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Streamlined and balanced eviction process needed
Current court arrangements are no longer suitable for either tenants or landlords, said the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors in a position statement Plan for…
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Court of Appeal backs Landlord
A Court of Appeal judgement has concluded that failure to provide a gas safety certificate prior to a tenant moving into a property is not…
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Update on the Gas safety certificate case – heard in the Court of Appeal
The case of Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield (B5/2019/0499) was heard in the Court of Appeal in the last week of January 2020. The question…
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Could This Really Be the End of the Private Rental Sector?
I have worked with the private rental sector for 25 years, but I won’t be having a party. I have seen the how attitudes have…
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Government Determined to Scrap Section 21
That the government plans to scrap Section 21 will be no surprise to any private sector landlord who keeps in touch with what is happening…
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Paperwork – The Landlord’s Friend
Over many years of working with private sector landlords, perhaps the most misunderstood and disliked aspect of the role, is paperwork. Many landlords have work…
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New section 8 and section 21 notices
‘If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it’ is a frequently used expression when there seems a degree of unnecessary interference and changes – and that…
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Eviction costs soar
Landlords have always felt that the cost to get rid of the bad tenant was expensive, particularly when often allied to rent arrears and little…