Landlords Calculator

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This latest version of our Landlords Calculator includes fields for you to add budgets for maintenance costs, management costs, voids periods, ground rents, service charges, re-letting costs and insurance. This replaces just one field in version 2 of our landlords calculator which grouped all of these costs together as a percentage of rent before working out net cashflow

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Landlord Action have been shortlisted for The National LIS Awards 2019

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Organiser: The National Landlord Investment Show

Categories: Best Landlord Legal Services Provider

Date: 21^st November 2019

Vote for us!

We are delighted to announce that Landlord Action have
been shortlisted in the ‘Best Landlord Legal Services Provider’ category at
this year’s National LIS Awards 2019 for the second year running.

The National LIS Awards celebrates companies
working at the top of their game in the private rented sector (PRS), and the
event is an opportunity to showcase the professionalism demonstrated by service
providers over the past year.

Bringing together over 400 major
players from the worlds of finance, law, tax, property development and
insurance, the National LIS Awards 2019 will showcase what it means to go above
and beyond, to ensure that the PRS continues to function, regardless of the
backdrop.

Tracey Hanbury, co-director of the
Awards and the National Landlord Investment Show, comments: “It’s going to be
great to celebrate the hard work of so many people operating in the PRS over
the past year. These past few months have posed unprecedented challenges, but
the nominees and winners of this year’s awards got where they are by pushing
forward to improve services no matter what. This year’s awards are all about
bringing out the best that service providers all have to offer and rewarding
them for their hard work.”

Landlord Action is one of the UK’s leading firm of
Solicitors, specialising with problem tenants, squatters, rental debts and
other housing related matters in England and Wales.  Our specialist legal team consisting of solicitors,
legal advisers and paralegals, resolve issues quickly with minimal loss to the
Landlord, who rely on us to pick up the pieces, when things go wrong. Our
experienced team offer a fixed fee service, keeping costs to a minimum without
compromising quality of service. Landlord Action are authorised and regulated
by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

Paul Shamplina, Founder of Landlord Action
comments, “We would like to thank the National LIS Awards for shortlisting us and
would like to wish all other nominees the best of luck on the night.”

As a valued client we would be very grateful for
your help in voting for Landlord Action to win the ‘Best Landlord Legal
Services Provider’ here,
it will only take one minute. Voting closes 8^th November 2019.

To see the National LIS Awards shortlist click here.

To keep up-to-date with all the winners on the
night follow us on twitter at @LandlordAction and
@PaulShamplina.

Vote for us
today!

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TDS launches free tenancy deposit protection scheme for RLA members

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RLA landlord members will now have more choice when it comes to protecting their tenant’s deposits, thanks to a new scheme that has launched exclusively for RLA members today. DepositGuard Custodial, launched by the RLA and partner organisation Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), gives RLA landlord members the option of protecting tenancy deposits with TDS for […]

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Sadiq Khan wants Welfare reforms to protect PRS tenants

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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the government to stop the roll out of Universal Credit, after new analysis from City Hall showed welfare cuts over the last decade have led to a rise in the number of people in London forced into homelessness.

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SDLT reclaim?

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I have a question based on the below scenario:

Property A purchased by Mr. X as residential. Mr. X moved away for work and was renting. During this period converted the residential to BTL.

In the meantime found another as residential property B and purchased jointly as Mr.

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Call of the Week: Brexit and Right to Rent

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It’s a subject that has dominated the news headlines especially in the last few months. Brexit. For landlords, Brexit can pose some questions when it comes to Right to Rent checks. It is a requirement for all private landlords in England to check the immigration status (carry out a Right to Rent check) on prospective […]

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October licensing update: Landlords urged to respond to consultations

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This month the RLA has responded to several local authority licensing consultations, representing our members. Here, we take a glance at some of the current consultations that are being run by local authorities, recent RLA licensing consultation responses and other news related to licensing. Current licensing consultations Islington additional licensing and selective licensing consultation [closes 3rd November] Islington Council is proposing to introduce borough-wide additional HMO licensing, and also a selective licensing scheme […]

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Blog: Landlord Electrical Checks Look Likely from 2020

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The government has laid further regulations under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 in order to start the process of bringing into force the requirement for all landlords to carry out electrical safety checks. In this blog first published on Anthony Gold, RLA Policy Director David Smith takes a closer look at the issue of electrical safety […]

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Landbay say 75% of tenants are happy

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Landbay conducted a study ‘delving into the psyche’ of 2,000 private renters in the UK and as suspected the vast majority (75%) said they were happy.

Landbay went on to report:

“Some of this is a reaction to the financial demands of buying a home

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Landlords Alliance donates to defend our property rights

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Unless you’ve been living under a stone, you will have seen the Government waging a relentless war against private landlords. Some of the effects of this are now being seen in the courts, where extremely poor legislation, full of ‘unintended consequences’ is beginning to hit landlords hard. 

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