There have been a lot of announcements recently from the government about housing law reform, and what they intend to do in the private rented sector. Whether any of these proposals will actually come to pass is not certain. However I (along with many others) am concerned about the approach taken by this government, both [...]
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Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the final week, days 15 to 21
The 21 days of tips series has now concluded. It will however remain on the blog as a guide for anyone who wants to take in a lodger. Here is a summary of the final seven posts. As before the headings are links taking you to the post:
Day 15 – Should you use a lodger [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the middle section, days 8 to 14
The second week of tips for Lodger Landlords has now passed. See below the topics covered (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 8 – What about tax and council tax?
This tip looks at the government’s rent a room scheme, and SpareRoom.com’s Raise the Roof campaign.
Day 9 – How do you [...]
Tenancy deposits schemes – High Court Decision
As has already been announced on the PainSmith blog and on Nearly Legal, there is now, finally, a binding decision (for now) on tenancy deposits and the vexed question of when the award of three times the depost sum can be made to the tenant. Whether it is a decision that we like is another [...]
Lodger Landlord 21 days of tips – the first week
The first week of tips for Lodger Landlords have now been published on my Lodger Landlord web-site. The daily topics are as follows (the headings are links which will take you to the posts):
Day 1 – What is a lodger?
This looks at whether there is a legal definition of a lodger and gives advice on [...]
Foxtons withdraws appeal
Two property web-sites have been reporting that Foxtons have withdrawn their appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision against them last year. You will find a summary (as at October 2009) of my previous posts on the OFT v. Foxtons case here.
The two articles that I have seen are on the PainSmith Blog and [...]
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Foxtons case concluded – now is the time for agents to review their agency agreements
I have just learned that a final order has been made in the case of the Office of Fair Trading v. Foxtons, which I have written about in the past (see here).
Foxtons have now made ‘significant changes’ to its standard terms and conditions which have satisfied the OFT
‘including making the liability to pay renewal commission [...]
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