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Renters face higher rents and fewer choices in 2024, Rightmove warns

Tenants face the prospect of rents rising even higher this year and the number of homes to rent will continue shrinking, Rightmove says.
The UK’s largest property website is predicting that rents will increase by 5% outside London and 3% in the c…

Disabled tenant & PEEP – Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan – Help!

Hello, Can you help? A PEEP – a Personal Emergency Evacuation Plan – has been requested by the management company for a tenanted flat. I own a 2 bed flat in a small 2000 block.
Ours in on the first floor

Mechanical heat recovery ventilation damp problem?

Does anyone have experience with mechanical heat recovery ventilation units? I have a top floor flat with 2 bedrooms facing north, and a kitchen and sitting room facing south.
The outside walls of the bedrooms mainly the north-facing walls suffer from …

Tenant bidding wars – Why are landlords being blamed?

Are you sitting comfortably? I’m about to be critical of politicians, the media and tenants.
Because it has been another week and another negative story about landlords.
This time it is the Labour Party saying it will end tenant bidding wars and …

Labour wants to ban tenant bidding wars – landlord explains why that won’t work

The Labour Party says it wants the UK to outlaw tenant bidding wars for rented homes, adopting a New Zealand policy, the Party’s Shadow Housing Minister, Matthew Pennycook, says.
Several Australian states have also apparently followed suit and La…

Do I need to hand out the How to Rent leaflet?

Hello, I have provided the How to Rent literature to my tenants when they moved in (and used a great deal of my printer ink!).
I have since heard that I need to serve all my existing tenants with the Government’s latest version of this leaflet?

Have you had First-tier Tribunal experiences in rent rises?

Hello, Has anyone had any experience with the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for market value case?
History is, tenant moved in and given 12 month AST in early 2020. They have not been given new AST or had rent raised since.

Have you had First-tier Tribunal experiences in rent rises?

Hello, Has anyone had any experience with the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) for market value case?
History is, tenant moved in and given 12 month AST in early 2020. They have not been given new AST or had rent raised since.

UK rent prices are nearly 9% higher than last year

The average rent in the UK is now at £1,279, down by 0.3% from last month’s figures – but this is still 8.85% higher than in November 2022, when the average rent was £1,175, one index reveals.
The data from HomeLet shows that the average re…

UK rent prices are nearly 9% higher than last year

The average rent in the UK is now at £1,279, down by 0.3% from last month’s figures – but this is still 8.85% higher than in November 2022, when the average rent was £1,175, one index reveals.
The data from HomeLet shows that the average re…

HELP… Rental property underwater due to planned roofing works, can I be compensated?

Hello, I’m looking for some help or information please…
I own a leasehold flat. The flat sits in a new-build block which is made up of 16 flats over 3 floors. I’ve had this flat for 6 years

Rental flat with water ingress, how can I speed up section 20?

Hello all, I’m hoping that someone can help with this matter. Our grand floor flat in a building of 7 flats has an issue with water ingress that has spread from the front corner of the property along a wall that is now making the bedroom uninhabi…

Renters (Reform) Bill: The countdown to a PRS disaster has started

I thought it was too good to be true that the Renters (Reform) Bill would not make it through this Parliament.
And, sure enough, Dishy Rishi didn’t let me down.
At the last minute, as he was no doubt deciding which laws would make it into the Kin…

Armageddon out of the PRS!

Hello, Landlords are beset with so many problems now that the question must be asked – is it worth it? Consider the looming Renters (Reform) Bill, which effectively removes control of a property from the landlord and presents it to the sitting te…

Correct date for Form 4 landlord rent increase advisory?

Hi everyone, I have a tenant who was on an Assured Shorthand Tenancy contract which ran off from its written end date so has therefore gone on to a rolling monthly contract (based upon monthly rental points etc). Tenant was served notice incl S21 and i…

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