Tag: landlord crusader

Landlord asks for £50 more and now he’s £2,400 a year worse off!

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd October 2026, 22 hours ago | 6

Well, colour me shocked but an extra £50 in rent a month hardly sounds like the opening bid for a...

Will tenants miss the small landlord?

Author: Landlord Crusader

16th October 2026, 1 week ago | 14

We all know there’s no ribbon-cutting ceremony when a landlord decides not to put up rent to help a tenant...

Please stop making good landlords’ lives harder

Author: Landlord Crusader

9th October 2026, 2 weeks ago | 5

Apparently, landlords in Greater Manchester are to get a special programme to help them understand how to be landlords. Somewhere...

The PRS landlord crisis isn’t about us selling – it’s about us not buying!

Author: Landlord Crusader

18th September 2026, 1 month ago | 11

Hear me out, but the most important landlord who left the market this year may be the one who never...

Brent Council’s hypocrisy: Are door-to-door council inspections a step too far?

Author: Landlord Crusader

30th May 2025, 1 year ago | 7

News that Brent Council’s enforcement teams have carried out door-to-door inspections to find ‘criminal landlords’, should send shockwaves through the...

Why Labour’s squeeze on the PRS is creating a perfect storm

Author: Landlord Crusader

7th February 2025, 2 years ago | 12

Let’s be honest, the Conservatives did landlords in the UK no favours, but Labour are delivering something that is making...

CRUSADER: Why must landlords put up with vile online trolls?

Author: Landlord Crusader

8th November 2024, 2 years ago | 28

Landlords in the UK know they aren’t popular with politicians, councils, tenant activist organisations and lots of tenants – but...

Why councils can’t run private rented homes – after another failed landlord fiasco

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd August 2024, 2 years ago | 19

Every private landlord in the country must know that their local council is hopeless and doesn’t understand the private rented...

Angela Rayner: The hypocrite who needs to come clean

Author: Landlord Crusader

1st March 2024, 3 years ago | 19

Well, well, well, if it isn’t my old friend, the Ashton-under-Lyne foghorn Angela Rayner making headlines this week and turning...

It’s time for a Good Tenants Charter – but what should be in it?

Author: Landlord Crusader

12th January 2024, 3 years ago | 19

This week saw a cornucopia of stories that illustrate the current wrong thinking on the private rented sector – and...

If renting out a home is so easy, why don’t you have a go?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

8th September 2023, 3 years ago | 11

Many people think that being a landlord in the private rented sector (PRS) is easy money. They assume that all...

Tenant activist groups and the law of unintended consequences

Author: Landlord Crusader

29th August 2023, 3 years ago | 9

It’s not often that two separate stories manage to tell the unfolding horror of what is happening to the private...

Landlord Crusader: Which is best? BTL mortgage support or help for tenants to pay rent?

Author: Landlord Crusader

23rd June 2023, 3 years ago | 8

Here’s an interesting question for landlords to consider this week: would you prefer the government to offer you mortgage support...

Landlords: Give this article about future renting problems to your tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2023, 4 years ago | 26

As the headline says, landlords who want to explain just how difficult life is right now to their tenants should...

Why should landlords deal with lies and damned statistics?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th December 2022, 4 years ago | 14

It has been another interesting week in the life of a landlord in the UK – and none of it...

Landlords – Should we sell up or shut up?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd December 2022, 4 years ago | 11

Most landlords will have spent a lot of time and money on housing tenants, whether it’s in just one property...

Why private landlords despise politicians when they target us

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th November 2022, 4 years ago | 15

Unlike the Millwall football chant, ‘No one likes us, we don’t care’, I’d just like to say that while no...