Landlord magazine
Better the ‘tenant’ you know
Published on: 21st March 2013
Better The Devil You Know? I’ve recently advertised my rental property following the existing tenant giving his notice to leave. Like any active landlord I immediately advertised it with my letting agent to ensure that any rental void period was minimised. Tenant bolt out of the blue Almost immediately I get an email from a […]
Landlords Liability for Tenants Safety
Published on: 14th March 2013
I was contacted this week by a fraught landlord who was the subject to a negligence claim from their tenant. The claim for damages resulted from a broken kitchen door allegedly falling and breaking the tenants foot. These kind of personal injury claims are more common than you think. A recent conversation with Chris Greaves […]
BTL Mortgages Top Five
Published on: 7th March 2013
The buy-to-let mortgage market has gone from bust to boom again over the last few years. With lenders refusing to lend to anybody and in particular to landlords at the low point of the ‘credit crunch’. Once more we are seen rightly as a good risk and more to the point good business for many […]
Do Letting Agents Need Regulating?
Published on: 28th February 2013
This is a regular discussion point amongst many landlords. Those that have been dissatisfied with the service or competency of their letting agent will no doubt argue vociferously for some kind of regulation. To ensure letting agents meet a minimum level of competency or at least for a landlord to have some kind of redress. […]
Tenants from Hell
Published on: 21st February 2013
It’s a landlords’ dread! A nice respectable looking tenant, with a good professional job, such as a lawyer or maybe teacher. The first few months of the tenancy goes like clockwork, and then suddenly they become the tenants from hell. Tenants From hell You are not alone. I’m out in Malaysia at the moment and […]
Troublesome Tenants Come Together
Published on: 6th February 2013
The thing with managing a portfolio of buy-to-let property is that for much of the time you don’t have to do anything, apart from check your bank account and watch the money roll in. I’m sitting here in a hotel room in Singapore. No 9 – 5 lifestyle for me. I left that behind a […]
Green Deal for Landlords
Published on: 31st January 2013
Brings Threats and Opportunities Many landlords are adopting a wait and see approach to the Green Deal, which launched on Monday. In my opinion this is probably a wise strategy. What is the Green Deal? The Green Deal is a way of paying for energy saving improvements to your buy-to-let property without having to pay […]
Dealing with Rental Arrears
Published on: 24th January 2013
Severe rental arrears fell by almost 16 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2012 according to data from LSL Property Services. Reporting 16,000 fewer tenants who were more than two months behind with their rent than in the previous quarter. This improvement marks a turning point in what had been an upward trend in […]
Tax – Day of Reckoning
Published on: 10th January 2013
New Year celebrations are well and truly over, so it’s back to work, and for many landlords, small or large, this means their tax return. Most landlords will know that their Self Assessment return needs to be returned by the end of January. Failure to do so, will be met with an automatic, £100 late […]
A Landlords Christmas List
Published on: 20th December 2012
I was thinking today, what would be the top 5 things I would wish for next year as a landlord. See how it compares to yours: 1. My new tenant pays her rent I have recently had a very stressful time letting one of my properties. It coincided with a house move and setting up […]
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