Tag Archives: Advice for Landlords

Keeping Records for Landlords

Posted on January 31, 2013 by admin

Today marks the tax return deadline for anyone handing in a self-assessment tax return for last year, and if you haven’t done it by now you need to get on to it quick or you can expect a fine in … Continue reading →

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Dealing with Heating Complaints

Posted on January 30, 2013 by admin

Though there is only a limited legal responsibility for landlords to provide heating, it’s going to be very difficult for a modern landlord to attract, or keep, tenants without a good heating system. However, heating systems can be incredibly sporadic … Continue reading →

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Unlawful Converter Winds up with Fine

Posted on November 8, 2012 by admin

Spotting the potential is a property is part of the skill of being a landlord and those that can see the opportunities for development and conversion usually do very well out of the property business. However, it’s not always as … Continue reading →

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Developers Use Gifts to Attract Students

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Tom

A new term is well underway and most student lets will have long been settled, but come January the rush for next year’s pick of the market will be on again. However, next year’s student market will be a different … Continue reading →

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Tenant Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Posted on October 5, 2012 by admin

We live in a changing world and there exists a constant threat of redundancy over those who are employed by the private and public sectors. More often than not these people are homeowners who have assets and savings to see … Continue reading →

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Freeing Up Cash for Purchases

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Tom

Almost daily there is a news story from some part of the world that claims landlords are looking to expand on their portfolios and buy, buy, buy! This may be because we are coming towards the bottom of the perceived … Continue reading →

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Shelter Calls for Five-Year Contracts

Posted on September 25, 2012 by Tom

Shelter Calls for Five-Year Contracts Shelter, the housing charity, has made calls for landlords to introduce a particular type of contract, termed by Shelter, the ‘stable rental contract’. The proposals have been suggested with the aim of giving the housing … Continue reading →

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Cannabis Farming

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Tom

Cases of tenants farming and selling cannabis from rental property are rare, it’s true, but when they do come around they are always huge value and very public cases. It only takes one big value story like the one which … Continue reading →

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Difficulties on the High Street

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Tom

With all the talk about how the residential property lettings market is going from strength to strength, commercial landlords do sometimes get forgotten and it’s true that lots of commercial landlords are having a tough time at the moment. Businesses … Continue reading →

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Combating Tax Evasion

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Tom

Landlords have been identified as a ‘hotspot’ for tax evasion by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and a new taskforce has been unveiled in many parts of the country including London, Leeds and York. The move hopes to recover £17million … Continue reading →

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