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LHA and the Private Rental Sector
LHA (Local Housing Allowance) determines how much a person on benefits can receive towards housing and depends on the area in which they live. So…
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Halloween – Trick or Treat for the Private Landlord?
October comes, this season of ‘Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness’, but also of Trick or Treat. Some people love it and will decorate their homes with…
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Landlords Can Turn To Short-term Lettings To Fill Void Periods
Short-term lettings are a viable solution for filling lengthening void periods, as research shows that the average time taken to fill an empty property increased…
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Buy to Let Property Renting is a Business
Many landlords are employed in business or professions; private renting is an additional income, perhaps to provide an income in older age, so I am…
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OCD Landlord Versus Untidy Tenant
The fact that I now believe the landlord to suffer from Obsessive Compulsive Behaviour (OCD) is a recent development; in my previous dealings with him,…
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Squirrels – Some Unwanted Pests Have Fluffy Tails
Both being ‘townies’ born and bred, it was a source of great delight to find that we had squirrels in the trees at the end…
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Brexit, Europe, and Home Ownership
I am totally sick of the Brexit saga for the UK to leave Europe, and suspect many of the population feel the same, irrespective of…
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The Priorities of the Chancellor
Chancellor Sajid Javid’s spending round, outlining departmental budgets for 2020/21, have proved a disappointment to housing professionals, local authorities and those in need of housing,…
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Another Judgement from Judge Rinder
I know this is the second item in recent times which has been prompted by Judge Rinder and I can almost hear the comments about…
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Don’t Let Bed Bugs Bite Your Buy to Let Profits
Mention bed bugs and it feels like a step into the past; Families living in over-crowded accommodation, children crowded into one, possibly urine stained and…
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Whatever the Weather Look After Your Investment Property
Whether you believe in global warming as the next great threat to the World, or will argue that weather is cyclical and there is nothing…
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Nightmare Tenants – Slum Landlords
It was a typical August afternoon – rain coming down in sheets and a dark and dull day. What to do? You guessed it –…
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Judge Rinder and the Smart Meter
Probably few of you will have time to watch Judge Rinder now he has taken over the slot left vacant since Jeremy Kyle’s fall from…
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25 Years in the UK Housing Sector
It is 25 years since I graduated as a housing professional. I had spent a year in a local authority housing office and seen how…
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Female Tenant Moves Out Due to Violence
A female tenant had lived very happily for 4 years in a private rented property. The landlord was delighted with her as a tenant as…
