Tenancy deposit problems
You have found the perfect property to rent, it is in the right area, the rent is affordable, but you just cannot pay the deposit. What can you do?
Local authority bond schemes
The best thing to do is to see if there is a deposit or bond scheme in your area which can help. [...]
Tenants legal help – if you can’t afford to pay a deposit
The dangers of the ‘we all think’ mindset
Often in life we hear a story, or read an article, where a point of view is being put forward, as fact. The reader, or listener, is then often asked or expected to do something on the basis of that point of view, which is never questioned.
I call that attitude the [...]
Discharge bonus – an alternative to deposits?
Discharge bonus v. tenancy deposit
There is an interesting post over on the Pain Smith blog which raises a new alternative to tenancy deposits. A discharge bonus.
A discharge bonus is where the tenant pays no deposit (and so the landlord does not have to mess about with tedious tenancy deposit scheme administration) but if the tenant [...]
Paul Shamplina – Notable Property Persons in their own words
My notable property person today is Paul Shamplina, of Landlord Action. Paul has been featured recently on ITV Tonight ‘Nightmare Tenants’. Here is his story.
1. Please introduce yourself. Say a bit about yourself and your company
Paul Shamplina, co-founder of Landlord Action. Landlord Action was set up in 1999, founded on the principle of providing [...]
Urban Myth – you can only serve a section 21 notice on tenants who are in rent arrears
Landlord s21 notices – are rent arrears necessary?
I am prompted to write this Urban Myth post as it seems, from reading comments on the internet, that Ms Butler, the landlord in a tent, may have given this as the reason why she was couldn’t serve a section 21 notice on her tenant.
Irrespective of whether Ms [...]
More on landlord living in tent case
Some of you who read this blog may remember that last week I was asked to comment on BBC (local) News, about the situation of landlord, Suzy Butler, who came back from working for the homeless in Peru, only to find that her tenant was refusing to move out, rendering her homeless herself.
There is an [...]
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Landlord responsibilities – what being a landlord really means
Landlord responsibilities are not the first thing most people think about when they consider investing in property. But it is important to realise that if you become a landlord, you are taking on legal obligations as well as an income stream.
Landlord responsibilities – what are they?
There are many legal obligations that you will have [...]
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