International students and guarantees
I am a student landlord who normally asks for parental guarantees when letting to students. However,

Leak from flat above
I own a ground floor flat which is rented out. The tenant has made me aware of a big damp patch in t

Info from police
Just a quick post.I am going to court with a tenant who moved in to one of my properties. She was t

bits and pieces ! ! !
hi ...i have a tenant who is behind with his rent ,as he always pays a bit of his rent each month,

JOINT AND SEVERAL
Hi, I rented my house to a couple who were in a relationship when they signed up to a six mon

Lost our first Tenancy Deposit Dispute!!!
We have just lost our first and only tenancy deposit dispute on the grounds that the check-out w

Emergency Housing
We're private landlords in Birmingham and have been approached by a company who supply temporary

Why would a tenant sign a check-out? If they don't, they win the case!
We have lost our only two TDS cases on the premis that the check-out forms were not signed by th

Tenant Deposit Schemes
Of the three options for tenant deposits, can anybody advise from personal experience advise as to w

Evicting a Tenant whose deposit is not protected.
I wish to evict a non-paying tenant using section 21 4a. However, deposit is not in a TDS. If I

deposit schemes.
have any members used the insurance co."tenantdeposit.com"advertised on this site? fo

Which S21?
I have a 6 month tenancy due to finish 17 April. The current tenant has expressed a wish to le

Late Registration of Tenancy Deposits - No Penalty???
Hi, On page 7 of the RLA Magazine the article talks of a recent case in the High Court in whic

Annual gas safety checks
Please can you tell me if a service agreement with British Gas (or other)for boiler and gas applianc

Access rights with no arrears
A tenant has no arrears but has not granted me access to the property since my request several weeks

shared house - 5 signed & 3 are dropping out
Hello and thanks if anyone can help with this and has any advice ... I have a five bedr

scottish power and installiation of a prepayment meter
Scottish power installed a prepayment meter for a tennant in arrears. The tennant has moved out howe

Adding guarantors to AST Agreements?
Just about to take first tenants - 6 students in a shared house, one of whom is my daughter. I w

best car for landlords
I just borrowed a vectra estate and was very pleased to be able to get full sized doors in easily, a

Reducing Deposit - being flexible or a slippery slope?
How important is it to always ask for the full deposit, or does it make sense to reduce it - or

Increase of rent on periodic tenancy
I have a tenant whose tenancy agreement ran out 2nd February 2010 he may not want to sign anoth

please advise ...is there anyone out there RLA???????
My tenant want me to remove her daughter from the AST and provide a new AST for her and her partner.

Rent Rising !
I've just read the article about rents rising and the rental stock falling.All I can say is it&#

What are the obligations for a tenant being able to contact me?
Hi there, Just a quick question regarding my obligations as a landlord. I am self managi

letting agent software recommendation
can anyone advise of a good and easy software, we have done some research and we cant decide. in sho

Tenant has gone, can I get the deposit for free ?
My ex tenants deposit is with the DPS. The tenant has left the property in a poor state & hande

Illegal tenants?
I let my house to a company last year who have then sub let the property. I have given the company n

Tenants sub-letting
I have a fairly large 2 bed flat, original tenants a couple with small child and a friend. Friend mo

Tenant deposit
If as a landlord I wish to keep the deposit which scheme allows me to do this and do I just inform t

eviction
Tenant signed a 6 month AST expires 8th May 2010. Section 8 has been served and now expired

Deposit
Hi, I signed two tenants up a couple of weeks ago for a 2-bed student house for next Acedemic ye

Rent book
I have a tenant who originally paid by direct debit but is now 3 months in arrears. He says there is

Removing Furniture from property
Have let my property as unfurnished - but as a gesture of good will left some items for our tena

Sound Proofing
Good morning. Can anyone tell me what would be the cheapest but effective way to soundproof ce

DECORATING AND NEW CARPETS.
Have tenants just left property and in a state.have been living in house for 18months and now I have

BOILER FAILIURE
MY TENNANT REPORTED THAT THE BOILER HAD FAILED,I CONTACTED MY PLUMBER WHO VISITED IST THING THE FOLL

Deposits
Could you recommend any other way apart from using deposit schemes to take deposit as we have had en

Sitting Tenant
We bought a block of flats with a sitting/protected tenant We do not have keys for the flat and

Corporate Assignments - any experience ? Seem dodgy
Three years ago I handed over a debt collection case to Corporate Assignments. Three years later, no

tenant has vacated ?
my current tenant signed a tenancy agreement july 09 for 12 months but has always been behind with r

reducing rent to keep tenant
i have a tenant that is complaining about some essential work that the council is carrying out. her