Tag: Fire Safety

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Are HMO landlords really missing out on tax relief?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Dozens of firms offer to help shared house landlords claim thousands of pounds in lost tax reliefs – but does...

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Council Inspector Trapped by Defective HMO Locks

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

A council housing inspector was locked in shared flats by a defective lock while inspecting fire safety precautions at the...

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Landlord Fined £4,000 after Tenant Flees Buy to Let Blaze

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th December 2011, 14 years ago | 1

A landlord was fined £4,000 for failing to carry out fire safety work at a rental property after a tenant...

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Drug Dealing Landlord is Worth Just £266

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

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

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 76

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

The latest news and views from the property market and private rented sector. This edition also includes guest articles from...

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HMO Landlords Fined for Flouting Fire Safety Rules

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 14 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, 14 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, 14 years ago | 0

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

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Letting Unlicensed HMO is a Crime, According to Judge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 14 years ago | 6

A London council has won a criminal compensation order against a letting company who failed to licence a house in...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 67

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

It is now possible to receive a daily email which includes snippets of articles and videos published on Property118.com within...

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HMO Landlord Pays £12,000 for Ignoring Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord was fined £12,000 for failing to provide a fire alarm and electricity supply in a shared house he...

Property118 Landlords eNewsletter – Issue 65

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

This week we have added a new video section to our weekly eNewsletters which provides insight into the landlord mind...

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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...

HMO Landlords Warned to Put Their House in Order

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th September 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Councillors have warned HMO landlords to put their house in order or face prosecution. The warning was triggered as magistrates...

Rich List Builder Fined for ‘Death Trap’ Student Halls

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Builders who took safety shortcuts in a purpose-built private student hall of residence were ordered to pay more than £14,000...

Landlord pays £40,000 for letting death trap flats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord who lived a lavish millionaire lifestyle and drove a Mercedes, has to pay £40,000 for renting out death...

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Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation...

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Shared house was firebomb waiting to explode

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Electrical wiring in a shared house was so dangerous the property was a firebomb waiting to go off, a court...

3 Dangerous Types of Tenant – Part 2: Illegal Subletting

Author: Paul Shamplina

22nd June 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Over the last couple of years, the problem of unauthorised subletting has been growing. From last year alone, our instructions...

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Buy to let landlord refitted dangerous gas supply

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Tenants’ lives were at risk when gas was reconnected to dangerous fittings after a safety engineer cut off the supply...