I took a break from posts last weekend and over the bank holiday so this is an extra long list of posts this week.
It was quite nice having a few days off and I hope you all enjoyed the break. The traditional bank holiday weather put us off going out much but I enjoyed the jubilee concert on the telly.
Shame that so many of the older singers had ‘pitching problems’ (as I think they call it now).
But what happened on the blog?
Sunday
Easy Law for Landlords – Sam the Cat
I don’t usually do a post on a Sunday, but I made an exception for this tongue in cheek post about the Easy Law for Landlords course cat. Find out how I am losing my marbles here …
Monday
Easy Law for Landlords course – introducing health and safety expert Paul Marsh
Paul is going to be helping me with the health and safety part of the course. Find out more here …
Are you REALLY SURE you understand tenancy law properly?
Many people think that they know all about it and then come unstuck. Find out what some common problems are here …
Tuesday
Is the landlord liable through not repairing the fence?
A blog clinic question about a landlord who failed to repair a fence. See what happened then , here …
Easy Law for Landlords Course – introducing David Smith on HMOs
David is helping me with the HMO side of my course – which we are working on now. Its a difficult area of law and I am glad to have his help. Read more here …
Should I have re-protected the deposit when the tenant moved to a new property?
Another blog clinic post. I got the DPS to give an opinion on this. See what they said here …
Wednesday
Easy Law for Landlords course – bookings close today
Or rather last Wednesday (or longer ago depending on when you are reading this). So you can’t book your place now until the course opens again. I suspect it will but not for quite a while as it is a five month course. See the post and find out more about the course here …
Thursday
Letting agent and council officer fined for Data Protection offences
This is believed to be the first case where a letting agent has been prosecuted under the Data Protection Act. Find out more here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday Newsround #60
Ben talks about jubilees of yore, Shelter and letting agents. Read all about it here …
There then followed a four day interregnum where we all celebrated 60 years of Her Maj. Then:
Wednesday
One of the (less interesting) things I did over the bank holiday, was to do a cookie page for all my blogs. This was because of the new cookie law which I talk about here …
Thursday
Can a Monday to Friday letting be an AST?
A blog clinic question – I thought not. At the time of writing this there have been no comments so maybe everyone agrees with me. See why here …
Friday
Ben Reeve Lewis Friday newsround #61
It seems to have come round again a bit quicker but thats the Bank Holiday effect. Ben is talking about secret Deptford, happy housing and the tax man this week. A lot of comments – read them here …
Further reading
- If you like the sound of the Easy Law for Landlords course and are regretting not having signed up, you can go on the mailing list >> here and get told when we run it again
- A useful case summary from TDS about liability for rent during a section 21 notice period
- Does housing make you happy? See this Guardian article here
- Finally, do you feel negative about yourself? Use this article from Zen Habits to help you change all that
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