Two months rent in advance
Hi, I would be very grateful for some advice with regrads to the tenancy deposit scheme. I hav

Two months rent in advance
Hi, I would be very grateful for some advice with regrads to the tenancy deposit scheme. I hav

HHRSS
I (re HHRSS)was served with a improvement notice during a holiday period while I was ill, was given

re my HHRSS
Several landlords are haveing simliar problems some have already given up and sold or are selling as

Sorry, TDS.
Hi Dave A, Just going through your TDS information and specifically the 'RLA Prescribed Inf

Locks on Internal Doors?
For years we have been telling our student tenants that they are not to put locks on internal doors,

h m o licence work
can anyone recommend anyone in the greater manchester area to carry out h m o work to a 4 bed proper

Polystyrene tiles + HMO
I rent out a 2 storey 4 bed HMO. No licence needed but council informed by nieghbour and paid a visi

Tenant evicted yesterday....
....by the court bailiffs, finally!! Now what??? -- How shall I go about chasin

polystyrene ceiling tiles
One of the properties i've just bought has polystyrene ceiling tiles. what is the regulation wit

Landlords Insurance
I just had a quote from RLA insurance and good grief, almost twice the price of my existing company.

DAMAGE DEPOSIT
LANDLORD IS WITHHOLDING DAMAGE DEPOSIT FROM TENANT FOR OUTSTANDING GAS AND ELECTRICITY BILLS ON HIS

Firedoors and more
My local council have inspected my HMO (licence not needed) and written telling me to put in firedoo

What happens if tenant doesnt pay following a judgement???
Hi there, Just a query, I have a tenant who failed to pay and after issuing the correct forms w

Energy reports
Has anyone else heard that it is going to be compulsory to have an energy efficiency report on all r

Inspecting property
I have a tenant who may be missing although I know that someone is going into the property as they h

Inspecting property
I have a tenant who may be missing although I know that someone is going into the property as they h

Mortgages
Did you know there are over 15,000 verieties of transit van, mortgages are worse!!!

Ending a Periodic Tenancy early - advice please?
Hi, I've had great tenants for almost two years but recently the flat has had some unavoida

Selling a house
Does anybody have any info on what may be the best way to reduce the selling costs of selling a prop

Compulsive shower disorder
This is going to sound a little unusual, but in a multi-let bed sit property I let there is a ma

Tax relief on mortgage interest payments
Hello, I read in the Sept/October that RLA are lobbying against the removal of tax relief on

Mortgage fees
I have been looking into a buy to let mortgage and have been accepted in principle for a mortgage on

Section 21 again!!
Does the tenant sign the section 21 notice at all - or need to witness it, or is it just myself

AST valid in Scotland?
We are planning to buy to let in Scotland. We are wondering if the AST from here applies to Scotland

Admin Fee on Student Let ASTs to pay for bond insurance and chasing documents
I intend to charge a £50 refundable administration fee on new student contracts. I will refund

Unpaid utilities - does the landlord need to notify the Bond Scheme in meantime?
Does withholding a bond on the basis of unpaid utility bills need lodging with the TDS scheme?

Tenancy Deposit
Having just purchased a property, one of the tenants had paid a deposit to the previous landlord, I

Smoking in Shared areas and the Law
Does the law banning smoking in enclosed public spaces apply to shared areas in a HMO? Does having a

Deposits
Hi, I am about to Let 2 properties, 1 to a friend and the other to family member. I do not

BMV
I was going to set up a business seeking BMV property deals from homeowners at between 15 -20

Tenant Information Pack
Hi, Anyone have a template of a good tenant information pack? Thanks, Martin

RLA's AST
I have found 5 tennants to share my student house. I am going to supply each of them with:-

DOES ANYONE HAVE A HMO LICENCE YET ??????????(are they real)
We were hounded by our council to get upgrade our property to licenceable standards ( £15,000 worth

Missing tenant/no rent!
One of my tenants has not paid his rent for over 5 months. He is not answering any contact and has

Tax Relief on mortgage interest payments
Can anybody say whether or not the government has decided to scrap the landlords tax relief on mortg

How do we get money off Guarantor?
Outstanding deposit not forthcoming from tenant. Various communications sent/E-mailed etc. No r

I need financial advise
I am at present earning 30k a year &would like to buy another property. If I buy a property to l

Return on investment
Are there any experianced property investors out there that can give me a little guidance on the app

Broken window
My tenant called me over the weekend, some passer by has thrown a brick through the window (not conn

12hours wait to get electric on
The smart power card meter will not take a new customer card. The only way NPower can think of to r