It is in many ways unfair. Here is a tenant, living in the landlords property and paying no rent, The landlord meantime, still has pay the mortgage, is responsible for keeping the property in repair, and cannot repossess without getting a court order, which normally takes four to five months. However, despite all this, a…
Did you know that: 1. Rent is payable in arrears, unless the tenancy agreement specifically says it should be paid in advance 2. Rent is due in the morning of the rent day given in the tenancy agreement (or as agreed if there is no tenancy agreement), but is not overdue until after midnight 3….
A new report from ARLA gives the unsurprising result that many more tenants are finding it difficult to pay their rent. With the massive number of people being made redundant and the general downturn in the economy this is hardly surprising The question is, what do you to about it? Here are my top tips…
Most landlords know that after the fixed term of a tenancy has ended, if it is an assured or an assured shorthold tenancy, section 5 of the Housing Act 1988 intervenes and provides for a new ‘periodic’ tenancy to be created. This tenancy runs from month to month (if rent is paid monthly) or from…
A report on the BBC web-site today states that more tenants are in arrears of rent now than since the late 1980′s. Which is not surprising given the almost daily announcements of redundancies. Here is a bit of advice for landlords: Keep on top of things and contact tenants as soon as they fall into…
I was interested to read the report here about a landlord in Liverpool who was convicted of operating a House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) without a license, and fined £3,000 plus costs. The Council then wrote to all his tenants, who successfully claimed back a part of their rent. The rent refund application must be…
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Housing benefit / LHA scheme criticised by Shelter
There have always been criticisms of the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) scheme, for example see this report here I did in October 2007. Shelter have now issued further criticism of the scheme after surveying “more than 450 LHA claimants” (although perhaps not the most comprehensive survey – 1,000 would have been better). Their findings…