I have heard a rumour that the proposed tenancy deposit scheme (being brought in pursuant to the Housing Act 2004) may not be introduced in October 2006 as has been widely anticipated, but may be … [Read more...]
HMO tenants have duties too
As I have mentioned before in this blog, there are new management regulations now in force for landlords of HMO properties. These provide for the landlord (or his manager) to provide contact details … [Read more...]
Two steps back?
One of the penalties for failing to get a license for your HMO will be that you will not be able to use the section 21 procedure to evict your tenant (this is the no fault/shorthold possession ground … [Read more...]
Beware buy to let baloney
Two articles in the Observer today, which you can read here and here show that there are still people out there making money out of other people's greed. Companies such as those featured in the … [Read more...]
Nice try
You can’t keep a devious tenant down. I read in one of my legal journals of a tenant who issued legal proceedings against his landlord and gave as the landlord address for service of the court … [Read more...]
A can of worms, by design
Doing the research for an article for my website today, I read for the first time the new HMO Management Regulations, which I mentioned briefly in a previous post. It looks like life is going to get … [Read more...]