Gas Safety Checks
What are the legal implications for me as an agent if the tenant does not allow access for a gas saf

Broken Greenhouse
Hi One of my tenants is saying that the greenhouse got smashed in a storm. Whose responsibility

Fixed wiring & PAT testing
Could you confirm, whether a landlord is obliged to do pat testing on landlord supplied items

fire safety equipment
A parent (Guarantor)whose daughter is sharing a 2 bed 2 story house with one other has insisted that

Section 48
Does a Section 48 notice have to be in a specific format?

Is there a minimum age for which someone can entered into a tenancy agreement?
I have two prospective tenants looking to lease a property from me, One is 22 and the other is 17. I

'Flipping' - latest position
I bought a house 2002 for my daughter and family on a rent to buy basis, she moved out March 2009 an

housing allowance changes
Do the new changes for single under 35's take into account the benefit the person is claiming or

when can letting agents view?
Hi, my tenants are leaving at the end of the tenancy on 17th April and I want to put the flat on the

Heating Advice
Dear Sirs, I write today for some general advice. We currently manage a property on beha

Business being run from property
We have recently taken over the management of a number of properties and we have a tenant in occupat

Deed of trust
How complicated is it to transfer, by a deed of trust,a rental property into my wifes name and ther

local housing allowance
I have a prospective tenant, who is an asylum seeker, who has been granted Leave to Remain in this c

services
I have noticed recently that when i call in the meter readings to the Gas/ Elec and water they ask m

Happy New Year
Hi Can you let me know in law how long I have to to repair heating system which is main heating and

Universal Credit - Direct payments. RLA action.
What are the present proposals to allow for what is now LHA direct under the forthcoming proposals f

Government to Blight your property.
The Department for Climate Changed has announced that a new form of energy tax will be imposed on in

Annual Accounts
Can anyone confirm if it is Legal Legislation that Annual Audited Accounts must be distributed, by t

Housing Benefit application times
An existing tenant (6 months AST)has become unemployed and has applied for housing benefit to Durham

Notice
Does a tenant need to give any notice when a fixed term contract is coming to an end?

Legal requirements of a management comapany.
AS an owner of a single flat in a block of flats, and hence part shareholder in the freehold, which

Dangerous electrics
I rent houses for which I have elec certificates. My daughter has just moved into a flat with

Archiving files
hi, I am aware that certain information relevant to a tenancy must be archived for as period of year

No english language
My first post. I have prospective tenant. A couple from Poland. I received a call from a guy re

notice to periodic tenants
the tenants have been on a periodic agreement for about 9 months and they were issued with a section

Improvement notice
I have been issued with an improvement notice as there is currently an issue with the boiler. Is the

Does a landlord need to provide heating?
Hi everyone, just a quick question. The council have demanded entry into a block of 6 flats as they

Gas Safety
Hi, Does anybody know if a second hand part can be used on boilers? And if so, does a n

Single Pane Glass
We have inherited a property that has single pane glass and some of the bedroom windows are quite lo

Must all electrical appliances have moulded-on plugs?
Our tenants are about to move in to a property we are letting furnished. The inventory clerk says th

Freeholder looking for money to 'grant permission to sub-let'
I've had a leasehold flat for the last 6 years, which has been let out on various AST's for

New properties to be included in tenants in common
My wife and I have each bought a house in the last year to add to the portfolio (although one house

Water softener and salt - a landlord responsibility??
The house I rented out has a water softener - I left a courtesy supply of salt blocks (which th

Heating breakdown landlords responsibilities?
The gas boiler in one of our rented flats has a faulty fan and is not working. It is scheduled to be

COUNCIL HAZARD AWARENESS NOTICE
Hi can anyone advise me of the legality of the following and whether i must carry out the works will

Mandatory Licensing
Newham Council are currently trying to bring in mandatory licensing for Landlords and most people ex

Chimney Sweeping
Please can anyone tell me what the legislations are for chimney sweeping?

Electrical Certs
I have several properties ranging from 1 bed flats to unlicenced HiMO's and need to know what th

Deed of Surrender_ tenant who leaves before 6 months contract date has been reached
We are landlords that operate professional HMO,s. One of our recent tenants is a prison officer and

How do I issue a Section 21
Dear RLA, I wonder if you could help me please. I want to issued a Section 21 to a tenant

ARMA AND ICAEW CLIENTS AND TRUST
Hi, The management company at one of my Flats wants me to sign a letter, for 2 sets of accounts one