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[Hudson01]

Nice one !! It would be like throwing a piece of Potassium into a bucket of water .............It is something to consider but as said, it does have its own issues. If you were going to sell in the next few years anyway i would still go down the auction route....

[Hudson01]

Totally agree with the above comment, the govt are locked into this now, there is no going back, as LL's we have no friends !! I have firming up my plans for the years ahead on how i am going to dispose of my properties and when i am going to '' have the conversation '' with my very good long term...

[Hudson01]

Although i have never purchased a house at auction i understand that like any auction you would still set a reserve or it could sell for the price of a Latte.

[Hudson01]

A very good point...... just how good can he be ? The builder i used a few years ago has a house to rival the Duke of Sussex !!! Any builder worth their salt will be making a fortune and will not need to rent. The answer is still no, don't do it....

[Hudson01]

I so wish this would just go away but i honestly think it will not, we have signed up for this and we cannot roll back the promise that by 2050 we will be carbon neutral, it is coming and just like a Tsunami we need to be ready for it.

[Hudson01]

It will not hurt to obtain a valuation from the '' we buy any house '' brigade, maybe skiping over any mention of the mental health patient living next door. The auction house can discuss with you what reserve to set and then decide, i may lean more towards the auction as it really is over and done...

[Hudson01]

Oh if only it was that simple....... when you have properties with an EPC of E and the target from 2028 is looking very likely to be a C....... selling is the only real option given what it would cost me to get them to a C (if it was even possible).

Having a BTL you cannot ...... Let !...

[Hudson01]

First question and possibly one of the most important - Does the neighour own the property or rent it ??

My advice to you if they own it would be to consider accepting the offer, if it is rented then i would contact the LL and offer him or her £5,000 to evict them, thus adding £35,000...

[Hudson01]

I do concur with the above, any govt in the coming decade need to replace the funds lost due to both of those events, we are sitting ducks, so my plans to exit are on track, i just hope the CGT stays the same until i dispose of the properties.

[Hudson01]

If there is any chance in the next election that Labour can get in then i am out sooner than i thought i would be !!! And i am planning on being out sooner than i originally thought due to EPC C !!! This ' game ' is getting silly now.

[Hudson01]

To agree with the above comments, i would not do it. If your tenant came along with a whole load of other builders quoting for the same job then what are the chances you would pick him as being the very best bet ? Just because his is your tenant does not make him the ideal choice..... if anything it...

[Hudson01]

I do fully understand that it is not in yet, but....... what is the EPC ? If a D or E what would it take to bring it up to a C ? Planning ahead and all that.

[Hudson01]

A back door way into finding out what did happen (or more info than you have now), is to ask for a callback from the local PCSO who covers the beat area where the tenant lives (go online and start a live chat), he or she will know far more about your tenant that a faceless comms operator at HQ or anyone...

[Hudson01]

I understand a little of this - I can assure you all that the Police force i am familiar with take very seriously when they put a door in, it is not done as an after thought, all manner of checks are done to find the person before the door goes in, there would have to be a real and credible danger to...

[Hudson01]

Agree with above, it was not difficult for the ex tenant to read his or her meter and pass it over, and equally (as you know) when you failed to also read the meter that just added to the problem...... i am afraid it is down to you to pay. This is why i like smart meters, they are in all my BTL's and...

[Hudson01]

As has been said by others, he does not need to open the door and it appears his mental health is impacting his behaviour to such an extent that it will keep costing you money......... knowing this, he would have to go.The best place for those suffering severe mental health propblems is not the PRS,...

[Hudson01]

Your last few thoughts would be mine, it sounds all to familiar, the Police will not pay out, it appears they had a valid reason for forcing entry and you will never get to know on what basis they did it, if it were me i would guess that the tenant has made either previous or recent comments in regards...

[Hudson01]

Agree with above comments....... as you say the rental market around where you are is crazy and i can bet that rents have sky rocketed and even then there will be little choice of properties..... it is the same where i live and i am constantly being contacted by agents (who i have used before) so see...

[Hudson01]

Given what you say about her reluctance in granting access for jobs to be done (that she has complained about !!!) then i suspect she knows exactly what she is doing, be prepared for a long slog, if you do not understand everything about the route you are about to take then as said above....... i would...

[Hudson01]

They sound incompetent, as said, they WORK for you, if you cannot see the information then why would you employ them ! Go to another agent who will, i use agents on a tenant find basis and have always had access to that information.