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Lyndon Baker

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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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 27 March 2020 11:00 AM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 18 March 2020 12:42 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 05 March 2020 09:44 AM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 26 February 2020 14:27 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 06 February 2020 09:04 AM

Isobel Thomson?

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 15 January 2020 09:16 AM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 06 January 2020 12:29 PM

That bottomless pit of cash is OUR bottomless pit.

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 04 January 2020 18:16 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 30 December 2019 19:55 PM

Found and signed.

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 20 December 2019 15:16 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 19 December 2019 18:05 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 11 December 2019 11:14 AM

Just considering?

From: Lyndon Baker 06 December 2019 15:09 PM

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

From: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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: Lyndon Baker 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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