New rules for the rental market will protect tenants

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 27th September 2014 10:34.

Good news for Britain’s army of private tenants: from October 1, every lettings agent must be a member of an ombudsman-style scheme as the Government......

Tenants may win protection from eviction by rogue landlords

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 11th September 2014 19:26.

Nine million private tenants in the UK could be given extra protection from landlords who try to evict them. The government has decided to back...

Sad I know, but I watched the housing enforcer on BBC1 this morning. It really does show how some tenants are complete B's , mind you I think some of the landlords weren't exactly charming.
If you own a nice property it must hurt when a tenant doesn't look after it but I think there is far too...

Ok first thing, is this the right section. I seem to be losing the plot

Right
Someone I know is having a serious problem with a past tenant, he left the house with damage and also 4 or 5 months rent outstanding. The bills to make good the damage are 50% more than the deposit give...

Has anyone got the definitive criteria for Consent to Let through Woolwich?

Looking at 2 years max so within their rules, the rent covers the mortgage payment just, I have over 25% equity in the house and have been with Woolwich for years:
1. New tenant going in but been getting...

Landlord fined for renting room that could only be entered on all fours

Tenants would need to be less than 2 feet 4 inches tall to walk to the Hendon room’s door

Many people crawl into bed at the end of a long day but tenants in a north London house were forced to crawl on all fours...

I have had a long on-going battle with NPower over a meter change from commercial to residential.
I wont bore you with the details but part of my complaint was being dealt with by NPower residential. After several months they eventually resolved the issues.
When I asked for compensation...

Hello!

I wonder if someone (PlanB ) could let me know if I have the right to 'demand' gently what is going on with my Landlords?

Over the past 7 months we have been getting more and more letters addressed to both of them from what Google tells me is Lowell or Fairfax? (Po...

Hi All

First post on here, hope someone can help. I am a homeowner of two properties,one of which I reside in, the other rented out. I am trying to evict my tenant on grounds of rent arreas.

• Firstly I have by all accounts issued an incorrect tenancy agreement, issued 'Assured TA

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Hi guys, i was pointed to the forum by another forum member in the hope that i can get the much needed help please,never had anything like this and its been passed onto sheriff officers for an old debt from 2009 that i was not accountable for,as i was not in the property that they want the rates fo...

Hi Guys,

Ok so my own house is due to complete in a couple of weeks so its now time to start thinking about my 2 flats, brief run down of them,

• The 2 flats were converted from a single dwelling back in 2008 and have been separated legally
• They are both tenanted with tenants that

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Tenants 'ripped off' by letting agents keeping deposits

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 28th February 2014 10:26.

Some letting agents are fraudulently taking thousands of pounds from tenants as a holding deposit, not letting them move in and keeping the money,...

I'm starting this thread because I want you to tell me what makes a Landlord a bad person through the eyes of a Tenant. I know what the law says I should do in each case but it's time you told me what should be expected of a Landlord regardless of their legal obligations.

It's no secret...

Jobless homeowners who seek mortgage payment help could be forced to give up a stake in their homes

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th December 2013 19:06.

*under tougher new plans* * *239,000 people turned to SMI in 2012 to help with mortgage payments*...

I could find a section for rentals sorry...

Can I ask please, the 'inspection every 3 months' rule... when we moved in it was the first home in over 20 years of renting that I had an 'inspection' so it was very hard for me to cope with the fact a stranger wanted to come in to my house....