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As far as I am aware, if you pay by direct debit ONLY you can get unused quarters refunded. Otherwise, you can get the license transferred to another property.
Any posts by myself are my opinion ONLY. They should never be taken as correct or factual without confirmation from a legal professional. All information is given without prejudice or liability.
You can get a refund for any full quarters unsued, regardless of payment method. Or you can transfer to another person.
Any posts by myself are my opinion ONLY. They should never be taken as correct or factual without confirmation from a legal professional. All information is given without prejudice or liability.
The offence is to watch an unlicensed telly, not to own one. If you supplied the tellies then, unless you stated in your leases that the tenant was required to license same, it is probable that you should have done. If the tenants themselves acquired the tellies then they should have acquired licenses if they wanted to watch them.
P.P.
Any information given in this post is based on my personal experience as a landlord, what I have learned from this and other boards and elsewhere. It is not to be relied on. Definitive advice is only available from a Solicitor or other appropriately qualified person.
You need a TV Licence to use any television receiving equipment such as a TV set, digital box, DVD or video recorder, PC, laptop or mobile phone to watch or record television programmes as they're being shown on TV.
If you use a digital box with a hi-fi system or another device that can only be used to produce sounds and can't display TV programmes, and you don't install or use any other TV receiving equipment, you don't need a TV Licence.
It's unlikely, despite that it is not unknown for T.V. license inspectors to "bend" the law to suit their own aims and objectives. As I said, the only offense is committed by a person watching an unlicensed telly (or using other equipment capable of receiving a television transmission).
P.P.
Any information given in this post is based on my personal experience as a landlord, what I have learned from this and other boards and elsewhere. It is not to be relied on. Definitive advice is only available from a Solicitor or other appropriately qualified person.
I would do some reading up on here in general - you seem to have been having a few problems with both tenants and agents recently. There are a lot of very helpful articles on the main site as well as in the forum that can help avoid a lot of problems and/or doubt.
Certainly you will want to use an AST that doesn't leave any room for ambiguity as to this issue in future.
Yet another question. I haven't cancelled my TV licence yet. My property has just been let and is furnished complete with TVs. Am I responsible for TV Licence or the tenant?
My property has just been let and is furnished complete with TVs. Am I responsible for TV Licence or the tenant?
It's up to you decide you is going to pay for the license - your AST agreement should state this clearly for the avoidance of doubt - but it will be the individual living at the property and watching the TV who is the one who gets prosecuted.
Unless you have undertaken in the TA, as Eric says, to pay for the TV licence, then I would take yours with you to your next address and inform the licensing authorities online that you have done so. Ts usually expect to pay for their own.
Also, if the rooms are let out on separate ASTs they should all (in theory) buy their own licences, i.e. one per each bedroom with TV in it. But that is their problem, not yours.
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I let out a furnished flat and currently I pay the TV licence. However, my current tenant is leaving soon as when I get a new tenant I will no longer pay for the licence.
I just want to check that it is okay to do this, i.e, because I supply the TV does it mean I have to pay the licence?
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