I hope you all had a pleasant Easter. Ben and I took the bank holiday off, and so this roundup will be a bit longer than normal.
I spent more of the bank holiday doing development work for my new course, Easy Law for Landlords. I have had quite a few signups already and so I will be closing the Early Bird offer fairly soon.
If you want to sign up before then and take advantage of the 1/3 off offer, then click here.
But what happened on the blog?
Monday 2 April
Evicting tenants with no written agreeement
We start of with a blog clinic question, rather a worrying quesiton actually from David, who wants to know if he can change the locks and cut off the services. You probably already know my answer to that, but you can read about it here …
Tuesday April 3
Landlords! Are you making one of these five fatal mistakes?
Five of the biggest mistakes that landlords make. Hopefully none of them yours. Find out more here …
Wednesday April 4
Tenancy deposits – what you need to do now! Or risk being fined
A very important post this, and if you are a landlord who has taken deposits from his tenants, I suggest you read it. Don’t think the changes do not apply to you. See why here …
Thursday April 5
Tenant wishes to contract with landlord not the agent
A blog clinic question this, where the tenant wants to sack the agent and deal just with the landlord. However it is not quite as easy as that. Find out why here …
What rights does tenant have to claim this deposit back?
The usual story of the landlord failing to protect and refusing to return the deposit. What can the tenant do about it?
After this post we had a break for Easter and then started up again on Tuesday.
Tuesday April 10
Easy Law for Landlords – developing something new
This is the first of a series I will be doing, describing the development of my new Easy Law for Landlords course. Here I introduce the subject and discuss some of the software I will be using.
Wednesday April 11
Olympic problems for landlords
This post is looking at an article in the Observer which suggests that the Olympics is not going to the the bonanza that many thought. Find out why here …
Can landlords give notice to end periodic tenancies?
A blog clinic question this from Christine who is worried about getting her tenant to leave so her daughter can live in the flat. See more here …
Thursday April 12
What is the green deal, and how will it help landlords?
This is a new initiative for improving the carbon footprint of properties. Here I take a look at how it will affect landlords. Find out more here …
Friday April 13
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #53
Back, refreshed from his Easter Break, Ben takes a look at the housing news and finds that not a lot is going on. He still manages to find some interesting stories though, including two inspirational ones at the end. Read them here …
Easy Law for Landlords – developing a discussion area
The second in my Easy Law series, where I talk about the discussion area I am developing for students on my new course. Find out more here …
Further reading
- See the Easy Law for Landlords information page here.
- Here is a great story from Property 118 about a local landlords association forcing the local authority to reconsider a massive hike in HMO license fees
- An interesting supplement to my Green Deal article is this piece from Landlord Today about ‘green’ work landlords are being forced to carry out
- Here is an update from the EHP on licensing HMOs in Oxford
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