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Rental reforms could disrupt tenancy starts, warns leading agent
The Renters’ Rights Bill, set to introduce significant reforms to the rental process, is continuing to raise concerns among landlords and letting agents. Under the…
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Longer tenant notice ‘doomed to fail’
Further extension of longer tenant notice periods required in Wales ‘is yet another blow to the Welsh private rented sector and will only worsen the…
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‘Superior’ landlords not liable for sub-letter’s mistakes
Where a landlord has sub-let property to another landlord, he or she is not liable for rent repayment orders made as the consequence of the…
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How to cause confusion
Most fees charged in connection with a tenancy are now banned, would-be tenants are reminded in How to rent, a newly published guide ‘for people…
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Government keeps eye on advance rent demands
Demands for rent to be paid months in advance are something the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government ‘will continue to monitor closely’. So…
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Lifetime Rental Deposits and the Private Rental Sector
With the suggestion that lifetime rental deposits could be an option in the future, could it be that a political party has finally come up…
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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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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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Does the Government Ever Think Properly About Tenants?
There’s been a lot in the media about the benefits to tenants of a longer, standard tenancy and 3 years seems to be the favoured…
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To Give Notice Or Not To Give Notice…..
That is the question I am often asked. Over the years, I have had many a landlord approach me about the tricky issue of ‘notice’….
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Landlord Guidance on Room Size Regulations
Since October 2018, a new space standard with room size specifications was introduced, to provide more spacious, healthier sleeping environments. A person (child over the…
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Mental Health Issues and the Private Rental Sector
Problems with mental health have probably existed forever. The Bible has Jesus curing people with ‘evil spirits’, other people suffered from what we recognise as…
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Letting to a Relative
It is said that everything is relative, but one of the hardest things I used to find to explain was why, where a property has…
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Private Landlords – Here We Go Again
The recent release of ‘Mamma Mia – here we go again’, the sequel/prequel (it’s a bit of both) to ‘Mamma Mia’ brought to my mind…
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Longer Tenancies – Again
The topic of longer tenancies has again reared its’ (to many buy to let investors) ugly head. The new Housing Minister, James Brokenshire, seems to…
