Tag: Cautionary Tales

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Landlord and his Lover Conned £20,000 in Benefits

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord moved his tenant lover in to his home while she carried on fraudulently claiming benefits for his buy...

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Letting Agent Stole £250,000 from Landlords and Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th February 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Letting agent Zulfiqar Hussain must pay his victims £250,000 or face three years in jail after stealing money from dozens...

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Landlords Need to be Wary of Fraudulent Tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords have been warned of tenants fraudulently filling out tenancy agreements with fake names and barely paying rent. Let Insurance...

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Letting Agents Close Owing Landlords and Tenants Cash

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th January 2012, 15 years ago | 42

Midlands landlords are chasing rents and deposits from a letting agent who suddenly closed for business. Police are looking at...

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Buy to Let Property Club Fraudsters Scammed £1 million

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 1

Buy to let property club fraudsters who raised more than £1 million from selling shoddy properties at inflated prices have...

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Shams, Scams and Blocking Tactics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

13th January 2012, 15 years ago | 9

By Guest Columnist Ben Reeve-Lewis We live at a time when mortgage repossessions are running at an all time high,...

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Blackburn Landlord Hit with Hefty Fine

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th January 2012, 15 years ago | 2

News Sourced by Property118 News Team A landlord in Blackburn has been fined £10,000 and ordered to pay £8,000 in...

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Judge Hits Out at Buy to Let Lender’s Poor Underwriting

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

A buy to let lender was slammed for a landlord mortgage of £166,500 without carrying out proper income checks in...

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Avoiding being ripped off by the Olympics

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

9th January 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Having written my article on the predicted downside of renting during the Olympics I thought I had better provide a...

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Landlords Warning – London Olympics 90 day lettings law

Author: Mary Latham

8th January 2012, 15 years ago | 20

People who are thinking of letting during the Olympics should be aware that it is a criminal offence to let...

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Drug Dealing Landlord is Worth Just £266

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A drug dealing landlord who planned to run a cannabis factory in a charity hostel has assets of just £266...

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Be Wary and Be Vigilant

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Over the course of the last 3 years at Landlord Action I have been contacted by many disgruntled investors trying...

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Judge Strips HMO Landlord of £112,500 Illegal Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord who defied planning laws to convert three houses in to houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) has been stripped...

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HMO Landlords Fined for Flouting Fire Safety Rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A rogue landlord was fined £8,000 for failing to maintain standards at a shared house that was taken over by...

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Landlord Forced Tenants to Share Cramped Rooms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlord Pavlos Chatzinopoulos was fined £2,515 for making tenants share with cramped rooms with tenants they did not know. Swindon...

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AIIC Serve up a Winter Warning

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Being mid-November, the Christmas warnings are well on their way. The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) has put together...

HMO Landlady Sacks Tenant

Author: HMOLandlady

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Continuing on the maintenance theme (somehow I think this could be ongoing!), I’m in the midst of a continuing dilemma:...

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Murders in a Home are the Kiss of Death for Buyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Hauntings, murders and eerie goings sound a death knell of interest from serious homebuyers. Homes with a spooky or notorious...

How Sell and Rent Back Links Britain’s Most Wanted Man

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

21st October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Recently, one of the properties managed by our portfolio management company, National Property Group, was subject to a legal challenge...

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HMO Landlords Pick up £28,000 Bill for Flouting Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two landlords who put tenant lives at risk by flouting fire safety rules were ordered to pay fines and costs...

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Hands on HMOs – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #2

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

23rd September 2011, 15 years ago | 7

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...