Hi PlanB
I moved flat recently, my last Landlord/Agent
kept £550 from my deposit of £780. He has sent me a statement saying the £550 is for Agency Commission. I have previously requested him to advise me which deposit scheme my deposit was held but he did not reply. I checked the 2...

Hi folks,

My daughter goes back to uni. next week and has been trying to sort out a cable internet facility, as her and the flatmate have no need for a phone line.

Last year, they went with Virgin Media and this worked out fine. They cancelled it for the summer and were...

Lexology



HMO rent is not proceeds of crime



&nbsphere an HMO landlord is prosecuted for not having an HMO licence he has, of course, committed a criminal offence. Therefore, it could be said that the rent he has received is the proceeds...

Scottish law to protect tenants in arrears

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th August 2012 13:14.

The Scottish Government has introduced a new law aimed at protecting tenants in the social housing sector with rent arrears from eviction. Under the...
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Scottish law to protect tenants in arrears

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 14th August 2012 13:14.

The Scottish Government has introduced a new law aimed at protecting tenants in the social housing sector with rent arrears from eviction. Under the...
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Just some latest information about Bankruptcy...hope it is of some help otherwise general reading! I know what bankruptcy is like as I went through it with OH as he was made bankrupt in 2000...and the TB got involved in 2003. In my own experience Trustees in Bankruptcies are the biggest sons of bitches...

Experian to include rental payments in credit files

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 15th March 2012 19:27.

Landlords and letting agents will have access to information about potential tenants, while Experian says it will strengthen people's credit...
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Just before the main credit crunch hit home I was working on a business plan with a couple of friends which in simple terms worked like this:

Buy cheap rental properties in selective areas, potentially from distressed owners, standard moderate refurbish and rent to colleges for nursing...

Hi all,I have a couple of questions !
As posted yesterday on another thread,whilst going through some threatograms from my previous address,I found one from a dca which was a 72 hours to litigation letter from the summer.Now,if they have gone for a ccj,which I am unaware of,should they track me...

Letting agents 'rip off tenants'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd November 2011 18:50.

*Private tenants are being ripped off by some letting agents making "extortionate" and potentially illegal upfront charges, according to a housing...
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Half price council home: Two million properties to be sold off as Government revive Thatcher's 'Righ

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th November 2011 10:51.

Up to two million council houses could be sold to their tenants under Government plans to revive Margaret...

Half price council home: Two million properties to be sold off as Government revive Thatcher's 'Righ

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 19th November 2011 10:51.

Up to two million council houses could be sold to their tenants under Government plans to revive Margaret...

so after a complete fucking nightmare with a "simple" sky installation I ended up talking to their technical department and after explaining to them _how_ ADSL works including line noise, line length and attenuation they finally put my sync speed at something sensible ... So it will fluctuate...

Millions paying mortgages in their 70s

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 24th October 2011 09:01.

*More than a quarter of tenants risk becoming "OAP mortgagees" after getting stuck in a cycle of long-term home rental, a study has found. * ...
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Letting industry launches a kitemark-style scheme to safeguard money

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 3rd September 2011 17:36.

*SAFEagent scheme aims to protect tenants and landlord* ---Quote (Originally by 5corpio)--- *Letting industry launches...