Landlord magazine
Getting your money back
Published on: 27th September 2012
So it all goes wrong! The tenant moves out (disappears) and owes you months of rent. They also leave your rental palace like a bombsite. Can you get your money back? If the answer was a simple one you wouldn’t need any advice. The process in my experience can be long and painful. You seriously […]
Electrical safety for rental property
Published on: 20th September 2012
Landlords obviously have a responsibility for the electrical safety in their buy-to-let properties. They do in fact have a duty of care to their tenants. The Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 requires that the electrical equipment is safe at the start of every tenancy and maintained in a safe condition throughout the tenancy. To find […]
Tenant check in and property handover
Published on: 13th September 2012
The ‘tenant check in’ is probably the most intensive of all landlord tasks. It’s a case of making sure that not only your property is in full letable state, but also you know exactly what is there and also that the all the legal niceties are full sorted out before you leave your new tenant […]
Letting My Property
Published on: 30th August 2012
I’m currently trying to let one of my properties. Ball ache! What makes it worse it’s where I’m living. Talk about trying to live in a sanitised environment. Anybody who has sold a property will know exactly what I mean. My property isn’t letting I have had my property up with my letting agent for […]
Tenants- T for Trouble
Published on: 16th August 2012
I’ve just conducted a viewing of one of my buy-to-let properties. It’s the first one in ages as most of my properties are let to longstanding tenants. Originally, it was going to be done by the letting agent but as I was around I thought I’d go do it myself. I always prefer to meet […]
Landlord Rock n’ Roll
Published on: 9th August 2012
This week I’d thought I’d give you a rest from the technical side of landlording to give you an insight into being a landlord in the 21st century. What’s the ‘day to day’ all about? The week started for me on a high. I went along to catch the pioneers of ‘Brit Pop’ Blur on […]
Serving a Section 21 Notice
Published on: 2nd August 2012
We recently had a enquiry on the Landlord Forum asking whether it was a good idea to serve a section 21 notice at the start of a tenancy. A section 21 notice refers to the notice required under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 giving the tenant notice of the landlords intention to seek […]
BTL Lenders Cut Rates
Published on: 26th July 2012
Buy-to-let lenders continue to cut their lending rates according to reports in the FT at the weekend. BTL lenders increasingly see landlords as a good credit risk compared to other potential borrowers as demand for rental property continues to outstrip supply and rents rise. Last week two lenders moved to reduce rates. Both Natwest and […]
Do landlords really need an EPC to rent their property?
Published on: 19th July 2012
Do UK landlords need an EPC? I am a UK landlord just about to let one of my properties. Do I really need an EPC to let my buy-to-let property? As yet I have no EPC & I’m seriously thinking do I really need one? I’ve been told by my letting agent that I should […]
Letting Locally or Nationally
Published on: 12th July 2012
Most landlords who look to expand their property portfolio will be confronted at some stage with the question. Do they stay local and buy investment property in the area where they live or do they spread their wings and look to buy in other areas of the country. I’ve had several landlords and Property Hawk […]
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