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[AndrewDod]

You (as the landlord) would probably be creating an HMO - you may be required to do all sorts of things - like pay a fee and install complex fire safety systems and so on.

Does your tenancy agreement say anything at all about the number of occupiers? Extra wear and tear. I would come clean...

[AndrewDod]

It is impossible for us to answer without knowing the details of the existing foundations and your digging. What do you mean by "on the boundary line"?

In general stuff with neighbours is best done with discussion and agreement. Great big walls at my boundaries tend to get used...

[AndrewDod]

Of course there are many things you need to do.

Why do you want to build to the boundary line instead of a foot away from the boundary line? How will you maintain the wall when your neighbor decides to operate in a similar fashion and builds a wall an inch from the boundary allowing your...

[AndrewDod]

Simple summary -- never ever get involved in schemes like this. Yes there are plenty of risks - too many for any sensible landlord to entertain.

[AndrewDod]

Don't accept rent from the boyfriend. Immediately write a letter before claim, wait 10 days, and then serve a claim (moneyclaim online) for unpaid rent (to original tenant). Write very clear correspondence outlining that until vacant possession is provided the tenancy continues and that she is liable...

[AndrewDod]

As above, you hold the cards, but you actually hold cards over your other three flatmates as well.

a) your mates would each benefit a little from early termination and you would lose out.
b) it cannot be ended (assuming it is a joint tenancy) unless you all agree.
c) You mates...

[AndrewDod]

Is this your own home?
Who will get the rents afterwards or live there? - even if this were a gift, gifts with reservation of benefit are a different animal in terms of inheritance tax.

You are gifting 1/10th of 120K. There is no stamp duty on gifts. However the gift of mortgage liability...

[AndrewDod]

I don't agree that it is always stupid. We have no idea as to the exact details here but I imagine the agent had good reason for asking T to properly maintain. Depending on the type of property it can cost many thousands of pounds (even tens of thousands) to resurrect a destroyed garden - and if L is...

[AndrewDod]

You are renting a room by the sounds of things - not a joint tenancy. You have no right to park in the landlord's drive unless that was specifically negotiated and agreed (and presumably factored into the rent you pay).

Do you have a single tenancy agreement signed by all of you, or did...

[AndrewDod]

Was it predictable? Was it an apparently healthy tree or was neighbour (or you) digging around it or trenching (for example).

If it is just one of those things, you are responsible. If you caused it, you may be responsible for sorting out your neighbour's problems as well.

[AndrewDod]

Yeah. Steer well clear of this sector of the market. This is a market where the clients deserve a good deal and a lot of care. Sadly a lot of legislation doesn't allow you to offer that while protecting yourself. So avoid until such time as the law changes -- or charge a very large rent commensurate...

[AndrewDod]

That might influence the allowed number of days assumed for service. But I believe (bizarrely) 2nd class post is not mentioned in the CPR (but it does not specifically mention a variety of other delivery services or process server by name either).

Has tenant denied receiving the notice?...

[AndrewDod]

I get pretty irritated when tenants put up any new hooks and nails in walls. It is all very well to maintain that you "will repair them" but in practice this is not possible, usually, without repainting the entire wall, and with 6 month tenancies the walls rapidly turn into a huge mess....

[AndrewDod]

Company expenses have nothing to so with the service charge. They cannot be incorporated in the service charge or taken from lessee funds. What exactly is the advice about?

[AndrewDod]

You clearly cannot prove you gave them an address for service.

Edit: I see that this is a "freehold" property with estate charges -- some of my comments will therefore not be relevant - profuse apologies. I cannot delete the posts. Your option to challenge here will be via the...

[AndrewDod]

Yes, admin fees do need a separate notice of rights.

https://www.lease-advice.org/advice-...arges-england/...

[AndrewDod]

That is not really going to help you (unless the R&O were not included with the service charge requests as well). they can just, as you say, correct the matter, and it becomes payable then and only then (so they can't charges fees due to non payment of admin charges -- if those admin charges were...

[AndrewDod]

See https://www.fletcherday.co.uk/news-a...t-lies-beneath

Have any of the flats converted into the vaults?
If that is the case there probably is ownership responsibility - but whether that responsibility extends only to the basement flats...

[AndrewDod]

Pay a process server to serve by hand (give them all three addresses) - additionally also serve by post with a certificate of postage at all three addresses. Then state last known address on the court docs enclosing also proof of service by the process server (if that was at the girlfriend's address...

[AndrewDod]

This is really confusing (to me anyway). Maybe redraft question with A,B,C for each property. Not at all clear what your fancy maneuver was intended to achieve.... but yes, ludicrous laws make people do ludicrous things. --- and this law penalises folk who are much more vulnerable than many of those...