Tag: tenants

Ending a management contract with a letting agent

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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....

Save up for deposit or release equity?

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5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 16

I currently own 2 buy to let properties in South Wales, I have had one for coming up to 4...

Party Wall Damp Ingress

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5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 7

I own a 1900’s end terraced house that had some damp / water ingress via the defective chimney stack on...

Charging for your own labour

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5th August 2013, 13 years ago | 21

I have been renovating my buy to lets without making a charge for my time and effort. I told the...

Why serve a Section 21 notice just after a tenancy agreement has started?

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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...

Are freehold ground rents a good investment?

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31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 43

I have just started investing in property. Living overseas, I have been unable to get a U.K. mortgage so I...

Affordable housing – buy to let trap

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31st July 2013, 13 years ago | 4

My partner and I are living in a part rent/part buy affordable housing 1 bed flat.  We would like to...

Funding B2L from re-mortgaging own home.

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30th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

I’m considering entering B2L for the first time. Rather than securing a B2L mortgage, can funds be released by re-mortgaging...

Tenant Refused Deposit Back!

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29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 30

Being a first time landlord I was very naive in the rules around securing the deposit (yes, I am another...

Agency never informed me of the erection of imposing extension next door

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29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 19

I have a house fully managed since 2006 through what is probably the largest agent operating in the UK.  I...

Deposit query, delay with obtaining quotes for repair

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29th July 2013, 13 years ago | 14

I have 3 tenants who recently vacated a property. During their rental I only dealt with one of the tenants...

Electrics tripping issue

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27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

A flat that has been rented has developed an electrical problem. It keeps tripping intermittently. We have got an electrician...

It’s all falling apart and I could do with some advice please

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27th July 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Our first flat was bought at auction and cost 33k, spent 7k on a refurb and was valued at 55k,...

Age discrimination from buy to let mortgage lenders?

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26th July 2013, 13 years ago | 11

Last year I was in the process of identifying a good interest only re-mortgage – nothing out of the ordinary...

Family property dispute – legal help required

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22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 9

12 years ago my father was looking to sell a field. I asked him if I could have it and...

Having problems with a Rent2Rent kind of company

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22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 3

Looks like my first attempt to enter the rental market has turned into a disaster. I just completed a flat...

Refusal of consent to let by mortgage lender

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22nd July 2013, 13 years ago | 12

I have a residential mortgage and want to go and live abroad for a couple of years, during which time...

Section 21 issued prior to contract signing

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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...

Experienced residential landlord but Newbie to commercial – Request for help

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16th July 2013, 13 years ago | 6

Having been letting flats above shops I have now for the first time been asked to let the shop underneath...

Private paying tenants – How large and secure should their income be?

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16th July 2013, 13 years ago | 13

We let out properties mainly to Housing Benefit tenants. Despite the general assertions on this site, we haven’t had substantial...