Tag: rent arrears

Is a lawyer required for lodging possession order?

Author: Readers Question

14th December 2023, 2 years ago | 18

Hi folks, Hope you all are well. My tenant has incurred rent arrears of nearly £4000 now. He keeps saying...

How to evict a tenant in England

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th December 2023, 2 years ago | 0

Evicting a tenant is never an easy decision and usually, it’s the last choice any landlord wants to make. With...

Forfeit a lease and change locks?

Author: Readers Question

1st December 2023, 2 years ago | 2

Hello, I want to forfeit a lease and take control of my warehouse by changing the locks, I have a...

Tenants on breathing space respite scheme?

Author: Readers Question

23rd November 2023, 2 years ago | 9

Hello, we are first-time landlords and we have nightmare tenants. They haven’t paid us any rent in the last 13...

My rent and legal insurance was cancelled?

Author: Readers Question

20th November 2023, 2 years ago | 10

Hi All. A bit of a long story. Apologies! I have a fully managed property and took out rent and legal...

Defendant lied in his S21 defence – what to do?

Author: Readers Question

11th September 2023, 3 years ago | 15

Hi, I have a PCOL (Possession Claim Online) claim for a failed section 21 in progress. The defendant filed his...

Help with tenant rent arrears on Universal Credit?

Author: Readers Question

16th March 2023, 3 years ago | 12

Hello, I have a tenant with six months rent arrears on Universal Credit. I have filled in an online form for...

Landlords reporting rent arrears and void periods all down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

16th February 2023, 3 years ago | 0

Paragon Bank commissioned a survey of over 750 landlords by BVA BDRC, which has reported a decrease to 32% of...

Landlords face grim winter as rent defaults loom

Author: Richard Reed

17th October 2022, 4 years ago | 7

Housing benefits haven’t risen since 2020 – and that spells problems for landlords this winter as tenants struggle to cope...

Universal Credit is not a debacle Parliament told by IDS!

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th December 2013, 12 years ago | 12

Mr Iain Duncan Smith the Work and Pensions Secretary, admitted to Parliament yesterday that the Universal credit system was not...

Good debt recovery agent?

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2013, 12 years ago | 39

I have recently had an absconding tenant who owes me £5,000 in rent arrears. I have used debt recovery agents...

My tenant is trashing my house!!

Author: Paul Shamplina

17th October 2013, 13 years ago | 0

At Landlord Action we just don’t evict tenants for rent arrears or ending the tenancy because the landlord wants the...

The National Audit Office criticise Universal Credit reforms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th September 2013, 13 years ago | 3

The National Audit Office has crticised Universal Credit welfare reforms as being badly managed, overambitious and poor value for money...

Does my Buy to Let lending criteria make sense?

Author: Mary Latham

23rd August 2013, 13 years ago | 9

While fully acknowledging that I am not a financial specialist I do know the residential property market. I have a...

Tenant Referencing Using Common Sense

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Common sense tenant referencing was pretty much the only option available when I first became a landlord and started letting property...

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...

How long does it take for a tenant eviction?

Author: Paul Shamplina

20th August 2013, 13 years ago | 57

This all depends on how obstinate your tenant is, at Landlord Action 61% of the time, when we serve a...

Is the section 21 notice now a risk?

Author: Paula Hebberd

19th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

Under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988, once an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) agreement has come to an end,...

AST’s – what’s best a Contract or a Deed?

Author: Mark Alexander

9th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5

I am working as part of a legal group to solve an issue for landlords which I hope to be...

How not to be treated as a source for cheap credit

Author: Steve Masters

8th August 2013, 13 years ago | 5

We landlords are not in the business of lending money to our tenants but that is in effect what we...