Tag: Landlords

Landlord fits new front door and doesn’t give tenants the keys!

Author: Readers Question

30th August 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I have rented a property from a Landlord and let the property on a corporate let to a Charity who...

Growing my small BTL business

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

Great site! I’m a “small-time” landlord that owns a total of 3 properties – 2 rental flats and my own...

Are tenants entitled to attend Management Company meetings?

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 12

I am a Director of the management company of a development of fourteen flats. There are three other directors who...

Ex tenant problems

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 66

To condense the issues here goes…  Tenant on AST which ran into periodic for some two months Tenant leaves no...

The practicalities of a deeds of trust and using a Ltd company in England

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I am a higher rate tax payer and I want to expand my property portfolio further. I want to shelter...

Estate agent commission for existing tenants

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I’m in the process of purchasing my first buy to let. I’m buying it through an agent, who also manages...

Kicking the apartment management company into touch

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

I own an apartment in Birmingham and for the last two years I have received a bill on top of...

Help me if you can I’m feeling down

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 43

When I married in 2009 I remortaged my house onto a buy to let to raise a deposit to buy...

Letting Industry Pays Tribute to Northwood MD Nick Cooper

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

Tributes from across the lettings industry have been flooding in following the death of Northwood Managing Director, Nick Cooper, who...

First time Buy to Let

Author: Readers Question

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I am considering to buy a but to let property in Ilford area with a deposit of £25k and I...

Renovating Properties

Author: Readers Question

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I am looking into buying cheap properties at auctions and updating them. The idea is to sell them on for...

DPS bond contested

Author: Readers Question

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 25

I am a new Landlord and the first tenant has left after she couldn’t pay her rent. Her partner left...

Retaliatory Eviction – Unlicensed HMO

Author: Readers Question

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 20

In a similar situation to the excellent discussion on Retaliatory Eviction, I can report that I have encountered similar practices...

One student tenant wants to replace another on an existing tenancy

Author: Readers Question

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 17

Our student property is currently rented under a 12 month tenancy starting 1.8.2013 for 12 months.   One of the...

Locating the highest yielding locations for buy to let

Author: Readers Question

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 22

As a relative newcomer to buy to let investment, but a seasoned hand at web development, I decided to build...

Guarantee for natural void periods?

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 45

I’m sure I’ve heard a radio advert recently from a letting agent that was offering a type of rent guarantee,...

Freehold – to buy or not to buy – and HOW?

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 2

I am new to this forum and also reliability new to being a landlord so bear with me.  I say...

Tenant gave us notice but now refuses to move out!

Author: Readers Question

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 31

Our tenant sent a message by text on 16 July to say she had found another property and wanted to...

Reclaiming Vat on refurbished property

Author: Readers Question

17th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I have been absorbing VAT on my refurbished property, about 18 so far over the last four years.  I’m considering...

Planning deferred s106 until CIL came in

Author: Readers Question

17th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I own a block of flats, in Borough of Brent. In June 2012 I got a planning consent to add...