I am really pleased to be able to do a review of this well known and respected legal text book on disrepair and tenants rights. It has been a long time coming as the last edition was 1999! As the introduction acknowledges, the world of housing disrepair was a very different place then.
In fact the [...]
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Repairs, tenants rights by Jan Luba, Deidre Forster & Beatrice Prevatt
Great articles in the current issue of Roof – the housing magazine from Shelter
Two years ago I did a review of Roof Magazine on my Landlord Law site, where I said how good it was. I have just finished reading the January / February 2010 issue, and have decided I need to write about it again. It really is excellent, this issue in particular. For [...]
Housing Law Handbook, a practical guide – by Stephen Cottle and others
It is not often realised by those outside the profession, that the Law Society produce some excellent handbooks on all sorts of legal topics. This book is a good example.
This book is really intended for housing law practitioners, essentially those looking after landlords and tenants in the social housing sector – mostly local authority housing, [...]
Book Review – Enforcement of a Judgement, by Claire Sandbrook
I have always been a great admirer of Claire Sandbrook, and the way she has developed and built up Shergroup, her enforcement business (not a traditionally female friendly area of practice). As you would expect her book, now in its 10th edition, is authoratative and thorough.
Published by Thomson/Sweet & Maxwell, this is a [...]
Book Review – Furnished Holiday Lets, by Carl Bayley
If you rent out furnished holiday accommodation, you should buy this book. At present there are tax advantages in renting out furnished accommodation, but on 10 April, this will all change. Carl Bayley has written this book to explain the changes that will take place, and give guidance on what should be done in the [...]
Book review – The Essential Guide to Flatsharing by Rupert Hunt and Matt Hutchinson
A review of the Essential Guide to Flatsharing – from the owners of the SpareRoom.co.uk web-site
Tenant Txt
I have recently been told about Tenant Txt, a web-site which landlords (particularly those with a large number of properties, and social landlords) can use to contact their tenants.
The landlord signs up to the web-site, and also signs up his tenants. They say whether they want to be notified via text, email or [...]
The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson
