Tag: Landlords

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I Will Not Say Sorry for Being a Good Landlord

Author: Mary Latham

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 24

An article in the Telegraph last week really offended my sense of justice. I am well aware that only landlords...

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How Do You Find Trades People & Professional Contacts?

Author: Mark Alexander

24th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

Having been a relatively “hands off” landlord myself now for over 20 years with a very well spread portfolio in...

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HMO Landlord Pays £12,000 for Ignoring Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord was fined £12,000 for failing to provide a fire alarm and electricity supply in a shared house he...

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£1,600 Fine for Landlord Who Ignored Licence Warnings

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 1

A landlord who ignored repeated warnings from a council that he should licence his property was fined £1,600. Leon White...

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What’s Yours is Mine – Don’t Shoot the Messenger #4

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

4th October 2011, 15 years ago | 2

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

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HMO Landlords Pick up £28,000 Bill for Flouting Fire Safety

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Two landlords who put tenant lives at risk by flouting fire safety rules were ordered to pay fines and costs...

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Landlords Daily Video Blog Introduction

Author: Mark Alexander

29th September 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Today is a new beginning, today I am launching my daily video blog about being a private rented sector landlord....

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Put Down Your Particulars – Don’t Shoot the Messenger! #3

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

28th September 2011, 15 years ago | 2

When a tenant has a beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either...

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Pet-Loving Tenants Dogged by Ban on Animals

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd September 2011, 15 years ago | 6

Pets are a casualty of the buy to let boom as tenants are forced to make a choice between keeping...

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“Don’t Shoot The Messenger!” Harassment vs Chasing Overdue Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2011, 15 years ago | 30

When a tenant has beef with their landlord, I’m the guy they go to. My job is to either negotiate...

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Landlords Feel Good About Buy to Let Prospects

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Landlords are feeling good about the prospects of their letting businesses, according to a new survey. Around two-thirds of landlords...

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Loan Shark Landlord Fined for Demanding 5,600% APR

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th August 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A thug landlord who ruled his tenants with threats and intimidation lent them cash at more than 5,600% APR. Loan...

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Landlord stabbed in the head 5 times by drug dealer takes action @LRSreferencing

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th August 2011, 15 years ago | 8

Thank you to Vanessa Warwick and Nick Tadd of the Property Tribes forum for sharing this video interview. In this...

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Peace in the war between landlords and tenants

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

2nd August 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Forget the odd moans and gripes between those traditional enemies landlords and tenants – the majority get on just fine....

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SCAM ALERT – please tell your tenants and landlords

Author: Mark Alexander

23rd July 2011, 15 years ago | 5

Thank you to Susanne, a landlord known to us via the Property tribes forum, for sharing the following story with...

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Landlords upset over paying £315,000 HMO fees to council

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st July 2011, 15 years ago | 3

Disgruntled landlords have paid out £315,000 fees in a year to comply with a council’s new house in multiple occupation...

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Has the credit crunch been good or bad for buy to let landlords?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

15th July 2011, 15 years ago | 12

I'd very much like to get your views on what's been good about the credit crunch and what's not been...

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Strategies for coping with property pressure

Author: Vanessa Warwick

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

We love to keep things topical and relevant on Property Tribes, so to celebrate the recent Wimbledon Championships, I posted...

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Rogue letting agent closes owing clients up to £500,000

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 19

Police are seeking a letting agent who has disappeared owing landlords and tenants hundreds of thousands in rents and deposits....

Tenants Too Scared to Contact Their Landlord

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 4

A Shelter commissioned YouGov survey has found many of Generation Rent are being failed by their landlord. Shelter are worried...

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Should I be using an agent to let/manage my property?

Author: Paul Shamplina

27th May 2011, 15 years ago | 5

I regularly give talks all around the country at landlord forums and property events. At the beginning of a talk,...