I have been a bit under the weather this week, maybe as a result of it (ie the weather) going back to ‘normal’ after the Indian summer we have had recently.
This is what I managed to get up on the blog.
Monday
Bringing empty properties back into use
With over 900,000 empty properties lying around this has to be one way to help solve the housing crisis. This article is based on an Observer article about Cornwall. We also had some interesting comments. Read them here …
Tuesday
This is a blog clinic post where a reader describes a problem she has experienced and warns other landlords to watch out for the same. This post has attracted quite a few comments from readers – see what they had to say about it here …
Wednesday
Five points on residential licenses
I wrote this as a response to questions asked to me by someone who was a bit confused by what a license is and why it is different from a tenancy. Check out the reasons here …
Practicalities of renting a room in a shared house
This is a blog clinic post which followed on directly from the licensing post that morning. Read it here …
Thursday
Accelerated possession proceedings defences #1
This first in my series on the available defences to this type of claim. Here the defence is that the letting is not an AST. Find out more here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #29
Ben is writing from his sickbed this week having done his ankle in, jumping for joy after taking action against a rogue landlord. However he still finds plenty to say. Read all about it here …
Further reading
- My Sunday post on the History of Law Blog last week on writs, law and the nature of lawyer dna
- A heartfelt post from Mary Latham on Property 188 on the boomerang effect for landlords
- HMO Landlady writes about HMO tenancy agreements
- Nearly Legal looks at the latest challenge to the housing benefit changes