Labour plans rent controls and standard three year tenancies
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A Department for Housing would be created by a new Labour government, with rent caps, three year tenancies and yet more regulation all part of its plans for the PRS. Labour’s draft election manifesto was leaked to the press today and includes a raft of housing policies which could have disastrous impacts on the PRS. […]
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Tenants trying to get away with washing machine !
We fully refurbished the flat 2 years ago after the purchase. The tenant now leaving, but a year after moving in we were told at an annual inspection that the washing machine had broken and they had got rid of it and purchased their own. We were never told of the breakdown or removal. When… Read more
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Cuts to student numbers could hit landlords
Plans to cut jobs and falling student numbers at the University of Manchester could have a devastating impact on student landlords in the city. Britain’s largest university, which has almost 40,000 students and employs more than 12,000 staff has revealed it will axe 171 jobs, mostly academic positions in arts, languages, biology, medicine and business. […]
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Call of the week – Gaining access for viewings
This week’s question provides an example of one of the most common misconceptions in the PRS and relates to gaining access to a property. The caller had issued a Section 21 notice with the intention of selling the property. The tenants had initially stated that any viewings would have to be carried out on specific […]
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Smoke alarms for deaf tenants?
I am about to let one of my properties to a couple who are both deaf. The property has two smoke alarms already but the new tenants would not be able to hear them. I feel I have a moral obligation to install something like the Fire Angel W2 SVP 630 system which provides a… Read more
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Universal Credit help service case study
Recently, we were approached by a landlord after he had not received rent for 3 months. Why? His tenant had switched from Housing Benefit to Universal Credit. The claimant was a disabled man on High Rate DLA. His wife was his full-time carer and they had two children. The family moved to the UK from… Read more
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HMO Landlord Banned & Fined £41,000
A landlord from Rugby has been banned from acting as a landlord after putting his tenant’s life at risk. Dean Dunkley, 41 of Dunchurch Road, Rugby rented out rooms above a town centre bar which Dunkley runs as AJ’s Bar, a four-storey building in Dunchurch Road, which was formerly the Royal Oak public house. As […]
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