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James Hurst

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About Me

I am a Chartered Surveyor with over 25 years post qualification experience. I'm a Registered valuer and so is my firm www.langleyrooms.com

I specialise in valuations for tax purposes, mainly inheritance and capital gains tax but also do valuations for purchase advise, matrimonial splits, pensions and accounts.

my expertise in the industry

25 years post qualification experience of valuing residential and commercial property.

James's Recent Activity

It's a pretty low bar James, it's SOME of the NEW housing, leaving you the option to buy any of the vast majority of houses available. And all you have to do is get job first if you want to buy one of the restricted houses.

From: James Hurst 20 May 2022 10:42 AM

I fundamentally disagree with Jupp. The solution IS simply to build more houses. More choice, greater availability will see developers and landlords alike complete on rent and condition.

From: James Hurst 20 May 2022 10:40 AM

What does work for Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk doesn't always work for small landlords. Interest rates are rising and a combination of high, partly taxed mortgage interest with your proposed increased borrowings could lead to a negative cashflow. Furthermore, whilst you advocate for not selling, the CGT increases could mean you are in negative equity even if you are borrowing at an otherwise sensible LTV ratio.

From: James Hurst 15 March 2022 11:19 AM

I think these are very reasonable actually. I'm not sure why they have to throw in the anti section 21 which has no bearing on holiday homes but the rest makes sense. All I would add is that planners need to be more proactive in finding suitable holiday sites so that everyone can be catered for the the growing staycation market doesn't suffer.

From: James Hurst 11 January 2022 10:26 AM

Unfortunately, the way to grow a business is to back the customer at the expense of the provider, that way, the customers pile in and the suppliers have no choice. That's how Amazon works, that's how AirBNB works and if JLL's platform is to be serious competition and not a niche, then it will need to go down that route too.

From: James Hurst 21 September 2021 09:32 AM

So Jenrick defrauded Tower Hamletts of £30-£50 million in lieu of a bung to his political party and HE'S STILL A MINISTER.

From: James Hurst 22 June 2020 08:46 AM

If they dealt with these rogues properly (and this is not properly) then they wouldn’t have to vilify the majority of us.

From: James Hurst 18 December 2019 12:53 PM

I think the tenants should be allowed to have your house. Why should you have a better home than them? This is especially true if they haven’t paid their rent for three months and have smashed up the home they are “squatting” in.

From: James Hurst 07 November 2019 11:53 AM

Brilliant McDonnell. Of course if your tenants can buy your property below market value that will incentivise you keep it maintained to a higher standard. Don’t forget that more properties will be available to rent because that’s the landlords dream, to see their investment taken away from them without choice. Is it 1st April today?

From: James Hurst 02 September 2019 07:51 AM

Go further: I've written to the Chancellor and my MP several times to suggest that all residential works buy to let or owner occupied should be free of VAT. They would probably collect more tax as builders wouldn't get paid in cash and more people would have a contract so less disputes. Did they listen then? No. Are they listening now? No. Is anyone reading this? Also no.

From: James Hurst 08 April 2019 15:08 PM

I have a room for a single adult that narrowly misses the minimum room size. Also in the house is a kitchen / diner, a communal lounge, a utility room and a storage room but that doesn’t make a difference. I will evict my tenant and she will have to move out of the area because she won’t be able to afford the rent on a bigger room. Seems like another well thought out law.

From: James Hurst 24 December 2018 09:47 AM

Seems very unfair not to take into account other accommodation provided in the house. If tenants have nowhere to go other than their room, this is quite understandable, but if they have an eat in kitchen and a separate reception room then it is unreasonable.

From: James Hurst 02 January 2018 10:01 AM

I would have thought that the requirement to lodge a deposit and in doing so notify the deposit agency of the length of tenancy and rent payable, there would be a far easier way to work out how much tax was due from landlords and exactly who those landlords are.

From: James Hurst 15 August 2017 11:49 AM

Good points but there is an added benefit of transferring properties into a company name which is to avoid inheritance tax. Also, can you set up a "management" company that takes out loans secured on your property and charges fees to cover the cost of the repayments?

From: James Hurst 20 July 2015 10:54 AM

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