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Why do they keep voting him in? I don't get it. There's nothing endearing or confidence building whatsoever when you see and listen to him.

Nah.

I found the bit I was referring to. 'Landlords receive guaranteed monthly rent with no void periods and council-managed support, while retaining control over property maintenance.' It's almost as if they're saying it's a positive thing (for the LL to retain control) however it could be the...

I've deleted the emails so I can't double check, however what I found strange was they said something along these lines You will retain full control over maintenance and repairs I found the wording slightly odd, because it read to me that the LL would still be responsible. Unless they meant...

The swamp, they're all in the swamp.

Yeah, I think with the one I'm refurbing I've become a bit paranoid re what happens if the next tenant is another wrong 'un. Even credit checks etc don't guarantee a good tenant. The sad thing is, if there was true parity in the landlord<>tenant relationship, the worry wouldn't be there. But...

It's funny, many folk are against LLs making money from property, however many of those will quite happily make money from property themselves i.e. benefitting from capital appreciation when selling x years later. As for those who are against private LLs full stop, what they fail to appreciate...

Yeah, I'm going to get it valued once refurbed and will decide from there. I'm not at the higher end of the BTL game, far from it, however a bit like your calculations, if I shove any profit I make from the sale into my S&S ISA, I'll probably be making roughly the same gains however as you say...

What makes me laugh when they're foreigners (even illegals) is the article will often say something like 'after they have served their sentence, the home office will apply for their deportation' or words to that effect. Eh? What? If they've to serve their sentence here, fine. After that ...

No. There should be a trans toilet for them to use. We need this: Male Female Trans They are neither male nor female. Give 'em their own space and let 'em get on with it.

WOW, what long sentences they got. That will be a REAL deterrent to others thinking of committing such a crime.

Why did I ask what? I didn't ask them diddly squat. Jog on ...

Yes, they did say the property could be used for emergency housing. I'm currently redecorating the entire property myself. It needed gutted and complete refurb after the last tenants left it in a state of disrepair ... after not paying rent for 10 months out of 11. So no, sorry, I won't allow...

It's coming https://www.gov.scot/policies/private-renting/rent-controls/

Up here we had a 'leaders' debate on the telly box last night ahead of the May elections. The Scottish Greens guy was saying tenants shouldn't have to pay their rent if the property has damp. Couple of things spring to mind. Any damp? What would the threshold be for them to legally stop...

Apparently it raised a few eyebrows (only a few cause I image a LOT of them will be botoxed in that room!) as it's not usually protocol to divulge stuff they've discussed in private. Although this protocol has been broken in the past.

Imagine her as our PM!!!

Is that one of Highway Man's yachts in the background?

Mind you, us private landlords shouldn't really complain. After all, we net at least £5k per month from each property and drive a Ferrari. So we shouldn't really grumble.

Yep. I know someone (the old friend of a friend thing) who has a council flat. He no longer lives in it, he bunks up with his gf, however he keeps the flat to ensure he still gets full benefits. So the flat is essentially sitting empty bar him popping in to collect mail etc.