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Can I get minutes from a board meeting where I was removed as director?

Can I get minutes from a board meeting where I was removed as...

Hi,  I was the managing director for a residential management company. I started asking uncomfortable questions and requesting to see expenditures etc. Other directors did not like it and they removed...

9:57 AM, 15th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  2

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Over 80 days to reclaim deposit?

Over 80 days to reclaim deposit?

After a year of waiting for legal repossession, I have up to another 80 + days before I can access the deposit! DPS, 14 days before the tenant, who has disappeared does not reply, + 1 week to find a solicitor...

9:56 AM, 15th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  13

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Tenant has taken carpet, blinds and lampshades!

Tenant has taken carpet, blinds and lampshades!

Hi, I have had a tenant in a 2-bedroom house for one year. At the end of the year, they have ended the tenancy and have now moved out. I have an agent providing a full management service. At the inspection...

9:16 AM, 15th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  16

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Tenant allowed to challenge new EPC rating?

Tenant allowed to challenge new EPC rating?

Hi, we purchased a property in 2.5 acres of land from a company that owned it as well as other adjacent land including a quarry. There was a tenant in situ on a periodic AST. The tenant had been left for...

0:02 AM, 14th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  31

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Academic research project – looking for landlord participants

Academic research project – looking for landlord participants...

The University of York and the University of Sheffield are carrying out a research project looking into the experiences of landlords as they relate to the law and housing regulations. The project is specifically...

0:01 AM, 14th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  2

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Service charge estimate and spend not adding up?

Service charge estimate and spend not adding up?

Hi all, does anyone have any knowledge regarding service charges and monies spent in a financial year? Last year’s projections came in at £55,300. After a battle with the managing agent and requesting...

0:06 AM, 13th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  7

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Non-qualifying leaseholders impact on portfolio landlords?

Non-qualifying leaseholders impact on portfolio landlords?

Hi, I’ve recently come across this in a property talk, and am very concerned about the implications of this to portfolio landlords who have more than 3 leasehold properties by April 22. I’d like your...

0:01 AM, 13th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  5

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My tenants’ solicitor is demanding costs!

My tenants’ solicitor is demanding costs!

Hello, We have been trying to evict our tenants for the last 9 months as we are selling the property. Court proceedings were set for last November, however, we had to cancel these due to an issue with...

0:06 AM, 12th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  15

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My tenant is expecting – advice?

My tenant is expecting – advice?

Hello, first time posting on here so please go easy on me! One of my tenants has just mentioned that she’s pregnant. I’m not sure how this is going to affect things from a rent-paying point...

0:05 AM, 12th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  10

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Why is the NRLA supporting anti-landlord needs?

Why is the NRLA supporting anti-landlord needs?

Hello, We all know that politicians of all parties have some very strange ideas and like to waste our money, but it’s unbelievable that an organisation whose members are landlords has an anti-landlord...

0:01 AM, 12th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  33

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Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater?

I was going to buy x 2 houses and turn them into HMO’s to put on long-term leases to SERCO (approx 100k each). On paper, it looks good and the numbers are appealing. Then I started reading horror...

9:48 AM, 11th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  7

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Will insulation save the planet?

Will insulation save the planet?

Hi, I just got the following warning about insulation from rogue traders passed on by trading standards: “Trading Standards is warning residents to be cautious of spray foam insulation removal scams.

0:02 AM, 11th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  9

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Non compliant service charge regime since 1993?

Non compliant service charge regime since 1993?

Hi, my daughter is a newcomer in a block of flats. A young NHS carer and a first-time buyer the lease is for 999 years. A company (let’s call them X) holds the freehold via a share in the company...

0:01 AM, 8th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  4

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Must I use managing agent’s surveyor at over £600?

Must I use managing agent’s surveyor at over £600?

Hi, my rented top floor flat (4 storeys up and on the corner of the block) has developed horizontal cracks along the living room ceiling edges. Some now are starting to go down vertically. My personal...

0:01 AM, 7th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  3

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Is my managing agent keeping me in the dark about a known building issue?

Is my managing agent keeping me in the dark about a known building...

Hi, I planned to sell my flat this year, but have only recently been told (by chance) that there is an existing issue within the buildings in the same development – i.e. the possibility of pipes,

9:25 AM, 5th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  23

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Will a guarantor letter be valid if the tenancy agreement is renewed?

Will a guarantor letter be valid if the tenancy agreement is...

Hello, Does anyone know if a guarantor letter is still valid, if I renewed the original tenancy agreement with the same tenant? I have got a guarantor letter when the tenant first moved in 2009. A year...

9:18 AM, 5th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  8

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The landlord vote – who gets it?

The landlord vote – who gets it?

Hi, as a landlord with over 20 years of experience in this business, I realise that we are not all made from the same cloth and we do not all hold the same political beliefs. Some of us are right-wing...

9:40 AM, 4th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  7

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Is my letting agent breaching contract by partial rent payments?

Is my letting agent breaching contract by partial rent payments?

Hi, I would like to know if my letting agent is in breach of contract.  This is the third time my letting agent has only paid half the amount of rent to me and then transfers the other half at a later...

9:20 AM, 4th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  16

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No hot water or heating, help!

No hot water or heating, help!

A friend has asked for my opinion, and help, however despite being a landlord I do not feel fully qualified to give proper advice as I have never experienced a problem with my tenants. All help will be...

0:01 AM, 4th March 2024, About 8 months ago |  14

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Lack of building control sign-off for attic used as holiday let?

Lack of building control sign-off for attic used as holiday let?

Hi, I am meant to have exchanged this week on a property which has had the attic converted to a holiday let (1 bedroom, Kitchen, Bathroom and Sitting Room) in either 1999 or 2000. It has been rented ever...

9:26 AM, 1st March 2024, About 9 months ago |  7

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