Advice needed on homebuyers report
Hello I would really appreciate people's advice on our homebuyer report. These got rated as 3 - defects that are serious and/ or need to be repaired, replaced or investigated urgently. 1) main wall...
View ArticleAnyone wondered what their cat gets up to?
Wonderful stuff from the beeb - but cat-lovers be warned - prepare for the worst with Orlando's 'nasty experience'. I wasn't... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22567526
View ArticleLandlord's proposed deposit deductions
Hi all, I would appreciate some help/insight, please. My partner and I are moving from our flat after almost 5 years. Never any rent arrears and a good relationship with the LL. There is a normal...
View ArticleExternal windows - part of the main structure of the building?
Have a flat in London, (I have the top floor of the 3 flat house) and we have a lease and jointly own the freehold via a company in which we are each a third shareholder. The external windows in my...
View ArticleTreatment of rent arrears in tax return
Hi, I don't have a huge portfolio to use an accountant so what is the correct way to deal with rent arrears in a tax return? One advice is to enter the actual amount of rent received, another is to...
View ArticleShowing repair/redecoration as expense, when work done by friend ?
I will be soon be letting out my flat as we are moving to a house. I had to refurbish the flat (like to like) to make it rentable. So have done some painting and also put in a new bathroom (again like...
View ArticleWater meter, leak, who responsible where?
Wife & S-i-L own ex-M-i-L's house which was tenanted & they now plan to sell, tenant departed. Water meter is down a 2-foot tube under a puddle that appears to be caused by leak (everywhere...
View Article2 Proxy votes?
I am not a shareholder (my husband is a shareholder and director) but have been appointed by another director to be their proxy at the AGM. My husband now cannot attend the meeting. Can I be his proxy...
View ArticleLodger threatening me with forged document! Help!
I am a live-in landlord and rent my spare room to a student. My lodger is moving out and has not given me any notice (he is supposed to give me a month). I informed him that on that basis I would be...
View ArticleShould I return deposit or register it late??
Hi all I stupidly forgot to register one tenant's deposit. She's now moved out and there are a few things to charge her for. We haven't gotten to the details yet but I went to check her deposit and...
View ArticleGround Rent and Leasehold Advice
Hi, I am new here and I hope I am posting in the right place. I would be grateful for your advice on a property I am considering buying. It is a one bed leasehold flat with 92 years left and a ground...
View ArticleTenants are delaying signing tenancy agreement
Hi We recently moved out of our family home and decided to rent it out. We found tenants who said they were available to move in immediately (they asked to move in the next day or day after)but they...
View ArticleSelf contained annexe (to keep or not to keep)
Hello, I have a garage conversion on the side of my house. When my husband left, I was struggling with money, when a friend suggested I make this side annexe fit for a lodger. Now I have anxiety issues...
View ArticleImportant Lessons in Life
What important lessons do you hold as key ones? Mine are 1 Your first,gut, instinct is usually right 2 There is no such thing as cheap toiler paper -the cheaper it is the more you use, and the more...
View Articlepermitted development for shops
what are the premitted dev. right rules for shops? please email me the link to the right policy for this the rules changed from 1 to 2 ships last october, just trying to find the exact link thanks
View Articlesub tenancy
Hi all, I have a case/situation that I would like some advice on. To summarise a tenant has been sub letting without authorisation and claiming benefits. He has not been residing in the premises, so...
View ArticleAgent did not inform me of CCJs against former tenant- who left owing rent
Hi there I wonder if I can pick the brains of people more expert than myself re the above. Basically I had a tenant who was in my property for 3 years from early 2010. The agent charged me for a rent...
View Articlejust been informed that my building is a hmo
just been informed buy the council that my building is a hmo because of 1991 Building Regulations the council have issued me and all the tenants with a notice of entry and told me they will be...
View ArticleUrgent help : who should pay for the broken venetian curtain？
We live in a flat in a block. The block has 6 flats and they are owned by the same owner and are managed by a property agency. There are venetian curtains in both bedrooms and as they cannot completely...
View ArticleLetting agent changes locks and inserts "tenant" with permission
I signed a letter of agreement with a letting agent detailing the agreed rental, length of tenancy and move in date subject to references and contract. I withdrew my consent for the agent to move the...
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