Landlords – Are you Protected?

A specialist eviction and advice service, through their helpline calls, predicts that up to 38% of landlords who are trying to evict tenants are facing an uphill battle as they have not properly protected their tenants deposits. The correct procedure for deposit...

Right to Rent Checks To Be Piloted In Midlands

Well here it is at last, after all the rhetoric about landlords coming under the legislation to check migrants’ legal status to remain in the country, the government has announced the pilot areas where it will be implemented. The areas in which landlords must...

Another Council Dismisses Landlord Licensing

Although large numbers of councils are making landlord licensing mandatory, another council has dismissed the scheme. Sandwell Council undertook a series of intensive consultations on introducing a compulsory landlord licence into their borough and despite uptake...

Landlord Fined – A Warning To All About Gas Safety

The HSE (Health and Safety Executive) after investigating a landlord on failure to carry out gas checks, successfully prosecuted the owner of the property in Slough. The landlord was ordered to pay over £10,000 in fines and costs. The landlord, over a four year period...

A Warning to Tenant and Landlord Alike

A house fire is undergoing investigation to its cause when a rented property was destroyed in Cleethorpes, however the landlord says that fire fighters have told him that a cigarette not put out was to blame. The owner, Keith Newsum, is strongly urging all landlords...