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Eyesore Extensions Must Go, Planners Tell Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Planners are cracking down on landlords who have added extensions to 24 homes in just three streets without permission. Manchester...

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Judge Strips HMO Landlord of £112,500 Illegal Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 14 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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1 in 7 Homes a Buy to Let … and the Number’s Growing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th November 2011, 14 years ago | 0

The number of buy to let properties has increased by 756,000 homes since 2007, according to the latest government housing...

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...

Avoiding the Void

Author: Angus Ryan

28th November 2011, 14 years ago | 1

Void periods are an occupational hazard of letting property and something that the vast majority of landlords will experience at...

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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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Property Investment Strategies for 2012 and Beyond

Author: Mark Alexander

14th November 2011, 15 years ago | 2

In this video I’m interviewing HMO Landlord and LHA expert Robin Pilley about his strategy for 2012 and beyond. Robin...

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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Are your tenants fire safe?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

As winter kicks in, Let Insurance Services are impressing on landlords to have their fire safety measures in place. They...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 70

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

In amongst all the headlines we have got some great news of our own this week and when you visit...

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**%£~%! Lettings Agents!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

I know there’s been a lot of mud thrown at lettings agents over the years mainly due to their high...

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Letting Unlicensed HMO is a Crime, According to Judge

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th November 2011, 15 years ago | 6

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

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Pondering Article Four – Stick It On The Students!

Author: HMOLandlady

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 3

I was going to write a piece about what to do when an HMO tenant goes AWOL (Absent Without Leave)...

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Three Landlords And A Lawyer

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd November 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Whilst we were waiting around to be called by our professional camera crew to record a new corporate video for...

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Tales from the Frontline

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

2nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 30

Regular readers will know that I am a working Tenancy Relations Officer dealing with harassment and illegal eviction cases and...

Property118 Landlords Newsletter – Issue 69

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd November 2011, 15 years ago | 0

We are delighted to introduce two new guest writers this week, HMO Landlady and Tulloch Priest. They have very kindly...

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Bank Pulls Plug on Britain’s Worst Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

1st November 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A buy to let mortgage lender called in more than £1 million of loans when a landlord described as one...

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Maintenance Men – Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them!

Author: HMOLandlady

31st October 2011, 15 years ago | 10

A couple of weeks ago I started a discussion thread on Property Tribes about the trials and tribulations of dealing...

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Do You Fit the Private Landlord Profile?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A snapshot of landlords and letting has just been released by the Department of Communities and Local Government following a...