Landlord magazine
Landlords responsible for tenant water bills
Published on: 13th December 2012
You may think that as a landlord you are not liable for your tenants’ water bill. Well up until a change in the law that was true. We reported recently that many landlords face a relentless pursuit by some debt collection companies trying to collect the debts for unpaid water bills racked up by tenants. […]
My letting dilemma
Published on: 6th December 2012
I can’t begin to explain how fraught the last few weeks have been. Most part time landlords will identify with my situation. I present my stripped down raw dilemma faced day in and day out by landlords, which highlights the real difficulties in running a rental business with limited time and resources. I have had […]
BTL Mortgage Review for 2013
Published on: 29th November 2012
The buy-to-let mortgage market has been in the doldrums for several years after the ‘crash’ but recently there have been some signs of life. Here are some of the best deals for those landlords that are looking at dipping their toes into the buy-to-let market next year. New Year opportunities Most experience landlords know that […]
Charges – what can landlords claim?
Published on: 22nd November 2012
Rebecca Brough of Fidler and Pepper explores the world of fees and charges in respect to a landlords rental agreement. What are the reasonable charges that a landlord can make and how enforceable are these charges in reality? Starting point is the tenancy agreement Most landlords who seek possession of the property from the tenants […]
Don’t forget your section 213 notice
Published on: 15th November 2012
Don’t forget your section 213 notice! Property Hawk has been urging landlord not to forget about providing their tenants with a section 213 notice since the legislation was first brought in by the Tenancy Deposit rules. A recent court case discussed below where a landlord was fined 3 times the deposit amount underlines the importance […]
Tenancy forms checklist
Published on: 3rd November 2012
You are just about to let your buy-to-let. So what are the essential bits of paper work that you need at the start off the tenancy. Here is a brief checklist of all the essential letting forms you may need at the start of a tenancy: 1. Tenancy Agreement The tenancy agreement is obviously key. […]
Tenants Deposits – Evolution or revolution
Published on: 25th October 2012
The landscape of tenants’ deposits has shifted considerably over the last few months and looks to change again in 2013 so I thought I’d give landlords a quick "heads up" on the legislation and how the changes impact on landlords dealing with their tenants deposit. Firstly, the arrival of the Localism Bill earlier this year […]
What is ‘fair wear and tear’?
Published on: 18th October 2012
Is there such as thing as the ‘fair wear and tear’ of your buy-to-let property? You hand over your shiny new rental property to a tenant. Two years later they hand it back with grubby scuffed walls and a stained ‘manky’ carpet claiming that they should get their full deposit back and the lustre that […]
Accelerated Possession Section 21 Notice ( timetable)
Published on: 11th October 2012
Landlords looking to obtain possession have two basic choices when trying to get their buy-to-let properties back. They can go down the fault based route using a section 8 notice and establish that one or more of the 17 grounds for possession has been satisfied. In which case out of those 17 grounds for possession […]
Property Management Software Q & A
Published on: 4th October 2012
Property Manager 3.0 Q & A Our FREE property management software continues to evolve. You know what they say. “Evolve or die”…a concept familiar to many landlords trying to maintain and build their rental business. Since launching our property management software back in 2006 we’ve had an increasing number of enquiries about how to use […]
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