Browsing all articles from May, 2017
May
14

Flat owner in service charge arrears and breach of lease?

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This is an unusual one. I’m the MD of a Right To Manage company who look after the management, maintenance and service charges for a block of 10 flats of which I own one. One of the landlords has now failed to pay the service charge for the last year now totalling arrears of £400…. Read more

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May
12

Join The RLA at The Southwest’s Biggest Landlord Expo

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Private landlords are facing an ever increasing list of legal requirements that they need to comply with and in addition recent tax changes mean that for many landlords their profits will be reduced. The RLA is proud to announce that is attending the Landlord Expo 2017, so come and visit us at Stand 8! Landlord […]

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May
12

Greenwich To Implement Further Licensing and Increased Fees

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At a cabinet meeting last month The Royal Borough of Greenwich agreed to start a new Additional Licensing scheme, which requires all privately rented HMOs, which are located within a designated area, to be licensed.  Additional Licensing operates in the same way and alongside the existing Mandatory Licensing scheme. At present, HMO licensing in the […]

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May
12

Manchester Start Two More Selective Licensing Consultations

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A year after their first licensing consultation and only a month after their second, Manchester City Council have started another Selective Licensing Consultation for areas within Moston and Old Moat. Selective Licensing applies to all private rented sector houses that are not licensed under HMO licensing, this includes non licensable HMOs. An area may be […]

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May
12

Octane Capital launch ‘Productless’ BTL mortgage range

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New lender to the market Octane Capital, set up by the founders behind Dragonfly Property Finance, has launched its Buy to Let lending with a no “off the shelf” product offer. Instead of a range of prices based on Loan to Value and criteria Octane Capital will base the cost of the mortgage on the… Read more

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May
12

RLA calls for election focus on rental housing…

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Election: With 20% of households now living in private rented accommodation, a statistic which is set to reach one-quarter (25%) in the not too distant future, all the parties in the forthcoming election should be tailoring their policies to make sure there is enough supply to meet this demand, that’s according to the Residential Landlords […]

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May
11

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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May
11

Tenants trying to get away with washing machine !

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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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May
11

Cuts to student numbers could hit landlords

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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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May
11

Call of the week – Gaining access for viewings

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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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