Tag: Shelter

FAO Shelter – This is not a love note from The Landlord Crusader

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

11th November 2022, 4 years ago | 56

It’s a good job I was sitting down when I read a striking story on Property118 this week because it...

Help regarding being a victim of subletting

Author: Readers Question

31st October 2013, 13 years ago | 13

A well known national letting agency franchise office based in Ealing advertised flatshare, I viewed the property and agreed to...

Fit and Proper Landlords and Tenants – Consequences?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th September 2013, 13 years ago | 15

I have heard the words “Fit and Proper” mentioned a lot of late in terms of regulation of landlords and...

Deed of Assurance Document Template Download

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd September 2013, 13 years ago | 0

If you have the right type of properties to attract long term, good quality tenants, don’t stitch yourself or your...

The practicalities of a deeds of trust and using a Ltd company in England

Author: Readers Question

27th August 2013, 13 years ago | 13

I am a higher rate tax payer and I want to expand my property portfolio further. I want to shelter...

Alternatives to Landlord Licencing Schemes

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th August 2013, 13 years ago | 42

The alternatives to Landlord Licensing Schemes require joined up thinking, changes to data sharing protocols within local authorities and revised...

Stung by the £500pw Benefit Cap, no rent being paid – Help!

Author: Mick Roberts

6th August 2013, 13 years ago | 113

This week I have been stung by my first experience of the benefits cap.  One of my tenants Housing Benefit...

The evolution of the Private Rented Sector – Deed of Assurance

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

27th June 2013, 13 years ago | 116

Why on earth would The Mortgage Works “TMW” agree to three year AST’s? More to the point, why would landlords...

Be wary of sub-letting scams!

Author: Vanessa Warwick

19th June 2013, 13 years ago | 4

I just wanted to share with landlords that sub-letting scams are on the rise! It is my belief that these...

Bad Landlords

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

6th June 2013, 13 years ago | 23

Why on earth would anybody want to search Google for “Bad Landlords”? My stepson (Ilya) bought something to my attention...

Scottish Association of Landlords – dismayed by Shelter Cowboys Slur

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

10th May 2013, 14 years ago | 8

Scottish Conservative Housing Spokesman Alex Johnstone and the Scottish Association of Landlords have slammed the language employed by housing charity...

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Is rent hiking a good business model?

Author: Ben Reeve-Lewis

21st January 2013, 14 years ago | 24

It’s been a while since I wrote anything in my ‘Don’t shoot the messenger’ series. Mainly because I kept getting...

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5 years of tenancy deposit protection

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th November 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The Dispute Service “TDS” has released an excellent PDF document summarising the first 5 years of tenancy deposit protection in...

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Charities plea for support to help former squatters

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Criminalising squatting has had severe consequences for the homeless, leaving them with no where to go during winter causes mortality...

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RLA welcomes government U-turn on direct payments in Northern Ireland

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th October 2012, 14 years ago | 2

RLA welcomes news that the Department for Work and Pensions will allow direct payments of housing benefits to be made...

Net Rental Yields and how to increase them

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th October 2012, 14 years ago | 8

There are two obvious ways to increase net rental yield; 1) reduce outgoings 2) increase income – but how? In...

Shelter agrees to focus on solutions as well as problems

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Housing Charity Shelter appear to want to build bridges with the PRS by “looking for solutions as well as problems”....

Why the Shelter 5 year rental contract proposals will not work

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

21st September 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Housing Charity Shelter is proposing 5 year rental agreements but this is not viable as most landlords would be in...

Invitation from the Scottish Association of Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th September 2012, 14 years ago | 0

National Landlord Day, the major conference and exhibition from the Scottish Association of Landlords is now the largest landlord conference...

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Squatters Rights – what’s not changed

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

1st September 2012, 14 years ago | 27

In this blog I intend to dispel a few urban myths which appear to be forming, both amongst landlords and squatters themselves...

How GOOD landlords can be even better!

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

20th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

I have often wondered how GOOD landlords can be even better and gain positive PR as a result and I...