Tag: Landlords

Can I get out of paying a renewal fee to my agent?

Author: Readers Question

7th August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

I let my flat through an agent in 2007 and signed a Letting Agreement with renewal fees.  I pay the...

Quick Sale Property Businesses Squirming at OFT Report

Author: Mark Alexander

7th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The OFT have announced that they have written to 120 Quick Sale property businesses advising them to review their practices...

Ending a management contract with a letting agent

Author: Readers Question

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 3

I rent 16 properties out and used an agent to manage them. I instructed them in 2007 and signed T&Cs....

Professional Inventories for Landlords – the devil is in the detail

Author: Mark Alexander

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 4

There have been several discussions here about inventories, why they are necessary and which is the best software to use...

Save up for deposit or release equity?

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 16

I currently own 2 buy to let properties in South Wales, I have had one for coming up to 4...

Party Wall Damp Ingress

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I own a 1900’s end terraced house that had some damp / water ingress via the defective chimney stack on...

Charging for your own labour

Author: Readers Question

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 21

I have been renovating my buy to lets without making a charge for my time and effort. I told the...

Updated guidance on Superstrike Deposit Protection case

Author: Mark Alexander

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

The four tenancy deposit protection scheme providers have collectively issued guidance notes following the Court of Appeal ruling in the...

Why serve a Section 21 notice just after a tenancy agreement has started?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 28

I have heard a lot of Letting agents or private landlords tend to serve a section 21 notice at the...

Are freehold ground rents a good investment?

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 43

I have just started investing in property. Living overseas, I have been unable to get a U.K. mortgage so I...

Affordable housing – buy to let trap

Author: Readers Question

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

My partner and I are living in a part rent/part buy affordable housing 1 bed flat.  We would like to...

Funding B2L from re-mortgaging own home.

Author: Readers Question

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

I’m considering entering B2L for the first time. Rather than securing a B2L mortgage, can funds be released by re-mortgaging...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander

30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 73

Last night I finally got around to watching a TV programme I recorded on BBC a few weeks ago called...

Council tax exemption

Author: Readers Question

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 25

I purchased a property about 18 months ago in the Falkirk District. It needed some refurbishment so was empty for...

Tenant Refused Deposit Back!

Author: Readers Question

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 30

Being a first time landlord I was very naive in the rules around securing the deposit (yes, I am another...

Agency never informed me of the erection of imposing extension next door

Author: Readers Question

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 19

I have a house fully managed since 2006 through what is probably the largest agent operating in the UK.  I...

Deposit query, delay with obtaining quotes for repair

Author: Readers Question

29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 14

I have 3 tenants who recently vacated a property. During their rental I only dealt with one of the tenants...

Electrics tripping issue

Author: Readers Question

27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

A flat that has been rented has developed an electrical problem. It keeps tripping intermittently. We have got an electrician...

It’s all falling apart and I could do with some advice please

Author: Readers Question

27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Our first flat was bought at auction and cost 33k, spent 7k on a refurb and was valued at 55k,...

Age discrimination from buy to let mortgage lenders?

Author: Readers Question

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Last year I was in the process of identifying a good interest only re-mortgage – nothing out of the ordinary...