Residential Letting Questions

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Sticky: L's right of access for inspection or viewing? by Lawcruncher Started by Lawcruncher, 08-03-2010, 15:27 PM	547 responses 211,919 views 1 like	Last Post by jpkeates 01-12-2020, 13:56 PM
Closed, Sticky: Tenancy Guarantees by Lawcruncher Started by Lawcruncher, 03-01-2016, 12:16 PM	58 responses 8,511 views 1 like	Last Post by Moderator2 12-08-2020, 13:29 PM
Sticky: Judgment Enforcement Options by vicks Started by vicks, 10-05-2012, 18:25 PM	51 responses 37,397 views 4 likes	Last Post by jpkeates 31-07-2020, 15:21 PM
Closed, Sticky: Useful information which may be requested from new posters by Moderator2 Started by Moderator2, 20-10-2014, 06:54 AM	0 responses 16,702 views 0 likes	Last Post by Moderator2 20-10-2014, 06:54 AM
Closed, Sticky: Using grounds under Schedule 2 to the 1988 Act by Moderator1 Started by Moderator1, 15-11-2010, 10:53 AM	0 responses 24,789 views 0 likes	Last Post by Moderator1 15-11-2010, 10:53 AM
4 months of sewage smell/humidity and damp in rented flat by Beachball Started by Beachball, 08-09-2010, 20:27 PM	16 responses 9,733 views 0 likes	Last Post by Beachball 20-09-2010, 20:36 PM
Serving s.8 Notice- unpaid rent plus breach of obligations by mr2flyer Started by mr2flyer, 29-08-2010, 20:08 PM	40 responses 4,774 views 0 likes	Last Post by westminster 20-09-2010, 18:05 PM
Legislation re inducements to take residential let? by henry1 Started by henry1, 20-09-2010, 15:00 PM	2 responses 1,084 views 0 likes	Last Post by henry1 20-09-2010, 15:50 PM
invoking six month break clause by mangohoney Started by mangohoney, 20-09-2010, 12:50 PM	3 responses 797 views 0 likes	Last Post by maxh 20-09-2010, 15:20 PM
Freezer broke down, tenant wants £20 for ruined food by eugene_boudin Started by eugene_boudin, 17-09-2010, 21:57 PM	30 responses 874 views 0 likes	Last Post by Springfields 20-09-2010, 13:50 PM
Problems with L by James83 Started by James83, 20-09-2010, 10:20 AM	3 responses 1,009 views 0 likes	Last Post by westminster 20-09-2010, 13:41 PM
T complaining about draft from back door. L obliged to fix? by IanM Started by IanM, 20-09-2010, 11:33 AM	3 responses 1,286 views 0 likes	Last Post by IanM 20-09-2010, 12:15 PM
Redirect: Recommendations re books about renting/leasing? by icrecruitment@yahoo.co.uk Started by icrecruitment@yahoo.co.uk, 20-09-2010, 10:02 AM	—	—
As L, I'm naive and ignorant: can you recommend books? by teflsue Started by teflsue, 20-09-2010, 10:02 AM	0 responses 631 views 0 likes	Last Post by teflsue 20-09-2010, 10:02 AM

Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by AliRaz

Completely separate entrances....
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26-02-2021, 16:21 PM
Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by AliRaz

Good afternoong,

Hope someone will be able to give me an advice here. Me and my husband have been renting a flat out a flat for a couple of months. It was advertised as a private garden flat with all bills (incl. council tax) included, we didn’t question it much. The landlord’s family...
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26-02-2021, 14:20 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by jpkeates

How do you get into and out of the property and how do the landlord and his family get into and out of the property?...
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26-02-2021, 16:19 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by Hudson01

If it is not recognized as a separate dwelling for council tax etc and all it takes is the home owner to go all DIY and put a piece of ply wood up then to the local authorities it would not '' appear '' on any records, thus making it very easy to simply declare nothing to HMRC. My main concern is as...
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26-02-2021, 16:17 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by AliRaz

This is the part that I am questioning. I mean, yes, it CAN be a separate dwelling without being a separate property, but from my understanding, all self-contained units were regarded as dwellings and all dwellings had to be asessed and potentially assigned to a council tax valuation band. But this...
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26-02-2021, 16:14 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by jpkeates

How could it be a scheme to do either of those things?...
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26-02-2021, 15:54 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by jpkeates

No.
It can simply be a separate dwelling without being a separate property.

If you have the sole occupation of the space and it has all the facilities to allow you to live, cook and sleep there it's capable of being a tenancy, rather than a lodger / excluded occupant arrangement,...
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26-02-2021, 15:51 PM
Reply to Renting out a garden flat which isn’t registered as a separate address

by Neelix

Sounds like a scheme to avoid income tax and council tax...
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26-02-2021, 15:40 PM
Reply to We've been accepted.....need a few pointers please

by nukecad

Whilst it's good to be cautious you seem to have already provided this person with your bank statements.
So they already have your account number and sort code; unless you redacted them.

As Berlingogirl says it's unlikely that a scammer would go through all those checks. (They just...
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26-02-2021, 15:36 PM
We've been accepted.....need a few pointers please

by ShelNay21

Morning everyone,

Following on from my first post last week, I am pleased to say that last night we got accepted on a property through a private landlord on OpenRent.

I'm just looking for a little advice from you landlords about how to proceed and what to be asking of the landlord....
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26-02-2021, 08:08 AM

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