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I am a little bummed out today. I have been negotiating for the loft space above my property and above one of the freeholders flats. Its a huge expanse. Currently the FH owns 3 flats the LL own 3 flats...
View ArticleSplitting the deeds on one Freehold to 2 leaseholds.
Hi, I purchased a house a year ago with the aid of a cash loan from a company I am a Director of. The loan was needed as the property is 2 seperate flats (sperate: entrance, council tax, utilities...
View ArticlePartner has moved in to create licensable HMO
I have had a tenant for some time who has had his gfriend to stay regularly whilst she has studied elsewhere. Now that she is no longer a student the other tenants tell me she is there all the time. It...
View Articlehow to calculate capital gain tax when we sell our letted property?
Hi, We have a house that is let out at the moment. The return isn't very good, so we are thinking of selling it. When we bought the house at 2006, it was our main residence. The purchase price was...
View ArticleBuying a tenanted property-gamble?
Thinking of buying a repo property that failed to sell at auction. Price is 40-50% below market value. It is tenanted, but they are unco-operative and there is no info about the type of tenancy they...
View ArticleAnnual gas safety inspection
Dear All, My usual gas engineer was away on a contract, so I called a different Gas Safe member to do my landlord's gas safety inspection. The report came back saying that the boiler is safe to use but...
View ArticleWho is responsible for what when?
In my block one of the other leaseholders has gone bust, so the has been repossessed by the mortgage company. All the while arrears for that flat have been building up. At the point of repossession I...
View ArticleImprovement notice on an empty property
We had a improvement notice issued due to a faulty boiler that was about to be replaced under one of the new schemes, the tenant delayed the process as they (sadly not to our knowledge)were about to...
View Articlecan we go direct to the LL and forget the LA?
For queries, repairs etc. We have lost total confidence in the LA and im sure if the LL actually knew just how incompetent they are they would too. We have the LL address so was just going to write to...
View ArticleDDS rent account
Hello. My tenant is a DDS and so the rental money comes from the council. She moved in a couple of months ago. Despite me providing the council and getting her to give my bank sort code to them. The...
View ArticleMortgage/ Lending
I'm looking to raise some funding for my property Where can i get the emails of all the reliable mortgage brokers and lenders in the UK? Buy to let and commercial lenders Many thanks for any advice,...
View Articleestate agent email contacts
Is there a website that has the email of every estate agent in London or within a certain borough? This would save me having to get them manually. As an example, rightmove has 320 agents in westminster...
View Articlelicence to sub-let
My lease requires that I obtain consent to sublet which cannot be reasonably withheld. Do you need permission to sublet for lodgers on a licence agreement ? I am not parting with the whole of the...
View ArticleShould an officer be nominated before being re-elected?
If an officer is to be re-elected onto the executive committee, does he have to be nominated beforehand?
View ArticleThe Cat and next door's laundry
While MTG has cat that serves up mice with grass, and we have one that survived a Grimm fairly tale massacre and the other that, well, has used a lot more than 9 lives, consider this cat....
View ArticleRent free period - accounting methods
Hi, I have a property which is in a poor decorative state following a long term tenancy. I was going to do the property up before letting it again. However, someone I know and would be happy to rent to...
View ArticleT On a Temporary Licence Refusing To Leave
Good morning, We have cancelled a tenants booking with us as she has been causing a nuisance and had her boyfriend staying overnight with her on a daily basis. The council have agreed to this...
View ArticleAdvice on breach of lease/breach of tenancy process from unproven allegations
I am a leaseholder of a flat which I have let to tenants. I am being threatened with "legal action" (presumably a breach of my lease) by the freeholder, due to an allegation made against my tenants,...
View ArticleLetting agent changing move in date
I would be so greatful for any advice we could get right now, our letting agents have just changed our move in date. What can we do? We have signed no tenancy agreement just a letter stating move in...
View ArticleChange of landlord and new rent payable.
Hi everyone, hope someone can help me. My family and I have been renting the same house for 4 years, with no additional tenancy agreement signed since we moved in. The landlord has now passed over the...
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