This is day 21 of my 31 days of tips on tenancy agreements series. To see the rest of the series click here. Dealing with insurance There are two types of insurance to consider here – the landlords insurance and the tenants insurance. Landlords insurance Most landlords will have insurance cover. If you don’t you…
I am delighted to introduce another insightful post from housing consultant and former TRO, Ben Reeve-Lewis, this time on worrying aspects of insurance (which I touched on also last year in a previous post on insurance for lodgers). Criminal convictions and insurance I have recently become aware of quite an alarming development in private renting….
This is the subject of an excellent (if worrying) article in today’s Observer. Were you aware that failing to make proper enquiries, or taking in students (which some insurers find particularly objectionable “because the lifestyle of students – bringing friends home and perhaps leaving doors unlocked – poses a greater risk” according to the Bank…
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Snippets from the Property Investor News
Reading (rather late) the October issue of Property Investor News, I came across these interesting snippets of news: Insurance Apparently a survey by insurance firm Direct Line for Business has thrown up the fact that many landlords are cancelling their insurance policies ‘to save money’. Presumably these are people who are signed up to their…