Landlord Articles

13/03/2020

With the recent re-shuffle bringing Christopher Pincher as the latest in a long line of Housing Ministers, I really do hope the Prime Minister is…

06/03/2020

I wrote last month about an alternative investment decision my brother had made about buying a property as a holiday let in Thailand, giving a…

28/02/2020

It seems odd that for years I have been saying that legislation to give tenants better security in the private rental sector is not needed,…

21/02/2020

Reading a professional magazine, I was struck by a photo of a clear safety concern – a multi-socket stack with many plugs, some with frayed…

17/02/2020

The case of Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield (B5/2019/0499) was heard in the Court of Appeal in the last week of January 2020. The question…

14/02/2020

On a recent short-break, I was impressed with the hand-over of keys. The owner did not need to be there, as there was a metal…

11/02/2020

Part 2 – Choice of Tenant In my last article in this series avoiding problems when renting property to tenants I took a look at…

07/02/2020

In recent conversation with my brother about investment returns, he revealed that in addition to his long-term investments, he had a sum in an ISA…

31/01/2020

We’ve had a ‘new Government’ for 6 or 7 weeks and not sure what has changed. We officially leave the EU on 31st January, but…

24/01/2020

With the Chinese New Year celebrations due tomorrow, the world will welcome in the Year of the Rat and the first in a fresh cycle…