Summer Budget 2015 – Landlords Reactions

I haven't drunk lager in years; why am I now gasping for a pint?

How many first-time buyers died for that pint of beer?

Comrades... Take her away!

Reply to the comment left by "Ros ." at "08/12/2015 - 18:44":

I had one hiding in the cupboard in one of my props on one occasion, i remember it well, her name was Stella Foster and when i found her, she told me to XXXX off.

I got her out of the cupboard - she wasn't bitter, nor mild.

Was she lager than life by any chance?
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Reply to the comment left by "Mark Alexander" at "08/12/2015 - 19:55":

Well she was certainly super and often gave a little extra, a right tonic she was !

Reply to the comment left by "Joe Galvin" at "08/12/2015 - 17:35":

Joe, what the hell has incorporation got to do with being a business? The majority of businesses in this country are either sole traders or partnerships.

Reminds me of the time Timothy Taylor wasn't selling very well because everyone found something nicer to drink.

Reply to the comment left by "Gordon Comstock" at "08/12/2015 - 20:40":

There are plenty of junior doctors and other NHS staff that are either new in town or working a temporary placement and need rental housing. There are lots of immigrant workers, lots of design graduates, lots of people who specifically want a temporary place to live.

Whatever drink we're selling, it's not this Timothy Taylor.

Reply to the comment left by "Gordon Comstock" at "08/12/2015 - 18:26":

I take your points. The words union and strike should perhaps not be taken in their existing legal context. I accept that Perhaps lobby group , pressure group or similar is more appropriate . Something though which has a more dynamic visible direct affect to bring our plight into the public eye is what I am advocating.

The gun lobby in America is very powerful. Private Landlord lobby groups are very weak. We have no teeth (as yet. ) I wanted to fast forward traditional but often ineffective channels of protest. I`ve seen it happen before where seemingly out of the box ideas gain ground and form a sort of perpetual motion going forward when the initial set up work has been done. That set up work is the unforgiving thankless part where there is no immediate reward.

Direct action gets air time . You say tenants don`t need their current landlord. Mine do. The only realistic alternative for them is social housing of which there is no where near enough.

I could today work in total cooperation and willingness with one of my tenants to force the issue. It would place a homeless tenant ln the council foyer in 2 months time and an obligation on the council to house that tenant. They have to go through the B&B experience yes but then they get a council house more suitable for their needs as I cannot supply. I have done that several times over the years so i know that strategy works.

So the only problem now is to co ordinate that with enough other willing landlords who understand and agree with the desired objective. If one Sec 21 using that proven formula works for me and my tenant then there is no reason why multiple Sec 21`s cannot be used to magnify the effect.

I agree the government may step in with emergency legislation to prevent it but that would prove the strategy works and the balance of power has shifted. Concessions would be granted and a shift of thinking rapidly drafted . It would have had a partial success

But I agree any grass roots start up requires an enormous shift of natural inertia into a can do attitude. I know that from experience in other areas of my life where I have simply sown the idea and watched the oak tree grown out of an acorn.

I obtained 100K in lottery funding for a community initiative once by chatting to a few oddballs who were in the right place at the right time to make some noise. Some supported it simply for their own political kudos. They literally pushed me out of the way at the photo shoot such was their desire to be in the paper as being associated with the project. But it did not matter to me. The goal was achieved, The idea started from a chat with some friends and a scrap of paper caught on and the momentum grew. ( The Beermat Entrepreneur is a good motivational read to see what can be done in business if the mind set is right )

Some organisations achieve notable success with their missions. Some don`t. Some get off the ground. Some dont . But where there is a will there is a way.
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Reply to the comment left by "Joe Galvin" at "08/12/2015 - 18:11":

Saying that it almost looks like to me that he is preparing to clamp down on btl.

Now he forces everyone into "safe" limited companies (and makes a bit of a money in the process), then he is free to do whatever he wants, he can tax btl to death, or he can lower house prices in order to win the next elections.