Great tenant for 12 years but I need to sell?

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Hi, My wife and I are keen to sell our final rental property. We are now fully retired, aged 78 & 66, and wish to sell so we can recover the cash to cover our retirement plans.

Our tenant has been in the house since we bought it around 12 years ago.  

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Investing in a garage – ideas and tips?

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Hi everyone, My siblings and I have made a decision to invest in a garage and are currently saving up for our first investment. Does anyone know the areas where there is high demand?

Given the importance of location

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Half of renters are living in cold, damp homes – Citizens Advice

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Nearly half of private renters in England are enduring freezing, damp or mouldy homes, Citizens Advice has warned.

And, the charity claims, half of these tenants have endured these conditions for over a year.

It also says there has been a surge in eviction cases and it is helping nearly 100 people every day who are facing Section 21 ‘no-fault’

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Possession order granted but we now need to sell the property?

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We had a possession order granted (warranty applied for this week) finally after a year-long battle with a section 8 for rent arrears amounting to over £14,000. A money order has been granted too.

The trouble is we are so behind on all of the letting agent fees as well as having to pay out all the solicitors fees we desperately need to sell the property.

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Freeholder has not provided full EC coverage?

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Hi, What right does a landlord have when the freeholder of a block of flats has failed to include ‘accommodation cover if flat becomes uninhabitable’?

I am the long leaseholder of a flat in a block of 37 flats and the freeholder has omitted this coverage.

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Changes to a lease?

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Hi, I am the freeholder of a Victorian conversion of 3 flats and I own and live in one of them, on the ground floor. The flat above me has just been sold in auction.

Over 20 years ago somebody put up a partition wall and made the bedroom into two bedrooms

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Renters face record price highs as PRS remains ‘difficult’

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Average advertised rents outside London have surged to a fresh quarterly peak of £1,314 per month, marking a 7% increase year-on-year, Rightmove says.

The platform warns that while this growth is slower than the 2022 peak of 12%

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A David and Goliath Story in Modern Law: This could change everything

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Following the triumph in our legal action against the West Brom Mortgage Company, a wave of euphoria and satisfaction swept through the landlord community. The justice system had prevailed, and common sense had won the day. We were weary yet elated

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I say ex-tenant owes me £5,000 unpaid rent, they claim they don’t?

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Hi, This has been an ongoing situation. I’m a portfolio landlord and use property management companies to manage my buildings. During May 2020, I changed property manager and this is when I started having issues with a tenant not paying rent.

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Survey reveals tenants’ and landlords’ expectations from the Labour government

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An impressive 60% of tenants and landlords want reduced landlord taxation and lower stamp duty on home purchases, a survey reveals.

Leaders Roman Group (LRG) set out to learn the priorities of those in the private rented sector of Labour’s first 100 days in office.

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