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[amazondean]

Agreed. The council may enforce it or they may say it is a recommendation. Usually if the house is licensable they would enforce it, if it was not licensable they would normally recommend it. Just like many other recommendations of a rental property...

[amazondean]

Regarding the different rules for a HMO. Are we saying that renting to three young fit males unrelated to each other is more risky than renting to a family with small children that need help to escape. No it is not. If you want to sleep at night then fit fire doors, smoke alarms to all rooms and...

[amazondean]

leaseholder64,

It is not a case of getting away with it because the council have not visited. It is the council who say it is mandatory or not. If they say it is not mandatory then it is not mandatory, only a recommendation....

[amazondean]

Thanks for that jpkeates. So you have answered the question. It is not necessarily a legal requirement.

[amazondean]

It is not necessarily a legal requirement to have fire doors etc in an unlicensed HMO, only a recommendation. (and obviously an important one) It's no different to having a normal lettable house in reality. It is your duty of care in any situation to make the property safe. What you are saying is that...

[amazondean]

There is no legal requirement if the house is not licensed. That's all I am saying. What you are saying is the same for any rental. When there is a fire everything is looked at, weather HMO or not!...

[amazondean]

A lot of cities that have universities are now clamping down on people trying to let out to students. Some are now requiring planning permission and are very selective. Buying a house already being let to students are all highly inflated, as they are earning good yields. Often losing value several...

[amazondean]

There is sometimes confusion about this. If you keep your main residence I am pretty sure you will have to pay the 3% extra. If you have other properties that are not your main residence, but sell your main residence within 3 years, I am being lead to believe you would get a refund!!

[amazondean]

There are several sections for annual expenses!!

As redhitman says, it is pretty straight forward to do and I have been doing this myself for the last seven years, but this year I am doing room lets where I pay the bills. There is no clear indication which section the utility bills go...

[amazondean]

In a room let situation the Landlord pays the bills. This is quite normal, not sure why people think it is usually the tenants responsibility. There are as many room lets where I live as normal lets....

[amazondean]

On this same subject, does anyone know which section you claim for gas, electric and water rates. There is a section that says water rates and other rates but does not mention gas and electric. Will this section be for all utilities paid for by the landlord

Thanks

[amazondean]

Still don't see what the issue is here. 16 degrees minimum at night!! Jesus....

[amazondean]

As far as I am aware, there is no need to re-protect a deposit if it is in a custodial scheme. Might not be the same for a insurance backed scheme though!

[amazondean]

I would never dream of leaving my heating on overnight. Why would you, you are asleep!! I don't think there is a problem with that.

[amazondean]

I have never read so many replies in one post that is such nonsense.

The boiler problem is the LL issue. No tenant is expected to even touch a boiler, apart from the timer or thermostat, never mind going into the loft to do a gas safety check! Come on people, lets get some common sense...

[amazondean]

I actually thought, (like most people here I believe) that even if you sold your main residence you would still pay the higher rate because you have more than one property.

Obviously if this article is correct then you can own as many houses as you like, and not pay the higher rate as long...

[amazondean]

Never mind council tax reduction/exemption. My council is charging me 150% council tax while it's empty and being renovated!!

It's been empty over two years, which falls into a category to hurry you up.

[amazondean]

Never in history has interest rates been so low for so long, allowing investment in property, which inevitably has risen significantly. If you are right that wages will go up, then that also means inflation, which will bring interest rate rises on top of the interest rate rises that is already needed....

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One problem with charging extra rent is that you are being taxed on it!!

[amazondean]

I agree with jpkeates You want good quality underlay and the cheapest carpet that is bleachable. As said, you can't go wrong with cloud 9, you know what you are getting!

The carpets will be in need of changing long before they wear out, but good quality underlay should last around 10 y...