenant had pets, I would have said no and […]

To assist new landlords to choose reputable Letting Agents offering full management I have compiled a short list of Q&A’s I have used in the past. Please feel free to add your own or debate using the comments section below this article. SCENARIO ONE Landlord question – which property portals do you advertise on? Letting […]

In my previous commercial finance blog I spoke about the cost of finance post credit crunch. This time my question is; would you rather go bust than deal with greedy bankers? It seems like a bit of a daft question doesn’t it? Why is it then that one of the reasons UK businesses are not […]

I wonder if anyone can give me advice on what they might do in my position over a potential tenants notice period dispute? I’ve had good tenants in a house for about four years who recently told me that they might be looking for a larger property in the near future, but that there was […]

Rightmove have released their forecasts for the private rental market for 2013. The following is a summary report and their full report can also be downloaded from here.

My business partner and Founder of Property118, Mark Alexander, recently gave a 20 minute keynote speech to a group of start up technology businesses based in Norfolk. In this video (below) Mark explains how he built his property portfolio and how he went from being a Corporate YUPPIE in the 1980’s to working from his […]

I find myself spoilt for choice with good tenants today 🙂 My brother has been over to Wolverhampton to sort out a quick refurb on a property which we need to turn around quickly between tenancies.  Four of my family managed to redecorate the whole house and fix a few things within a day. Good […]

I have just received an email from an Oxford based tenant who may have fallen foul of HMO regulations. I’m not sure how to answer his questions so I have posted his email below. Just in case you don’t know, selective licencing in Oxford renders a property with three or more unrelated tenants liable for […]

The appointment of Mark Carney as the new Bank of England Governor is the first time in the Bank’s 318 year history that a foreign citizen has taken the position, and the first time that the role had been advertised. However lets cut to the chase, what Landlords and borrowers really want to know is […]

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We have received a “Readers Question” from a landlord called Cissie asking whether her friend ought to purchase landlords liability insurance for his flat even though the freeholder insures the buildings. Cissie wrote:- 

There is a new and clever credit card scam – be wary of those who come bearing gifts. Please share this with everyone you know, especially your family and friends. You can share via Facebook, Twitter and email using the icons at the foot of this article. This credit card scam happened to someone a […]

I have a few flats in South Tyneside, some of which are known to have been built on watercourses and have a damp problem ….  the phrase “I wish I’d know that when I bought it”, springs to mind. One in particular in South Shields is giving me problems with damp, furry clothes and mould […]

Alex has written in to ask other landlords what they would do if faced with a similar scenario of a BMV deal gone wrong. BMV means “Below Market value” by the way, just in case you didn’t know. “I purchased a 2 bed flat (67 years left on the Lease) which was repossessed. I purchased for £80,000 […]

We like landlords stories here at Property118 – Thanks for sharing this fishy tale of a tenant who flooded a property goes to landlord Craig Green Chris told us:- “We have a converted Victorian town hose on three floors and a basement, converted to flats in the 1930s.  We started as tenants in the top […]

I have a number of investment properties in central London and I am contemplating selling some. There doesn’t seem to be any central portal (like Rightmove etc) for the sale of investment properties and the local agents that I have spoken to don’t seem to have much of a grasp,of this market. Given the number […]

I may be the softest landlord on the planet but I am concerned about the well-being of 2 of my tenants who I have to finally evict.  They have lived in the house for many years but are seriously in arrears and don’t seem to have the ability to help themselves.  I have even enlisted Christians […]