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 [...]
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Killer landlord
Be careful who you lodge with! Lodging with tunisian immigrant Abder-rahmen Dhaou cost Kynan Eldridge his life. The landlord stabbed him after an altercation about some rent believed to be as little as £50.
Much to Mr Eldridge’s family’s distress Dhaou only got a sentance of three years, but the Judge recommended that he [...]
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Raising the rent a room tax rebate
The National Landlords Association (NLA) and spareroom.com are both calling for the rent a room tax scheme tax threshold to be increased. It has been £4,200 since 1997 and since then prices have risen considerably. To quote the NLA:
“The NLA supports the Raise the Roof campaign’s call for the Rent-a-Room threshold to be increased [...]
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