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[JK0]

It's window dressing. S8G1 still required a court hearing. Imagine going through that while homeless?...

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Of course.

No-one will dream of letting their house out while working away, same as in the old days, lest they can't get it back again....

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Nearly. My excuse is that I had to drop this flat to do a couple of other urgent jobs which took 3 months extra....

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Consulting? I said it was a fait accompli, didn't I?

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I'm wondering if o/p's landlord got wind of this Smart policy, and reminded agent that he already said he did not want it.

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Finished at last and relet: https://www.rightmove.co.uk/property...-83286578.html

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Also, if the other rents in the area are sky high, maybe they think they'll get a nice cheap council house?...

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But expect a bill for their reply. ...

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Hmm. But who is going to want to buy an expensive new flat across the hall from benefit claimants?

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There is a distinction between a place being an HMO and a licensable HMO. Look that up, and check they are correct....

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Is there any possibitlity the council are wrong? What criteria do they claim?

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Let me guess:

Asbestos survey, Electrical inspection, health & safety inspection, accountancy... (Usual lucrative nonsense.)...

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I gave you one in post #25

Also analysed the economics in post #15....

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Chasing you, or chasing him? ...

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I wonder if he is hoping to forfeit your lease for non payment. That would explain him not replying now.

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I think if an agent doesn't stitch you up one way, it will be another.

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You're the author of your own misfortune, aren't you o/p?

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Won't your lease remain the same for the next 80 years? They don't get changed when a new freeholder buys.

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Rather like climate change causing CO2 increase, instead of CO2 increase causing climate change, I wonder if it was the repossessions that caused the rent increases rather than rent increases causing repossessions?

Perhaps having a larger turnover of tenants who refuse to even pay existing...

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Nothing like confusing correlation with causation, eh?