As thousands of people struggle to sell their properties in the current financial climate, many are turning to renting them out in order to move on with their lives. However this comes with its own problems and responsibilities that many people are not really prepared for. Being a landlord means you have legal responsibilities towards […]
Read MoreBeing a landlord in the UK is a very desirable financial position that many people would like to be in. Some tenants even think that landlords are made of money, not realising that Buy To Let is a business. The landlord is a businessman and the property is his income source. However, most landlords will […]
Read MoreBad tenants come in all shapes and sizes. There are those struggling to make ends meet who fall into rental arrears time and time again and there are those who are quite different, who have no respect for your property and their rental ‘home’ and as well as not paying the rent, they completely trash […]
Read MoreThe recent case in the paper of a landlord who had his property wrecked by a bad tenant shows the importance of landlords insurance and the handling evictions properly. The landlord, named only as Dave, has criticised the council for rehousing a drug addicted tenant after she caused nearly £4,000 worth of damage to his […]
Read MoreWell, they said they’d do it and they’re sticking to it. A council tenant has just been served with an eviction notice and it’s believed that they’re the first in the country. Wandsworth council is applying for an eviction notice for a tenant and their son, after the son was charged in connection with the […]
Read MoreThere are calls for the Government to speed up the eviction process following the trashing of a property owned by a North East landlord. Tenants left the property in Darlington, owned by Glenn Schofield, practically destroyed. Mr Schofield had to spend months going through the courts to try and repossess the four bedroom house. Mr […]
Read MoreThe Lincolnshire Echo has reported a tenant that caused £13k worth of damage to a home in Lincoln has finally been evicted from the property she destroyed. The landlady had a battle on her hands but an eviction notice secured in May put an end to five years of misery. A smashed bath, smashed windows […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny 10 skips, mattress’s and an old sofa was still not enough for one private landlord to barricade in tenants and deter them from leaving a plush £1million rented property. For someone who has written for the private rented sector for some years, there is something very odd about that […]
Read MoreA RADICAL shake-up of the county court eviction process is needed to help landlords get rid of problem tenants, according to a lettings industry specialist. Sim Sekhon, director of Legal 4 Landlords, is calling on both Her Majesty’s Court Service (HMCS) and the Government to reform the way tenant evictions are handled in court. Sim […]
Read MoreLatest landlord News by: Madalena Penny Last week in Wolverhampton, a tenant who threatened her 76 year-old landlord with an imitation gun is now facing trial at crown court. In a conversation concerning the tenant’s rent arrears, the 21-year-old tenant brandished a cigarette lighter in the guise of a gun, she then informed her landlord […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny For landlords, the devil is indeed in the detail, wasting landlords time and money. Caught up in the ongoing government drama of benefit cuts, caps and reform currently affecting the private rented sector, another recession driven trend is emerging enraging landlords across the UK. Bailiffs and debt recovery companies’ […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny Changes to the Tenancy Deposit Scheme will come into effect as from April 6th 2011, giving less time for landlords to lodge a claim for dispute. The TDS, which was introduced in England & Wales in April 2007, will now only allow 3 months for landlords to lodge a […]
Read MoreLatest landlord News by: Madalena Penny. The private rented sector has been cited as the industry, which generates the most complaints, according to a report published last week by a consumer watchdog. Consumer Focus conducted online research involving a sample of 2,000 people in January 2011, revealing that just over a quarter of renters had […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny. Eviction and Tenancy Rights teams at Legal for Landlords have received some larger than usual enquiries of late pertaining to rented houses used for brothels and massage parlours. Thankfully not from landlords looking to set-up their own in-house businesses but rather suspicions that their properties are indeed being […]
Read MoreLatest Landlord News by: Madalena Penny A tenant was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment last week for fraudulently selling his landlords properties. Conman, Trevor Jones posed as his landlord. Keith Ferguson, The 60-year-old tenant then signed transfer deeds in his landlord’s name then used Mr. Ferguson’s driving license to obtain the funds raised through the […]
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