I have asked him 3 times to allow the gas safety check, all backed up by paperwork. The last letter stated that if he did not allow the safety check I may need to contact HSE/Transco.
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How is your paperwork backed up? i.e. If you were to go to court next week because the tenant had claimed you had not got the check done, how would you show you had tried the three times?Allow tenants to protect their own deposits. I want free money when they do it wrongComment
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I own a 1 bed flat which is situated in converted house with 6 flats.
each flat has the right to install a tv aerial / satellite dish on the roof. My signal stopped and when I checked I found a TV Aerials had broken away from the wall and damaged my dish. I contacted the managing agent...29-06-2022, 19:01 PM -
If private tenants cannot offload problematic tenants, they are in effect relieving the state of their duty to house people. .It is not about strengthening rights. Rather it a strategy that will allow government to abdicate their duty to the poor and the vulnerable. Two birds with one statute.29-06-2022, 18:24 PM
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Landlords are to be prevented from evicting tenants in England without giving a reason, under proposals published in a government White Paper.
The Renters Reform Bill will also end blanket bans on benefit claimants or families with children - and landlords must consider requests to allow...16-06-2022, 06:59 AM -
Reply to Lodger or tenant?I think the idea is that income from the lodger will pay most of the bills leaving just the mortgage repayments. And then in 5 years a rethink on selling or staying but as you say, I'm aware myself a lot of landlords are selling rather than buying right now. Personally I just don’t see the point in...29-06-2022, 18:05 PM
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Dear all
I'd like to ask your options/advice on a situation with a friend.
He is in the process of buying a one bedroom flat and has a plan to rent the bedroom to a lodger and keep the living room locked for himself but not actually live there.
My belief is if...28-06-2022, 07:10 AM -
Thanks for the replies all. It's too much to go into on the forum (would become war & peace!) however yes, in a nutshell, I've gradually lost confidence in their ability to maintain rent payments, let alone the arrears. I heard nothing from them until I served the notice to leave, then low and...29-06-2022, 15:37 PM
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Background. No rent paid April, May, June so three months arrears. Tenant not good at communicating on this. After a few emails, one or two signed for letters and a notice to leave served, they eventually agreed to recommence rent payments and pay down arrears from 1st July. Apparently rent wasn't...29-06-2022, 14:30 PM
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Are they abandoning bailiffs then?...29-06-2022, 15:29 PM
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Could the strikes to come have an effect on evictions or will it have no impact at all ?28-06-2022, 19:38 PM
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