Landlord trying to claim 11 years back insurance in county court - does...
Long lease 26 years. Landlord insurers property. Tenant has to pay landlord the insurance premium on demand. Landlord has not demanded insurance premium for 11 years. Landlord has recently lost a rent...
View ArticleLetting agents quote for work on my father's rental flat- are they being too...
My dad has a flat he rents to students, sadly due to alzheimers he is unable to see to its management. I have power of attorney and the letting agents have stressed it needs work doing before they can...
View Articlelegality of infinity charges by letting agent?
My letting agent agrees that I can terminate their services, but claims I have to continue to pay them commission as long as the tenant remains in my house. Is this true?(The tenant has been in the...
View ArticleShared House Communal Lounge
Hi, I live in shared house and we had a communal lounge but the landlord has now put a lock on the door and said they are going to get another tenant in there to get more rent so thy can then afford to...
View ArticleCorrect phrasing in contract for HMO?
Hi, I have bought this document as a template for people in an HMO: https://www.legalhelpers.co.uk/landlord/buytolet.asp but it has this phrase: "IT IS AGREED that the landlord agrees to let and the...
View ArticleBuying A Terraced House
Hi all, Hope this is in the right place. I'm looking at buying a MID Terraced house with a service road which runs along the rear of the property and gives access to rear garden. I have purchased a...
View ArticleShould our landlord have put our deposit in a scheme - Scotland
Hi - we are having issues getting our deposit back from our ex landlord (more will be posted soon as need some clarification on some issues!) but we don't know if he should have put our money in a...
View ArticleLandlord completely conned us - please help
Hi, we moved into a property in Feb 2013 on a 6 months AST and pay £1500 rent per month. When we viewed the property, and agreed to take it, the facilities offered were the only reason, this was made...
View ArticleRental calculation needed for MCOL
I'm trying to calculate how much rent the tenant owes in order to process a Money Clain Online The tenant's rent is 500 pounds per calender month The amount of rent owed from 19th May until 6th June -...
View ArticleWeird things seen in houses..
We are house hunting: Been viewing properties for sale: Saw a house last Friday with something new to me - a waterproof tele in one of the Showers.. see.....
View ArticleWorking out the amount of deposit to be paid back, if any!
My tenant is finally moving out this afternoon, fingers crossed! Thinking about the return of the deposit which is registered with the TDS, I have a question which I hope you can help me with. There is...
View ArticleCan I get out of a signed ast
Hello I'm hoping someone can give me a bit of advise, I'm renting my house out privately to someone who works at the same company as me. We have both signed an ast to start next week. However I have...
View Articleleasehold: self contained residential flat in one occupation
I am looking at a leasehold for a property that I want to let to multiple tenants as an HMO. It would qualify for planning purposes, but I have a worry about the leasehold document (written in 1987)....
View ArticleCalculating retail price index rent increase
hello folks, I have tried to understand how to calculate the RPI percentage from 1978 to 2010 for the purpose of calculating our rent. We were established rent act tenants in 2010 and the rent officer...
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Landlord charging for wind damage?
Hi, I was renting a flat until march this year (AST), late last year I returned to the flat after a weekend away to see that our back yard wall had blown over (a neighbor seen it happen). The next day...
View ArticleUpgrade from Possessory Title to Absolute, how long?
Hi we are just about to exchange...well....end of the week, and my solicitor has just decided that she is not happy and that she wants the possessory title which has been registered at the land...
View ArticleCan anyone recommend a good fire safety risk assessor in London?
Hello, I would like to find a fire safety risk assessor for a property in London (SE5) but I have heard some horror stories about landlords being presented with reports which simply list every possible...
View ArticleHarrassment
I own an apartment in a small block of six flats and in 2011 I was involved in an LVT case which came about because I was witholding service charges because of the state of the fabric of the building...
View ArticleScottish tenancy rent arrears
Hi, I am far too soft to be a landlord and ended up in a situation had a tenant on a SSST sicne 25 June 2012 who has only ever paid one months rent in his year and once half a months rent - he always...
View ArticleEstoppel by convention?
Hi, Our RTM company recently took over landlord functions for two dozen flats. The blocks are split across two freeholds, with two thirds of the flats on a larger freehold (more land and trees etc) and...
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