Tag: Landlords

Ground Rents Investment Question

Author: Readers Question

17th January 2013, 13 years ago | 4

We have received the following ground rents investment question from one of our readers. Can you help? I am currently...

Mortgage Express want an account review – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

14th January 2013, 13 years ago | 14

Help! I have a Mortgage Express representative coming over for an account review! Why are they are demanding a huge...

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Taken over management of a property with a LHA tenant – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2013, 13 years ago | 8

I  would like some advice about one of my LHA tenants? I have recently taken over management of 4 properties...

Tax return looms – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2013, 13 years ago | 2

We have received four questions from one of our readers as the final date for submission on-line of 2011-12 tax...

BT Landline is not working but who pays the call out fee – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

7th January 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I have just had a text from a tenant complaining the BT landline is not working. BT say if its...

Are landlords obliged to provide a cooker in an unfurnished property?

Author: Readers Question

4th January 2013, 13 years ago | 11

We are about to rent out a house that does not have a cooker, just a space for a free...

My|Deposits Deposit Protection Refund Query – READERS QUESTION

Author: Readers Question

1st January 2013, 13 years ago | 10

We have a house let to three persons and they seem to have fallen out, with the lead tenant (for...

Maslow’s Theory Applied to Landlords and Tenants

Author: Mary Latham

30th December 2012, 13 years ago | 79

In the West Midlands we are addressing the issue of educating the young to understand their future housing options, financial...

Do I need to re-protect my deposits?

Author: Readers Question

18th December 2012, 13 years ago | 20

I have been told that I need to issue another Deposit Protection Certificate when my fixed term Assured Shorthold Tenancy...

Ground Rent – Demand for Payment

Author: Readers Question

18th December 2012, 13 years ago | 26

Huw has received a strange “Demand for Payment” of Ground rent and would like to raise this topic with the...

Tenants not completing 6 months tenancy period

Author: Readers Question

17th December 2012, 13 years ago | 16

Recently I’ve experienced two instances of tenants not completing 6 months tenancy period and leaving after just 3 months. These...

Does Reality TV affect property prices?

Author: Readers Question

14th December 2012, 13 years ago | 4

Extracts from an intriguing Readers Letter from PR agent Ally Whicher of Woodthorpe Comms asking; “does reality TV affect property...

Landlords Question – Gas Safety Record & NEST grants

Author: Readers Question

11th December 2012, 13 years ago | 7

Hello Mark, I wonder how you and others feel about my quandry regarding the gas installation at my rental property....

Being a Landlord can be a lonely business – is something bugging you?

Author: Mark Alexander

11th December 2012, 13 years ago | 2

Being a landlord can sometimes be a lonely business. The more properties you own, the more problems you encounter. Unless...

Landlord Accreditation – what’s the point?

Author: Readers Question

6th December 2012, 13 years ago | 7

We have been asked by Peter Lewis, Chairman of Devon Landlords Association to share his question about the validity of...

HMO Heroes and Villains

Author: Readers Question

5th December 2012, 13 years ago | 9

They say everyone has a book inside them waiting to be set free. After being asked to review a friend’s...

Tenant has pets without the landlords permission

Author: Readers Question

4th December 2012, 13 years ago | 9

Can any readers provide any advice on what to do when a tenant has pets without the landlords permission please?...

Tenants Notice Period – please consider this scenario

Author: Readers Question

3rd December 2012, 13 years ago | 25

I wonder if anyone can give me advice on what they might do in my position over a potential tenants...

Has this Oxford tenant fallen foul of HMO legislation?

Author: Readers Question

30th November 2012, 13 years ago | 7

I have just received an email from an Oxford based tenant who may have fallen foul of HMO regulations. I’m...

Landlords Liability Insurance – do flat owners need it?

Author: Readers Question

30th November 2012, 13 years ago | 10

We have received a “Readers Question” from a landlord called Cissie asking whether her friend ought to purchase landlords liability...