I know its nothing to do with housing, but it’s so lovely to have Strictly Come Dancing back again. At last, I have something to look forward to every day, with Strictly at the weekends and Zoe on the Strictly ‘it takes two’ sofa during the week.
AND we have a lawyer contestant, the amazing Mr Rinder.
I have to say that, not being a watcher of daytime TV, Mr ‘Judge’ Rinder had not come my way before, but I have now watched a few clips of his show.
I find it more than a bit odd that ANYONE would want to have their disputes adjudicated on the telly rather than in decent privacy, but folks is strange. Good luck to him anyway.
But what happened on the blog?
Monday
An interview with Ben Beadle of TDS
We had so many questions on my webinar with Ben that we could not answer them all and so are doing a ‘surgery’ on 2 November. Find the signup page via here …
Tuesday
Tenant penalties for breaching tenancy rules – smoking
The second most common tenant breach. We had a few comments on this one – read them here …
Wednesday
Free help for landlords confused about HMO issues
I’ve done another kit and its a free one this time. Read all about it here …
Thursday
My tenants have not responded to my notice to quit
It was a section 21 notice actually (I think). Read why here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #268
Ben is surprised to find himself back on the telly again. Find out why here …
Further Reading
- Sadiq Khan launches enquiry into foreign investment in London housing
- Find out how leasehold owners could be breaking the law by using Airbnb
- Fire door safety week and the importance of fire doors
- Nearly Legal looks a property guardians and another problem
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I think putting yourself up for things like “Judge Rinder” often comes with a few perks – at a minimum no court fees to pay and you get put up in a fancy London hotel for a few nights. There’s some talk that in these shows the parties even get a fee for appearing on the show and that the producers of the show will pay any “judgment” actually awarded. Grease the wheels and those privacy concerns can vanish pretty sharpish.
Have a good weekend.