Lockdown Update - House Moves Can Continue On Saturday night, the Prime Minister revealed that from Thursday 5th November, England will enter into a second national lockdown lasting at least 4 weeks and many of you will be wondering what this means for you and your properties. Robert Jenrick, the Housing Secretary, confirmed that [...]

The most common reason for a dispute over the cleanliness of a property at the end of a tenancy is miscommunication – your version of clean may be different to that of the tenant. The best way to avoid these arguments is, at the beginning of a tenancy, to lay down your expectations of how the [...]

What are EPCs? Energy Performance Certificates were introduced in England and Wales on 1st August 2007. These are surveys that show if a property is energy efficient, and a rating is produced from A to G, with A being the most efficient, and this rating shows if energy efficient improvements need to be carried out on [...]

One of the biggest problems faced by landlords historically is dealing with tenants with rent in arrears. If you have come across this particular situation, then it pays to know your options, your rights and your occupational hazards as a landlord. This blog post will point you in the direction of avoiding unnecessary problems with tenants [...]

5 months from Brexit: has the housing market changed? Speculation and reserve played an important role in the state of the housing market in the surrounding months of the EU referendum, leaving prospective consumers with a certain dubiousness as to whether to proceed with buying or selling. With the pound falling in value on the 24th [...]

Section 24 appeal for Judicial Review by landlords rejected By Molly Stokes UK landlords have brought the government to court over the proposed capping of the amount of mortgage interest that they can offset against tax. The Judicial Review challenge provided by landlords Steve Bolton and Chris Cooper was rejected by a Judge on the 6th [...]

House price growth and value following the EU referendum By Nadine Miles There has been much argumentation within the media surrounding the outcome of the effects of Brexit to the point where it has become difficult to separate fact from fiction. Economists and politicians have made many suggestions during the build-up to the EU referendum which [...]

Right to Rent - All you need to know Yesterday, the government announced that from February 2016, all agents and private landlords need to check that new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting a property out. Failure to follow these regulations may result in a fine of up to £3,000 per [...]

Landlords have only two weeks to fit smoke alarms in all rental properties. In March 2015, the Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (England) Regulations 2015 were laid in draft which require landlords to install at least one smoke alarm on each story within their rental properties along with a carbon monoxide alarm in each room containing [...]

What does the Deregulation Act mean for you? The Deregulation Act came into force on the 27th March 2015 and contains a number of new measures which will affect landlords of residential tenancies in a few different ways. The main areas that it affects are: Energy Performance Certificates and Gas Safety Certificates Protection of the tenant’s [...]