Freds new flat

[SUNRAY]

We also found ourselves tangled with a bad managing agent, absolutely fine for 9 months then they 'borrowed' money from the business and went bankrupt. This was before the days of ringfencing deposits.

 

[stem]

The local authority where my let property is situated (Nottingham) have certain areas that come under 'Selective Licensing' so suddenly in 2018 after being a landlord for a few years I was forced to send in lots of information including property layout drawings, have a criminal records check, and go on a landlord course. Oddly any rented properties on the other side of the road are not in the 'selected area' and are exempt.

Neither I nor my tenants have benefitted from this. In fact just the opposite, all in all, it took me over 40 hours, at a cost of nearly £1,000 and as a result, the rent will go up to cover some of the costs.

As well as filling in an horrendous application form online (paper applications cost extra) I had to provide:

• Photo ID for the proposed licence holder and manager
• Gas Safety Certificate
• Energy Performance Certificate
• Evidence of landlord insurance for the property
• Building regulations completion certificate and planning consents
• The proposed licence holders and proposed managers name, address and contact details
• The name, address and contact details for any other person with an interest in the property, such as other owners, leaseholders, freeholders and mortgage companies
• Confirmation and date of having served a notice of the application to the those with an interest in the property
• Details about the bedroom sizes, condition and safety of the property
• Details about how the property is managed
• Attend an approved Landlord training course within 12 months of being issued the licence, and provide evidence of it

 

[SimonH2]

Yes, there are lots of complaints that these SL schemes rarely result in any tangible improvement, and are often not even enforced properly. So the net result is an increase in costs which is passed onto the tenants (so bad for tenants, especially low income ones) but a cash cow for the council.
Several councils have had SL schemes challenged and found unlawful in court

 

[SUNRAY]

I've had to do some of those for a while but only for the information to be collated and available for inspection if required.

 

[SUNRAY]

I thought we do need to pass exams to be a landlord? When I had the option sell or rent my mothers and our old house, I selected sell because of all the rules and regulations involved in becoming a landlord.

I have enough problems keeping the house we live in maintained without having a second one. Is this thread going for longest running thread?

Appears so...
Guess who's been released this morning

 

[ericmark]

I had to re-read it all, so is it all going to pot again?

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Guess who's been released this morning

Who?

 

[SUNRAY]

I had to re-read it all, so is it all going to pot again?

I don't know, just happened to phone to 'chat' as soon as 'he' got home.

 

[JohnW2]

Appears so...
Guess who's been released this morning

You've done it again
... a 2009 thread last re-activated in 2020 (the date of the message to which you have replied) !

 

[SUNRAY]

You've done it again
... a 2009 thread last re-activated in 2020 (the date of the message to which you have replied) !

Ah yes but at least this time it's relevant

You made me realise this started 15 years ago.

And it took some effort to find it as I couldn't remember what I called it

 

[JohnW2]

Ah yes but at least this time it's relevant ... You made me realise this started 15 years ago.

Nearly 16.5 years, actually

 

[SUNRAY]

... a 2009 thread last re-activated in 2020 (the date of the message to which you have replied) !

Skooze I pard'n I what about 2016?

 

[SUNRAY]

Nearly 16.5 years, actually

Not bad for fitting in 3 visits to the big house

 

[JohnW2]

Skooze I pard'n I what about 2016?

Yep, it was re-activated in 2016 but, as I said, after that was 'most recently re-activated' in 2020.

 

[ericmark]

I wonder how many are having power stolen from them? I look at my own home, and we seem to be using far more electricity to what I would expect

this is a trough and is my lights, TV, PC, heating, freezers etc. The lowest reading for today is around 200 watt, not a lot, and my total bill is low enough so I have not really hunted to find where it is used, so some will likely be powering my smart stuff, but most people don't have solar panels and as a result a graph showing what they are using. Yes I have a smart meter 80% of the time it shows zero, if he had not been greedy, he may have got away with it.