unfortunate mistake
hi, i have issued a tenant with a section 21 giving him the required notice of two full months

Renovations to flat within a 7 year - and continuing tenancy
We have some really great tenants who have lived at our property for 7 years. During the first

unmarried couple on housing benefit
I have a property rental available at £650pm. A young unmarried couple on benefits with a baby wishe

Council Tax Summons
I bought a property that we are refurbishing now and I have had it about four months. The prope

INDIRECT PAYMENTS,TENANT KEEPING RENT.
MY TENANT RECENTLY CHANGED THE RENT FROM ME TO HIM, AND HAAS FAILED TO PAY RENT. MY DISTRICT IS

CONTACTS
CHESTER LANDLORD, SINGLE OPERATOR, WOULD LIKE TO MEET INTERESTED PEOPLE FOR SOCIALISING. FUN, E

tax rise for landlords??
They have discussed merging NI with income tax on 'Today' this morning but there is a trap

tenant sublet the property
I have a tenant who is on benefit. Council is making direct payments to me. I have just received a l

H M O Advice
I am currently in the process of renovating a potential 6 bed/3 storey student let.Whilst i have put

Fly Tipping at Properties
I have 2 houses that people have fly tipped rubbish at - i have asked the council to clear this

Recommend an Inventory Clerk, TW1
Hi all, I was just wondering if someone could recommend a quality/accredited Inventory Clerk f

Setting up HMO
We have recently purchased a 4 bedroom terraced house to let as an HMO. Before completion we contact

Disrepair
Tenants moved into a property in September 2010. It soon became apparent that there were damp issue

Advertising
One of my properties has just become vacant. In the past I have always dealt with the letting myself

Television aerial
I have new tenants that have moved in recently. They are asking me to pay for an aerial engineer to

Decoration - Please advise
We have a fully refurbished property. Architraves, staircase and most other wood fittings are finish

Rent to Buy option
Any one entered into a rent to buy option I am considering selling one of my flats. Thought it mayb

Oven Cleaning
Does anyone know how much I can expect to pay for oven cleaning

Supreme Court Over-Rules Eviction Order as Breaching the Tenant's Human Rights
It was reported in the Daily Mail yesterday (Thu 24/02/11 Edition, p10) that the Supreme Court had r

gas safe fitters
I use a gas safe person to do certificates but he seems reluctant to do even simple jobs like putti

Hand Rail
Does anyone know if it is a legal requirement to provide a hand rail on stairs in a maisonette The

Viewings
Good morning, Could you advise please? I left a notice for my tenants to allow me access t

rent increase
Can a landlord increase the tenants rent every year? If so is there a legal percentage that they ca

Electrical inspection
Do we have to have an electrical inspection every year like we do the gas, boiler and electrics.

disrepair protocaol
Does anyone know what a disrepair protocaol is and where i might find some info on it? Thanks

Tenants moving out before end of 6 month tenancy
Our tenants are moving out after 3 months claiming needs a heart operation in Poland. He did not pay

Inspection access
Hello , My agent and I have had problems with low grade tenants not cooperating with inspection vis

Good Morning
I have a situation where a tenant has been with me for 3 weeks signing a six-month AST. Last wee

Hot water supply
A tenant of ours has written to say they do not have adequate hot water in their cylinder. They are

Tenant not signing tenancy agreement
Hi, I have sent a new agreement to my tenant over a month ago of which I have not received a signed

Tennant moved out and wont return keys
Hi My tennant moved out last weekend without informing us and owing us rent. Tried ringing to

section 21 - deposit protection
I have always issued a section 21 notice at the same time as the tenant signes the tenancy agreement

3 year commision payment for a 3 year tenancy agreement!
I have accepted/signed a commission agreement for a 3 year tenancy whith a fairly large agency and t

Tenancy Query
We have a tenant with an AST that has rolled over to a statutory periodic tenancy & only her name is

Squatters
We beleive that we have squatters at one of our houses undergoing renovation.. They have posted a wa

COSTS TO REFURB
I have recently got my key back to a property thanks to the gran who is acting guarantor. I was unab

Short tenancy - clarification
But Dave the AST is for minimum of 6 months. Although the landlord is saying (verbally) the tenant c

Short term tenancy
Landlord knows the prospective tenant. He is prepared to rent the flat on a monthly bases without ta

Tenant won't communicate!
End of tenancy is next week! We wrote and asked if he wanted to stay, or was he going, two month

Tenants notice period when they pay weekly
I need to give a tenant notice, they are on an Assured Shorthold agreement which is now periodic. W

abandonment of property
I have a property whereby the tenants have abandoned the property in the last few weeks. They had a