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[Claymore]

Sounds like a nightmare! I would guess you would just record the rent as if it had been received and continue in the normal process of chasing debts.

I guess UC have a help desk, but I bet they won't know what to do either. Anyway, relax for the mo - its not UC yet and it might not happen...

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I advertise on UPAD - same as openrent really.

When my enquiries come in, they are via email. I send them a reply email which says:

If answering the following questions truthfully, and you are certain you won't fail a credit check, you are still interested in viewing my property,...

[Claymore]

If you refund the deposit on 18th June, then you can serve notice on 19th June (but, if it were me, I wouldn't personally serve it until 20th June - just making allowance for the post). If you are refunding deposit by cheque, as previous poster has suggested, obtain free certificate of posting and...

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Andrew, my forms involved AP1, TR1 and an ID1. I didn't have any issues with signing, without digging out my copies, I recall I just declared on the form that I was doing the conveyancing and listed all my contact details including email address. There was an online video on the the gov website that...

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You can do the necessary landregistry forms yourself - no involvement of solicitors other than to verify your ID. If you call the landregistry, they will tell you which forms to complete and then if you go onto their website, there is often a video tutorial telling you how to complete the forms. I've...

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I put decent carpet in and it lasts. I buy direct from a trade supplier at around £10 psqm - rrrp is about £18 psqm. Carpet I put down in 2011 still looks fabulous. Trade underlay at around £29 a roll.

[Claymore]

Yes, I agree. But one of the regular posters on here offers this option so maybe it does work. Personally, I wouldn't agree to something like this - but at the same time, it's probably no different to what staff at a credit reference company does....

[Claymore]

Thanks JPK.

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Haha - I read the OP's name as Stingy!!

JPK - I recently did a refurb at one of my properities - now 200 miles away. I stayed in a hotel the first night (bought a blow up airbed and roughed it for the next couple of weeks) and then on the last night, I checked into a hotel (around mid-night)...

[Claymore]

I think that is supposed to read works 'against' the diddling landlords. The good landlords who genuinely have claims for damages - are regularly out of pocket when it comes to tenancy deposit arbitration....

[Claymore]

I think that if you make it clear that irregular payments, ccj's, bounced DD's, will result in a fail.

I have always done my own vetting and when I reply to enquiries, I include standard bumf about detailed credit checks and referencing - those who think they will fail, usually go away...

[Claymore]

Yes, this is my understanding from my accountant.

[Claymore]

Berlingogirl lets out rooms only so she will have regular turnover of tenants.

I wonder if you could take a small 'holding deposit' which covers the referencing fees only and stipulate if they fail the referencing, they will lose the holding deposit?

Viewing original bank statements...

[Claymore]

JKO - Torquay is about 20 miles from me - I was down there yesterday for the Torbay Air Display. I feel your pain with the 200 mile distance for repairs etc. This is exactly the same issue I now have with my properties being 200 miles away in the South East.

Have a look at the properties...

[Claymore]

I think the key word here is 'emergency'. If I had a genuine 'emergency' at any of my properties - it wouldn't be a problem to recieve a call at 2'oc in the morning. Most repairs aren't an emergency.

I've not had my finger on the ball for the past 12 months but I'm back again now....

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It's in the pipeline. Definitely not in effect at the moment. I sold a property in October 17 and I asked my accountant to calculate my CGT so that I could pay it within the 3 months (as I thought it had changed to). Accountant said no, I don't need to pay until January 2019....

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Of course not. And also, if you move into the property with the primary intention of living in it to get tax relief - you wouldn't be entitled to claim the tax relief.

If your intention when moving into the rental property is that it will be your main home for the foreseeable, then you...

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That's appalling. And I guess if you don't register for the license - you are up for a hefty penalty?

[Claymore]

Something that makes me laugh, I did my own conveyancing a couple of months back transferring 100% of a mortgage free property into my sole name. It went through without a hitch. Involve expensive solicitors (as lender requires this) for a simple transfer of 1% and the transaction is fraught with...

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My tenants have both my Landline and Mobile number and they all know they can ring me. In the 10 yrars I have been renting - I have never once been called during the late eve or during sleeping hours.

Recently I had a central heating pump go at a rental property whilst I was actually staying...