Residential Letting Questions

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Getting Rid of lodger - Please advise by saruche Started by saruche, 03-09-2014, 11:50 AM	9 responses 1,339 views 0 likes	Last Post by Wannadonnadoodah 03-09-2014, 15:09 PM
Changing from a business electricity supply to a domestic one? Landlord pays bills. by liverpoollandlord Started by liverpoollandlord, 01-09-2014, 15:49 PM	1 response 1,019 views 0 likes	Last Post by easypay2014 03-09-2014, 11:28 AM
Best Deposit Protection Schemes by Jeansmith Started by Jeansmith, 02-09-2014, 09:03 AM	2 responses 879 views 0 likes	Last Post by bureaucrazy 03-09-2014, 09:28 AM
Nightmare Housing benefit tenant - Deposit not protected - help! by hello kitty_483 Started by hello kitty_483, 02-09-2014, 20:45 PM	5 responses 549 views 0 likes	Last Post by thesaint 03-09-2014, 09:08 AM
Request for Warrant of Possession by Mattyp Started by Mattyp, 20-08-2014, 19:22 PM	18 responses 3,128 views 0 likes	Last Post by thesaint 03-09-2014, 09:03 AM
Providing Prescribed Information by jeffers Started by jeffers, 26-08-2014, 09:06 AM	9 responses 1,022 views 0 likes	Last Post by jeffers 03-09-2014, 08:14 AM
Reclaiming rent arrears - going to court by agentpineapple Started by agentpineapple, 27-08-2014, 20:47 PM	11 responses 1,811 views 0 likes	Last Post by agentpineapple 02-09-2014, 20:31 PM
Replacing White Goods as a Tenant by Ex Curia Started by Ex Curia, 02-09-2014, 16:21 PM	4 responses 627 views 0 likes	Last Post by Ex Curia 02-09-2014, 18:45 PM
deposit worries by ilovepoppy Started by ilovepoppy, 10-03-2014, 15:21 PM	13 responses 2,488 views 0 likes	Last Post by Hippogriff 02-09-2014, 18:04 PM
Damage At the end of tenancy by scrfmah Started by scrfmah, 02-09-2014, 16:57 PM	2 responses 496 views 0 likes	Last Post by scrfmah 02-09-2014, 17:15 PM

Reply to property to be used as childcare

by Radekal

Thank you all for your feedback and advise, we have already written to our tenants and they seem to understand our point of view.
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13-07-2020, 03:33 AM
property to be used as childcare

by Radekal

Hello, we are landlords of a terraced house with a garden. Recently our tenants requested our permission to utilise the ground floor room as child care and run it as a small business.
I would be grateful for any information and potential issues for us as landlords. We still pay mortgage and our
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09-07-2020, 05:41 AM
Reply to Inventory Completion signing

by mariner

Not all 'Consumer Units' have trip switches, but fuse box, which cannot be checked unless a fuse 'blows. ' Only Consumer Units with trip switches are termed Residual Current Device (RCD) AFAIK
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13-07-2020, 02:16 AM
Inventory Completion signing

by Mike777

Hi all

Do people recommend having their inventory 'witnessed' in terms of Landlord and tenant both signing

Thank you for your time

Regards

Mike
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08-07-2020, 11:03 AM
Reply to General help and advice required regarding a house purcase to let to a family member

by MdeB

Almost anything given is subject to inheritance tax if giver dies within 7 years.
Look at HMRC web site for details....
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12-07-2020, 22:50 PM
General help and advice required regarding a house purcase to let to a family member

by Gizmo101

Hi there,

I have no knowledge of the rental market or buying a second house, so any advice on the following situation is much appreciated. My mother is selling her house for 150k. My brother currently lives there (no one else) and doesn't pay rent (there is no mortgage) and he just pays...
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13-06-2020, 21:34 PM
Reply to How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by Lawcruncher

I agree that "having a clause elsewhere" is not to be recommended. Doing it leads me to wonder what else is amiss in the agreement and who drafted it,...
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12-07-2020, 21:57 PM
How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by aciduzzo

I understand that legally tenants don't need to tell their landlord that they intend to leave after the fixed term. But i'm trying to figure out how best to get around this (as i really want to avoid the uncertainty). I could :
- put in a clause (arguably not enforceable) requiring the tenant...
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01-07-2020, 15:40 PM
Reply to How to get tenant to give notice of intention to stay or leave after fixed term ?

by MdeB

I have put it to the NLA, a couple of years ago, that stating a fixed term up front and then having a clause elsewhere that tries to make it a contractual periodic tenancy is misleading and probably breaches consumer law. Someone even phoned me and we talked for some time about it, but nothing changed....
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12-07-2020, 21:44 PM
Reply to Inventory Completion signing

by MdeB

Consumer units in my properties have a manufacturer's sticker saying "test monthly".
I believe it sends some current to earth so that the breaker should trip....
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12-07-2020, 21:21 PM

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