Lettings & Management
Breaking News and opinions affecting Letting Agents and Property Managers operating in the UK Private Rented Sector
Scotland’s PBSA is ‘unfit for purpose’
Students in Scotland are being forced to live in unsafe purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) and a rent freeze should be reintroduced,
Tenant damage – repairs via instalments?
Hello, My tenant has damaged the panel heater in a bedroom and it is now beyond repair. The quote is just under £700 to fully replace...
Agent has invalidated my buildings insurance through mism...
Hello, My tenant of 5 years recently ended up in hospital for 3 months. My building’s insurance stipulates that the property...
Tenant changed locks and not left property after end of t...
Hello, My tenant’s 12 month tenancy ended over a week ago. One of them is still in situ. No more rent has been paid.
On attending...
HMO market in England shrinks by 21,000 properties
England’s house in multiple occupation (HMO) market is still shrinking despite a growing need for affordable rental accommodation,
Mould making flat uninhabitable?
Hello, I have a flat in a listed building which has a flat roof. The roof requires major works which the management committee have...
Can the Directors only invite ‘share of freeholders...
Hello, I wonder if you could answer this query please? I live in a mixed 14 flat block where some are ‘share of freehold’...
