The main thing I did this week was the trip to London for the Landlord & Letting Show at the Barbican. Which was great.
However yesterday Gill and I finally managed to get some things finished which we have been working on for a while at Your Law Store:
1. A second edition of my section 21 ebook and
2. A couple of landlord forms – ie an AST agreement and a renewal form.
But what happened on the blog?
Saturday
Squatter law – if at first you don’t succeed …
I don’t usually do a post on a Saturday but I decided to make an exception as it was the day the new squatter law came into force. The post attracted quite a few comments – read them here …
Monday
Housing law – the bigger picture – bad tenants (1)
My series moves to consider what resources are available to landlords for dealing with bad tenants. Find out what they are here …
Tuesday
The Landlord & Letting Show 4 & 5th September 2012
I talk about the show and the two talks that I was going to do. Note that if YOU have an event I am available to do these talks or others. Find out about my talks here or read the post here …
Questions from a protected tenant regarding a property move
A blog clinic question this one – Nigel has a few questions to ask on behalf of his mother who has lived at her rented house for 38 years. Find out more here …
Wednesday
Doing your own eviction work – what are the pitfalls?
I take a look at what landlords can do if they prefer to do their own eviction work. See what I say here …
Thursday
After the landlord & letting show
Just a quick roundup and hello to the poeple I met at the show. Read it here …
Does a tenancy agreement HAVE to be witnessed and signed as a deed?
Written in answer to a readers question, see what my answers are here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #74
For some reason I seemed to think it was Friday on Thursday and initially let this one out early. I unpublished it when Ben sent me an email saying “Er – its Thursday” but a bit too late to stop it going out to those of you who get posts via email. Sorry about that! If you haven’t already had it twice, read it here …
Further reading
- Property 118 ask questions of the TPO on what to do about agents operating illegally ad get an answer
- David Smith writes on the Anthony Gold blog on HMO prosecutions and a recent case where he had an unexpected success
- An interesting post on the ‘beds in sheds’ issue from John Perry of the Migrants Rights Network
- Landlord Today reports on Shelters campaign against letting agents and excessive charges
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