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[boletus]

Yes.



Not really, it might take a lot longer than a month to get a new, decent quality, tenant moved in. Plus the cost of re-advertising, viewings, vetting, checking right to rent, drawing up a new AST, serving how to rent guide, serving a cp12, protecting a new deposit, serving...

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Thanks for that Andrew. Cheered me up! My lesson only cost me £3K.
No longer blinded by the glitzy jobs.
I had a celebrity earning a lot of money who was quite surprised when I insisted on a guarantor....

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Sorry to nitpick but they don't need to have previously lived there.

If you got your info from here;
https://www.landlordzone.co.uk/infor...round-1-notice

The landlordzone explanation is incorrect, if you look at the quoted legislation it states "or"....

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The UK has a reciprocal arrangement with NZ for the enforcement of judgements.
Checking them in their own countries lets them know you know your stuff and helps lay down the ground rules.
With 2 doctors I'd definitely pursue them if it came to it.
It would cost me £60 to reference...

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I think with this tenant it comes across as a bit threatening, in a 'I know where you live' way rather than just taking sensible precautions.

Generally I find tenants don't give two hoots about a landlord's circumstances, AST's, How to Rent guide, EPC's etc. If a tenant is clued up, it...

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The checks carry more weight in some countries than others. I'd rate a NZ check similar to one carried out in England.
I use them in addition to my own checks.

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Tenant verify advertise on landlordzone and carry out international referencing checks, including NZ;

https://www.tenantverify.co.uk/

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It doesn't sound like you are paying top rent. You may think it is a lot but in a heated market you're paying average Ford money and expecting a Rolls Royce concierge service.
Writing a list of 81 minor items you're not happy with would sound...odd, to most reasonable people. It is also self defeating...

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As per the government guidance;

https://assets.publishing.service.go...nce_190722.pdf...

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You've set up CCTV to monitor your tenants movements.
He's threatening to change the locks and dictating terms.
Seems like you're well suited together.

[boletus]

There is a good chance your landlady won't be renewing your tenancy. Better to leave on your own terms, especially as you hate living there.

A list of 81 items sounds like you have unrealistic expectations.

In future, only take on a property that is 100% finished to your a...

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Still ambiguous without seeing the full text.

Why not simply ask the NLA?...

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Agree with that JKO.
But just maybe you're doing something wrong.

You've got a 'top of sector' property you've spent the last 6 months grafting on and now you're timidly asking a below market £900 for it.
Letting agents have achieved £1050.
And you know better than 98%...

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I'd like to see the full context before deciding if it is a loophole, it may be referring to holding deposits and applicants giving false information.

Second guessing the "spirit" of legislation doesn't make you a good citizen nor a good landlord.

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You are not charging a fee, you are just stating that you are not liable for repairing/replacing something that isn't a landlords statutory repair responsibility.

The government How to Rent guide claims it is the landlords responsibility to maintain appliances they have provided but that...

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Even if this was allowed and landlords were desperate enough to want a cut of such a pathetic scam, why on earth should they comply with the "spirit" of poor legislation?...

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Read it all and sincere sympathies.

Landlords have been predicting this since the attacks on them started.

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During the last 10 months landlords have had to pay the first stage tax bill of turnover rather than profit, had the next stage of S24 kick in, paid for the next stage in advance, had the tenant fee ban come in (paying for the bad tenants), gas safety check proof of prior serving farce, 3 different...

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It's not discrimination to refuse someone for financial reasons.
Personally 2.5 times income would be too low for me even if the hours were guaranteed. And I don't take on tenants who need a guarantor.

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I've had similar.
Try the energy company with the following. It doesn't strictly apply but it may be enough to get them to back down if it's a trivial amount, it worked for me.

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/consumers/h...-difficult-pay...