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[jpkeates]

Thanks to whoever hid this!

[jpkeates]

This would be the simplest way of dealing with it, because otherwise there are issues with the advance payment being seen as a deposit (which would be illegal).

However, what you are proposing is to rent a property to people who, based on your own criteria, can't afford it. What happens...

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It's a Lib Dem farm and farmer in Devon, and there's a video of them ploughing it.
So I think it's real....

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Six properties shouldn't take much time at all.
The person should be using agents because of the geographical spread.

The AirBnB could be the issue, depending on where it is, you'd expect people moving in and out all the time, and again, it would need local management.

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If they're joint tenants, you can only end the tenancy for both of them (notice and court will be required if one of them is reluctant to go).
You can supply the EPC and How to Rent guide before serving notice (but make sure the How to Rent guide is the right version).

The tenant...

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Why not do that when the tenants leave?

A long standing rent paying tenant is a valuable asset,...

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Say no.
Either the property manager was negligent in their instructions or the contractors were negligent in carrying out the work.

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It doesn't matter what the tenancy agreement says, when a statutory periodic tenancy begins, the terms in the tenancy agreement related to notice are superseded.

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You can't serve any notices until completion.
You inherit the tenancy on completion and become the landlord automatically - you have to serve notices to the tenant to confirm that has happened.

There is likely to be a reason that the landlord hasn't evicted the tenants before sel...

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My point was that, even if someone has DIY skills, they probably shouldn't be doing work on a tenanted property.
Personal liability is an issue.

The cost of tradespeople is allowable against income for tax purposes, so the work is essentially discounted by HMRC if you're a taxpay...

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Disrepair isn't a defence to a section 21 notice.
Your notice is telling the tenant to leave, claiming that the property isn't inhabitable isn't a useful defence to that.

I think that you're confusing the issue with retaliatory eviction, And, in order to defend the notice on that...

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You reserve the right to enter into the shared spaces (most HMO tenancy agreements have that as standard).
Pick a regular day and time of the week, so the occupants know when you're going to be there, so they can hide anything they don't want you to see.

For goodness sake, don't entrust...

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I am a landlord and have zero DIY skills.

There's a substantial difference between doing something for yourself and doing something for a tenant.

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Just agree a new date for the end of the current tenancy. There's not point getting complicated.

As above, don't make it complicated.

If the tenancy becomes periodic anything in the original agreement relating to notice is ignored.
The tenant has to give a minimum of...

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No, I believe you would be able to claim an allowance of £4 a week against the income from that business....

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The point of the Rent a Room scheme is that the landlord isn't running a business, it's a non-commercial arrangement.
So you aren't using part of your property for running a business unless you have another business (like a web design business).

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I think there was definitely a contract, signing it isn't essential (unless there is a written contract with terms that say that it isn't valid until signed).

You obviously have some kind of agreement, because the agent did things that show that they believed that you had retained their...

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As long as you complete the mortgage application accurately, the lender is making a decision on the risk.

I wouldn't do it myself, but I am risk averse.

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I don't personally see anything wrong with the EU notion of free movement.
You're free to move to work anywhere, and, provided you're employed, you're entitled to all of the same benefits as a national of the country you're working in.
If you're not employed, your right to reside elapses...

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But it can broaden the scope of the deposit to beyond specific terms in the tenancy agreement.

We're discussing a hypothetical here, so there isn't a tenancy agreement behind the single term quoted.
But let's imagine that there is one, and it includes a term that rent is due on so...