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…
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 –…
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…
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…
There has been a positive flurry of tweets and emails crossing my computer screen today, preceding and then following, the announcement from the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Dept. about their plans for the Private Rented Sector. You can read the news item here, and the report itself can be downloaded from here. This follows…
The January issues of Legal Action Magazine has two reports on harassment and unlawful eviction damages cases, which I thought might interest you. Note the massive damages in the second case! Odera v. Iqbal – Luton County Court, 3 September 2009 In this case the tenant had the tenancy of a room in a shared…
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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Two property web-sites have been reporting that Foxtons have withdrawn their appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court decision against them last year.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…