Landlord magazine
Refurbish to let finance
Published on: 9th October 2014
Refubish to let – finance is key ‘Refurb to let’ is the latest trend in buy-to-let according to the Telegraph. Really? Is that a bit like saying black is the new brown, or brown is the new black? Did ‘refurbing’ ever go out of fashion? My investment strategy My strategy back in the 90’s was […]
Political risks increase for landlords
Published on: 2nd October 2014
The the referendum and the party conferences of the past few weeks have thrown politics back into the spotlight. Landlords have been living in an unprecedented benign political environment for over the last 30 years, as an uneasy political consensus has existed between the two main political parties. Politicians on both sides have benefited from […]
Revenue are coming after landlords
Published on: 11th September 2014
We have warned landlords before about the purges on landlords. The cash strapped Revenue periodically announce that they are seeking to extract more cash from landlords. Thanks to low interest rates, landlords are known to be making record rental profits and the HMRC are keen to take their share. As part of this, it appears […]
Rental deposit fails to cover damage
Published on: 28th August 2014
My problem tenant has gone, and finally I have possession of my rental property. Though I had taken a rental deposit, it won’t be enough to cover me against all the damage – that goes well beyond fair wear and tear on a rental property. Unfortunately, my one months deposit, will fall short of paying […]
Interest charges on rent arrears
Published on: 21st August 2014
What interest rate should a landlord charge on late rent payments? My problem tenant has finally left. Thank god! Unfortunately, as I’d expected the place has been left as a dump and will take a lot of work to make it re-lettable. The skip has been ordered and I’ve organised for the tenants rubbish along […]
Tips for TDS Disputes from the DPS
Published on: 24th July 2014
Tenancy Deposit Scheme disputes Tenancy deposit disputes are a messy business, so we asked the UK’s biggest TDS scheme, the Deposit Protection Scheme (DPS), if they had any tips to avoid a dispute. Their response was to say – The Deposit Protection Service protects deposits on behalf of 35,000 letting agents and 390,000 private landlords […]
A tenant leaving doesn’t mean possession
Published on: 17th July 2014
My tenant has left – time to celebrate? This week I was greeted by a text from a friend/neighbour to one of my rental properties. It was good news, my non-rent paying tenant had left. Brilliant! Time to crack open the champagne and get out the decorating brush. Well, not quite! Though the tenant may […]
Revenge Evictions
Published on: 3rd July 2014
Revenge Evictions –time to act? ‘Revenge eviction’ is a new concept to me . It’s a deliberately emotive and provocative phrase. But is it just another invention of the tenant lobby’s press agents – something else to bad mouth landlords in their campaigns, or is there a genuine issue with retaliatory evictions in the Private […]
Questions to ask a letting agent
Published on: 19th June 2014
Letting agent questions I’m just in the process of selecting a letting agent. I’m looking at using them on a let only basis but I thought it would be useful for landlords to share my experience on some of the things they might want to ask before signing a letting agency agreement. What are the […]
BTL hotspots
Published on: 6th June 2014
Buy-to-let hotspots are the ‘talk of the town’ right now. Clearly we are in some kind of property boom, however fleeting or localized (i.e. London & the south-east) it is. The talk of property hotspots has always made great Internet copy. The property PR people love the eye catching headlines. But…. What are property hotspots? […]
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