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[jpkeates]

For tax purposes, you will have to select which of the two properties you own is your main residence (as CGT is payable on the other one).

Your mortgage terms may not allow the situation anyway, as normally a residential mortgage is assumed to be on your main residence, not somewhere you...

[jpkeates]

You should probably consider whether a simple declaration of trust (and form 17) would be worthwhile, as you could split the income and expenses so that your wife took the income and expenditure (say at a 99:1 split) which might save a bit of tax.

Costs a bit set it up - so it's worth while...

[jpkeates]

Send the s13 which increases the rent.
The tenant will have to find somewhere else if they can't afford the new rent, but it's simpler to let them move out than evict them.

[jpkeates]

The landlord has no duty to find a replacement tenant during a fixed term - the normal contractual equirement to mitigate loss doesn't apply in this instance.

Even if the landlord has breached a term of the contract (like the implicit right to quiet enjoyment) it doesn't mean that the contract...

[jpkeates]

Tax rules change all the time.

[jpkeates]

While there's nothing to stop a landlord serving notice, it doesn't end the tenancy and you have every right to remain in the property until a court orders a repossession and then the landlord instructs bailiffs.

If the landlord is successful in their notice and legal claim, the tenant...

[jpkeates]

Yes, it sounds like the landlord is in breach of contract.

More to the point, he can't insist that you sign a new contract - although you can agree to do that if you want.

You are probably entitled to compensation for any losses that you incur as a consequence of the breach....

[jpkeates]

There are a couple of helpful guides at TDS.

https://www.tenancydepositscheme.com...nsTemplate.pdf
https://www.tenancydepositscheme.com...20template.pdf

[jpkeates]

Personally, I would not respond at all and wait until they actually move out.

The chance of recovering the rent owed is small and my first priority would be to get my property back - if you start talking about the vast amount of rent they will owe, there's a chance they'll take out their...

[jpkeates]

You're going to need the cooperation of the agent in securing an eviction - they're going to need to confirm that certain things were done and when and by whom.

I'd focus on the eviction for now, and then deal with the agent later.

[jpkeates]

Cosmetic damage is very hard to cost in a tenancy - doors have to function as doors, and any loss in value relating to looks is almost impossible to quantify.
Making other items match the repaired item is a matter of choice, not necessity (your wish that doors match is a preference).
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[jpkeates]

Because he is the current resident of the property and responsible for what happens while he lives there.

If they moved out today, you would claim the damage you found from their deposit.

He can try claiming the costs from his over concerned family (although the police are...

[jpkeates]

If the agent agreed to the items being removed, that is an agreement as binding as any other.
Proving it might be an issue.

[jpkeates]

It was only the "trespass" process that allowed them to roll up unannounced.
https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publica...he-high-court/

Contact some of the HCEO firms, they'll tell you what's possible and...

[jpkeates]

AirBnB operate in the UK supplying (or broking) " temporary sleeping accommodation", they have to, otherwise the provisions that allow renting in London in the Deregulation Act aren't met.

They're essentially a holiday let.

Not that I expect AirBnB to do anything...

[jpkeates]

Your agent works for you - so anything they haven't done, you haven't done.
I doubt the freeholder will care much who didn't do what was meant to be done.

[jpkeates]

You're right.

Would you accept a soft (polystyrene) tile?

[jpkeates]

The difficulty would be persuading the council that the liability remains with the tenant because of a contractual periodic tenancy.

Some council tax is fairly inevitable when a tenancy ends - it's a business expense, so landlords effectively usually get a discount.

[jpkeates]

You can't escalate to the High Court without the permission of the County Court judge, so you need to get their permission first.

The High Court process has changed, so the HCEO will contact the occupants of the property to confirm the intended repossession, they can't just turn up as a...

[jpkeates]

Sorry, for the avoidance of doubt (because it seems to be academic in this case), that doesn't help, if there was a deposit it would have to have been protected by now even if it was taken prior to the law being introduced....