The effect of sudden rent arrears If you are a landlord, it can be catastrophic if you tenant stops paying your rent. After all, you have to carry on paying your mortgage, the insurance premiums, maybe Council tax and untilities and all the other outgoings you may have. They are not going to let you…
We have a blog clinic question from John (not his real name) I hope you can help, I have an issue with my current tenancy which it would be good to get some informal advice on. I’m coming to the end of my current agreement, and have already signed a new contract, beginning on the…
I have received the following cry for help from Sudheer via the Landord Law Blog clinic: My tenant has been with me for last 3 terms of 6 months, renewed as ‘six months- no break’. He requested me to go for a six months renewal again in December ’10, which I agreed to and then…
Got a quick blog clinic query from Gill here, who rents rooms to students: We have a student who wants to stay in the same room next year but is saying he can’t/won/t pay a retention fee over the summer… surely it is normal practise for all student landlords to charge a small fee (we…
Guidance on how you can protect your position and what you can do if your tenants fail to leave
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Man Who Never Was Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. A family…
Ben Reeve Lewis’ Friday Newsround #7
[We have a new picture of Ben today - so you can see what he really looks like under those shades. But today Ben is going into rant mode ... ] Warning….fledgling UKIP zone ahead. Who said we turn into our parents as we get older? I don’t always know where I am going when…
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