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As ever the private landlord is the devil... ..in practical terms the number of rental properties will shrink significantly with the repeat election bribe of selling off social housing stock at the expense of those who need it plus the inability of landlords to minimise risk- (with landlords unable to tackle rent arrears or sell properties if they cannot afford to keep them which may well be the case with rising interest rates) making property rentals an increasingly unappealing business proposition - resulting in fewer homes for people that need them.
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10 May 2022 14:22 PM
My experience of pets has been a nightmare - for example a cat which ruined the sofas, scratched all the furniture, had hairs embedded throughout the property and gave the next tenants fleas (even when the property had been professionally deep cleaned twice before they moved in) - the damage was far more than the deposit - so my take is 'no' on pets unless the tenant is prepared to pay for deep cleans and damage caused by that animal - which in my experience tends to be throughout the property. For that reason I think pets are only viable if the tenant is staying for a number of years not just a standard AST - so extra protection should be put in for landlords because of the huge amount of damage that they cause to properties.
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16 October 2020 10:58 AM
This is ridiculous - and is just a way of discriminating against houses that are built before cavity walls - as older houses just don't reach the higher efficiency bands many being a D even with loft insulation, LED lighting etc. Also in damp places cavity wall insulation can be disastrous and the can retain damp and condensation - so clearly very little thought has gone into this
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17 November 2017 07:59 AM
If the council is paying the rent directly to landlords (i.e. the housing benefit that most tenants would be receiving then it is a win-win - with landlords getting guaranteed rent, people having somewhere settled and of a decent standard to live in and councils having to pay less in totla for emergency accommodation
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17 November 2017 07:55 AM
Which is why as usual government' interference' is badly thought out xxxx as it never takes into account that business costs are business costs that someone ultimately will have to pay as these checks need to be done.....
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29 November 2016 09:42 AM
I agree! The Section 21's essential - otherwise the risk of letting to people who don't pay is too great - what this latest attack on landlords fails to acknowledge is that if the landlord could not pay the mortgage/their new (BTL landlords are the root of all evil and 100% responsible for our xxxx economy) government imposed tax bill the home would be repossessed and the tenant kicked out anyway!
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28 November 2016 08:20 AM
Oh you mean like when they don't ventilate the property, fail to report problems that they may have caused etc etc!!
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24 November 2016 08:56 AM
Actually I find it really frustating living in an ex-local that is it more hassle than it is worth to let my home on Air BnB because of the meddling interfering stance of the local council - having paid many thousands of pounds to buy my home I would hope to have the freedom to do what I want with it - including let it out when I'm, on holiday to try and recoup some of the ridiculously high costs I have to pay to go abroad because of having children and therefore being only 'allowed' by the (equally meddling and interfering) LEA to travel during school holidays at peak prices. It would also solve the problem and stress of leaving a property unoccupied in a neighbourhood where there's a lot of burglary and help someone out with children like myself so they get to stay somewhere homely with toys and a family atmosphere at a price they can afford - WIN-WIN - but of course not - too many rules, too much red tape, too much blaming landlords for every problem with the economy............
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04 November 2016 11:07 AM
I find this laughable - when looking to expand my portfolio in a London borough that had HMO licensing style restrictions for households with 2 or more sharers (which btw my tenants feel is a huge invasion of their privacy) - the majority of properties for sale that I viewed were mouldy, damp and overcrowded - yet all of the owners had successfully got the licence from the local council! To me this just seems like another round in blaming and scapegoating Landlords as the root of the economy's problems ( and all evil in general) by an ineffective government that in reality will change very little except that tenants will have to pay more to cover the costs involved in spending hours filling out forms that the local authority employees when asked for guidance don't seem to understand themselves and paying licensing fees.
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19 October 2016 08:54 AM
Good luck Steve and Chris - let's stop this government discrimination against and scapegoating of private landlords now!
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