The Landlord Law Blog weekly retrospective looking at posts during the past week with some suggestions for further reading
A tenant wants to change the day in the month he pays rent
Rent is generally payable one month in advance nowadays. Our questioner’s tenant wants to put this back a few days. How should this be done?
Can a protected tenant insist on a buyout?
Here is a question for the blog clinic from Carla who is a tenant: I am a protected tenant under the 1977 Act. Have occupied the property for 26 years. The current landlords purchased the building in 2002 with me included. They now tell me that I should consider being bought out as otherwise they…
Your Law Store 1/2 price Mid January sale
As pennies are generally a bit tight in January, we have decided to help at Your Law Store by running a mid January sale. For the next week you can get any available product for half price, so long as you use this voucher code: YLSJan12 at checkout. Put it into the special box in the…
Two landlords prosecuted on gas safety
Reports of two prosecutions brought by the Health and Safety Executive (HSW) brought against landlords who failed to comply with the gas regulations
Landlord Law Blog is a winner – again!
The nice people at Simply Business have once again given Landlord Law Blog the top place in their landlord and property website awards,this time for 2011. A pleasant surprise on this rather grim January day. I was also chuffed to see that my little Lodger Landlord site, which caters for people renting out a room…
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John Murray of Emsleys Solicitors and Residential Property Tribunal Chair will be taking part in the… [more]
This landlords letting agent told him the tenant had left the property in good order when in fact he… [more]
Introducing Simon Parrott of Sharman Law solicitors who will be helping me with the agency law eleme… [more]
This landlord's tenant has moved out early. He has been told he cannot claim under his rent guarant… [more]
The 8th May you may ask? What happened to Monday? Monday, you may remember was a Bank Holiday. A r… [more]
Ben confesses to his heavy metal past before discussing jugaad and the bedroom tax and complaining a… [more]
A letting agent is charging a release fee even though they have not protected the deposit. What are… [more]
Not all tenancies are the same and your rights can very quite dramatically according to what sort of… [more]
Now is probably not a good time to bring a claim for possession through the courts. Bog standard cla… [more]
Here is a question to the blog clinic from Salvina: My mother has been renting out a 2 bedroom flat,… [more]
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Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #42
Its desperation city here, men queuing for a bed in a shed, silly schemes from Shapps (no change there then), and our leader making up his HB good news. But Ben is on the case …