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"Labour’s shadow housing secretary claims that private renters have been “barely considered” during the past year of the pandemic" Well as the shadow housing secretary I think this is a very brave claim they've made about themselves, the Tories on the other hand have put plenty of provisions in place for them.

From: D G 22 March 2021 09:58 AM

On and on it goes!

From: D G 16 February 2021 09:42 AM

Who are these people. Let's make up some stuff, exaggerate other stuff and put out a press release based on nothing; proper sad.

From: D G 28 January 2021 09:45 AM

Agreed, any agent that hasn't done this already shouldn't be an agent

From: D G 15 December 2020 14:43 PM

“Many now seek separate working spaces, in bigger homes with gardens – a demand that is now coming at a premium" Yeah and people on a sinking ship change their priorities to a life boat, this isn't exactly rocket science.

From: D G 11 November 2020 16:52 PM

Sounds to me like you're getting a little twitchy about guaranteeing the rent

From: D G 30 September 2020 12:20 PM

Agreed David, what kind of deterrent is this. What about the victims, do they get their money back; this is so wrong. Nothing really to do with being agent, the man is a thief.

From: D G 29 September 2020 09:47 AM

Please don't judge the rest of us by your own standards

From: D G 08 September 2020 16:46 PM

Has anyone seen the process for the justification for these figures?

From: D G 03 September 2020 10:11 AM

“When hearings recommence, it is vital that legal aid is available to tenants and that the safety of court users is ensured.” This is the only part that relates to the story and there is no explanation of why this would be necessary in the first place

From: D G 11 June 2020 18:42 PM

This is a terrible story and I hope he gets everything that's coming to him. However with a headline and an opening sentence that mention landlord and buy to let investor, it only reinforces the cases for lobbying groups to say "look, look there's another one". You could just a easily say 'man who wore clothes' or 'man with nose on face'. His crimes stand on their own and have nothing to do with being a landlord.

From: D G 04 June 2020 11:03 AM

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is quoted by the paper as saying: “The database is targeted at only the very worst and persistent offenders, etc" Ahhh we believed all that rubbish Shelter and Co were banging on about, quick make something up to justify our incompetence and ignorance.

From: D G 07 February 2020 09:22 AM

This really does sound made up. I have been providing inventory services for over 20 years and have never heard of such a thing. What is a fake inventory, what is a fake checkout report, where would the supporting evidence come from. As for a company making a property dirty to keep the tenants deposit, surely then they'd have to pay a cleaner to go in and clean it; where would be the sense in that. I'm really struggling with this article. The AIIC used to be a great organisation please don't spoil it with this nonsense.

From: D G 29 January 2020 17:29 PM

I'm sure the the tenants were delighted to be woken up by a dawn raid. Plus can the council just walk in to a home and then gather evidence or do they need a warrant of some sort?

From: D G 24 January 2020 11:14 AM

If S21 is abolished it could well see the back of a significant number of landlords from the PRS. How about the end of the fixed term really is the end of the fixed term, unless it is agreed by both parties to extend; just a thought.

From: D G 20 November 2019 11:22 AM

Good luck with compliance

From: D G 19 September 2019 14:39 PM

So your contractor now has the problem of declaring an invoice to the taxman that they haven't been paid fully for. Pull the ladder up Jack, I'm alright!

From: D G 10 September 2019 11:30 AM

"With flatfair, landlords are able to offer tenants the option to pay anmembership [sic] fee instead of a deposit; at the end of a tenancy landlords can charge tenants directly for any lawful claims. So do the tenants get the membership fee back, if not surely it has to be classed as a tenant fee. What happens if the tenants refuse to pay dilapidations, does the landlord have to take them to court?

From: D G 23 July 2019 11:27 AM

How on earth is this VR. AR I can accept as you can overlay old and new images, but VR; come on.

From: D G 09 July 2019 12:51 PM

Doh! Let's get some figures and just chuck them together.

From: D G 26 June 2019 09:32 AM

Will he still have to pay the fine? Will his property be confiscated and sold on to someone who needs it? What happened to the tenants, will their money be returned?? Will he be out in have the time for good behaviour? Yes, questions. The only message this sends, it takes eight years to get this through the courts.

From: D G 20 June 2019 09:32 AM

Hmmm, define profits please; we could all take a huge salary and leave very little to pass on

From: D G 15 May 2019 11:24 AM

Smoke detectors: some 40 per cent of all health and safety assessments flagged either a missing or non-functional smoke detector; - on how many had the tenants removed the battery Stairs: 26 per cent of assessments noted a danger of falling on stairs and between or on separate levels of a house; - how many where tenants had left items on the stairs Electrical issues: these accounted for 11 per cent of all hazards flagged during health and safety assessments; how may where tenants were were using extension leads Carbon monoxide: seven per cent of assessments found a lack of a working carbon monoxide detector; had tenants reported as not working Damp and mould: these were flagged as a risk in four per cent of properties. - how may of these were lifestyle Structural integrity: Threat of structural collapse or falling elements was also an issue in two per cent of all properties. - this could be anything from house falling down to a loose tile Other problems included fire hazards, excess cold, and issues related to domestic hygiene. How many of the fire hazards were of the tenants making, was the excess cold caused by the tenants not heating the property, domestic hygiene - wow! come on now. Let's just bash the landlords and agents in the PRS

From: D G 07 May 2019 10:58 AM

“Council houses were built with public money to provide affordable homes for local people. It’s not right that they should then be used to make a profit or sold on to people who do not have a local connection to Cornwall, especially as the discount on the purchase price under Right to Buy is significant and the council will not have received enough from the sale to be able to build a replacement home.” - Well I wonder whose fault that was

From: D G 30 April 2019 12:11 PM

It's not always just the payment of rent. I've been carrying out inventories and checkouts for over 20 years; sorry if it hurts some peoples' ears - HB tenants leave a property in a far worse condition than rent payers. That's not to say all rent payers leave a property in an immaculate condition, just more of them do. It's also the attitude from some of the HB tenants at checkout where they try to convince me they have had a property professionally cleaned, where quite clearly they have tried to clean the property themselves, usually to a very poor standard. As well as the damage they deliberately try to hide and get belligerent when they're 'caught out'. Why don't people who make the rules speak with people who deal with this every day, rather than shouting "it's unfair" when they have only listened to one side of the story.

From: D G 25 April 2019 15:11 PM

Researcher - Are you a tenant Tenant - Yes Researcher - Would you like to have a rented property without paying a deposit Tenant - Yes

From: D G 29 March 2019 09:40 AM

Do these people just like seeing their name in print

From: D G 28 March 2019 09:48 AM

One question, how can it be independent and impartial when the tenant fee ban comes in? Who will be the sole client?

From: D G 08 March 2019 10:29 AM

Oh, so when you go to the article, you have to click on some promotional/advertising garbage to read the story, no-one making money from that then. Ban agent fees, pass income stream to landlord, rent s go up, rent controls come in, back to pre 1988 slum landlords. Enforcement of regualtion may be a better avenue to explore.

From: D G 25 November 2016 10:54 AM

I've looked Ray, but cannot see the landlord's name mentioned in the article

From: D G 05 April 2016 16:54 PM

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