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Can Council Tax be clawed back from past tenants for banding error?

Can Council Tax be clawed back from past tenants for banding...

Some of my tenants have just moved and have forwarded across the Council Tax bill to confirm payments up to the end of the tenancy. However, on the paperwork, I have noticed that the Council Tax bill has...

10:11 AM, 6th June 2022, About 2 years ago |  3

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Renting or buying main residence while on second build?

Renting or buying main residence while on second build?

Hi all and thanks for having me on the forum. I am a first-tie developer having sold my London property and with £450k in the bank, I bought some land in Kent and obtained FPP. I have just finished building...

10:03 AM, 6th June 2022, About 2 years ago |  11

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Washing machine in small studio?

Washing machine in small studio?

Hi all, My studio flat has been rented out since the late 80s. However, it is empty now due to Covid19 but in excellent condition after a recent refurbishment has been carried out. I am looking for a professional...

9:55 AM, 6th June 2022, About 2 years ago |  6

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Final Call – Consultation about how the taxation of Property Income could be simplified

Final Call – Consultation about how the taxation of Property...

Hi, has everyone responded to this survey? >> Click here There is not much time left. It closes on the 5th of June at 11:45 pm and I only received word about it today from Airbnb.

9:26 AM, 1st June 2022, About 2 years ago |  1

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Should I do the right thing?

Should I do the right thing?

I have a long term tenant who’s been renting from me for donkey’s years. Rent paid on time without fail. He pays weekly as suits him best. He lives alone, and keeps himself to himself. Mid...

9:14 AM, 1st June 2022, About 2 years ago |  11

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Is now a good time to refinance and fix?

Is now a good time to refinance and fix?

My brother and I own 26 rental properties, all very standard houses and flats kept in good condition and let to working people. They are all what I would call “vanilla” buy to lets. Rents and...

6:45 AM, 1st June 2022, About 2 years ago |  6

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Irrelevant deposit question – Completing N5B form?

Irrelevant deposit question – Completing N5B form?

Hi, I am trying to complete an N5B form and struggling to answer a question. At the beginning of the tenancy, I never took a deposit from the tenant so there is nothing to return and no scheme requirement.

15:16 PM, 30th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  5

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Can I include management and ground rent costs in a new AST?

Can I include management and ground rent costs in a new AST?

My tenant’s 12-month fixed term AST ends on the 1st of November 2022. However, instead of letting it roll onto a periodic tenancy can I start a completely new AST to increase the currently low rent...

11:09 AM, 30th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  9

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Forgetting the PRS here too!

Forgetting the PRS here too!

Hi everyone, An interesting article here from Inside Housing “Going bust: how contractor insolvencies are affecting development and repairs.” The effects are felt all over though in the wider...

11:00 AM, 30th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  1

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Student Lodgers or HMO?

Student Lodgers or HMO?

Hi everyone. I am lending my daughter the money to purchase a 3-bed house while she’s away studying at university. She will/intends to rent 2 of the rooms and 1 rented in a self-contained annexe.

11:30 AM, 27th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  4

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Transfer part of ownership of BTL flat to spouse without having to pay SDLT?

Transfer part of ownership of BTL flat to spouse without having...

I am going to sell a BTL flat with is under my sole name. For tax efficiency, I would like to transfer part of ownership to my husband (I am a high rate taxpayer) before selling. The Mortgage provider...

11:16 AM, 27th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  16

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Living in my BTL – Consent required?

Living in my BTL – Consent required?

I own one property which has a BTL mortgage on it. It is going to become vacant later in the year and it would be convenient for me to live in the property for about 8 months after which I will be moving...

11:09 AM, 27th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  3

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Section 13 notice for rent increase – Struggling with questions 3?

Section 13 notice for rent increase – Struggling with questions...

Hi everyone and sorry if probably being a bit thick, but here goes: 3. The first rent increase date after 11th February 2003 is…….. What date is required here? I’m intending to increase the rent...

10:52 AM, 27th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  24

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Section 21 valid date confusion?

Section 21 valid date confusion?

Can someone please help me to clarify a valid date to end a tenancy in section 21? I have a standard AST tenancy which was created in 2013 for initial 12 months and then becomes a periodic tenancy.

10:37 AM, 27th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  13

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Does this avoid being an HMO?

Does this avoid being an HMO?

I own a 3 bed flat, in my name, not a Ltd company. When the current tenancy ends I am thinking of letting two rooms out to individuals and retaining the third as a study/bedsit for myself. I pay council...

8:39 AM, 26th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  9

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Right to Rent of Ruin!

Right to Rent of Ruin!

I read on a government site just recently that if ‘right to rent’ checks are incorrect, the punishment can be up to 5 years in prison and unlimited fines!!! Surely this is over the top as it is hardly...

10:11 AM, 25th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  2

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Can we move into our HMO?

Can we move into our HMO?

My wife and I were wondering if we moved into our HMO, by not taking in a new group of students and paying the HMO mortgage off with the sale of our residential property and using what was the HMO as our...

16:03 PM, 24th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  11

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Landlord 1 – Shelter Nil

Landlord 1 – Shelter Nil...

I had a very large and aggressive tenant who was in rent arrears. For the 11 years of his occupation, he was regularly behind with the top-up to his housing benefit and I would periodically have to ask...

10:50 AM, 24th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  37

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Any standard deductions allowed for administration expenses?

Any standard deductions allowed for administration expenses?

Hi everyone, I would be most grateful if anyone could possibly clarify if there is an agreed standard accounting practice allowance for administrative expenses incurred by landlords that are tax-deductible...

11:15 AM, 20th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  4

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Deemed Discharge of Condition Notice – Ridiculous process?

Deemed Discharge of Condition Notice – Ridiculous process?

I have given notice to the council for a ‘deemed discharge notice’, in order for the planning condition to be discharged under article 28 of the Town & Country Planning (Development Management...

11:01 AM, 20th May 2022, About 2 years ago |  0

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