Many landlords are unaware of the need to register with the Information Commissioners Office if they handle data on computers. I take a look at this here
Easy Law for Landlords – making the commitment
It was crunch time on Friday. I had said I was going to send out the Early Bird invoices for my new Easy Law for Landlords course by the end of the week. But if I sent the invoices out, that was it. I was committed to the project. Ooo er! But I have done…
What can tenants do if the agents are failing to maintain a property?
Here is a question to the blog clinic from Ali who is a tenant: We are renting a house via a letting agency which are failing to maintain the property :( should we stop paying rent till jobs are sorted ?? Many thanks Ali The quick answer to that is no. That is not a…
Landlord Law Blog Roundup from 2 April
I hope you all had a pleasant Easter. Ben and I took the bank holiday off, and so this roundup will be a bit longer than normal. I spent more of the bank holiday doing development work for my new course, Easy Law for Landlords. I have had quite a few signups already and so…
Easy Law for Landlords – developing a discussion area
As you may or may not be aware, I am developing an Easy Law course for landlords (and agents and housing advisors too, if they want it!). Last time I told you about some of the software I am using in its development. But what about a discussion area? Shouldn’t there be somewhere the students…
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #53
[Ben Reeve Lewis finds that stories are thin on the ground this week ..] Tessa and I took well earned breaks last Easter. I ran out of holiday time in December (when you work for councils it all comes in again April 1st) so I have been slaving away at both TRO-ing, training, writing and…
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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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Housing charity to go into liquidation due to funding cuts
Voluntary liquidation for Housing Action I was really sad to learn recently that housing charity Housing Action was to go into voluntary liquidation. I see this is now confirmed, in this article in Norwich Evening News. This charity did a lot of good work. It leased houses from landlords giving them a guaranteed rent, and…