Readers Questions
How should I own my property?
I own one BTL property in my sole name. I am currently a non-tax payer and my husband is a higher rate tax payer.
We are shortly to...
Police damage to rental property
Police broke into one of our tenants homes by smashing the door to get in but discovered no evidence and did not charge our tenant. ...
Is a loss of rent insurance payout treated as taxable income
We recently received a payment for loss of rent at a property after a fire made it uninhabitable.
Should we declare it on the accounts...
CGT nightmare on separating from Husband
I have recently separated from my husband and moved back into a house I owned before our marriage …. this is where I believe...
Should an Insurance Claim on BTL affect my House Insurance?
I have a small portfolio of four BTL’s and a few years ago I was unfortunate enough to have a buildings insurance claim on two...
HMO daily room rental, would this be a hotel?
I know that the definition of a “hotel” is (very roughly) a place that rents rooms on a daily basis, so if rooms...
My solicitor has let me down – what do I do now?
After months of searching, we finally found a property deal which was exactly what we had been looking for and at £50,000 below the...