Following increasing demand for stylish, comfortable and convenient homes in Cambridge, Countryside Properties unveils further properties at Novo in Great Kneighton. Situated in one of the most sought-after areas of south Cambridge, the much-desired Novo development of well-designed homes has already exceeded expectations – and is now releasing two new show homes that are set […]

I’ve received the email below from a landlord called John Caversham who has a problem with constant water leaks from the flat above his. What would you do if you were John?

A while back I wrote an article about how I created a landlords buying group to negotiate discounts from insurance brokers for landlords insurance. Thank you to everybody who responded, the increased buying power meant that yet again many of the group members saved a small fortune and new members reported up to 44% in […]

Hello, I am a regular reader of Property118 and very much enjoy the information provided. I have come across a situation and was wondering if any of your experts would be willing to offer some advice please? One of my landlords has a portfolio BTL with a major buy-to-let mortgage lender based in Newcastle and […]

To celebrate their 40th anniversary Oxford letting agent Finders Keepers have compiled this great list of their top ten unusual requests from tenants:

Michael Gelling OBE CIHM Hon Organisation: Tenants And Residents Organisations of England “T.A.R.O.E.” Status: Chairperson of the T.A.R.O.E. Board Career to date: Michael Gelling has been a member of the T.A.R.O.E., board since it formed in 1997. He has been Chairperson of T.A.R.O.E. for nine years, standing down from this position between April and November 2010 when he […]

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London based property company PPR Estates (PPR), has today confirmed the acquisition of 11,000 square foot of commercial office space in Osiers Road, Wandsworth, SW18 which will be converted into luxury, riverside homes. Jon Caplan, Director of PPR Estates, commented:

I have produced a set of training notes called “SEO Made Easy – Marketing Your Business Online”. It reveals the secrets you need to know to make your website more popular. This is not theory, we use everything contained in this document here at Property118. After you have read my training notes you will probably […]

The Dispute Service “TDS” has released an excellent PDF document summarising the first 5 years of tenancy deposit protection in England and Wales.

These ultra modern Manchester buy-to-let apartments are based in Salford and are advertised with the benefit of 5 year assured rental returns. Please take a look, especially at the promotional video.

Private landlords are facing costly property damage and lost rental income from ‘drug factories’, which are on the increase across the UK, according to the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC). Under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, a landlord or property manager can receive a maximum of 14 years in prison and/or a fine […]

Hello all I have a bizarre problem.  The tenants of my only rental property are STILL complaining that I had the living room decorated for them a year ago, and moreover renovated the fireplace and installed a woodburner.  They deeply resented the upheaval (which lasted just one week), even though they have THREE reception rooms and […]

Ahead of Scotland’s largest gathering of landlords in Edinburgh, at the sold-out National Landlord Day Conference on 6 Nov, the Scottish Association of Landlords reports that according to research carried out by leading internet advertising portal Citylets, average mix adjusted rents reached a new high for Scotland of £672 in the third quarter of 2012, […]

I have just received an email from a gentleman called Kevyn Davies-Jones about the tax status of buy to let profits and felt compelled to share it with you. Feel free to join in with our rant. It’s unlikely to change things but you may feel better after doing so 🙂

The BuytoLet Mortgage Calculator has recently had every product and lender listed checked and updated. From my observations doing this on a regular basis I can tell which direction the BuytoLet mortgage market is heading in. As an overview of the last 3 months Variable and Tracker rate mortgages available seem to have decreased in […]

Since running an article about rent in advance earlier this week I have received a number of telephone calls asking me to clarify whether this really is a lettings product/service which genuinely pays landlords 6 months rent up front despite charging rent to tenants monthly. Many of the people who asked me about this are surprising when I […]

I have just received a property tax question from a lady called Barbara which I’m not sure of the answer. Therefore, I am publishing her email as an article to seek the opinion of other readers. I have also invited my accountants to comment too as I suspect there may be a way for Barbara and her […]

I wanted to share with you a recent ‘near miss’ with one of our landlord’s. We had taken on a new portfolio and as part of procedure, we attempted to carry out an inspection by contacting the current tenants. We had no success with 2 properties despite letters, calls and turning up ‘on spec’. Ultimately […]

What advice would you offer to Pauline in terms of tenants requesting compensation based on the following scenario? Pauline’s email to Property118 reads as follows:- Dear Property118 I have had a problem with rats in the loft above a single storey kitchen/bathroom extension in one of my properties.