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Fedup Landlord

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Cue the comments about bedroom agents from the dinosaurs.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 October 2021 09:52 AM

Another bandwagon for Isobel Thomson to jump on. Not ever property is suitable for a smart meter. Mine are not suitable, so cannot have them fitted. Before encouraging their use, she should have to prove she has them herself.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 October 2021 09:51 AM

David Edmunds - Polly Bleat in disguise having a few rants tonight. In nearly 20 years only one of my tenants has been given notice, the rest have left on their own accord. The one exception was because I was selling and I gave her all the help to enable her to qualify for a HA property including all the white goods in the property.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 October 2021 20:15 PM

Polly "wants a biscuit" is off again. " . . . ultimately the housing crisis will never be cured until we build the decent social homes that more people need to live a healthy life.” Ifind it strange that they never run one of their suerveys in the Social Housing Sector, who are usually exempt from the legislation that applies to the Private Sector.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 October 2021 09:33 AM

Try Parus Majors - google it.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2021 13:43 PM

You mean her Parus majors.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2021 13:04 PM

You are presuming the agent is male . . .

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2021 12:38 PM

I do not see how civil action by the landlord prevents PRS from naming the agent. It is a civil, not criminal case.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2021 08:52 AM

Whatever the eventual White Paper says, I guarantee it will not make landlords happy. There are more tenants (votes) than landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 October 2021 09:45 AM

Cue the dinosaurs’ comments about bedroom agents.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 October 2021 09:43 AM

5. Further promotion of a lettings agency operated by the council to find properties available for local families in need; If there is a shortage of rental properties, no amount of "promoting" your own agency will make them miraculously appear. 12. To lobby government to allow local councils to be able to charge 200 per cent council tax on second and holiday homes, as they do in Wales. So do second homes use more council services than others? Councils have latched onto the word TAX, when it is meant to be a Community CHARGE for services used. They really do need to understand the laws of cause and effect.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 October 2021 13:38 PM

The law of unintended consequences strikes again.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 October 2021 07:54 AM

@ Roger Mellie Google her pictures. She looks manic in every one.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 October 2021 11:36 AM

Prolly Bleat is off again. There is no £20 cut in Universal Credit any more than there is a cut in furlough payments. Both have just returned to pre-pandemic levels. She know this, but her misinformation suits her cause.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 October 2021 09:45 AM

I have crossed swords with Isobel Thomson in the past. This does not surprise me.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 September 2021 08:51 AM

I don't hate Labour. I feel sorry for them. The only alternative to the Green Blue and Green Red parties appears to be the Reform Party UK.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 September 2021 13:53 PM

Labour hate landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 September 2021 13:48 PM

What measures to help landlords? Apart from an initial mortgage holiday, every measure has been to help tenants.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 September 2021 09:19 AM

Definitely anti-landlord, just like the faux Conservative government. Looks like I will have to vote Reform Party UK.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 September 2021 09:17 AM

She’s off again. Wants to be able to challenge when a landlord wants to sell? She is off her rocker! Wants financial support if “forced” to move for reasons beyond tenants’ control. Let me guess who she wants to pay for that? Keep going, Alicia, you are persuading good landlords to sell before your crazy ideas get approved by Boris.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 September 2021 09:32 AM

Andrew, you obviously did not get the memo. There are more Tenant votes than Landord votes so . . .

From: Fedup Landlord 24 September 2021 14:51 PM

The days of the small landlord are numbered. Those of us who entered to shore up the pensions stolen by Gordon Brown will leave sooner or later as the big boys squeeze them out. Of course, since they are businesses unlike small landlords, they will be able to claim tax relief on everything from lightbulbs to interest on loans.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 September 2021 11:26 AM

Oh no, not another app!

From: Fedup Landlord 23 September 2021 08:40 AM

As long as a day. The ones I know would have a meltdown after an hour!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2021 11:50 AM

Note to Matthew Lane: The 's' in super is not a capital letter. It is Weston-super-Mare.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2021 11:48 AM

The government, masquerading as Conservative, does not want private landlords. They want, as Roger Mllie says, institutional landlords and hedge funds. See how quickly Lloyds Bank and John Lewis are entering the market. The Conservative party of Margaret Thatcher is dead and buried. She was for the individual and would never have treated landlords this way. Today's politicians are pygmies in comparison.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2021 11:45 AM

All my own tenants have Rent and Legal Insurance, but persuading landlords to take it out is difficult. They see it as another unnecessary expense, yet I guarantee they insure their own homes.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 September 2021 09:38 AM

It is not a cut. It is returning it to the pre-Covid level. Never was sure why it was given in the first place.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 September 2021 09:33 AM

I have never wondered that. I would need treatment!

From: Fedup Landlord 16 September 2021 15:02 PM

A Grove doesn't move - a bit like an Avenue. LOL However there are no bets yet on how long Gove will stay. Edited: Leon amended his typo so my tongue in cheek comment now just looks silly. :(

From: Fedup Landlord 16 September 2021 11:14 AM

I give it 24 hours before Polly Bleat issues her list of demands to him.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 September 2021 09:23 AM

@ Roger Mellie It never ceases to amaze me that people in overcrowded homes keep having children. Why? Not only does it make the overcrowding worse, it adds to the CO2 emissions that we are told is killing the planet. No mention of the father of her children or did Aida have four immaculate conceptions?

From: Fedup Landlord 15 September 2021 14:13 PM

@ Roger Sharp You are referring to Housing associations and care homes - not professional landlords. Perhaps if Shelter and Polly Bleat stopped, to use your phrase, denigrating proessional landlords, we may regard them differently.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 September 2021 10:48 AM

No problem with rent increases limited to annual, nor smoke alarms, nor electrical test. However she should be careful tinkering with grounds for eviction. There is also the law of unintended consequences.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 September 2021 10:36 AM

Someone needs to point out to Polly Bleat that actions have consequences.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 September 2021 10:27 AM

PLease remind me of the "good" that Shelter does.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2021 12:36 PM

Those excuses sound more like tenants not allowing access rather than landlords and agents not carrying out their legal obligations. Nice advert for Gas Safe though.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2021 12:32 PM

Starmer and his front bench keep quoting landlords with dozens of properties. Where are these landlords? Do they exist anywhere other than in Sir Kneel's imagination?

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2021 12:29 PM

There are lies, damned lies, statistics and Shelter's extrapolation of statistics.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2021 12:02 PM

Mad Mark off again. Is he Polly in disguise?

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2021 11:58 AM

Another advertorial. 😡

From: Fedup Landlord 13 September 2021 23:19 PM

I just want to know who are all these landlords with "dozens of properties"

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2021 18:52 PM

They do, but not as much as Labour who mention the free ride "landlords with dozens of properties" are getting with no NI increase.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2021 18:25 PM

If Boris can raise National Insurance and suspend the Triple Lock on pensions, breaking two election promises in one go, I doubt Propertymark’s disapproval keeps him awake at night.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2021 10:08 AM

@ Yvonne Roberts, I suspect Kristjan was being a tad sarcastic.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 September 2021 18:56 PM

Students plus pets sounds like a recipe for a disaster. Still it is their property so their risk.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 September 2021 10:21 AM

Another woke job: Zero Carbon Buildings and Active Travel, whatever that is. As for tenant rights, well they have more of those than the landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 September 2021 08:38 AM

Good luck with that. Another drain on council taxpayers.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 September 2021 08:36 AM

Ajay spouting his anti-landlord drivel again. Who would use him as their age pit when he would be better employed at Generation Rent?

From: Fedup Landlord 31 August 2021 08:23 AM

You must mix with some strange agents to make such an ageist and sexist comment.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 August 2021 20:51 PM

Laudable? That is not how you spell laughable.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2021 11:46 AM

As a proud Cornishman I must say that this is not the answer to Cornwall’s housing problems.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2021 08:08 AM

Who would be a landlord in Scotland under President Krankie and her Green friends?

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2021 08:06 AM

Wee Krankie will do anything to cling to power. Will Scottish landlords now sell up to beat the rush?

From: Fedup Landlord 23 August 2021 08:48 AM

It helps Royal Mail profits, but achieves little else.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 August 2021 14:06 PM

Propertymark backing Shelter. Never thought I’d see that. We do, indeed, live in interesting times.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 August 2021 09:40 AM

She says, “it is too easy for landlords to evict locals from their homes”. The woman is deluded if she thinks removing a tenant from a property is easy and landlords do not evict, they serve notice. To evict a tenant you need a court order. She should know that too.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2021 09:30 AM

Good - no sympathy.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 August 2021 15:34 PM

A second article today for the Shelter believers at Home. Are they paying for this advertorial? Now I know they quote Shelter claims as facts, they lose ALL credibility.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 August 2021 15:34 PM

James B, that would require commonsense not to menton logic. Polly Bleate has neither.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 August 2021 15:30 PM

Not him again? Good grief he is desperate for publicity, any publicity.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 August 2021 10:53 AM

Once again those who are not landlords seek to tell landlords how to run their business. I actually am in favour of pets where appropriate but saying no to pets is no moe discriminatory than saying no to someone who hasn’t got a quid to scratch their *** with.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 August 2021 11:13 AM

Well said. Property owners who are landlords have obtained the property by inheritance or by spending their own money on a Buy2Let. In my case both until recently. The legal obligatons are theirs. as are any finiancial rewards. Gordon Brown stole our pensions and providing for my (long overdue) retirement influence my becoming a landlord with some friends. The properties are well-maintained, redecorated frequently and ugraded where possible. I am not a landlord for fun. It is a Business and it is not for Alex McIntyre to tell me how to maximise profits. As it happens I prefer to let to responsible, professional, hard-working tenants rather than risk AirNB. That is MY choce to make, not his. I would have more sympathy for his position if he was campaigning to reintroduce mortgage tax relief for residential landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 August 2021 12:44 PM

Click on their profile name and you find the information they have supplied.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2021 18:05 PM

You and Kristjan miss the point I was making. Perhaps I was too subtle or did not explain myself clearly enough. The professional landlords who employ agents will, if they choose wisely, be protected. It is the smaller landlord with one or two properties who self-manage that are likely to worry. While they may be compliant with all legislation, they read how landlords are punished by RRO etc. They have to judge if it is all worth it. Those are the ones who are selling up.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2021 14:58 PM

Andy Nicholson, head of NatWest student accounts, says: “Increasing student rent puts even more pressure on student finances.” So do rises in the price of alcohol, takeaways etc.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2021 09:49 AM

" but Kamma says it’s also down to local authorities deploying Rent Repayment Orders and other penalties with more vengeance than before." They key word here is vengeance. Local authorities act tough on bad landlords, not bad tenants. That frightens the good landlords who see the PRS under increased legislation as an attack. Then the same local authorities wonder why they have homeless and landlords do not wnat to work with them. Any chance Citizen Khan will create a Rogue Tenants and Politicians Checker or would it be too large?

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2021 09:40 AM

"Tim Farron, the former Liberal Democrat leader who is MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, has launched a petition calling for planning laws to change to stop family housing being turned into second homes and holiday lets." When did the Liberals stop being liberal?

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2021 12:29 PM

@ suzie price again. I take no notice of your comments. If you have a well-paid job ( I am not sure how you "earn" a job) then try being a landlord yourself. You wull see it is not as easy as you seem to think. I invest a lot in my properties and my tenants stay on average five years. They tend to move to larger properties or relocate through their employment. I won't use the four letter version.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 July 2021 17:50 PM

@ Suzy price Many landlords, myself included, have other jobs. You should try working for a change instead of complaining about landlords who have not mentioned mortgages!

From: Fedup Landlord 28 July 2021 14:00 PM

I hope his reply was a less than polite version of “None of your damn business. Unlike you, I am earning a living.”

From: Fedup Landlord 28 July 2021 08:35 AM

Exactly. Lots of no-shows by viewers. The only time I ever failed to make an appointment was when a lorry load of hat caught fire on the M5 southbound and I was stuck for over two hours.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2021 13:54 PM

Nationwide, big supporters of Shelter which is why they will never get a penny of my money. Why don’t Shelter, who are so good at telling landlords what they are doing wrong, lead by example and become landlords themselves. It’s not like they don’t have enough cash reserves. What are they frightened of?

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2021 11:20 AM

Monefacts stating the obvious. Another advertorial and I do hope they are paying PIE for it.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 July 2021 10:33 AM

In short, reference with us, please.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 July 2021 13:33 PM

The Tribunal this month found that his relationship with the managing agency was patchy and that Hallet himself had assumed day to day management of the property at the time the property was unlicensed. It made a Rent Repayment Order totalling £11,712 with £300 costs. Well, saving a few quid on management fees was a false economy, Mr Hallet.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 July 2021 13:29 PM

A firm with two offices and just four properties? Perhaps he paid for this article? Telling Landlords that "Countless privately rented tenants are being told year after year that the damp in their children’s bedroom is their fault for not opening the windows or drying clothes in the house" is not likely to gain him new landlords BECAUSE that is what causes condensation and mould. I had one tenant of a client landlord insist that the property was damp. I went to inspect and the windows were running with condensation and clothes were hanging over every inch of the radiators. Not one window was open.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 July 2021 14:35 PM

According to Ajay, that is the landlord’s fault.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 July 2021 09:33 AM

It seems he wants to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 July 2021 09:40 AM

The offspring of the boss?

From: Fedup Landlord 16 July 2021 11:51 AM

Surely this should be in estate agent today since it is all about sales?

From: Fedup Landlord 16 July 2021 08:56 AM

Unfortunately JL is run by a woman with no retail experience, so you get what you pay for i.e. job cuts for 1000 workers announced yesterday.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2021 12:14 PM

As soon as I saw the words "rogue landlord" I knew she was Labour and a quick search proved me correct. Full of soundbites and anti-landlord rhetoric but for anything constructive, they draw a blank. Yes, it is the law, but threatening landlords with a ridiculous fine will just mean more selling up and does Councillor Cummins and her friends have the council accommodation to house the former PRS tenants?

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2021 12:01 PM

Labour and Generation Rent - two cheeks of the same backside and neither as useful.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2021 11:56 AM

Well said. The important number surely is how many complaints were upheld, not how many complaints were made.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 July 2021 12:27 PM

Campbell herself warns: “The proposals in Scotland are encouraging many to leave the private rental sector.” Yet big business is entering the PRS.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 July 2021 17:24 PM

Well done, Sadsack. The minute you get those powers London landlords will vote by selling up.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 July 2021 12:40 PM

Being an animal lover I am very in favour of pets. That said if I have a choice between equal applicants where one has pets and the other doesn't, why would I spend £1.50 to reference them? OK it i only £1.50 but it takes time to set up BACS or however Natasha wants paying. Yes, I will take the easy option. Nice idea, Natasha, but it's an "I'm out" from me.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 July 2021 10:59 AM

Well said. A good agent should be wary when someone offers a lump sum instead o references. Where no Right to Rent checks carried out?

From: Fedup Landlord 29 June 2021 11:28 AM

Also it would interfere with their kneeling time.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 June 2021 11:34 AM

Dr Julie Rugg is no friend of the private landlord and it seems the NRLA are more about supporting the tenant than landlords. I have let, on a few occasions, to benefit tenants. The only one that was a good tenant was a working single mum who had a top up benefit. The place was always immaculate and she left it better than she found it. She was the only one! Others failed to pay rent on time. allowed their dogs to foul anywhere in the garden (neighbours complained about the smell), didn't clean the property etc. If there are two, otherwise equal candidates and the only difference is that one is employed and the other claiming benefits, the employed person wins every time.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2021 11:59 AM

Is this a classic example of deflection: Haringey Council has begun moves to take its housing arm back in-house, but faces accusations it is trying to “sneak through” the change. Council leader Joseph Ejiofor said the plan is part of a review into building a “fairer” borough. Haringey Liberal Democrats have questioned the timing of the proposal during the pandemic, when it says opportunities for consultation are "limited”. Homes for Haringey, set up in 2006, is an arms-length management organisation responsible for council housing, managing more than 20,000 properties and employing around 750 staff. A consultation will look into bringing it back under council control.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2021 11:29 AM

@ Adrian Hayes, Shelter houses Polly Bleat very nicely but not homeless people.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2021 09:40 AM

Well, I suppose it gives them something to do, but are there really that many "rogue" agents in that area or are they just trying to justify their existence?

From: Fedup Landlord 23 June 2021 10:22 AM

According to his own website "he has enjoyed massive success as an entrepreneur and is considered a "guru" in the UK property". Less a guru, more a gnu.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 June 2021 09:43 AM

And so it begins.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 June 2021 09:38 AM

@ RA1 Rhat makes no difference to the landlord's income. It is still nil.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 June 2021 17:43 PM

I need help - i agree with Alicia Kennedy!!! Rent is rent. It matters not whether the tenant is an individual, a family or a commercial business. For the landlord it is income. Perhaps MPs should not be paid for the same length of time as commercial landlords to see how they would cope.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 June 2021 11:18 AM

I thought this was bad for private landlords, but commercial landlords are being treated much worse.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 June 2021 10:16 AM

What was the outcome of these allegations? I don’t want to encourage GR by looking at their website. Typical of them to still have a go at agents though.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 June 2021 10:14 AM

Typical of this Left-wing government. Shame on them deceiving me into thinking I was voting for a Conservative government. Well, we got the CON portion at least.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 June 2021 10:55 AM

So she failed reference checks but blames being on benefits. Typical. As one of their posters states a home is a human right, will they hold one up saying that having the rent paid is a human right for the landlord?

From: Fedup Landlord 16 June 2021 09:50 AM

A group of very strange bedfellows indeed.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 June 2021 09:46 AM

Pick My Pad should try being comedians. It is not all about money.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 June 2021 13:50 PM

A limited company so probably will go insolvent and then set up again.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 June 2021 11:02 AM

Cue a post from Alicia/Adrian in reply.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 June 2021 21:28 PM

Looks like Alicia is posting as Adrian Newon. BTW Adrian/Alicia liking your own posts really detracts from them.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 June 2021 21:18 PM

A bit like Alicia Kennedy - totally pointless.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 June 2021 18:04 PM

No self-interest there at all, Stephanie.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 June 2021 09:08 AM

But according to Polly Bleat "Twenty three per cent are living in homes with significant damp, mould and condensation." Surely she cannot be making things up?

From: Fedup Landlord 28 May 2021 21:00 PM

Top comment, Barry. You are so correct in showing that this government is Conservative In Name Only. I am ashamed to say I voted for them. Fool me once, Boris, shame on you. Fool me twice, Boris, shame on me.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 May 2021 13:54 PM

Number 11: A unicorn for every family.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 May 2021 09:14 AM

I’ve found a mild bleach solution to be good for breaking the mould.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 May 2021 09:10 AM

Polly does like a good moan, doesn’t she. I am surprised she hasn’t asked the UN to intervene.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 May 2021 09:09 AM

Typical Labour stupidity. Landlords and agents have no power to force tenants to recycle and since the tenants are paying the council tax, then they are the council’s customers, not the landlord or agent.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 May 2021 09:36 AM

@ Ebony Patterson Six months rent in advance is not a deposit. I don't know many 8 year old students either. Presumably your bf did not have a working, home owning guarantor either.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 May 2021 21:07 PM

Whilst we are happy to do video tours, no properties are let without a physical visit. Too many things could go wrong.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 May 2021 11:19 AM

I had hoped the unions had stopped using left-wing insults like scab. I have no idea of the rights and wrongs of the dispute but the unionsn have a right to legally protest and the firm has the right to keep their customers happy. Havingn been on a Trade Union course, it is perfectly legal to dismiss strikers provided that all strikers are dismissed. Goodlord appear to be within the law.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 May 2021 11:15 AM

Feckless supporter calls CINO government reckless. Made my day! Where are all these thousands of homeless families? The ones that cruel landlords have evicted on a whim rather than given notice for perfectly valid reasons. I suspect they all have free accommodation inside Baroness Kennedy’s head.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 May 2021 09:42 AM

Four months? Very generous considering it’s a CINO government. Two months notice if the tenant dies? Who says the rent for those two months if they died with no funds after funeral costs?

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 20:18 PM

@ JH, I have a unicorn in my back garden. Would you like it? It must be great living in your world. I still say this government is CINO, but I will not respond to your future comments, I have more important things to do.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 11:14 AM

@ JH. Why should I "leave out the CINO stuff"? They ARE more like the offspring of the Labour and Green Parties.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 11:09 AM

@ JH you say "I have worked at letting agencies where tenants have been served notice just to keep the available stock high." Frankly I don't believe you, especially now that there is a ban on tenant fees. I will adjust my saying. A GOOD LANDLORD/AGENT DOES NOT GIVE NOTICE TO A GOOD TENANT WITHOUT A GOOD REASON.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 11:06 AM

Listen, yes, they are always ready to listen but will they take any notice? Doubtful. This CINO government is looking for votes and tenants have more votes than landlords. In the pre-Covid White Paper there was the suggestion to make it a legal right for tenants to smoke in a property. Ponder the implications of that. Yellow walls and ceilings for a start, not to mention I would not be able to inspect because I have COPD.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 09:41 AM

“Renters can lose their home at a landlord’s whim”. Yes, I often wake up and think which of my tenants can I give notice to today? After all, when they go I just have to spruce up the property, advertise, reference new applicants, do right to rent checks, make sure I have given them the umpteen different pieces of paper the government insists they have, prepare a tenancy agreement, have them checked in by an inventory clerk, protect their deposit and issue the prescribed information. Then there is the worry about will they look after the property as well as the previous tenants did. Yes, Alicia, I do enjoy those whims instead of keeping a good tenant who looks after the property and pays rent on time. Alicia, you are, like a lot of politicians, A FOOL. A GOOD LANDLORD DOES NOT GIVE NOTICE TO A GOOD TENANT WITHOUT A GOOD REASON.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2021 09:36 AM

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2021 16:50 PM

So a CINO government wants to “enhancing the rights of those who rent." Nothing about enhancing the rights of landlords. As I said, Conservative IN NAME ONLY.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2021 13:21 PM

Is she in the right party? May we please have a Conservative government with Conservative MPs instead of CINO?

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2021 08:13 AM

Remind me, is this a Conservative government or Labour.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2021 08:10 AM

Good on the council, for once.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 May 2021 08:48 AM

Next from Cobbold, Teach granny to suck eggs. A good agent should be doing this from the beginning. The problem is getting a tenant to co-operate. Apparently, if the tenant doesn’t stick to the agreement in the Breathing Space, then they could have it cancelled. Not holding my breath for that. I have very little confidence in Boris and his socialist government

From: Fedup Landlord 05 May 2021 08:58 AM

Would qualifications and licensing stop rogue agents or just increase ARLA's profits?

From: Fedup Landlord 04 May 2021 11:48 AM

No DSS represents an attack on the working class. The word that Acorn do not understand is working. Landlords generally have no problem with tenants who are working and get a top up from government. However it is those who have no intention of working that need to seek accommodation from the social housing sector. I have let to both types and will never let to the work shy again.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 May 2021 09:07 AM

I agree that an abandonment notice would not have been a defence, but it would have shown he was trying to do the right thing. A shame the poor reporting made no mention of his defence.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 April 2021 19:45 PM

I wonder if there was non-payment of rent and the agent issued an Abandonment Notice.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 April 2021 11:47 AM

If "But we’d encourage letting agents to continue to support landlords and their tenants throughout the ongoing Covid-19 difficulties where possible" is the best Mark Harward can come up with then he needs a new job. What does he think letting agents do? Rarely do agents not support landlords and tenants, even where the property is not managed.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 April 2021 10:31 AM

To be honest I stopped reading/caring after I saw Generation Rent. If they were honest they would rename themselves Generation Workless.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 April 2021 08:21 AM

Cobbold’s off again. Must be a slow news day.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 April 2021 09:37 AM

Fixflo advert again. How would agents cope without his wisdom?

From: Fedup Landlord 28 April 2021 09:34 AM

I voted for a Conservative Government. I seem to have got a cross between Labour and the Green Party. As the saying goes, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twie, shame on me."

From: Fedup Landlord 26 April 2021 11:17 AM

"Since its launch in September 2020, the scheme saw 113,700 applications, with 10,300 measures installed but only 6,700 homes receiving the money from the scheme." Why were 107,000 applications unsuccessful?

From: Fedup Landlord 26 April 2021 11:13 AM

A clause in the AST banning installation of a smart meter would be ruled as an Unfair Term and unenforceable. A pity people do not understand that.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 April 2021 16:20 PM

Then let them be one landlords and their tenants may have as many pets as they want.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 April 2021 08:51 AM

It houses Polly and that is all she cares about.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 April 2021 09:33 AM

The government will not make any announcements this side of the May elections. They don't want to risk upsetting, what they think may be, potential voters.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 April 2021 11:27 AM

Pretty Boy Burnham talking out of the wrong orifice as usual and adopting the standard political tactic of landlord bashing to get tenants’ votes.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 April 2021 09:53 AM

I see nothing myopic about a rogue agent who caused significant financial loss to a landlord and, even now, is trying to set up again unde another name. Perhaps you would shrug your shoulders and swallow the loss? Since these cases give agents a bad name, I would have doubled the award. Most agents operate due diligence when referencing tenants and, if they fail to do that properly, they must accept the consequences.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 April 2021 16:25 PM

They prefer sound bites to actual facts. Actual facts would show what scam artists they are with big CEO salaries. Charity does begin at home - THEIR HOMES.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 April 2021 14:23 PM

I disagree. The statement shows clearly that had the agent carried out the proper checks, the tenants would not have been given a tenancy. Therefore the failure to pay rent is directly attributable to the agent's actions, or lack thereof. A statement from TPO says: “The Ombudsman found that the agent's referencing checks were reckless. They had failed to carry out even basic checks on the tenant and had only obtained one landlord reference. There had also been insufficient checks on the tenant’s guarantor, and consequently the tenant failed to pay rent shortly after taking up the tenancy.”

From: Fedup Landlord 15 April 2021 10:37 AM

I was going to question how the got the figure of 694,000 rather than 693,999 but why bother? They have their blinkered view that all tenants are paragons of virtue and all landlords are rogue landlords who just take the rent and don’t do any maintenance. Life must be so easy in their world. Will they be happy when landlords sell up? I doubt it. Being miserable is what keeps them going.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 April 2021 08:42 AM

I hope his tenants have pets as per his Approved Lettings Agreement. He will, of course, be registering this income in the Register of Members Interests.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 April 2021 12:43 PM

Two very accurate comments!

From: Fedup Landlord 07 April 2021 12:57 PM

Typical Twangem Intheair comment from Labour. Must be an election coming up.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 April 2021 10:55 AM

Kate Faulkner stating 33% fear eviction is either showing her ignorance or doing a Markle. Should she read this, I will type it slowly do that she understands. Landlords give notice to terminate an agreement. Landlords do not evict! Bailiffs evict.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 March 2021 09:43 AM

Perhaps Alistair Cromwell should use some of his "Charidee's" millions to rent some properties out and gt some real experience as a landlord before talking out of the wrong end.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 March 2021 12:48 PM

What could be worse than having Citizen Khan re-elected? Havng a Green Mayor - just look at Brighton, a lovely city, once, ruined by Green Party dogma.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 March 2021 12:44 PM

I love the irony of a Zoopla ad slap bang in the middle of this story!

From: Fedup Landlord 24 March 2021 12:05 PM

Good old Twangum Debutante grubbing in the dirt for votes. How typical of her and Labour.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 March 2021 09:47 AM

Wales votes Labour so nothing will change. Landlords in Wales should sell up as soon as their property is empty.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 March 2021 09:53 AM

Exactly and it changes my reaction totally.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 March 2021 16:55 PM

Another new charity? Why don’t these people actually do something useful with their time? Check their jobs page. The cheapest starts at £45k.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 March 2021 09:13 AM

Just how many homeless has Polly Bleat housed? In round figures, ZERO. She is all about empire building.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 March 2021 09:11 AM

Wrong, very wrong.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 March 2021 09:09 AM

Polly Bleat had a dream one night and got the figures from the dream.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 March 2021 12:07 PM

So out of four questions, just one mentions landlords and that is a fleeting reference.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 March 2021 12:05 PM

According to the local paper, not the first offence either.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 March 2021 12:01 PM

They will just open again under a different name with the same directors. Just like a firm in Bristol did a couple of years ago.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 March 2021 12:58 PM

Since the tenant does not pay any fees, can they be consided a client?

From: Fedup Landlord 14 March 2021 18:06 PM

How did the owner not notice this during his occasional visits?

From: Fedup Landlord 11 March 2021 10:34 AM

Acorn have nothing in common with the working class. The working class WORK.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 March 2021 10:32 AM

As Brenda from Bristol would say, "Oh no, not another one!".

From: Fedup Landlord 10 March 2021 15:29 PM

Sadly you are whistling (polite word substituted) in the wind. If government does anything to help landlords, the cries of "Typical Tories helping greedy landlords" will be deafening. It is simple mathematics. How many tenants and tenant charities are there compared to landlords and landlord charities - not that there is such a thing as a landlord charity.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 March 2021 17:28 PM

Curious then that in one of my properties the majority who have left and not relocated for work, have actually bought a property. I wonder if that was because they were all employed? Prolly Bleat really has very little knowledge of actual working people.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 March 2021 10:09 AM

It took too long to ban her.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 March 2021 12:52 PM

WARNING: Today a former colleague of mine was contacted by some little SH1T, you know who you are, complaining about my posts on here. What a snivelling piece of vermin they are and it shows exactly the type of people agents and landlords have to deal with. They actually admitted to spening time Googling for me and, presumably calling the wrong people. Perhaps they should spend the time getting a job instead of living off the public purse! As for the above comment "What about the rats" well, my former colleague dealt with one today!

From: Fedup Landlord 08 March 2021 12:50 PM

Perhaps because we, unlike you, want to hear the agent's and landlord's version before rushing to condemn.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2021 17:32 PM

Tell that to your bully mates in Acorn.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2021 13:09 PM

I read this part, "They are by definition animals, they smell, they soil, they scratch, they damage, its all part of the package when you have one." and I thought you were still referring to MPs. LOL

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2021 11:56 AM

Don't care what the protests were about. "members of the so-called renters’ union Acorn attempted to gain entry" deserves a big fine and yes they are vermin. The staff do not deserve this treatment. There are LEGAL methods to deal with a problem that is allegedly being ignored by an agent.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2021 11:45 AM

So Acorn will just get their wrists slapped. How about a nice big fine for a breach of coronavirus regulations?

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2021 09:37 AM

ARLA, Alicia Kennedy or Mark Hayward. Which one will the government take any notice of?

From: Fedup Landlord 04 March 2021 11:45 AM

There is, of course, no guarantee that D & G Landlods will stay with Foxtons.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 March 2021 11:44 AM

This is how much the animal lover really cares about animals: Rosindell joined Philip Davies and Christopher Chope in repeatedly blocking a backbench bill banning the use of wild animals in circuses from progressing through Parliament, finally blocking it by lodging an objection in March 2015. So much for his definition of cruel. Rosindell has consistently voted against bills furthering LGBT rights, including equalising the age of consent, civil partnerships and scrapping the controversial Section 28 act, which banned teachers from "promoting homosexuality" or "teaching ... the acceptability of homosexuality as a pretended family relationship". He opposed the legalisation of same-sex marriage, saying "Where would it end? You could finish up at a stage where the monarchy in this country is in a same-sex marriage and that would have constitutional implications". How would he cope with a gay couple and their dog?

From: Fedup Landlord 02 March 2021 12:38 PM

How many properties does this idiot rent out to tenants with pets? I have rented one property to two different tenants with small dogs and they left the house in excellent condition so I am not against tenants with pets. What I am against is MPs with no actual experience pontificating on something they know less than nothing about.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 March 2021 08:40 AM

So all tenancies will last for at least a year. Any landlord with an empty property in the Socialist Republic of Wales would be advised to sell now ahead of the rush.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 February 2021 10:02 AM

The benefits of communism. All Party members are equal, but some are more equal than others.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 February 2021 12:47 PM

From: Fedup Landlord 20 February 2021 12:08 PM

ARLA are a little slow to catch on.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 February 2021 12:04 PM

So if he doesn't cough up he does 18 months which works out at over £6000 per month - who says crime doesn't pay?

From: Fedup Landlord 20 February 2021 12:03 PM

Bristol City Council have distributed this in their latest BUlletin for landlords, "The government has amended its model tenancy agreement to allow pets. Landlords will now have to object in writing within 28 days of a written request from a tenant and provide a good reason for refusal. " The implication being that landlords have to accept pets. No mention that use of the model tenancy agreement is not law.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 February 2021 12:00 PM

Perhaps emailing your MP may get results. They can be surprisingly useful on occasion.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 February 2021 11:29 AM

If I read this correctly he illegally evicted them two days after they moved in. If that is correct then, in my opinion, he should have served time.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 February 2021 11:48 AM

Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 February 2021 11:45 AM

It was a Valentine’s Day card to tenants and a card to landlords that read: Roses are red Violets are blue We don’t give A toss about you.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 February 2021 18:29 PM

Polly Bleat wins again.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 February 2021 10:51 AM

No doubt Polly Bleate will claim these figures do not reflect the true reality of millions of homeless will be evictded by greedy landlords in the near future.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 February 2021 11:43 AM

I am sure Chris Mason will be delighted to help!

From: Fedup Landlord 12 February 2021 11:33 AM

They managed to kick the Brexit can down the road for a few years. The have previous in can kicking.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 February 2021 12:39 PM

Translation: This will take money from lawyers and how will we feed our starving children? I am dealing with one at the moment regarding a house sale and the ridiculous questions raised by the buyers' solicotor have to be seen to be believed. Even worse, their latest email was littered with "Should of" and "Could of". Do they not have to pass basic English to practice?

From: Fedup Landlord 09 February 2021 12:33 PM

You might say that. I couldn't possibly comment.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 February 2021 19:08 PM

Perhaps read the article on PIE where the whole letter is discussed and this part of it gets just a mention at the end.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 February 2021 11:59 AM

Another advertorial. If they had surveyed a small sample of just 200 mortgage payers, they would probably have the same findings. Guess what, Danny Vant, these are worrying times! I would be more surprised if people weren't worried about their finances.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 February 2021 11:28 AM

I notice no mention by MHCLG of changing the deposit legislation to allow for a pet deposit. The government really are clueless. I have had a tenant in a semi-detached for seven years and she had a dog. She left only because I have now sold the property. The property was left clean, tidy, no damage and no smell so it can work. PS: Cue the horror stories in reply! No need, I am aware that I was fortunate.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 January 2021 10:51 AM

@Brendan Few actually put prices on their websites so I suspect you are wetting your finger and sticking it in the air unless you are prepared to name names.. Herddle charge 10% plus VAT for management according to their website which, I would suggest, is an average price for High Street agents. I repeat this is just an advertorial.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 January 2021 11:19 AM

An advertorial for Herddle without naming agents who charge c20%, which I just don't believe.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 January 2021 08:32 AM

Any good agent should, or do I mean MUST, work to a Landlord's benefit. Unfortunately Landlords often want the property let regardless of the quality of the tenant. I always say, let in haste, repent at leisure and splash out on Rent Guarantee Insurance.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 January 2021 19:39 PM

For the next lesson you will need half a dozen eggs and one grandmother.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 January 2021 14:08 PM

I agree. NALS/SAFEAGENT are just as good as ARLA/Propertymark or whetver they call themselves this week.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 January 2021 12:42 PM

If they were sold to tenants, how did Local Space get their hands on them?

From: Fedup Landlord 25 January 2021 11:03 AM

TfL have enough problems running a transport system. What makes them think they can build homes?

From: Fedup Landlord 22 January 2021 11:19 AM

So they don't have to actually eat the meal, just send a photo of it? Easy peasy. I look forward to the British Meat Processors Association sponsoring a rival website!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 January 2021 11:17 AM

Retired agent, you speak commonsense, but when has commonsense been apparent in any government decision? As I was reminded today, Intellingence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit... common sense is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 January 2021 11:11 AM

@ Barry X If there is ever a vote for best comment of the day/week/month/year then you would win it!

From: Fedup Landlord 15 January 2021 11:17 AM

Jeremy, ignore Mad Mark as he is known on here. Labour use these figures which they have plucked out of the air so their supporters will vote for them. Unfortunately we have a Conservative government that is also after the same votes. That is why, hopefully, there will be at least one less rental property available in the next few weeks when I have sold mine.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 January 2021 09:46 AM

All the problems this country has, Covid-19; vaccinating people; illegal immigration; asylum seekers, ramifications of Brexit etc and what do the "Tory" government want? Another stick to beat the private landlord with. Since they cannot understand the basic difference between giving notice and eviction, then there is little hope for us. In what other business is there legislation preventing the owner of anything from getting it back? Just think, we were all worried what a Labour government would do to landlords. Well, now we know - Bozo Johnson is ding it.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 January 2021 10:08 AM

Usual Cobblers from Cobbold. Good agents do not need to be told how to help landlords understand the changing situation. What next? Courses in teaching grandmothers how to suck eggs?

From: Fedup Landlord 13 January 2021 10:59 AM

Perhaps an opportunity to scrap it completely. Agents and Landlords are NOT Border Guards or Immigration. That is the job of the government!

From: Fedup Landlord 12 January 2021 09:10 AM

At least this loan is paid back by the tenants and in return the landlord cannot start possession proceedings. Curiously you cannot get it if you already receive Housing Benefit. What a strange concept, Housing Benefit should go to pay your rent!

From: Fedup Landlord 11 January 2021 11:48 AM

Burkwood and Kennedy - both suckling at the taxpayers' teat. One wanting rent arrears paid by the taxpayer and the other collecting £300+ every time she pops into the House of Lords. Both a waste.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 January 2021 11:42 AM

". . . to try and help landlords and tenants to reach a mutual agreement and keep people in their homes." There is already such a mutual agreement. It is called a contract, aka the AST. In very basic terms, the tenant pays the rent and the landlord maintains the property. So simple and basic wven a Minister can understand it. While there are some who have genuine financial problems because of Covid, there are also many, too many, who are taking advantage and just not paying. No good landlord, gives notice to a good tenant without good reason.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 January 2021 11:34 AM

A shame, Laura, that you do not know about the law restricting deposits to a maximum of five weeks. How long have you worked for Generation Rent?

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2021 14:39 PM

Anti-everuthing campaigner Vicky Spratt probably wants all tenant arrears forgiven and landlords to go bankrupt! Check her Wikipedia entry!

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2021 13:10 PM

NRLA and Shelter. Strange times make for strange bedfelllows.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2021 12:53 PM

Boris follows Sturgeon again. Why should landlords bear the financial burden of non-payers?

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2021 12:43 PM

An interesting point since some of my properties are subject to a Head Lease banning any kind of pet, even fish.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2021 12:40 PM

On the rare occasions that landlords have considered dogs, I have always insisted the dog accompany the tenants on the viewings. You can soon see how well-behaved they are. I have never stopped a viewing because of a badly behaved dog, but I have stopped a viewing because of uncontrolled children.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 January 2021 11:54 AM

Alex Roberts is typical Labour. Of the 869 complaints, how many were found to be justiied?

From: Fedup Landlord 07 January 2021 11:51 AM

"At every step of this crisis, renters have been let-down by this government." GR must live in a parallel world. Boris will chase the votes as usual.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 January 2021 11:48 AM

The answer to the question at the end of your post is . . . YES!

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2021 19:45 PM

Twang'em Debbie supporting the feckless tenants. Landlords do NOT evict - Baliffs do. Landlords simple seek possession of THEIR property! Government should not interfere withb their right to do that unless they want to purchase the property rom the landlord?

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2021 12:37 PM

So only those with EXTREME pre-covid arrears can be removed? In other words some landlords are expected to maintain properties with tenants who have not paid rent for nearly a year. Not can't pay tenants, but won't pay tenants. Many have seized on the mortgage "holiday" for landlords as a reason not to pay because the word holiday has been mis-used. It is not a holiday. The mortgage has to be paid by increased payments or an extension to the term. I am one of the lucky ones. I have one property SSTC and the others have tenants who have worked and paid rent as normal througghout.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2021 12:28 PM

I think annual increases will become common. After all councils do it every year without fail.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 January 2021 12:20 PM

Labour trying to stir things again.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 January 2021 12:16 PM

I stopped reading after Labour Councillor.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 December 2020 21:19 PM

I had them tout for my business as a landord twice yet i have never had any dealings with them. They simply rejected my complaint claiming it was all public knowledge. I'd avoid them like the plague.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 December 2020 13:20 PM

Usual cobblers from Cobbold!

From: Fedup Landlord 14 December 2020 09:57 AM

Employee working from home - no London weighting - employer win. Employee working from home - smaller offices required - employer win. Employee working from home - smaller office means less rent - employer win. Employee working from home - smaller office means smaller business rates - employer win. Employee working from home - smaller heating & lighting bills - employer wins. Yes, employers cannot wait for employees to return to work.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 December 2020 19:27 PM

Brilliant, Barry.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 December 2020 19:02 PM

More regulations and hoops to jump through. Just what the majority do NOT need at this time. Still, I suppose it goes partway to justifying the £300 per day plus expenses Lord Best is charging the taxpayers.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 December 2020 12:40 PM

Or their employment!

From: Fedup Landlord 09 December 2020 12:19 PM

It actually states it is not prohinited. The exact opposite of what they wanted to say. As Steuart says, why should the tenant buy the lock?

From: Fedup Landlord 08 December 2020 13:50 PM

A director of a letting company should know better. Surely he now is not permitted to rent out any HMO since he is not a fit and proper person?

From: Fedup Landlord 08 December 2020 13:48 PM

If only we had the Australian system. Two weeks non-payment and out you go. No need for expensive courts or bailiffs.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 December 2020 13:45 PM

It is an advertorial. MD says one thing, perations director says another. Brexit will all settle down in the end and we will get through it and Covid 19. Whether landlords will survive Boris and his woke anti-private landlord crusade is another matter entirely.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 December 2020 13:43 PM

She seems to rent high end, new build and obviously attacks landlords as a mean of getting free publicity. It worked, She has her name in LAT, even if no professional landlord would use her after this attack.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 December 2020 13:51 PM

Good idea, Heather. If you buy anything in the BS postcode, I'd be happy to help. Good luck with the sale. I am selling a house in Cornwall and have accepted and offer - just need to tenant to leave at the end of the notice period.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 November 2020 21:13 PM

@Roger Mellie, there are even some on here but without knowing where Heather’s property is, it is difficult to offer help.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 November 2020 10:23 AM

Why are you still with them then?

From: Fedup Landlord 27 November 2020 20:29 PM

He is a lecturer. That makes everything clear and no more needs to be said.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 November 2020 10:29 AM

Baroness Kennedy has finally lost it. Still she is always good for a laugh. She does, however, need to keep an eye out for the men in white coats.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 November 2020 08:57 AM

“We’re delighted to see two of our key partners linking up in this way. We know that inventories are key to reducing the numbers of deposit disputes. [This] … will mean fewer disputes between landlords and tenants and a faster end of tenancy process.” Horsefeathers! Unless you have a way of making tenants admit they did not leave a property as clean as they found it or that they did break an item. it will NOT mean fewer disputes. The phrases, "It was like that when I moved in" and "I left it cleaner than when I moved in" spring to mind. The old mantra, "The landlord leaves a palace and gets back a slum. The tenant moved into a slum and leaves a palace" are very true.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 November 2020 12:10 PM

Typical GR expecting everyone else to pay. As people lose their jobs during this Covid "crisis", those of us who pay will grow increasingly resentful of those we pay for. I do not mean the sick, elderly or disabled. I refer to those who make a career out of living on benefits.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 November 2020 12:03 PM

PropTech again. Do they have shares in LAT?

From: Fedup Landlord 20 November 2020 09:54 AM

In other words there are 8,700 properties that don’t pay a licence fee and they want that to change.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 November 2020 09:53 AM

Agreed. It’s another advert disguised as a load of old cobbolds.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 November 2020 09:51 AM

Find a job? That almost qualifies as harassment.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 November 2020 09:50 AM

Why don’t Acorn try running a business for a change or even getting a job and making a useful contribution to society?

From: Fedup Landlord 19 November 2020 08:35 AM

The Resolution Foundation needs reminding that the government has no money. It all comes from taxpayers.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 November 2020 10:15 AM

You sound like Judge Judy - you forgot "collect cans".

From: Fedup Landlord 16 November 2020 11:44 AM

Remember, Citizens Advice do not help landlords because we are not citizens, but businesses.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 November 2020 08:47 AM

Helen Barnard trying to pretend she gives a damn about landlords. She doesn’t.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 November 2020 08:45 AM

A tenancy agreement is a legally binding contract or has everyone forgotten this? Nobody forces them to sign it. Landlords are running a business and if the tenant wants a rent free period for whatever reason, a sensible landlord will take a view and decide accordingly. No doubt they will want to keep all their belongings there so the landlord cannot re-let the room on a short term let.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 November 2020 09:05 AM

Agents and landlords usually reference tenants on the basis that they will be insurable by rent and legal expenses insurers. They either pass or fail. If an insurer will not take the risk, why the h*ll should I? Perhaps Ms Foxcroft would stand as guarantor for those she thinks we should have as tenants?

From: Fedup Landlord 12 November 2020 09:00 AM

ARLA empire building - again!

From: Fedup Landlord 06 November 2020 20:57 PM

Another advertorial from David Alexander.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 November 2020 08:11 AM

So that’s the sale of my house stuffed then. Thanks, CONservatives.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 November 2020 08:09 AM

Any landlord or agent with funds in Nationwide should withdraw them immediately to avoid being the turkey that voted for Christmas.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 November 2020 08:07 AM

A shame they are not operating nationwide!

From: Fedup Landlord 05 November 2020 09:41 AM

Same old (c)rap from Thangam and Mark. Landlords are entitled, for whatever reason, to have possession of their property. My property is on the market but not getting any offers because there is a tenant . I gave three months notice which expires late December so, that to the CONservative government bailiffs must not evict during that period. so it is pointless me even starting court action. It took me a long time to decide to sell, but once the decision was made I should be able to regain possession without all this hassle. I have made a number of offers to the tenant to ease the process of looking for a new home, but . . . no signs of movement. This lockdown is less severe than the first lockdown, viewings and house moves etc are still able to go ahead. They were not in the first lockdown. I just want to sell my house.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 November 2020 09:40 AM

In other words, be sensible and carry on as normal - the new normal that is.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 November 2020 11:01 AM

My tenants’ S21 notice expires on 22nd December 2020. The house is for sale and has had several viewings but because of the tenant in situ, no offers. I know the council have said to wait until bailiffs turn up, another expense I could do without. I am facing the prospect of a squatting tenant and a house I cannot sell. I did vote for Bojo but I got Bozo.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 November 2020 08:30 AM

An intersting point that HMG may have forgotten in their haste to appease the feckless, is that judges sit as the Monarch's representative. Originally the court would have been presided over by the Monarch. All criminal cases are HM The Queen versus whoever. Even the government is Her Majesty's Government. Now we have a "here today, gone tomorrow" politician asking private firms to ignore court orders. I thought the firms had more cajones.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 October 2020 10:33 AM

We should all support David Smith offering a “no win, no fee” service to challenge this cosy arrangement. This government is one of the reasons I am selling up, IF I can get my tenant to leave at the end of the notice period.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 October 2020 08:27 AM

Well Shelter certainly helped him to avoid being homeless - didn’t they?

From: Fedup Landlord 30 October 2020 08:23 AM

You have just written the Manifesto for Shelter & Generation Rent.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 October 2020 13:53 PM

The RSPCA are after donations, not helping animals unless they can get a campaign out of their suffering.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 October 2020 13:35 PM

I notice that this was a REQUEST from Buckland, yet the High Court Enforcement Officers Association immediately rolled over and agreed. MORE misery for landlords with tenants in arrears. MORE misery for landlords with tenants damaging their property. MORE misery for decent citizens with tenant neighbours comitting ASB. NOT a way to make friends and get votes!

From: Fedup Landlord 26 October 2020 11:56 AM

Have any UC or HB claimants had a reduction in UC or HB? The unemployed have not been furloughed or made redundant so their “income” stream has not changed, they have just spent that money on other things. Where tenants have been furloughed or made redundant, I suspect their landlords have been as helpful as possible. Remember, Councils and government do not actually produce any wealth. It all comes from taxpayers’ pockets!

From: Fedup Landlord 23 October 2020 09:27 AM

I'm not laughing, Barry. Already we cannot say No DSS/HB/UC . What is next?

From: Fedup Landlord 22 October 2020 20:12 PM

Imagine a 60 gallon aquarium toppling over in the flat above. SHUDDER!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 October 2020 10:17 AM

Citizens Advice, a misleading name since they do not regard landlords as citizens, but businesses, so will not give them advice!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 October 2020 08:52 AM

From: Fedup Landlord 19 October 2020 08:27 AM

Well said, Barry.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 October 2020 12:11 PM

Good grief! Listen to the moans about pet owning tenants - anyone would think that pet-free tenants always leave the property in an immaculate condition and no evidence that they had even lived there. Cleaning, damage, redecorating are all part and parcel of being a landlord and need to be factored into the rent. IF you have genune reasons for banning pets, fair enough, but a blanket ban could cost you long-term tenants. Meet the dogs, assess their obedience and, if still worried, increase the rent to cover potential damage.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 October 2020 11:20 AM

Make sure that "additional bond" does not breach tenant deposit law.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 October 2020 11:09 AM

Perhaps the LRU should put their hands in their pockets and become landlords so they can show the rest of us how it should be done.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 October 2020 08:44 AM

I have cats and dogs and allow dogs and cats in two of my properties. Pets are not permitted in the others because of the Head Lease. I always encourage landlords who want long-term tenants to accept pets IF their property is suitable. Dog owners are asked to bring their dogs/s to the viewing and to confirm who will look after them when the owners are at work. Yes, some pets do cause damage, so do some tenants and landlords, especially these days, need to take out insurance to cover those possibilities. In any case, Andrew Rossindale is an idiot who does not know that a blanket ban on pets is already classed as an unfair term. What a waste of Parliamentary time. No doubt Bozo Johnson, in another futile effort to chase the tenant vote, will be in favour.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 October 2020 08:41 AM

Landlords, agents and even tenants could tell the government that this is notb going to work, but we will all be ignored. The government will do what the government wants. Remember the way they listened over tenant deposits, tenant fees, Section 21? Neither do I.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 October 2020 15:03 PM

Does anyone believe the government will listen?

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2020 08:47 AM

How dare landlords want to sell their property! GR fail to realise that renting a property is a simple business contract, not a lifetime commitment and that many of their “wonderful” tenants are given notice because they don’t pay the rent and are no so wonderful!

From: Fedup Landlord 12 October 2020 08:44 AM

@David Crisp. Not at all - dogs are much nicer and cause less problems. I have never had to terminate a viewing because of the prospective tenant's dog, but I have because of their children!

From: Fedup Landlord 07 October 2020 11:20 AM

"Agents can benefit from placing orders online . . ." Translation: "WITH US". Good agents will already have systems in place to ensure that they are complaint for April 2021. We currently email our electrician as soon as a tenant gives notice - does that count as placing an order online?

From: Fedup Landlord 07 October 2020 11:05 AM

The usual COH* from COH. No mention of why there MIGHT be a "massive increase in evictions". No mention of ASB, Domestic Violence and, let's not forget RENT ARREARS. No good landlord gives notice to a tenant without good reason. A landlord will do all that they can to help a good tenant stay - void periods are expensive! *Claptrap Of Hot air.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 October 2020 11:00 AM

One - Polly Neate!

From: Fedup Landlord 07 October 2020 09:05 AM

Well done! Have Shelter put their money where their VERY big mouth is?

From: Fedup Landlord 02 October 2020 10:01 AM

From the NRLA a deafening silence! 😡

From: Fedup Landlord 02 October 2020 09:58 AM

Exactly. One of my properties is listed and could never reach a C. More RAP (with a silent C) from this government.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 October 2020 09:15 AM

Sensible advice from CA for a change! Certainly better than that acorn shower.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 September 2020 08:38 AM

As the saying goes, “He who sups with the Devil, needs a long spoon”.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 September 2020 08:34 AM

Tenant loans must be paid direct to the landlords otherwise more taxpayers’ money will be thrown away.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 September 2020 09:31 AM

Someone tell “Twangem” that evictions are ANYTHING BUT AUTOMATIC. Typical deluded, misinformed MP.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 September 2020 09:30 AM

@Algarve INvestor The point I believe that David is making is the he is NOT a charity. He, like the rest of us, is running a business. Why has the government protected tenants from landlords claiming rent due and not insisted they get free mobiles, Sky TV, electric, gas, water etc? If you don't pay your mobile phone bill or Sky subscription, they cut you off, Christmas Day or your birthday, neither matters! The same should apply to rent.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 September 2020 10:46 AM

Nightingale Hospitals, Nightingale Courts, how long before we have a Nightingale Government?

From: Fedup Landlord 24 September 2020 09:17 AM

So Oily and Ponce didn’t get what they wanted. Oh dear. How sad. Never mind.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 September 2020 09:14 AM

"Westminster has the largest number of private rented sector properties in England with around 52,700: this is 43 per cent of all of Westminster’s housing stock." That means that the MAJORITY, 57%, social housing. Will they be applying the same standards to the majority of their housing stock? If not, why not? Will they, in the interests of equality, set up a Rogue Tenant Database?

From: Fedup Landlord 23 September 2020 10:00 AM

It would be nice to think that govenment now realises the fakery of GR, Shelter, CA etc, but in the real world they wll still listen to them because they think, misguidedly, that there are more potential votes for them that way. The blind fools cannot believe that feckless tenants will never vote Tory. Once they could have guaranteed the Landlords' votes. I doubt that is still true after their attack on the PRS over the last few months.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 September 2020 09:54 AM

You are under the illusion that this is a Conservative Government.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2020 08:35 AM

Yes, there are starving lawyers who need taxpayers’ help. We must keep them in employment.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2020 07:55 AM

Liberal Undemocrat peer. The very definition of a waste of space, not to mention taxpayers’s money.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 September 2020 07:53 AM

Not a word from her about landlords who simply want their property back for whatever reason. Not a word from her about tenants who are simply not paying rent. Not a word from her about ASB tenants etc. Just the usual Labour claptrap all tenants good, all landlords bad. She needs to be told that Animal Farm was a story, not an instruction manual for her party.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 September 2020 11:17 AM

Perhaps Mr Pincher could detail exactly how the government has gone "further to support landlords". I have not seen any support, never mind "further support".

From: Fedup Landlord 21 September 2020 10:59 AM

Dame Gillian would do well to give them advice to “PAY YOUR RENT”.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 September 2020 08:54 AM

No last minute announcement - looks like you may be right. Two year's ago we hailed Boris as the saviour. Now . . .

From: Fedup Landlord 18 September 2020 18:54 PM

Not aware that I claimed they didn't!

From: Fedup Landlord 18 September 2020 12:54 PM

Has Nick Lyons ever attended a check out? If he had then he would not have made those comments. We have used independent inventory clerks (AIIC) for years and without exception every deduction has been challenged with the usual, “It was like that when we moved in”. Fortunately with photographs and signed inventory at check in, we are able to refute that in most cases.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 September 2020 08:41 AM

The day is not over yet. Wait for a last minute announcement from Jenrick.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 September 2020 08:36 AM

What did they pay for this advert? In the UK a White Paper is a Government report, NOT a press release.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 September 2020 09:26 AM

Wait until late Friday afternoon. That is when Jenrick usually drops his bombshells on landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 September 2020 08:40 AM

I am surprised that the number of landlords intending to sell up is not higher.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 September 2020 08:10 AM

So landlords with non-paying, or ASB tenants, even those wanting to sell are again shafted by an alleged Conservative government. This shower will not get my vote ever again.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 September 2020 08:07 AM

Yes, Matthew, landlords and agents need to accept that the law clearly states that the deposit belongs to the tenants and any claim against it needs to be proved. We use AIIC members and get photos (time and date stamped) plus a written inventory initialled on every page on check in. That avoids the usual "It was like that when we moved in".

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 12:34 PM

Research, Paul. They have to have CMP, PII and be members of a Redress scheme. Perhaps you would like to hold their first-born as security too? The number of agents who do a runner are very low indeed, whereas the number of landlords prosecuted . . . Time to look at the beam in your eye, Paul.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 11:31 AM

Unregulated? Is this the start of your ne career as a comedian, Paul?

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 11:16 AM

Why should any LA trust you to pay. I would not deal with a landlord who did not trust me.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 10:37 AM

Apart from enriching the solicitor's pocket, has Polly actually managed to house Stephen Tyler?

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 10:21 AM

I like that CRis. Dodged the Barrett Bullet. Catchy!

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 10:17 AM

That, Paul, is why despite respecting you posts, we would never do business were we in the same area. You obviously do not trust Letting agents yet expect them to trust you. Why should they? There are more landlords who get prosecuted than agents who run off with the cash.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 10:17 AM

@Matthew, Do you honestly believe that the 8% swing was a result of the TFA as oppposed to the disastrous policies, anti-brexit and anti-semetic policies of Comrade Corbyn? I don't believe that the TFA persuaded tenants to suddenly vote for Boris.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 10:10 AM

He got off lightly.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 September 2020 08:11 AM

Paul, ignore Mark Wilson, he is posting his usual RAP with the silent C. He is not known as Mad Mark for nothing.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2020 18:51 PM

@Paul Barrett They are not true Tories. THey may be members, they may even have been elected as Tories, but at heart they have more in common with Bliar's Nw Labour.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2020 11:20 AM

Another group happy to dictate to landlords but not tenants. The bit about “forgive all rent arrears” is the best bit. Total nut job.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2020 09:25 AM

Chris Town is under the misapprehension that this is a Tory Government. That is the label, but it doesn’t act like one.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 September 2020 09:22 AM

Usual cobblers from Cobbold trying to drum up business.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 September 2020 08:22 AM

@Paul Barrett - they may carry the label of "Tory" but we have not had a true Tory Government since Maggie was PM.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 September 2020 13:51 PM

The early EPCs were done by get rich quick guys. My house had an open porch at the front and back, with the back having what was the coal house and a utility room. Both porches were later fitted with a door. The EPC idiot marked the WHOLE house down because he classes them as part of the building (because of the doors) and they didn’t have insulated roofs. It’s mirror twin next door has no doors and is rated higher, despite the occupants claiming their house is colder.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 September 2020 10:17 AM

Well said, David. Spencer’s advice is unwanted, unwanted, unwanted.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 September 2020 09:09 AM

Define "Online". Our agency is classed as online but offers all the same services as "high street" agents. In fact, since it is home-based we would find it hard to simply shut the doors and scarper as a few agents have done. As the saying goes, you know where we live!

From: Fedup Landlord 06 September 2020 13:01 PM

Sadly not a chance. It would be deemed as breaching their human rights etc.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 September 2020 08:21 AM

PAul, for a laugh I occasionally look at the recommendations on the EPCs. Always laugh when I see a recdommendation that says "Save £25 per year" then the cost takes 60 years to recoup! I bet some Snivel Serpent had a good laugh when they drafted EPC legislation.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 September 2020 11:50 AM

Without having figures from Mr Mason who, unlike Perry Mason, does not give them, his claims are unsubstantiated. "The organisation says most agents and landlords understand and have agreed to these clauses" - translation most of the agents and landlords who took out insurance with us agreed. That could be 24 out of 46. "Some landlords and agents have refused the waivers" - that could be the other 22. agents and landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 September 2020 20:26 PM

What do you call a LL that is desperate to not be one!? Answer: Frustrated by Government policy.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 September 2020 11:57 AM

I take mine out through Rentshield but have yet to need it past 12 months - only time will tell for that. I know I can have a six or 12 month tenancy and it is transferable between tenants at the same property so if one leaves at the end of six months and Renshield reference the new one, I can transfer the policy to the new tenant.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 September 2020 11:32 AM

Not just young tenants, Fred. Thanks to the Goverment interference I suspect landlords will be more selective and wanting Rent Guarantee Insurance. I used to take out RGI for just the imnitial six months, but in future it will be for the whole term of the tenancy.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 September 2020 11:06 AM

Never heard of Housing Hand before, for which I am truly grateful.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 September 2020 08:42 AM

It is nationalisation of housing without compensation. Is Bozo Johnson secretly Corbyn's acolyte?

From: Fedup Landlord 29 August 2020 16:04 PM

David, I am selling one of my properties and had hoped to arrange that the tenant left peacefully since they are aware of my intention to sell and the property is on the market. The council (and the estate agent) told the tenant that I MUST issue S21. My hope of a civilised end to a long-term tenancy have vanished like summer snow. Yesterday I issued a Section 21 by post and email (which has been acknowledged) and, it seems, just in time thanks to the regular Friday afternoon Government bombshell. Is this the new MO for this government? Wait until the last minute before dropping something heacy on landlords? There should be a separate housing court with a panel of three who have experience in lettings as a landlord, tenant or agent and possession should be granted immediately, not in 14 days, for rent arrears. domestic abuse etc. If you don't keep up payments on a car, the company reposess without warning. Note that is repossess, not evict them from the car!

From: Fedup Landlord 29 August 2020 12:06 PM

Really? Or they could be as duplicitous as they claim landlords are and just be saying the individual has been expelled.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 August 2020 09:38 AM

Paul, we should all know by know that Mark Wilson only comes on here to make silly comments and attack landlords. At what point does a property stop being ex-LA? I bought one such property many years ago from the bformer tenant who npurchased it from the LA. I lived in it for three years and objected when the agent described it as ex-LA. I told them that if they wanted to be technically correct it waas ex-ex-LA. Conversely my parents and I moved into a council house in 1954 when it was newly built. They exercised their Right to Buy in early 1980s and lived there until their deaths in 2010 and 2012. I then rented it out after refurbishing it. No doubt MW would like me to have sold it back to the council for what they paid for it.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 August 2020 21:03 PM

Well said, Paul. We have been advising our landlords to move over to professional tenants for the last couple of years. Rents are the same and tenants easier to manage. plus they usually look after the property better.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 August 2020 13:53 PM

So much for Bozo Johnson's return to work campaign.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 August 2020 13:48 PM

@Algarve Investor I will NOT reward the conservatives by giving them my vote. On their current form I might as well vote Labour. If there is an Independent candidate then I will vote for them and Nigel Farage and the Brexit Party are not yet done with politics.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2020 12:46 PM

Does this government really believe that the feckless tenants will vote for them - ever? Not going to happen! Now, it will take a lot to make me vote conservative again.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2020 10:42 AM

So Kneel Starmer is joining the attack on landlords. Time for Nigel Farage to offer an alternative to both the main left-wing parties and support landlords otherwise will the last landlord to sell up, please turn off the lights.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 August 2020 09:16 AM

Bailiffs evict - Landlords repossess. Let's not adopt the language of the feckless tenants and the politicvians, although not sure that politicians are not also feckless.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 August 2020 13:19 PM

I’d be up for that.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 23:58 PM

So who will be brave enough to ask for a Judicial Review, Paul?

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 21:00 PM

Don't you mean BOZO government?

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 19:49 PM

How about Moneyclaim online every month that they are in arrears. That woul B*GGER up the courts system too and be a great response to Jenrick.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 18:47 PM

I too am selling one. I was considering investing in another that I currently co-own, but not now. If Boris ever wants my vote he can crawl over broken glass first. THEN I will say NO WAY!

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 14:08 PM

The government has made a last minute U-turn on the eviction ban - extending it for four weeks until September 20. The Housing Law Practitioners Association has tweeted this afternoon: “We have now had official confirmation that the stay on possession proceedings will be extended to September 20.” Thanks, Boris - we thought we could trust you. You will not fool us all again and when landlords do eventually recover possession (either they or their mortgage companies will) you WILL have to re-house the future homeless because the landlords will not be there to pick upo the pieces.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 14:05 PM

Don't be silly, Mark. We all KNOW it was wind that made you smile.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 August 2020 14:00 PM

They are the WOKE generation. They deserve everything and want to overturn history, laws etc. It started when schools stopped the pass and fail system, referring to fail as "deferred success". I am of an older generation and glad I will not be around to see what the country will be like when this woke mob are in charge.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 August 2020 20:41 PM

They are going to get wetter! - There, fixed it for you. LOL

From: Fedup Landlord 20 August 2020 14:38 PM

Probably the same rent-a-mob that follow Generation Rent, Extinction Rebellion, Bacon Lettuce Mayonnaise etc. Q: "Do you want to go on a protest?" Reply: "What's is about?" A: "Does it matter?" Reply: "No. When and where?"

From: Fedup Landlord 20 August 2020 12:29 PM

Union of working class people? Do ANY of them work?

From: Fedup Landlord 20 August 2020 09:42 AM

She is promoting her book: Generation Rent blah blah. On sale at Amazon for £8.19 down from £9.99 and soon to be sold at a Poundland near you.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 August 2020 11:09 AM

There’s that confusion again. “Courts hearing cases for repossession”. Surely to be consistent they should be “hearing cases for eviction”?

From: Fedup Landlord 19 August 2020 09:11 AM

Girish, you are missing the point, whether that is by accident or design I don’t know, but I will leave it there.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 21:59 PM

I suggest you re-read Luke's post. At no point does he say he wantsw to charge extra. He simply states that there are things that landlors are not necessarily aware of such as advertising costs which never go down and the time involved in R2R chesks; supplying copies of the EPC, Gas Safety How to Rent guide, Gas & Electric certificates etc.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 14:58 PM

Yes, why would you stay with an agentb that gives you poor service. I can not more accept your bald statement that "Good agent are far and few who do care and give good service." than I would accept the same being said about landlords or even tenants. Generalisations do not work!

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 12:43 PM

What leg work do you do that the agent doesn't/won't do?

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 12:19 PM

Headline says, “Returns to warpath”. Surely to return they have to have left at some point?

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 09:36 AM

It seems the way to promote yourself these days is not by showing you have a better product or idea, it is by attacking others. It works for Shelter etc so they think by attacking agents it will make them sound like a white (am I allowed to say that in these woke days?) knight riding to the rescue of poor, oppressed students and landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 09:34 AM

Twenty out of over six hundred MPs. Presumably these are the gobby ones full of self-interest and lacking common sense. As soon as I saw Ed (I want to be leader) Davey was one of the signatories, I knew not to take them seriously. They choose to ignore the survey from NRLA preferring to use emotive phrases in a vote chasing exercise. Perhaps someone should point out to them that banning evictions will make bailiffs unemployed. What they are seeking is a ban on landlords repossessing THEIR property for any reason whatsoever. Eviction sounds so much more emotive and vote grabbing though. Bailiffs evict, landlords repossess.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 August 2020 09:28 AM

As in the Wisdom of JOB?

From: Fedup Landlord 17 August 2020 20:30 PM

@PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend Now, now, you know you cannot use that 4 letter word (W*RK) when referring to Paul Barrett's feckless ones!

From: Fedup Landlord 17 August 2020 19:47 PM

This Kennedy woman has lost sight of the fact that the properties do NOT BELONG TO THE TENANT. They belong to the owners who should have every right to repossess their property for whatever reason. She should know that bailiffs evict and landlords repossess, but her version sounds more emotive so works in her favour.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 August 2020 09:10 AM

Bailiffs evict; Landlords repossess.

From: Fedup Landlord 17 August 2020 09:05 AM

@PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend Wee Burnie is waiting for the UK Government to fund something like Wales and then she can claim it as her own success. She won't spend Scottich money, that's for sure.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 August 2020 11:44 AM

Thank you for calling them what they are - repossessions! It is a typical Government response of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. What will happen if landlords default on mortgage payments and the lenders seek repossession? Will the lenders then face the ire of Polly, GR, CA etc?

From: Fedup Landlord 14 August 2020 10:14 AM

The NRLA have disproved Shelter’s claim of a tsunami of evictions. Let’s hope they refute Wee Burnie’s false claim of an avalanche. Is it not about time we stopped calling them evictions and referred to repossessions instead? If you fail to pay your mortgage nobody says the lender evicts you, they repossess the property. Bailiffs evict, landlords repossess.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 August 2020 08:22 AM

So that's why she is always talking out of it!

From: Fedup Landlord 12 August 2020 13:45 PM

I like that it is paid directly to the landlord or agent. Will Shelter. GR etc like that caveat?

From: Fedup Landlord 12 August 2020 10:16 AM

I am only surprised that a mere 48% will go with a recommendation from a family member or friend. Surely that applies to most professionals whether they be electricians, plumbers or letting agents? It does not mean that they don’t then check for accreditation. Perhaps if the NICEIC reproduced the question asked, the answers would be more believable.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 August 2020 09:51 AM

Not the best joke I've heard today, Philip.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 August 2020 21:01 PM

As previously stated, no proof just speculation. Between 5000 and 10000, that is quite a difference. I accept that there are bad landlords but I don’t accept that it is as bad as you and others, make out. The vast majority who feature on television programmes do, however, seem to be ethnic landlords who prey on the vulnerable or those new to this country who do not understand the law.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 August 2020 10:19 AM

Where is your proof or evidence that " there are tens of thousands of unscrupylous landlords" or are you quoting from a Shelter/GR/SC press release?

From: Fedup Landlord 06 August 2020 12:35 PM

London is not the UK and articles like this tend to make out that rents are falling across the UK. Is anyone surprised that London rents are falling. People are working from home so they do not need to live near the office. As another article on another site claims, people are searching more for properties away from cities. I used to live in London when I was young and loved it. Now, you couldn't pay me enought to live or work in London.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 August 2020 12:32 PM

Rents have NOT fallen in my area.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 August 2020 10:48 AM

"I see many properties to let still available at LA. They AREN'T being snapped up. " That may be true for your area, but not for mine. Paul. Properties are being re-let quickly and at increased rents.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2020 17:59 PM

Councils will pursue landlords for council tax on an empty propertty - what services does an EMPTY property use? However their (to quote Paul Barrett) feckless benefit tenants are rarely pursued for arrears.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2020 12:21 PM

@PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend I think commercial landlords may be feeling the pinch too. This working from home will have repercussions. My partner mainly works from home anyway but now almost all his firm work from home. Having invested moiney in enabling staff to work from home, firms now realise that they really only need a limited number of staff in the office so can save money on rent, business rates, heating, lighting etc. A very strange future for all.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2020 12:17 PM

@Richard Kirwan Small correction, they are not funded by the government but by the taxpayers. Margaret Thatcher often reminded her ministers of that fact. It would be nice to see charities revert to the idealistic viewpoint of raising money for good causes, but nowadays they are big business. I find all the “Give us money because of Covid 19” adverts a tad annoying. Especially when you have CRUK claiming to have lost £44million because of Covid 19, but MacMillan claiming that nothing will stop them.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 August 2020 10:23 AM

@Jane McCabe - liking your own post is no recommendation. In my area rents are rising and I can only speak for my area. During lockdown I had one property empty. Another had tenants in who were waiting to move into their own home. Now they have left and the flat is being refurbished before being let at an increased rent. Another flat was vacated at the beginning of this month and re-let within a week at an increased rent.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 19:00 PM

@Paul Barrett the phrase is, "He who pays the piper, calls the tune." Before the Tenant Fees Ban, I always felt that both were our clients. However, now our only client is the landlord since we do not get paid by the tenants. I believe this is known as the Law of Unintended Consequences.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 15:01 PM

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 13:00 PM

They will send you their benefit slips - they regards that as pay not a benefit. I have only ever had one "benefit" tenant that was any good. She worked part-time bringing up her daughter. She was on top-up and not only paid on time. she left the propery better than she found it. Unfortunately she did so well at work that she was given a promotion with accommodation and, if she turned it down, her salary was slightly too much to claim top up.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 12:36 PM

Polly Neate talking out the wrong end again. No evidence to support her wild-eyed claims but it is good for a few column inches and several thousands more in donations to help pay her salary!

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 11:21 AM

That is not "typical agents talk" and if it is, then you are with the wrong agents!

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 11:18 AM

Sounds like David Alexander is angling for a job with Shelter - the charity that DOESN'T do what it says on the tin. No good landlord gives notice to a good tenant without a good reason. "Obviously, many landlords have major issues of their own and it is important to respect these." Landlord at Tesco checkout, "What do you mean I cannot buy these groceries with respect?". For someone who has been successful, this article just turns you into a numpty. Even GR's own self-selecting survey on Twitter shows that less than 20% of tenants had a problem paying their rent.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 August 2020 11:16 AM

A rent of just 12 months and a high rent at that. was increased by over £250 pcm - a more than 21% rise in a year. Rents should (must?) cover costs plus a rainy day fund. It is a business and must make a profit. Once my tenants are in I don't, so far, increase rents while the same tenants are in situ. Of course some landlords increase renats annually, but 21%? Even you, Paul. would find that a hard rise to justify. While not all tenants are feckless, we must allow that some landlords are greedy!

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 20:45 PM

HIs/her/they was not specified in your post. How unusualy for a councillor to resign. Normally they cling on by their fingertips.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 20:34 PM

Paul. today I came across my first greedy landlord. I hope it is another twenty years before I come across another one.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 19:41 PM

I tried looking through their moans but gave up. They still have not grasped the fact that lanldord mortgage relief is not a holiday. IT STILL HAS TO BE PAID EVENTUALLY. Are they intellectually challenged or did they go to the Diane Abbott school of maths.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 19:40 PM

Of course it was suspended because a prison sentence would have barred him from being a Councillor and feeding at the taxpayers' trough!

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 09:38 AM

I never understand why benefit fraudsters get off so lightly. The fine should be double the benefits claimed and all assets fraudulently gained, seized. When people steal benefit money and then have to pay back at £1 per week it is ridiculous. If they have to claim benefits ever then payments should be deducted from their debt. That would be a real deterrent. No benefits EVER until you pay it all back.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 August 2020 08:32 AM

I have emailed them already. We need a Spammer button to make it easier to report it to LAT.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 August 2020 19:35 PM

David, that means them having to do something. I’ve lost count of the number of times a tenant has asked about something in the AST or Inventory because they cannot be bothered to look. Of course now that we cannot charge the little darlings for our time, it is easier to just email them a copy. Tenants must have, before signing the AST, copies of the EPC, Electric and Gas certificates and the How to Rent guide so GR are talking out of the wrong end as usual. Technically the EPC must be seen before they even view. Check any property portal and see it displayed or a link to it.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 August 2020 11:38 AM

In a Dalak voice: "Donate! Donate! You will DONATE!"

From: Fedup Landlord 31 July 2020 19:41 PM

NO, Paul, their slogan will be "Never knowingly underlet".

From: Fedup Landlord 31 July 2020 13:52 PM

@ Paul Barrett I call tehm Gimmegrants.

From: Fedup Landlord 31 July 2020 12:05 PM

Not in London but I have just re-let my bflat at £75 pcm more than last time. Not just that but had more enquiries than ever before. Not all areas are the same.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 July 2020 11:08 AM

I lost that many years ago when a council’s guarantee turned out to be worthless.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 July 2020 09:51 AM

Citizens Advice, the charity that will not give advice to a citizen if they are a landlord.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 July 2020 08:46 AM

Aren’t most of them?

From: Fedup Landlord 30 July 2020 08:43 AM

Just let two of my flats at increased rents.

From: Fedup Landlord 28 July 2020 08:43 AM

Maggie sold the houses to the tenants. The councils transferred ownership of others to housing associations. Tenants of housing associations now have the right to buy.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2020 20:42 PM

So glad I am not a landlord in Wales. Iechyd da.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2020 20:37 PM

I have tried twice to post the link to ASA but obviiously that is VERBOTTEN. Not sure why that got posted mid-tyoe, but there you go. I am raising that issue with them now and I suggest as many as possible do the same - strength in numbers and all that! Just Google complain to ASA

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2020 11:02 AM

I have tried twice to post the link to ASA but obviiously that is VERBOTTEN

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2020 10:55 AM

I still am amazed that they are never challenged under Advertising Standards because they do not do what their name implies. Well unless you counting helping to house Polly in her nice house.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 July 2020 10:00 AM

I think his name was Gideon Osborne. Wait! You said sane person. I withdraw my comment.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 July 2020 00:31 AM

David, did you then wake up to find it was but a dream? If they ever did act as Guarantors, I bet there would be so many excklusion clauses that their bank balance would never be at risk. Remember: Shelter's Funds Matter!

From: Fedup Landlord 24 July 2020 11:11 AM

It has worked - I have put my property on the market.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 July 2020 13:21 PM

I would suggest special pet insurance with the tenant paying the cost, but that is probably nagainst the tenant fees legislation! Severe lack of joined up thinking with this Government.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 July 2020 13:19 PM

Give them time. First remove Section 21 then cap rent increases - and we thought this was a Conservative government. Well, as the song says, "We won't be fooled again"!

From: Fedup Landlord 23 July 2020 13:13 PM

Remember David, as I was told recently by a feckless one, "It is against the law to discriminate against DSAS or low income tenants". I couldn't reply because I could only think of replies that would insult her intelligence.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 July 2020 14:04 PM

But that is the problem. These tenants will nbot vote conservative.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 July 2020 13:51 PM

Yes, a policy came up for renewal and I sought and received confirmation that Covid 19 would not be an exclusion.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 July 2020 10:25 AM

I use Rentshield and input the rent and they tell me what the figures are. Others on here will be able to give more exact figures but usually 2.5 and 3.5 times monthly rent.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 July 2020 09:40 AM

Well that didn’t take long. Yesterday, just four days after this article, I received an email from a female telling me I was “breaking the new law that makes it illegal to refuse to let go DSS tenants and THOSE ON LOW INCOMES”. We do not state “no DSS” but we do include the minimum income required by applicant or Guarantor because our applicants are referenced to qualify for Rent Guarantee Insurance. I did not reply.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 July 2020 08:07 AM

So according to her, refusing to take a benefit tenant makes you a “rogue landlord”. What a load of hogwash cones from her mouth.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 July 2020 09:21 AM

Even this government cannot be thick enough to believe that benefit tenants will actually vote Tory, can they?

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2020 20:00 PM

@Barry X If they cannot pass Rent Guarantee INsurance then they fail and do not rent one of my properties. Shelter can moan all they like but until they provide RGI on the same terms as professional companies, it will make Benefit tenants unacceptable.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2020 19:57 PM

Your first three words are all that is needed, “Shelter are appalling”.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2020 10:27 AM

Any landlord who supports Nationwide Bull**** Society is a turkey voting for Christmas. This ruling will not house a single extra benefit tenant. As Gromit correctly says, if they can’t afford it, they can’t afford it. To get Rent Guarantee Insurance they need a certain income and all the property I deal with have rents higher than benefit income.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 July 2020 09:20 AM

As usual no proof whatsoever. I could make claims about Citizen Khan without hard facts to back them up, but then I am a decent person and wouldn’t do that. He should be told to provide proof or to go back to worrying about knife crime etc since that is his real job.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 July 2020 10:03 AM

Shoulda Coulda Won't.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 July 2020 19:14 PM

Yet no campaign against the poorer standards etc in social housing by Shelter, CA or GA. I wonder why? Perhaps it is because they are run by theor WOKE friends?

From: Fedup Landlord 13 July 2020 11:55 AM

If those are genuine conservatice supporters then I fear for the conservatives. Th level of anti-landlord feeling is worrying.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 July 2020 20:11 PM

Unfortunately another Baroness is opposing her.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 July 2020 11:01 AM

Unfortunately this is why many dogs and cats end up in rescue. Tenants don’t always check that pets will be acceptable so they abandon them. Last week we had to put our eldest cat to sleep because of kidney failure. We had her for 16 years after I found her in our greenhouse. She was chipped and the previous owner just didn’t respond to our vets’ calls, so we took her on and were rewarded by her total love and affection.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 July 2020 10:59 AM

What is their definition of “non-decent”. For instance that could mean no double glazing. I’d love to put double glazing in one of my flats but it’s in a conservation area and the council will not permit it.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 July 2020 10:38 AM

My worst was accompanying a sales colleague when I worked for a corporate. The house didn’t smell and the dog was fine EXCEPT the place was heaving with fleas! When we came out, quickest look round ever, her legs had dozens of them up to her knees. I have found tenants with pets usually stay longer and, for the few properties that allow dogs, I insist the dog comes to the viewing. On the whole the dogs are better behaved than the children. On the abandoned dog issue, I think it is less a case of being bad - ten years of being bad - more a case of dog is not well and they cannot afford vet treatment. Pet insurance, certainly for dogs, is a must these days.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 July 2020 10:12 AM

Shelter believe that all evictions are unfair. It is their raison d’etre. Why don’t they spend some of the millions stashed away to actually house people? At least then they would know what some landlords are put through by their tenants.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 July 2020 09:36 AM

@Barry X One £843) is this year's monthly rent and £858 is last year's rent. IN both cases the deposit figures are wrong and do not instil much faith in them as a Deposit replacement company. The deposits should therefore be £972.69 and £990. Again this does not inspire confidence in the company and I will not be a client of theirs now or in the future.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 July 2020 21:20 PM

No response from NRLA?

From: Fedup Landlord 02 July 2020 09:37 AM

That will get Baroness Kennedy's knickers in a knot.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 July 2020 19:31 PM

Online searches are interesting. From Wikipedia: "In 1985 he co-founded an accountancy firm which became Murphy Deeks Nolan. The company was sold in 2000. Murphy was also the founder of a company that became the European distributor for the game Trivial Pursuit" "Murphy has since admitted that the manufacturing operation he set up in Ireland to manufacture Trivial Pursuit was there to avoid UK taxation, something of which he is now ashamed and was a turning point in his career towards anti-tax avoidance campaigning." "In 2009, Murphy lost a libel claim by Lord Ashcroft and associated businesses where he misunderstood an article posted on an unrelated website and published a blog post claiming that Lord Ashcroft's Belize bank provided "tax evasion services" "In August 2015, many of Murphy's ideas were taken up as proposed policies by Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour Party leadership election. " - THAT explains a lot. He seems a typical deluded left-winger that is not averse to making a bob or two on the side.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 June 2020 11:57 AM

Political advisor to Ed Milliband? Well she did a great job there, didn’t she? That sums up all that is wrong with her.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 June 2020 08:12 AM

Nver happen. Like Shelter, GR care about two things: Landlord bashing and a big bank balance. Actually houseing someone doesn't figure on their radar.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 June 2020 21:39 PM

@ Matthew Why do you think Cornwall Hospitals are refusing leave requests for October? I have had my Boris letter telling me I can go out again because the risk is low. Given my health issues catching it would probably be fatal so I shall be staying in. September is very optimistic.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 June 2020 14:11 PM

Much as I hate (not) to p*ss on your parade, Mark, our rents achieved are not down and are at the same level or higher than pre-lockdown. I can only speak for my agency and accept that others may have different experiences but it is not all doom and gloom.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 June 2020 10:00 AM

Don't want you to stop commenting Paul, just ignore MM and I don't mean Markle!

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2020 12:11 PM

@PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend Could. Should. Won't. She is ex-Labour and they don't do well with facts or adnitting that they are wrong

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2020 12:00 PM

Do you mean the Baroness or Mad Mark?

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2020 11:49 AM

Paul, don't rise to his bait. Mad Mark only comes on here to wind us up instead of doing some actual work in his own business. If he is ignored he will get bored and drift away and give his "wisdom" somewhere else.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2020 11:21 AM

“. . . stronger rights for tenants. I can’t wait to get stuck in”. Words designed to perpetuate GR’s contempt for private landlords. With Boris in office but not in power, there are rough times ahead for landlords. Will the last one leaving the business please turn out the light.

From: Fedup Landlord 25 June 2020 09:20 AM

@PossessionFriend Recently had some tenants leave and despite having an independent inventory we had the usual claims of "it was like that when we moved in" even claiming they adjusted the signed inventory. They went quiet when I sent a scan of the signed copy and time and date stamped photos disproving their claim.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 June 2020 16:09 PM

Paul, they are not the only council trying this. Two of the local councils I deal with are looking to house their homless with private landlords. One even has two logos on their emails: Black lives matter and Report a Rogue Landlord. They still think landlords will take them up on their offer after all their attacks on private landlords. My advice to any landlord thinking of taking up this offer is simple. He who sups with the Devil should have a long spoon.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 June 2020 13:00 PM

If only I was as perfect as you! Fixed it, now your post looks even sillier.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 June 2020 12:39 PM

So the motto is the same as I have been telling landlords for years, "Let in haste, repent at leisure".

From: Fedup Landlord 23 June 2020 11:21 AM

Paul, I stopped reading after the word Foxtons. My only experience with them was many years ago letting a flat to a young man in Bristol. I cannot remember why he failed but I do remember his sister ring up to tell me I was wrong because she worked for Foxtons! Actually she was in the wrong, legally and morally and I explained that just because she worked for a firm in London did not mean that she knew better that anyone else. They had an air of superiority in those days that still persists today. Not sure why because they have nothing to be superior about as thos court cases have shown.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 June 2020 11:17 AM

Porous borders? Paul, we have the Border Farce Uber Service gong out to sea, likking for them and bringing them here!!! THey should be turning them around or taking them back to that SAFE country called France.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 June 2020 13:14 PM

Unfortunately the Home Secretary, Ms Priti Useless, is full of hot air. She talks about sendng them back and the grand total of Channel Gimmegrants returned this year is ZERO!

From: Fedup Landlord 22 June 2020 12:58 PM

Sir Kneel Starmer will wait time see how much traction it gets before making a decision.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 June 2020 10:38 AM

PossessionFriendUK PossessionFriend Pen and paper? Some of them were still mourning the change from quill and parchment.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 21:28 PM

Or find a good agent!

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 19:52 PM

Having worked in the Civil Service when younger I am aware of how easy it is for them to make errors. They lack commonsense for a start. The Boris Boxes, which those of us needed for a while, contained five apples and fve oranges. Why five you ask? Well the civil servants work Monday to Friday so that is five days. Their thinking is, to say the least, blinkered.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 15:45 PM

The Government (in office but not in power) could easily rectify this by Statutory Instrument. Whether they have the will to do so is another matter entirely.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 14:51 PM

If the property is empty - get it tested. If it was rented after 1st June 2020 - get it tested. That is the simplest answer. We know that the government (in office but not in power) will amend all the errors and it is likely that the operational date will be 1st June 2020.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 14:44 PM

Thankfully they are in the minority. I have never had to stop a viewing because of the behavious of a dog, but I have because of the children.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 14:00 PM

Don't mention the word "work" in connection with Social Housing. A conspiracy theorist would suggest that if social housing tenants died it would reduce the welfare bill.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 13:58 PM

Just had one done on an empty proprty that has been let almost continuously for over twelve years. Cost to bring up to code - £780. One of the more minor problems, light covering in bathroom cracked and steam COULD get inside. A replacement light had already been purchased so they will swap when they do the work. Not expecting a bill that high, but if it needs to be done then so be it. While everyone can argue about the implementation date, if the property is empty just get the testing done.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 13:08 PM

Tenants with pets do tend to stay longer simply because few landlords will accept them. Personally I’d prefer well behaved pets to children! Much quieter and cause less damage.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 09:38 AM

Another advertorial. Good agents will already be doing this and keeping records of arrears etc so what he is really suggesting is that agents spend money with his firm. Does Cobbold also visit his grandmother and advise her on the best way to suck eggs?

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 09:35 AM

I note that the NRLA comment that, “Ministers remain committed to eventually getting rid of Section 21 altogether” and their wishy-washy response. Hardly fills me with hope so I think it will be SELL, SELL, SELL.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 June 2020 09:30 AM

THe NRLA should be shouting from the rooftops and challenging every false statement from Shelter, Generation Rent, Citizens Advice etc. When the Govermet first suspended S21, before suspending court action, the NRLA should have been pointing out that action already started would not be Covid-19 related and should proceed. Instead the silence was deafening. It now seems to be dawning on other causes that landlords cannot continue or start proceedings against rent defaulters, those gulity of domestics abuse or anti-social behaviour. Not just landlords will suffer thanks to Boris' b*llocks.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 June 2020 20:47 PM

But Shelter and Citizens Advice told Jenrick it was a good idea and there was nobody willing to offer a large donation to the Tory party to get him to change his mind.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 June 2020 11:59 AM

They are, as the saying goes, in office but not in power. THe majority of the press, civil service, judges, police, Shelter and Citizens Advice are now ruled by the left-wing so landlords are not welcome.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 June 2020 11:35 AM

@David Crisp, since the comment did not come from Mad Mark, I presume it was aimed at David Porter for suggesting we are lined up against the wall.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 June 2020 13:49 PM

It will only get worse when landlords like myself, leave the industry. I am sick and tred of being the punchbag for tenants, MPs, the Council, Shelter, Citizens (poor) Advice and now AgeUK. The charities are AWASH wth money and should buy a few homes and become landlords. themselves. At least then they would be actually helping the homeless instead of preaching about it. They are, as the phrase goes, all talk and no action. I remembere the pre-1966 HA days. My grandmother was a tenant and had buddleia roots coming through her kitchen roof every year. Black mould grew in the toilet through the stone walls because there was no ventilation. The landlord did nothing because he did not have to. My father and in later years I helped, cleared the roots and washed away the mould and repainted. Those days will return.

From: Fedup Landlord 12 June 2020 13:02 PM

@Luke - should be - perhaps, but it won't be. Judges will invariably side with the tenant who is on legal aid against the "fat cat" landlord. No EPC shown before they moved in, Gas Safey lapsed because of Covid-19 - in other words ANY EXCUSE.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 June 2020 14:42 PM

How does that work, Paul? Surely they have to go through the courts in the same way as landlords?

From: Fedup Landlord 10 June 2020 16:06 PM

In other, groundbreaking news, water is wet. Just be honest and call this article what it is, an advertorial.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 June 2020 08:53 AM

Anyone remember the television show with the catchphrase "Watch out, Beadle's about"? I long for the days when that phrase is feared by MPs and bad tenants instead of good landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 June 2020 14:11 PM

These two women, Bleat and Guy, are a bigger cause of homelessness than Section 21. Neither woman has housed a single person yet landlords’ taxes support both organisations. The Government, by asking how high when they say jump, have proved that they have lost the plot.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 June 2020 10:21 AM

As he been seen in the latest protests that were allowd to virtually run riot, the Government has lost the ability to govern so is pandering to the lowest common denominator. SInce there are more tenants than landlords, the latter lose out in the mistaken belief that the tenants will vote Tory. Notonly will tenants NOT vote Tory, few landlords will now.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 June 2020 12:26 PM

I suspect that question was rhetorical.

From: Fedup Landlord 08 June 2020 12:22 PM

Sarah, I own, co-own and manage seven properties as well as working part-time for an agency I set up with a friend. Of my own there are currently two empty and a third will be next month. Nearly every enquiry is a benefit tenant, but there is no way I will take them since the odds are stacked against landlords and very much in favour of the tenants. At leas of a professional tenant goes into arrears you can issue a moneyclaimonline since they seem to be still working. With benefit tenants landlords have no hope, particularly at the moment. Even before this we all knew councils told their tenants to stay put until the bailiffs arrived or they will regard them as intentionally homeless. Yet the councils still wonder why the majority of landlords want nothing to do with them.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 June 2020 12:36 PM

Paul, I can only speak for our agency. We are a professional agency trading for over fifteen years. Our tenants are all either employed professionals or students with guarantors. Only one asked for a rent reduction which the landlord agreed to, yet they have all paid the full rent due, The general perception is that landlords are coining it in so deserve everything that is being thrown at them.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 June 2020 00:09 AM

Any professional landlord who lets to benefit tenants in the future will deserve everything that happens to them.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 June 2020 19:54 PM

Weell, I blame myself for voting for this shower! I had planned to sell if Corbyn got in. Now its looks as if I will have to sell BECAUSE Boris got in.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 June 2020 19:18 PM

@Paul Don't do yourself down Paul. I think many landlords will realise eventually that this Government is out to get them and will sell up.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 June 2020 14:42 PM

Paul, if you are a landlord you should not think that they are out to get you. You should KNOW they are out to get you.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 June 2020 14:16 PM

Regarding frogs, Paul, today the first of my froglets left the pond to seek their new life in the outside world!

From: Fedup Landlord 03 June 2020 16:19 PM

@ John McKay - well said.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 June 2020 12:21 PM

@Barry X What annoys me MOST is that this so-called Tory Government is giving away my taxes to Shelter, Citizens Advice and any tinpot dictator who wants foreign aid. Given the amount that the Chancellor has given away lately ths country needs to cut down on the freebies! The furlough idea was good, but it should have been tapered - 80% first month, 70% second month, 60% third month and so on. As it is, when the furlough ends, the money tap will just be turned off. It will be a shock to a lot of people includng my neighbours who have been on an extended holiday since lockdown started!

From: Fedup Landlord 03 June 2020 11:48 AM

Sadly this Tory government will always want to show their caring side to get away from the label of being the nasty party. They are also trying to pander to the youth vote, which is a total waste of time. The youth tend to be left wing, I know I was. I think it is part of the idealistic view that the young will change the world. As I grew older/up I realised that not everyone can be helped. I briefly saw a programme last night on benefit claimants. One was £30,000 in debt and still borrowing money. No job, three kids so decided to spend £150 per child for Christmas but ended up spending £250 per child. He had a demand for over £200 but brushed it off on the grounds that “it will cost them more than that to take me to court”. THIS IS WHAT GOOD LANDLORDS ARE UP AGAINST.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 June 2020 10:01 AM

Thanks, but no thanks.

From: Fedup Landlord 03 June 2020 08:46 AM

@Barry X - sadly the majority of that half are politicians like Citizen Khan who believe the Shelter and Citizens Advice that all tenants are good and all landlords are bad.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 June 2020 13:11 PM

Of course they want a permanent ban on Section 21. I am already selling one property. If this ban comes in, then the others will also go.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 June 2020 12:45 PM

@Barry X Mad Mark - I like it!

From: Fedup Landlord 01 June 2020 19:27 PM

David, probably landlords would then be subject to more clawback and the council will have two choices to recover monies: Option A: Pursue the feckless tenants who have moved on to other pastures of Option B: Pursue the landlord. Rarely do they choose Option A.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 May 2020 19:34 PM

NRLA or NRTA? If only they out as much effort into supporting landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 May 2020 08:44 AM

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 14:47 PM

Paul, as you know I am an online agent and I can confirm that only one tenant has asked for a rent to be reduced temprarily. The rest are all paying on time, even in advance in some cases - I guess not all agents (on or offline) are the same.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 13:46 PM

@Gordon Brown - why class all online agents the same. That is as silly as saying all landlordds are bad because of a couple or all agents with offices rip you off because they have to pay business rates.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 13:44 PM

Curiously they have "testimonials" saying they have been managing their properties for seven years!

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 11:46 AM

Shelter, Citizens Advice, LRU etc all DEMAND the Government supports tenants. NRLA however, PLEADS with the Government to support landlords. Notice the difference?

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 09:40 AM

I couldn’t agree more, Paul and you know I usually defend agents.

From: Fedup Landlord 21 May 2020 09:37 AM

@Richard. I agree with almost everything that you say except the failure of agents to fight back. Any agent challenging these people would soon be reminded that of course they wold take the side of their clients, the landlords. Also the vast majority of the tenants agents deal with are the cream. It is the feckless few that rant about landlords. The NRLA should be the ones fighting back, not agents.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 May 2020 11:15 AM

The most annoying thing about this woman and CA is that MY TAXES HELP FUND THEM. These so-called charities like Citizens Advice (unless you are a landlord when they will not advise you) and Shelter, is that they get money from the taxpayer.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 May 2020 14:27 PM

I think Alan Smith is Amina Gichinga in drag.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 May 2020 21:10 PM

Are you blind, Alan? The web is full of ways for tenants to contact landlords if they are having GENUINE difficulties in paying their rent. The NRLA even has template letters covering the response from the landlord. As for landlords having a mortgage holiday, you do realise that it is anything but a holiday? The interest still accrues and the payments due when the landlord does not have to pay the mortgage either have to be paid over the term of the mortgage OR the mortgage period is extended. Hardly a holiday.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 May 2020 20:25 PM

SAdly, David, in ther blind hatred of landlords, they fail to realise that when the good landlords are driven out by their campaigning, they will be left with the bad. The silence from the NRLA is deafening.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 May 2020 12:22 PM

Dan Wilson Craw, very apt name since he certainly sticks in mine. He claims, without any evidence whatsoever, that there are “thousands of renters stuck in unsuitable homes”. Craw doesn’t even say why they are unsuitable. That could be because the tenant is in a property now too small for their expanding family, but that would not permit him to imply that the landlord is at fault.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 May 2020 09:14 AM

How kind of Shelter. Perhaps agents could get together and produce a guide for charities on how not to be total knobheads when dealing with landlords and agents.

From: Fedup Landlord 15 May 2020 09:01 AM

Any landlord banking with Nationwide is essentially a turkey voting for Christmas. Nationwide also donated their advertising slots to that well-known friend of landlords and agents, Shelter!

From: Fedup Landlord 15 May 2020 08:59 AM

"Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick says the government is “thinking carefully” about what more it can do for private tenants" NOT A DAMN WORD ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN DO FOR LANDLORDS!

From: Fedup Landlord 14 May 2020 12:54 PM

Ah, a surveyor! No doubt one of those that calls agents asking for comparables . . .

From: Fedup Landlord 14 May 2020 12:52 PM

No, John, most sensible people think that.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 May 2020 12:49 PM

Well said, John. Are we sure they are a "retired" agent or, more likely, an ex-agent.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 May 2020 12:48 PM

Where is your proof?

From: Fedup Landlord 13 May 2020 13:54 PM

It would be nice to hear the NRLA (and the government) tell these freeloaders that the VAST MAJORITY of responsible tenants are paying their rent or have arranged reduced payments while their income is affected. I bet that those shouting for rent to be suspended are those who take from the public purse and give nothing in return.

From: Fedup Landlord 13 May 2020 13:46 PM

As the phrase goes, “Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they”. A permanent evictions ban? How do these morons think that would work?

From: Fedup Landlord 12 May 2020 09:12 AM

I would, but I don’t use Facebook.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2020 23:34 PM

ARe you really Polly Neate?

From: Fedup Landlord 11 May 2020 21:17 PM

Keep reading, Matthew. "The things that we have treated as stores of value - which are mainly shares and both commercial and residential property - are massively overvalued now." "But I stress, even if we are concerned that the property sector might collapse that is not a reason to priorities the interests of landlords. They have to be at the bottom of the pile for support right now. In other words, the government has everything the wrong way round." Dear Lord, if talking was an Olympic sport, Richard Murphy would take Gold, Silver and Bronze.

From: Fedup Landlord 07 May 2020 12:30 PM

I couldn't disagree more, Paul. Small, independent agents are able to be more flexible that corporate agents.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 May 2020 11:34 AM

Paul, we are not experiencing the mass rent defaults that you suggest. Yes, there is a reduced income stream, but we have a duty to our landlords. Landlords have a legal duty to maintain the property, whether the tenant pays rent or not. An agent contracts with the landlord to provide a service and, if they find that is unsustainable financially, should give notice to the landlord. Personally I blame the Government 100% for this because they used the words "Mortgage HOLIDAY" rather than something like Mortgage payment deferral. The words holiday suggests a payment free period without comeback when, as landlords and agents know, interest still accrues and that the missed payments have to be paid, either by increasing the term of the mortgage or increased payments. Both of those facts escape the defaulting tenants and their co-conspirators, Shelter (who don't) and Citizens Advice.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 May 2020 10:57 AM

@Paul Barrett That, Paul, is the difference between a good agent and a poor agent. A good agent will support their client landlord rather than leave them high and dry.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 May 2020 09:43 AM

Paul, as you know Letting Agents collect commission on rents received, not rents due. So if not rent is paid, the agent doesn't get paid. Any landlord that signs a contract with an agent who charges commission on rents due DESERVES to be sued by the agent.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 May 2020 19:49 PM

I had to check the date THREE times to make sure it wasn’t 1st April. The kindest expression I can use for the Affordable Housing Commission is numpties. AHC now stands for Association of Hopeless Cuckoos.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 May 2020 10:24 AM

Well said, Barry. Trying to think of someing I disagree with, but nope, nothing to disagree with.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 May 2020 15:13 PM

You forgot to add, "IMNSHO".

From: Fedup Landlord 01 May 2020 13:44 PM

Barry, I assure you that many people will read your post and I thank you for it. May I also wish you well during your treatment. Sadly you are correct. The Tories are chasing the votes of the young renters who are unlikely to vote for them until they have, as Judge Judy would put it, been properly cooked!

From: Fedup Landlord 30 April 2020 18:58 PM

Sorry to disagree, but it is none of the tenant's business. You are talking about two separate contracts: Contract 1: Landlord contracts with mortgage company to pay the mortgage etc Contract 2: Tenant contracts with landlord to pay rent for the property and the landlord agrees peacuful enjoyment and to maintain he property etc. There is no right to know how the landlord financed the purchase.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 April 2020 11:52 AM

So a self-styled expert dows not understand that a mortgage holiday is not what it sounds like. Payments are simply suspended wth interest still accruing and payments either increasing or or the payment period to be extended. The money STILL HAS TO BE PAID. As others have said, my finances are MY BUSINESS and nothing to do with the tenants. NO doubt SHelter, who do not shelter anyone, will pick this as their next campaign - tenants must have the right to see the landlord's finances regarding the rented property. ONly joiking - I hope.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 April 2020 11:47 AM

That's easy, "Because the tenant said it was". Typical Labour supporting those who won't pay rent at the drop of a hat. The VAST MAJORITY OF TENANTS are responsible tenants and are doing their best to pay rents due. They also, when it is explained to them, understand that a "mortgage holiday" is not a holiday, but deferred payment with interest still being charge and the mortgage payments being either increased or extended to cover the misnamed holiday.

From: Fedup Landlord 29 April 2020 11:40 AM

Looks like the NRLA may be standing up for landlords at last.

From: Fedup Landlord 27 April 2020 11:39 AM

@ Paul Barratt I have ti turn off the television when thay see you next Tuesday from Shelter appears. Having a heart condition the lies he spouts just takes my blood pressure up to boiling point and beyond. *SHELTER HAVE NEVER SHELTERED ANYONE, EVER! Why do politicians suck up to them so much? *possible exception being Polly Neate who gets hundreds of thousands of pounds from the charity trough.

From: Fedup Landlord 24 April 2020 19:53 PM

I would not say that there is discrimination against non-British applicants, but faced with two equal applicants where one is British and one is not, I daresay that most would prefer the British applicant. Why are we doing the work of the Immigration staff? If there was proper immigration control at aiirports and the Border Farce was less of a taxi service in the Channel, there would be no need for us to check their status.

From: Fedup Landlord 22 April 2020 12:20 PM

You mean a bit lke the Shelter ads which were donated by Nationwide? I had to stop watching them on medical advice - raised my blood pressure too much.

From: Fedup Landlord 14 April 2020 11:13 AM

I love that quote, "JUST three months' notice". That could be another three months rent not paid and, no doubt, this bleeding heart Government will extend that to four months (or more) if they are pressured enough by Shelter etc. Do landlords realise that the adverts for Shelter's begging bowl have been donated by Nationwide? IF you have an account with them - close it and tell them why.

From: Fedup Landlord 09 April 2020 11:44 AM

If your agent doesn’t believe that a leak from one flat to another is essential work, then find another agent! The leak is damaging your property.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 April 2020 14:37 PM

Let's hope they remember that they are a LANDLORD's Association and start standing up more for Landlords.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 April 2020 11:04 AM

"landlords, many benefiting from a mortgage holiday"? Have I missed something? Mortgage payments are deferred whcih means pay extra to catch up or add to the term. That is not a holiday. Just imagine, this idiot could have been Chancellor of the Exchequer had voters not seen sense.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 April 2020 11:01 AM

Get another agent - fast! Check their contract with you - it probably says 10% of monthly rent received so they get 10% of whatever rent you get. Otherwise they could still charge you even if the tenant stops payng.

From: Fedup Landlord 02 April 2020 10:55 AM

Sadly the goverment has no money. The money these leeches get is from taxpayers including landlords and letting agents. They should be taken off the list of charities, they are running a business.

From: Fedup Landlord 31 March 2020 20:30 PM

Does anyone else find the Shelter advert sickening and raising their blood pressure? Those parasites have not housed a single person and are sitting on millions!

From: Fedup Landlord 31 March 2020 20:12 PM

Not to mention increased losses for those landlords who are seeking possession because of rent arrears, damage, anti-social behaviour etc. I fear this is going to affect the market more than Government realises and the three month notice will become a permanent fixture. Remember Income Tax was supposed to be temporary!

From: Fedup Landlord 27 March 2020 11:00 AM

@ PF Sadly yes. I put them on a par with each other.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 March 2020 18:53 PM

Citizens Advice, a charity supported by taxpayers that discriminates against landlords by refusing them any advice because they are "businesses".

From: Fedup Landlord 26 March 2020 12:11 PM

This is a temporary amendment. Just as Income tax was meant to be temporary. I suspct Sectio 21 will stay, but with three months notice.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 March 2020 11:59 AM

Typical knee-jerk reaction. So someone who has thousands of pounds of rnt arrears will be stuck with a free-loading tenant until this is over. I watched PMQs and listened to a Labour MP give to examples of Section 21 with no details as to why her constituents were being evicted. I realise that S21 is considered "no fault", but I bet she knew why they had been given notice.

From: Fedup Landlord 18 March 2020 12:42 PM

Flash Mob bully boys (and girls) in action again.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2020 09:46 AM

Will Katrine Sporle put her money where her mouth is, invest in a property and let it out to DSS tenants? She has no actual experience of the rental market. Typical "Those who can, do. Those who cannot, preach!". Luckily Benefit tenants cannot afford to rent any of my properties.

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2020 09:44 AM

When they do, it should be called the Richard Murphy Scale of Stupidity!

From: Fedup Landlord 05 March 2020 09:30 AM

Having dealt with students/Universities I am firmly convinced that whilst they and ther professors may well be intelligent, they totally lack commonsense.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 February 2020 14:27 PM

I don't have that problem. I only house professional, working tenants.

From: Fedup Landlord 26 February 2020 14:22 PM

In other words, this is an advertorial. Does any agent like to keep a property empty for a day longer than necessary? An empty property means no income for the landlord and no income for the agent.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 February 2020 10:23 AM

So the tenants have this explained to them, they are given T & Cs and still the tenants and these no-deposit firms blame the agents! I will avoid no deposit schemes like the plague (or coronavirus) but would recommend that any firm using them get the applicants to sign a statement to the effect that they have read the T & Cs and understand that their payments are not refundable and they will still be liable for damages etc at the end of the tenancy.

From: Fedup Landlord 11 February 2020 12:08 PM

I own a house in Penzance that is rented out. Would I let Cornwall Council or their agents put homeless tenants in there? Hell would freeze over first!

From: Fedup Landlord 11 February 2020 12:04 PM

A blanket ban on pets in a tenancy agreement is one of the examples of an unfair term and it is suggested that the clause reads similar to, "Will not keep any animal without the written permission of the landlord which shall not unreasonably be withheld". Obviously consent can be reasonably witheld if a head lease bans pets, as is the case with two on my flats, or if the landlord is letting their own home with the intention of returning and has a pet fur allergy. Sadly, as it typical with the Government, thy went vote chasing rather than listen to those who had knowledge of the industry. It would have been and still is, so easy to add the creatoion of a separate pet deposit of two or three weeks rent. It would be the sensible thing to do, so of course they won't do it.

From: Fedup Landlord 10 February 2020 10:54 AM

An advertorial winning the Febriary award for stating the bleein' obvious and advertising his inventory firm. "Due to the variables of rental properties, animals and tenants themselves, it seems only right that landlords are able to make decisions on accepting pets on a case by case basis". Do landlords and agents not do this already? I expect to see how well behaved the dogs are and the children if any. I have stopped more viewings with uncontrollable children than dogs! Unfortunately I cannot, because of head lease clauses, permit pets in some of my flats, but my former family home (a semi-detached house) has always had tenants with pets.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 February 2020 09:18 AM

FAO: Paul Gadsby, Good Luck protecting tenants' rights when the landlords sell up and move to another London borough.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 February 2020 09:04 AM

Isobel Thomson?

From: Fedup Landlord 22 January 2020 12:06 PM

Perhaps Shelter are the cause of housing related worries: Search Daily Mail for Why did Shelter back a squatter in my dad's house?

From: Fedup Landlord 15 January 2020 09:16 AM

Strong and stable - wasn't that Theresa May's mantra? How did that work out?

From: Fedup Landlord 08 January 2020 09:26 AM

@ Possessionfriend etc I once went to value a property with a colleague from sales because the owner occupiers were moving and could not decide whether to sell or let the property. There was one rather tired spaniel lying in the lounge, As we walked across the floor to the kitchen we could see the fleas jumping, When we left my colleague was brushing the fles off her stockings. I was lucky since, being male, I wore trousers. I felt sorry for the dog. I have six dogs and numerous cats and ALL are flear treated on a regular basis.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2020 20:06 PM

Does Jenrick have ANY experience of being a landlord? I suspect not. As usual, those who can, do; those who cannot, preach.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2020 12:32 PM

The MHCLG says measures already undertaken include “banning unfair letting fees and capping tenancy deposits, saving tenants across England at least £240m a year” just shows how out of touch they are. Banning tenant fees has pushed up rents. Agents are facing increased costs from property portals - ours has just increased by £50 pcm so who do they think will have to pay? Landlord will, as I have done, increase the rents to compensate. I have a tenant who signed the tenancy on a Saturday but by the Monday decided he didn't want to continue with the tenancy for "personal reasons". I have tenant insurance so he is aware until he is replaced he has to pay rent, council tax etc or the insurers will go after him. I still have to pay for the new tenant to be referenced, check in and out feers etc plus my time! Mind you, it could have been worse, Commie Corbyn could have won the election.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2020 12:29 PM

That bottomless pit of cash is OUR bottomless pit.

From: Fedup Landlord 06 January 2020 12:11 PM

Paul, Have you ever had a budgie? They fly around and poop anywhere, plus can tear v=curtains to shreds with they beaks and claws. As for a small dog v large dog, I have both small and large. The ones that make most noise are the small ones because they react to the small dachsund next door in an owner occupied flat that is left alone for long periods of the day. Bring an animal lover I do try, where the property is suitable, to persuade the landlord to advertise as pets negotiable. I insist that all cats are neutered and that the dogs attend the viewings. So far the dogs that attend the viewings are better behaved than the children. Jenrick really needs to to his homework though. Currently a NO PETS clause is regarded as unreasonable unless the words, WITHOUT the landlords consent (which will not be unreasonably witheld) are included. To me that says that only in certain circumstances can a landlord refuse a pet and those to anyone with commonsense, that excludes Goverbment Ministers immediately, would include landlords with allergies, head lease restraints and suitability of the property. A separate pet deposit would be a good idea, but until then an extra £25+ pcm would be a start.

From: Fedup Landlord 04 January 2020 18:16 PM

What a surprise said nobody in the industry. It may have surprised Polly Neate though!

From: Fedup Landlord 30 December 2019 19:55 PM

Found and signed.

From: Fedup Landlord 30 December 2019 18:53 PM

Of more significance and importance would be the number that were upheld. It is easy to complain, not always so easy to substantiate.

From: Fedup Landlord 23 December 2019 19:46 PM

Once the process starts at least one of my tenants will receive a S21 before it is abolished. A short letter will accompany it informing the tenant that they should thank the Rogue Charities Shelter, Generation Rent and AgeUK who have campaigned for this. Given the proce I anticipate that it will not be attractive to investmet landlords so another loss to the rental market. As you say, they will reap what they sow.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 December 2019 15:16 PM

Prove it, Polly or is it that you need a pay rise?

From: Fedup Landlord 19 December 2019 18:05 PM

Calm down, Paul, it is bad for your health.

From: Fedup Landlord 19 December 2019 18:03 PM

Not sure why Boris feels the need to placate Generation Rent. Their members will never, as Boris put it, "Hold their noses and put a cross against the Conservative candidate".

From: Fedup Landlord 17 December 2019 13:35 PM

So the RLA have rolled over and accepted the loss of Section 21? Well if/when the abolition of Section 21 appears on tbe Parliamentray timetable, my tenants will be getting Section 21s and I will save money on my RLA/NLA membership since I will no longer be a landlord.

From: Fedup Landlord 16 December 2019 13:14 PM

Perhaps not, but if Corbyn gets in we will have to provide free toilet rolls! Do they still make Izal?

From: Fedup Landlord 11 December 2019 11:14 AM

Just considering?

From: Fedup Landlord 06 December 2019 15:09 PM

Why has the council not issued an IMO if he is such a repeat offender?

From: Fedup Landlord 27 November 2019 16:28 PM

They obviously attend the Diane Abbott School of Mathematics. I can guarantee that the minute the abolition of Section 21 looks certain, there will be 4 tenancies getting a S21 and 4 properties for sale.

From: Fedup Landlord 20 November 2019 08:49 AM

His estates form part of a trust so he doesn't actually inherit very much, There is nothing stopping anyone doing the same with their family home. I paid no inheritance tax when I inherited my family home because it was worth less than £475,000.

From: Fedup Landlord 01 November 2019 11:05 AM

The Government is the taxpayer. I'd prefer to see Shelter and Citizens "exc landlords" Advice picking up the tab since they are so keen on abolishing it.

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