Landlord News / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Landlords Top tips for landlords to keep their boilers in check

According to a new analysis by landlord insurer Direct Line for Business, last winter saw a record number of claims for faulty boilers. Claims rose 5.2% compared to the winter of 2015/16. The volume of

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Landlord News, Legal / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Guidance for landlords and agents: Private rental fees ban

From 1 September 2019, Welsh Government is banning private rental fees. This means landlords and letting agents in Wales will no longer be able to charge tenants for additional fees. If a current tenancy started

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Landlord News, Legal / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

The banning of tenant fees under the Tenant Fees Act 2019

Tenant Fees Ban The banning of tenant fees under the Tenant Fees Act 2019 (“the Act”) will now come into force on 01 June 2019 in England and applies to both landlords and letting agents

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Landlord News, Legal / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Death of a Tenant – As a Landlord Where do you stand?

Where a property is rented under an assured shorthold tenancy to a sole tenant and that tenant dies, the death of the tenant does not automatically bring the tenancy to an end. Sometimes there will

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RECENT LEGISLATION, Legal / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Cardigan Property Ltd V Monty Shooltz

Caridon Property Ltd v Monty Shooltz. Central London County Court. 2 February 2018 (See judgement here). This was an appeal to a circuit judge of a first instance decision of District Judge Bloom. The circuit

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Landlord News / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

All Landlords will be required to join a redress scheme

James Brokenshire the Communities Secretary has today announced that private landlords will be legally required to become members of a redress scheme. Landlords who are required to register, but fail to do so could face

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Landlord News / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Property Investors using social media platform for faster transactions

My Backyard property platform is exciting the investment community as investors around the globe have signed up on the platform and already networking to find opportunities and speed up transactions. The platform as a single

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Legal / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Bill has passed through parliament

Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act A new law that will help to raise standards in rented homes in the UK and give tenants more powers to hold their landlord to account for renting substandard

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Landlord News / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Know Thy Occupier…..Or Risk a Cannabis Farm on your Land

Know Thy Occupier Let’s set the scene first…. A bare licence for land with stabling for 2 horses on a personal licence only (so very limited rights for the licensee and gives the licensor far

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Landlord News / December 14, 2023 / By Marc Attwater

Landlords can use the government Immigration status checker on-line

Update on the “right to rent” A brief report has been published by the government on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 with some guidance on the right to rent. The controversial “right to rent” legislation has

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