Well, here we are at the end of another Year!
I am, as usual, going to be taking a bit of a holiday from the blog over the festive season.
And as usual will leave you a list of some of our best posts of the year to take a look at, if you missed them the first time around.
So let’s start off with January:
January
In January, we were part way through our series giving details of green support for landlords from the various local authorities.
We also published a post from Universal Credit expert Bill Irvine asking why private landlords are being denied access to UC direct payments.
February
Following issues raised by Vanessa Warwick of Property Tribes, I wrote a post, “Are you looking to invest in a property investment scheme? Be careful, be very careful …“.
We also had a blog clinic post on repossession property when a tenant is in prison.
March
This is when I started my posts on Wales, with posts on deposits and numbering issues.
There was also a post on our new kit for property access problems.
April
I considered government policy, landlords and thinking from B to C, additional occupiers and lodgers in the new Welsh Occupation Contracts, and getting proper advice.
May
Two useful Welsh posts (for Welsh landlords) on whether contract holders need to sign before they move in and the new rules in Wales for disrepair and fitness for habitation.
I also wondered where low-income families will live if all the landlords sell up?
June
I point out that Rent Repayment Orders are not just for HMO licensing cases and ask if there should be a repossession ground for unreasonably refusing landlord inspections.
July
I write about Benefit, landlords’ objections and looming problems, an extraordinary day in British politics, and have some thoughts on dealing with the housing crisis in our countryside.
August
I question whether ‘a bonfire of regulations’ in reality, a bonfire of consumer rights, considers the real reason why Britain has a broken housing market and whether a landlord request can a landlord request his tenant put up his friends in the property’s spare room.
September
A bit of a bonkers month in UK politics, I’m sure you will agree, combined with the very sad death of HM Queen Elizabeth II.
I wrote about our worsening housing crisis, and landlord liability for contract changes introduced by the Welsh Government. Something Welsh landlords need to watch out for.
October
The brief period of the Liz Truss administration crashed to its end, and I reflected on this in my post on magic buttons, silver bullets and the optimism of ignorance and I discussed the possibility of future flooding and what you need to do about it.
We had an interesting blog clinic post on the status of lodgers if the landlord lives abroad.
November
I followed up my post on flooding with this one on a new development in Dagenham, and issued a warning to Welsh landlords looking to use fixed-term agreements (the solution is our Landlord Law contract).
I gave some feedback on the very successful Conference we ran jointly with the NRLA and did a post on our In House services.
December
We did not really have any posts this month apart from our Newsround’s as we have been working on this new Blog Update. Which took quite some time.
I hope you enjoy looking at some of our past posts above.
I wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year. We will be back in early January.