This is a two week roundup as I was unable to do it last week.
The reason being that I was on holiday in Malta and my laptop died on me! It is currently in the Apple Hospital being resurrected.
Apart from the laptop disaster it was a great holiday, if a little hot. I don’t react that well to extreme heatwaves and we were told that the temperatures reached 40C.
Its quite nice to be back and wearing a jumper …
But what happened on the blog?
Monday
Shared Properties – joint and several tenancies
A discussion about joint and several properties as part of the July theme. Read it here ...
Tuesday
Buying a flat with a sitting tenant – can they be evicted later?
A blog clinic question, see the answer here …
Congratulations to the Property Redress Scheme on their first year of trading
I put their first report online – find it here …
Wednesday
Housing Law Handbook Third Edition by Diane Astin
Ben does a review of one of his favourite books. Read it here …
Thursday
Smoke and Carbon Monoxide alarms – a present from the government
About the new law and some giveway alarms you can get from your local Fire & Rescue service. Find out more here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #213
Ben detects the sound of barrels being gently scraped at ITV and notes the depressing and growing trend of rent for sex. Read all about it here …
It was over Friday night that my laptop died on me. All I did was place it on the bedside table and go to sleep. When I awoke it was no more, it was an ex-laptop. So there was nothing further published until
Thursday
Congratulations to David Smith, the new RLA Policy Director
Although I think congratulations are also due to the RLA for being lucky enough to get him. This post also features a short interview with David from Property Tribes. Watch it here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Newsround #214
Ben’s last newsround as a wage slave. From today he is a free man. Read about it here …
Further Reading
- The Guardian reports that the benefit cap risks turning half of England into a ghetto, and
- Gives five urban design mistakes that create unhealthy and inactive comnmunities
- A gas installer is jailed over shoddy work
- Generation Rent have the plug pulled from their funding
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