Squatters in commercial and residential property – Squatter’s rights to claim and own property

Commercial Property, Legal / April 22, 2024

What is squatting? Squatting is a term used to refer to people entering and staying in a building or land without the legal owner’s consent. Squatters are also known as trespassers. Squatting in residential […]

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What is a Section 8 Notice?

Legal / April 3, 2024

How to Serve a Section 8 Notice? This page includes the following 7 topics which we are going to cover: What is a Section 8 notice? Which tenancies is a section 8 notice applicable

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How to make an accelerated possession claim under section 21?

Legal, Eviction / April 2, 2024

What is an Accelerated Possession Claim? An accelerated possession claim is an application for the landlord to regain possession of the residential property under section 21 notice. The process used to do this through the

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What information to put in a section 8 notice

Recent Landlord News, Eviction, Legal / April 1, 2024

What information to put in a Section 8 Notice Many landlords ask what information to include in a Section 8 notice. Understanding the process comprehensively is crucial when navigating the complexities of serving a Section

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How to best Terminate a Contract with a letting agent

Trending, Legal / March 20, 2024

Dealing with problem letting agents A surge in complaints against letting agents There has been a rise in formal complaints lodged against agents, a spike of 20% to The Property Ombudsman (TPO). Formal complaints

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Latest 2024 Assured Shorthold Tenancy

Legal, Membership Benefits / March 5, 2024

Assured Shorthold Tenancy Agreement 2022 The latest tenancy for 2022 has been uploaded for Download. All members can download this from our Document download page. The latest 2022 tenancy has been updated. Major changes have been made to this tenancy, due to the Deregulation Act 2015. This tenancy also incorporates the Tenant Fees Act 2019 clauses. What is an Assured

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What landlords need to know about GDPR? | 2024

Legal / February 14, 2024

What is GDPR, and does it apply to landlords? GDPR stands for “General Data Protection Regulation”. Landlords need to be aware of the data protection legislation and familiarise themselves with the GDPR legal requirements. Some

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My tenant is not paying rent what can i do?

Legal / December 18, 2023

If your tenant is not paying the rent arrears and the rent arrears are 2 months or more (technically 1 month and 1 day) than one of the options you have is to serve a

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What is a Section 42 Notice, and when best to serve it

Legal / December 18, 2023

Extended a lease under the Notice section 42 A Section 42 Notice is used to start the process of the leaseholder requesting the landlord to extend their lease on a property. This provides a leaseholder

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Rent Arrears: How to deal with tenant rent arrears?

Legal / December 18, 2023

Tenants who have rent arrears, fall in two categories: The tenant has the funds but does not want to pay The tenant does not have the money to pay the rent. It’s often the latter,

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