Readers Questions
SDLT on BTL serviced student accommodation?
Can anyone tell me if one is exempt from the additional 3% SDLT levy on a new house we bought after the change last year?
We use it...
Transfer of beneficial ownership from spouse – No m...
My wife is a basic rate tax payer and solely owns one property (with no mortgage) which she rents out. I also solely own one property...
Council forcing new front doors onto leaseholders of ex-c...
We are the leaseholders of an ex-council flat in a block of 12, roughly 50-60 years old, and the council is the freeholder.
Their fire...
How would a Trust work for grown up children and section 24?
I have 8 buy to let’s which have interest only mortgages 0f about £480,000 producing an income of around 68k of course that’s...
Skeptical over Lease Option agreements
Can any member comment upon their experience using ‘Lease Option Agreements’ to build a property portfolio?
A friend of...
Evicted lodger belongings?
Hi my lodger been evicted yesterday, I gave her notice she was agreed to move by end of the month the when the time was to vacate the...
Tenant wants new AST in order to claim housing benefit?
I own a single 2 bed terraced property which has been let to the same working single tenant for just over 3 years. The tenant has unfortunately...