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Merry Christmas – Here is a gift from LegalforLandlords

  Think you’re stuck with problem tenants? Wakey, wakey! We’re not shouting at you. We know you’re doing what you can, but we’d like to offer a wake-up call to any tenants who are messing you about. We offer a FREE pre-court-action letter, sent directly to your problem tenants, outlining the situation and putting in […]

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Landlords beware: the problem with bailiff appointments

Procedural inefficiencies make a landlord’s life much harder than it needs to be, and one of the biggest inefficiencies present right now involves bailiff appointments. We recently wrote about the quickest way to evict a tenant, explaining that if a tenant doesn’t budge after you’ve issued them with notice and a possession order, you have […]

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Landlords Who Operate Outside The Law On Tenant Evictions Will Be Prosecuted

Another Landlord Convicted For Unlawful Tenant Eviction

Landlords Who Operate Outside The Law On Tenant Evictions Will Be Prosecuted There are reports in the press about private rental sector (PRS) landlords failing to follow the correct tenant eviction procedures when trying to get problem tenants out of their properties and many are ending up on the wrong side of the law. There […]

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Landlord Details Must Be Included In Prescribed Information

Solicitors state that all landlord details should be included in Prescribed Information The information must be included, even when the rental property is fully managed by a managing agent, to avoid any possible legal problems with tenancy deposits. Linda Howard, of Shoosmiths solicitors has warned that individual judges could make different interpretations on the wording of […]

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Letting Agent Fined For HMO Offences

A letting agent has been fined £41,200 (GBP) by Watford Magistrates court after they failed to comply with safety regulations and admitted a string of offences at five Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMO’s). It is the first time Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council has prosecuted a letting agent rather than a landlord and the council also said it […]

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Illegal Eviction Means Prison

A landlord from Sheffield has been sentenced to 9 months in prison for taking the law into his own hands and forcefully removing a tenant from his rental property, instead of following legal procedures or appointing a qualified tenant eviction specialist. The landlord, Jay Allen, had not applied for a court order and had not […]

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Deposit Protection Deadline Looms!

New Deposit Protection rules are now in force and the deadline for landlords and letting agents for the registration of a tenant’s deposit, for every single tenancy, must be completed within 30 days of 6th April 2012, therefore, the deadline will be the 5th May 2012 This Affects All PRS Landlords If They Have Never […]

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UK PRS Landlords May Be Unable To Evict Tenants Under Human Rights Law

Landlords in the UK Private Rented Sector (PRS) face a new threat to their livelihood following a ruling by the Supreme Court. UK landlords may be unable to pursue the eviction of tenants who have failed to pay their rent or who have committed anti-social behaviour as a result of the Supreme Court ruling. Hounslow […]

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Homeless Charity Calls For Rogue Landlord Summit

The UK homeless charity Shelter and the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) have clashed over the issue of bad landlords. Both organisations have been using very strong words over the last few days, whilst calling for more action by the UK government to stamp out bad landlords. Shelter is calling on the UK coalition Government to hold […]

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Almost 90% Of Landlords Are Owed LHA Rent

UK landlords have little confidence in the current Housing Benefit system and the majority would try to avoid accepting tenants in receipt of benefits due to the extra hassle and headaches that dealing with local authorities and local government departments cause. Landlords claim that tenants who do not receive any form of welfare support are […]

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Government Set For Lords Battle On Welfare Reforms

The coalition Government face another battle over welfare reforms, this time in the House of Lords. The outcome will affect individuals and families in receipt of local housing allowance (LHA) or housing benefit, who are in private rented sector (PRS) properties. The Welfare Reform Bill, currently going through the House of Lords, is set to […]

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Property Damage At The End Of A Tenancy

Who pays for repairing the damage at a rental property can depend on what exactly has gone wrong. Landlords are responsible for damage to the fabric of the property, such as, missing roof slates causing damp, broken down boilers and leaks and all landlords should have suitable Buy-To-Let insurance in place to cover the costs […]

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Don’t Skip Tenant Checks

If you are a seasoned landlord or are just starting out in buy-to-let, you need to understand the importance of carrying out background checks on potential tenants. Right now it’s a landlord’s market with more people choosing to rent so UK landlords can afford to be a little more choosy. The National Landlords Association (NLA) […]

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Bailiff Amnesty December 2011 – January 2012

A seasonal reminder to landlords and letting agents that Bailiff Amnesty’s will begin around 12th December 2011 to the 9th January 2011. Please check your local County Court for more details. The amnesty, which is not widely publicised, is implemented due to local authority offices, solicitors, courts and housing welfare organisations festive holiday closures. Unfortunately […]

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Recover Rent Arrears

When bad tenants face eviction for excessive rent arrears, they often think they can move out without ever paying the landlord their due rent. This is not the case! Many UK landlords may not be aware but they are still entitled to claim any rent arrears owed to them by evicted tenants for up to […]

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