Following the recent heatwave, which saw record high temperatures across the UK, the Committee on Climate Change has published a briefing on overheating in buildings. This summarises the impact of extreme temperatures and sets out the adaptation measures that can help...
The FT has reported on a case of ruling where a contractor, was ordered to pay damages towards the cost of removing cladding it had fitted to four residential tower blocks deemed to be unsafe after the blaze in the London block of flats, calling it a 'landmark...
Maidstone Council have an urgent need for three or four bedroom property available for immediate occupation. The council claims that the landlord is able to set the rent of the property and as long as it is “affordable” – but they don’t give any idea as to affordable...
Once again, the much-heralded Database of Rogue Agents & Landlords has proved to be inefficient. Introduced in April 2018, it was intended that any landlord or property agent who received a banning order would be added to the database. The principal problem is...
The Telegraph is reporting on the problem associated with the ‘flawed rules’ with the EPC test. We have been lobbying Government for some time regarding the review into EPC’s, and also into the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standard (MEES) which can be seen here, but to...
Whilst we are still waiting for Government to announce the new MEES requirements (see here) a survey of landlords carried out on behalf of Paragon Bank has found that 77% of landlords are willing to spend up to £3,000 to upgrade each property they own to EPC C....
Currently, a self-employed person or a first time landlord is required to give notice to HMRC of their liability for Income Tax Self-Assessment no more than six months after the end of the tax year in which the self-employed person or landlord became liable to tax....
Generation Rent, which typically attacks all landlords and especially those involved in buy to let, has instead focussed its latest social media attacks on holiday lets.It says on Twitter: “Holiday lets are already more lucrative than tenancies - in holiday hotspots...
The Essential Information Group reports on a regular basis on the number of lots offered, and sold at auctions. Their recent report can be seen here and says ‘for the past 4 months the overall monthly amount raised has seen a double digit increase when compared with...
The House of Commons Library has issued a report debating whether a private landlord can refuse to let to Housing Benefit claimants In it they describe the two court cases where agents had been found guilty of discrimination by refusing benefit tenants. It also...
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