Category: Landlord Advice
What attracts tenants?
Knowing what attracts your tenants and understanding what they want from their rented accommodation, is an important part of being a landlord. The knowledge gives you vital market information, allowing you to optimise the rent you charge, the priority you …
CMP to be made compulsory for letting agents
There are changes on the way for the CMP (Client Money Protection) scheme. These will be beneficial to the industry at large and it’s important that landlords and letting agents understand them. The background Prior to 2007, disputes could arise …
Dealing with mould
It is widely understood that living conditions have a considerable impact on individuals’ health. One of the most prevalent causes of unhealthy living conditions is mould and damp. The National Health Service (NHS), for example, is unequivocal in identifying mould …
What happens if my property suffers a leak?
Water leaks may occur at practically any time of the year, although systems tend to be more vulnerable during the winter time, if pipes have been allowed to freeze and rupture. The leak may be obvious and immediately noticeable, or …
Agents fees and landlords
Amongst tenants, letting agents have traditionally been given something of a bad press. On top of the deposit taken at the beginning of a tenancy and the rent subsequently charged, letting agents have been used to charging tenants for a …
Is it worth making a small claim?
If you are a landlord, you almost certainly want to protect your buy to let investment with the appropriate level of insurance. The economics of running a successful buy to let business are on a fine edge, however, and you …
The importance of the PRS
What is it? The initials might not be recognised by everyone, but for those in the know, PRS simply means the Private Rental Sector – populated by private sector landlords and the growing number of private tenants they accommodate. Why …
Changes to the Green Tax
Buy to let landlords seem to be have been hit left, right and centre in the past year or so. Last year, the then Chancellor of the Exchequer phased in the removal of tax relief on interest paid for buy …
Safety in rented properties
As a landlord, you have a general legal responsibility for ensuring that your accommodation is safe and free from risks to the health of your tenants – and this applies whether you are letting a self-contained dwelling or just a …
Should you let your tenants have a pet?
This article was originally posted in April 2016. In February 2018, the Labour party wanted to strengthen the rights of tenants to keep a pet in their properties as part of a package of proposed animal welfare measures. Labour wants …
