Tag: Letting Agent

Question – can landlords claim for use of home as office?

Author: Readers Question

13th August 2013, 13 years ago | 11

I am employed full time and have one buy to let property managed by a letting agent.  I have claimed...

Retaliatory eviction – possibility of civil litigation?

Author: Anon 68

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 74

We’re a professional couple with a limited company which provides a technology solution to the NHS. It suits our circumstances...

Concerned Mum trying to help her daughter

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 31

This Facebook discussion between a letting agent and a concerned Mum is well worth sharing in my opinion. Please feel...

Will my Letting Agents Section 21 be valid?

Author: Readers Question

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 33

My letting agent served a section 21 notice soon after the tenant moved in, but only told him verbally a...

Landlord Licensing Schemes – Raising Standards or Raising Funds?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

9th August 2013, 13 years ago | 118

WARNING – this article might make you want to cry, it might make you want to laugh and it will...

How to help bring about changes to legislation post “Superstrike”

Author: Mary Latham

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 15

One of the things that are uppermost in landlords’ minds at the moment is the concern that we are vulnerable...

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 - Founder of Property118

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...

NLA warns landlords of “no win no fee” deposit protection lawyers

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 0

Speaking recently on BBC Radio 4 Carolyn Uphill, Chairman of the National Landlords Association (NLA) warned landlords to ensure their...

Updated guidance on Superstrike Deposit Protection case

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

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...

Guidance from tenancy deposit protection schemes following the Superstrike Ltd. vs Rodrigues Court of Appeal case

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

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...

Meet The Landlords TV programme – fair representation?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

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...

Rent to Rent Success Stories

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

There have been some real horror stories of Rent to Rent hitting the press of late and that’s not necessarily...

Buy to Let Property Sales – Partnering With Estate Agents

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

24th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

Earlier this year we spotted an opportunity to set up a buy to let Estate Agency. However, due to lack...

Building a letting agency business

Author: Don Holmes

23rd July 2013, 13 years ago | 0

I sold my first letting agency business in 2006. In just 12 years my wife and I had taken the...

Property Investment – what would you buy?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 26

Whenever I walk down a high street I can’t help looking through the window of the local estate agents and...

Section 21 issued prior to contract signing

Author: Readers Question

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 22

We have private tenancy managed by a letting agent. It is a one year contract, rent has been paid on time...

Cannabis Factory – Landlords Case Study

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

How do you know if your property is being used as a Cannabis factory? I’m writing this, having been involved...

Private Rented Sector Review – Conclusions and recommendations

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 7

The Private Rented Sector Review conclusions and recommendations published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: Simplifying regulation 1.  We recommend...

Private Rented Sector Review – Summary

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th July 2013, 13 years ago | 2

The Private Rented Sector Review summary published by the Communities and Local Government Committee: The private rented sector has seen...