Licensing costs and admin finishing off some Landlords

licensing here asks to list all other property and tenants in and out of area . I presume they intend to write to all 120 of them . its all about self justification and job creation . nothing to do with solving real world problems i am afraid , but they do like their paperwork .

I refuse to be part of this latest rediculousness. When licensing is announced, I sell. I am a good experienced landlord with happy tenants in nice safe properties but I will not be part of this onerous stupid regime. Just look at the way councils do things. Look around your area and make a list of whats worst about it. How many are built / run / sanctioned /organised or under the control of Councils past and present. Councils are good at one thing in my opinion - parks and gardens. (Although at the price -they should be!) everything else is usually an expensive balls up.
Look at all the social issues - how many originate from council house estates? They throw huge amounts of our money around on ‘projects’ and ‘consultations’ which any private company would sort out and decide much faster, better and cheaper. In my previous career I went into hundreds of council houses and believe me if many were mine I would be ashamed. But now we are compelled to be told how to run ours by Councils! In probably the most beuracratic / rules is rules / infexible / expensive and least common sense way!
This is all about raising money from ‘the golden goose’ PRS. Also its about control. Councils are power mad and pick up on any excuse to control us miniuns. The more control in place - the more staff become ‘vital’ and so jobs are secure. The bad press caused by a minority of bad landlords plays perfectly into their hands.

I sympathise. However I don't understand your comment about insurance in April. Why is it more likely to be due in April than any other month? Mine are not due in April.

Yeah Peter, I've heard about some other schemes asking for other area houses, I feel for u. Nottingham will say See u han't got it too bad.
They just gonna' drive so many of us to say Enough is enough, u giving me too much to do.

I had to go clear a drain toilet this morning, I've not done one for years, but I was passing, so had a look.
2 days ago I had tenants boiler clock break.
My Licensing office is BRILLIANT & I ask him to pass messages onto the imbeciles who han't got a clue.

I have to inform them, log on, fill a form in, every time one of my houses goes with a Letting Agent. Within 21 days I think he said.
I said to him, Now do I go do your form or do I find, locate, order a boiler clock for this woman who's lived in house 11 years?
'Cause that is the crux of it. We can't do both. Something has to give.
I'm getting to the stage, as are other landlords, we CAN'T do a good job for our tenants, as well as do all the admin for the council. IT DON'T WORK. ONE OR THE OTHER. What's it to be?
Do I fix the tenants house or do the Licensing Admin?
That is the decision we having to make.
So if that puts me in a position where potential fine, just for trying to get my tenants boiler clock as new, then I'm gonna' have to pack up.
I'd maybe earn more on investments if sold the houses, no phone call ringing, no risk of a fine, no hassle, no abuse, no Licensing fees or admin, Licensing has & will force many others to sell. They've gone way to far with the admin & bureaucracy side of it.

The real REAL losers are the tenants, much more so the vulnerable tenants who ain't got £1500 to go to a Letting Agent.
We already seeing this in Nottingham now, with the homeless, I think the Council has spent £15 million quid or so on having to buy houses for the homeless. Am I Einstein to see that Licensing is making loads homeless or are the council thick?

Reply to the comment left by John Dace at 03/04/2019 - 11:10
That's it John,

The bad press caused by a minority of bad Landlords. So we all suffer.

Reply to the comment left by Dave Driver at 03/04/2019 - 11:55
Nottingham EMPO, the Landlord association for the East Midlands, their discounted scheme for the majority of Landlords, take you to April & then going forward, all renewals are in April to coincide with Tax year.

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 03/04/2019 - 12:07
I see. Assuming that most Nottingham landlords use this scheme then it makes sense.

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 03/04/2019 - 12:07
Mick, get in touch to check the insurance is the best you can get. Go via Larry if you don't have my details.

Reply to the comment left by Dave Driver at 03/04/2019 - 12:12
Nottingham Selective Licensing if they communicated with us, should know this.

Reply to the comment left by Luke P at 03/04/2019 - 12:14
Yeah I do try & be loyal to EMPO, as they make a good chunk of wages out my insurance renewals in commission to them, they have deal with EMPO do discount for EMPO members, & get a bit of a kickback. Not a lot from one house, but my multiple lot is nice needed income for them.
Although I know we they have to be competitive too.