This is day 3 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Is your agreement a tenancy or a license? Law is never straightforward. Just to make things a little bit more complicated, in law there is a difference between a license and a…
This is day 2 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Why use a tenancy agreement? Contrary to what many might think, it is not actually necessary (at the moment) to have a written tenancy agreement to create a tenancy. Why have one then? …
I am delighted to introduce another insightful post from housing consultant and former TRO, Ben Reeve-Lewis, this time on worrying aspects of insurance (which I touched on also last year in a previous post on insurance for lodgers). Criminal convictions and insurance I have recently become aware of quite an alarming development in private renting….
We have written on the Landlord Law Blog about scammers before. Ben Reeve has kindly drawn my attention to this article on the BBC web-site which warns of yet another internet scam, the “advance fee fraud”. This is where you are asked to wire money to a friend or relative to prove that you can…
I am delighted to introduce this guest post from housing consultant and former TRO, Ben Reeve-Lewis. Mortgage advice for Buy to Let Landlords The recession has not appeared to have greatly dented the buy to let market but where does the novice landlord stand if the tenant doesn’t pay their rent and as a consequence,…
Mrs Shelley Bloom was a landlord. She desired to evict her tenant, Mr Andrew Henley. He, having lived in the property for over 20 years, did not want to go, even though he had complained about its condition to his landlord in the past. Possession proceedings were issued, which developed complications (no need to go…
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Tenancy Deposit Scheme charges – an update
Tenancy Deposit Scheme As everyone involved in the private rented sector should be aware, tenancy deposits taken for assured shorthold tenancies now need to be protected with a government approved tenancy deposit scheme. All schemes are required to provide a free arbitration service, in the event of a dispute regarding deductions from the deposit at…