This post is part of my urban myths series. You can see the rest of the series >> here.
I often get asked by landlords about how long a section 21 notice lasts. Questions include:
Can I let the tenant stay on after the end of the notice period?
If I allow the tenant to [...]
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The excellent housing law section in Legal Action magazine has five cases reported this month on harassment and unlawful eviction. I summarise them below.
1. Fakhari v. Newman, Woolwich County Court, 7 January 2010
Here the landlords failed to protect the deposit, and there were repairing problems with the boiler, and the [...]
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Warning to landlords of pre 1997 high rent common law tenancies
Common law tenancy changes on 1 October 2010
As you should be aware by now, on 1 October (unless the coalition government decide to change things) all non regulated/common law tenancies where the rent is between £25,000 and £100,000 will convert automatically to assured shorthold tenancies.
Except that some of them won’t.
As pointed out by the PainSmith [...]
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