Neighbour issues

[amy131]

You should get this addressed as forcing the doors against the carpet will cause wear and you could get a deduction from your deposit due to this. The landlord should fix the issue. When I had carpets fitted the fitter had a tool to take a few mm off the bottom of the doors without taking them off....

[amy131]

The painting of the exterior should cause little inconvenience if any compared to interior work. Personally I think they should have offered some compensation for inconvenience caused by the bathroom renovation. Painting would come under maintenance, the new bathroom would be an improvement if nothing...

[amy131]

I think you may only stop this happening by providing covered storage in the garden. I built a shed for bikes at my HMO, secured with a heavy duty lock. Maybe your tenant has an expensive bike and is concerned not just about it being stolen but also weather damage if left outside. Cycling has become...

[amy131]

If I were the potential buyer and discovered you hadn't given notice to the tenants I would be pulling out now. I completed on a house purchase in 5 weeks. I think if you have a chance of this sale going through the tenant would need to have moved out within 2 months.
When I was in a situation...

[amy131]

I had a 19 year old tenant a bit like this who was renting for the first time. When the deposit and first months rent came through it was from the guarantor's (parents) account and although the rent payments after were from the tenants account, which I understood the guarantor paid some funds into,...

[amy131]

I had a problem recently with a contractor booked through this company for a gas safe check, wouldn't use them again, took several days to get the certificate. I used a good local electrician for the EICR, cost £144 including VAT for a 4 bed house and they were there longer than 20 minutes, more like...

[amy131]

The house next door is privately owned, ex council, and the new occupants and their dog moved in with an existing occupant. The elderly lady is still resident as seen mowing the lawns or smoking out at the front. The neighbours have moved the bags now, added to the pile behind their cars. Maybe they...

[amy131]

If you choose to evict the remaining tenant you need to give 6 months notice at this time. It may be that the tenant agrees to leave sooner but they don't have to. You will also need to make sure the tenant has a copy of the EPC and gas safety certificate (if applicable) before serving notice. It seems...

[amy131]

I advise that you get in contact with your local building regs dept. A room that was not there before will be treated like a new build. It may depend on the layout. If the existing layout stays the same and the extension provides the second bedroom the developer may be correct. If you are changing the...

[amy131]

An elderly couple used to live next door to a house I own. Up until recently there haven't been any issues. They were never talkative, liked to keep to themselves, didn't respond if I said hi, so I didn't/ don't know them well. Recently I think the elderly man may have died, he hasn't been seen for...

[amy131]

I have dealt with Scottish Power's complaints system before, they are atrocious. Check out all of the complaints on Trustpilot. I escalated to the ombudsman (ofgem) and then the issues were finally sorted out and I got a small amount of compensation. I had to wait I think 8 weeks after submitting the...

[amy131]

You will find in HMOs that tenants pay varying rents among the household as tenants will have been there varying amounts of time. In the example you give the tenant in the master bedroom may have been there a number of years. I revise rents as tenants move out so the new tenant will be paying a bit...

[amy131]

The person who did the work was gas safe registered, as OpenRent assure they will be. The issue is more of an administrative one. I have now got the certificate after informing them I would contact my bank to initiate a chargeback.

This experience serves as a warning to others who may...

[amy131]

I ordered a gas safety certificate through OpenRent, the first time I have done this through OpenRent, and likely the last. It then took about a week to get this booked as the person who was doing the gas safe check was waiting to see the payment on their systems. Over a week after the gas safety check...

[amy131]

I had electrical work done on a property approx. 4 years ago, shortly after purchasing it. The house has just had a satisfactory EICR. There was no earth bond on the gas pipe until this was added 4 years ago. Gas safe inspections haven't picked up on any issues until this year. I have been informed...

[amy131]

Re. capital gains tax potential changes, the article below sums up what I have read recently in the news, seems to be a lot of speculation currently but changes can be expected I think.
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/...tal-gains-tax....