A busy week working away at new things. One of these is a new free information product for landlords which I will be releasing very soon.
Then there is a new help book on tenancy deposit disputes which is going to be launched from my Your Law Store business in the next few weeks. We have been having discussions on cover designs and the like. It should be out by the end of March.
But what about the blog?
Monday
Five tips for landlords on tenancy agreements
Some important points here plus I have tried to include answers to a couple of questions I get asked quite a lot. Read it here …
Asking agents for the landlords address
This was a question from Helen who had asked the letting agents for the address of her landlords only to be met with an unhelpful attitude. Some interesting comments on this one. See them here …
Tuesday
School for Landlords – inventories
Inventories is the subject for this weeks School for Landlords video. Quite a popular one it would seem, from the number of times this video was watched. View it here …
Wednesday
Increasing rent with School for Landlords
If you missed the increasing rent series earlier this year, you can now buy it. Read more here …
Thursday
Five fixed term tenancy periods and what they mean
Looking at five different tenancy terms, one month, six months, 12 months, three years, and seven years and discussing how they differ. Find out more here …
Agent seeking commission from tenant leaving early
Peter is being expected to pay £4K commission to the letting agnets as a condition of being allowed to end his tenancy 15 months early.
Friday
Ben Reeve Friday Newsround # 47
Ben is wrestling with his new cooking book and getting annoyed about the daftness of it all. He goes so far as to have a bit of a rant, before turning his attention to the bedroom tax and lunch.
Further reading
- My History of Law Blog post last week was on the Kings Courts and the start of the common law
- An interesting post from Nearly Legal on pigeons and poultry mite infestation which may have implications for private landlords.
- A helpful post from Pain Smith blog on the misuse of drugs act and what it means for letting agents
Note that I regularly publish links to interesting news posts on the Internet on the Landlord Law facebook page