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Daniela Provvedi
Daniela Provvedi
Property Management and Landlord
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@Peter Why Do I Bother, I second that. And would add Tricia, Andrew and Ellie.

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 March 2024 15:04 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Gold. Go onto Godfrey Bloom's website.

From: Daniela Provvedi 10 February 2024 19:16 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with your comments, @Peter Royan, and would also like to add RIP to the little boy. In addition to your comments, I noticed that @Diane Thomas mentioned twice that the mould wasn't cleaned off until seen by the expert. Was it not possible to take photos and a short film (mobile phones all have that facility these days) and then clean it off?

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 January 2024 10:11 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Dear @Annoyed Landlord, no need to rant or get angry with me. I've also had covid, and the symptoms were the same as a bad cold or flu. Many others have experienced the same. I'm sorry you have COPD. And I'm also sorry to say that you've made my point for me - you're triple jabbed, but you still got covid? Anyway this is a very delicate subject and an inappropriate platform. I won't be responding to any one else about this subject.

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 January 2024 14:01 PM

Daniela Provvedi
The World Council for Health.org has much advice and guidance on what to do about covid infections. Do spend time reading the articles in there.

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 January 2024 11:03 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Ellie, I hope you're feeling much better now. Covid is just another name for a cold or flu. Pre-covid, wouldn't you have looked at that person on the tube and thought, I better not sit there, I don't want to catch that cold or flu? Would you have thought of wearing a mask? No, because they don't work. It's proven they don't. And if you got the flu or a cold, would you have tested yourself to see if you were sick? No, because you felt sick; you don't need a stick with some liquid in it telling you you're sick. So why do it now? BTW, having the covid injection does not protect you from catching covid. You don't need to feel anxious. Whatever your reason for not having had the injection, it was a good one. No need to reply, Ellie. Let's use this platform to discuss our property issues. (I know I'll probably be shot down in flames by some who disagree with me).

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 January 2024 10:56 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@ D Duck Sorry to hear about your problems. I don't want to tell you what to do, but if you invest in a VPN service (I can recommend MyExpat Network), it will hide your IP address and your PC behaves as if you're in the UK. You'll be able to access all the UK websites you need. I'm overseas often and I swear my it. And it's cheap. £8.99 per month, or £4.99 per month for the year, or £3.99 per month for 2 years. Just thought I'd let you know.

From: Daniela Provvedi 11 December 2023 19:17 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Andrew, thanks for letting us know. We've all left messages for you in past Landlord Today Articles. I'm pleased to hear from you, and that you are well. Great to have you online again :-)

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 December 2023 10:23 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Wishing you all the best, Andrew. Came back on here soon to let us know how you are. THANKS @Cathrine for the reminder.

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 November 2023 11:25 AM

Daniela Provvedi
He received a 12k fine, plus victim's surcharge, plus council legal costs; but does he get to keep the L-shaped dormer?

From: Daniela Provvedi 07 November 2023 20:40 PM

Daniela Provvedi
This is good news, of course. It's what we've been wanting. But for how long? And, oh my goodness, what a bunch of incompetent fools though. First yes, then no then yes. Now we're back on no. They're really keeping us dangling on a piece of string, aren't they. 🤬🤬

From: Daniela Provvedi 22 October 2023 18:05 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Nick and @Andrew - wouldn't you leave your dust bowl to come here and board in the Holiday Inn and relax? Or milk the system if you could? These migrants do because they can. It's not their fault we offering them all this on a plate. Do you think they "milk the system" or stay in Holiday Inns in France or Italy? (I speak from experience as I travel there a lot). No they don't. Know why? Because they're not welcome. They don't get free mobile phones, food, accommodation and free health over there (I'm talking generally, because some do). You Brits are too kind, I've always said so. You can't let them pour in then moan about it when they take over. You need to stop them before they get here, which is something the UK government hasn't got a clue in doing.

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 October 2023 18:47 PM

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As mentioned before.... They caused all the problems, resulting in everything @Jo Westlake rightly mentioned above (and more) and then they do a u-turn, to make themselves look good. You're right Antony, they are fickle; definitely can't be trusted, the whole lot of them.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 September 2023 19:18 PM

Daniela Provvedi
First they cause the problem, then they give us a solution to make themselves look good. Not sure why @Richard Law thinks it's party time? I wouldn't trust them as far as I could spit them.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 September 2023 14:50 PM

Daniela Provvedi
That's what CBDC's are all about Michael. Digital Currencies and all that. We must vehemently refuse to accept this. Everyone will know everything about us; banks, supermarkets, insurance companies, Doctors, etc. CBDC's must not happen.

From: Daniela Provvedi 20 September 2023 15:16 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Private message to ELLIE EDWARDS... Ellie, I tried getting hold of you via Landlord Today for weeks. They just won't give you my message, nor pass my number nor email address for you to contact me. I just wanted to let you know that I did employ Bayarsaikhan, your electrician, to do some work for me. He came twice. And as you said, he's brilliant; respectful, great workmanship and very good at keeping in contact. Thanks very much Ellie for letting me have his details. Rgds, Daniela

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 September 2023 10:18 AM

Daniela Provvedi
And instead of our lovely London Mayor (🤮) doing something to help us LLs, he's too busy fooking us over with ULEZ. Anyway, let me stop complaining and take myself to Trafalgar Square to celebrate the "Black on the Square" festivity that he's arranged for us. 🙄

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 September 2023 15:15 PM

Daniela Provvedi
THANK YOU, Ellie!

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 August 2023 20:57 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Ellie, my properties are also in central London. I've tried contacting my Electrician (who does exceptional work) to sort out a problem for me, but have had no reply. Perhaps he's on holiday. No harm having a "Plan B" though, so wondered if you wouldn't mind passing me your Electrician's details? Hopefully it's possible on this forum? Thanks!

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 August 2023 12:09 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Thank you, Ben! I'm pleased to hear and see that you're with us.

From: Daniela Provvedi 05 August 2023 10:15 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@Nick, Labour WON'T get in, if you all don't vote for them.

From: Daniela Provvedi 12 May 2023 08:58 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Yes Andrew, I know and you're right. But I also know (been living here since 1989) that if Labour get in, it will be worse, far worse.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 May 2023 09:03 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't normally comment on this forum, but I read most of what you all write. Some of you I attentively follow, and "like" most of what you say (you know who you are). However, as a non Brit (allowed to live here but not allowed to vote), I feel sad at some of the Political comments made, and this has made me want to write and say that.... I feel you've given up. You've already accepted that Starmer is your next PM. You're not fighting for your country! You've already accepted that Labour will be next - I've noticed this by a few comments on here. For your sake and for all us genuine foreigners who have a business here and love your country like you do, just don't give up and let Labour in. Just say No. Thank you.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 May 2023 21:08 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I'm visiting family here in France for a wedding, atm. While at the Church, I overheard a person who was visiting (not part of our group) chatting to a Priest. She said she's fed-up with donating money to the Ukraine and various Ukranian charities, because she's just returned from the mountains, and there were many Ukranians there skiing. #just saying

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 January 2023 12:23 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Matthew Bowns - why don't you put your company name and email address / phone number in your profile, so that we can contact you? What areas do you cover?

From: Daniela Provvedi 09 January 2023 16:13 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Signed at 13:21 - 11,427 signatures.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 December 2022 13:22 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Pauline, I've seen comments from Vanessa Warwick of Property Tribes on here before. And she's close to Ben Beadle of the NRLA, having regular monthly Webinars together, so I'm sure (I hope) our messages on here get to him too. Would be so nice if they occasionally came on here to comment. FFS, both Property Tribes and the NRLA have hundreds of thousands of members (me included). We could be quite a strong voice together, with the right leader....

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 December 2022 08:27 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Michael, I received my Gas Certificate and everything checked out fine. No problems listed. However literally 3 months later there was a gas leak. I contacted the same company who did the Cert. and they came to check. Said they found some pipework which was rusted. They said I would need to pay for the repairs. They wouldn't accept that just 3 months earlier, it was leaking. I contacted the Gas Safe Register co uk to find out where I stood with this, as I found it unbelievable that a rusty pipe didn't emit even a bit of gas just 3 months earlier. They told me that basically if the engineer didn't detect a leak at the time, then that was it. Nothing I could do about it. I contacted my insurance company to make a claim, and they too didn't accept it. So I had to carry out the repairs at my own cost.

From: Daniela Provvedi 12 September 2022 21:30 PM

Daniela Provvedi
It's imposed on you? OK, fair enough, Michael. Thank God I've got a choice.

From: Daniela Provvedi 30 August 2022 08:58 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Agree Andrew. I wouldn't touch HMO's with a barge pole.

From: Daniela Provvedi 29 August 2022 13:29 PM

Daniela Provvedi
You're right about claiming for major claims only, Andrew. It's not worth claiming for smaller issues as it increases your premiums, even if it's not your fault. Our upstairs neighbour caused 6 leaks from their bathroom in the last 15 years. The Owner lives in Australia and they don't respond to calls nor emails from me. Their Agent who manages their flat is also useless. Normally we repair our ceiling and walls ourselves, so as not to make an insurance claim. The upstairs tenants are lovely people and helpful too, unlike their LL. They arrange to get the leaking pipe or whatever it is, repaired asap. However, this time, the leak was quite big, and I was fed-up with this constant leaking from their flat. So I told their Agent that they should arrange to do the repairs and refurbishment to my kitchen and bathroom at their expense. Long story short...... After a year of going back and forth (and my tenant, bless him, has a lot of patience living in that condition) it was pushed back to me saying that I should claim from my insurance for the repairs to the damage caused by their leak. They said they're not liable to repair the damage to my flat. My insurance company (RentGuard) said the onus is on me to have my flat refurbished and make a claim. All I needed was a letter from the upstairs Agent or LL confirming that the repairs to the leak were done and the leak stopped. Needless to say, we did the repairs ourselves, again. But I am very furious.....!! (Apparently this is law in England?)

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 August 2022 10:47 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Same here, Michael. Section 21 is important for me. I've not used it often, but when I need to get rid, I'd like to be able to do it quickly. EPC C is not too much of a problem; most of my properties are on C and the remaining are easily sorted (they're a D).

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 July 2022 16:51 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Michael, just asking (and yes, this time I am being personal 😉), but why is your rent so low? My Landlord friend who has a flat above mine, in Central London, with an HMO of 3 people is charging well over £2,500 per month, to students.

From: Daniela Provvedi 11 June 2022 16:56 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Thanks Edwin. It helps to know.

From: Daniela Provvedi 09 June 2022 21:09 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Michael, my friend, you make me laugh..... On the one hand you think I'm asking personal questions but yet on the other hand you provide me with a whole lot of information (that I didn't ask for) ;-) It's not personal to ask what percentage your LA charges you. Mine, in London, is in line with what both yourself and Edwin Morris said, ie. 15%. I'm pleased that I'm not being taken for a ride. My LA is brilliant and deserves every penny of that 15% that she makes from me. You share a lot of personal information on this forum, Michael. If you didn't want to answer me, you didn't have to. :-)

From: Daniela Provvedi 09 June 2022 21:07 PM

Daniela Provvedi
TBH I don't really care what people think of their Letting Agents. We can choose whether we want to use them or not. What I am interested in, however, is the fees LL pay their LA for doing (for example) a Full Management? @Andrew and @George, would you be willing to share what percentage your LA charge you?

From: Daniela Provvedi 09 June 2022 19:30 PM

Daniela Provvedi
During the last 6 months I needed to replace tenants twice. Both times I had a professional inventory in place. 1st tenants who left the flat in a bordello, I kept the whole deposit after showing them the before and after photos & videos. 2nd tenants left with quite a mess, so I kept approx three quarters of their deposit. Again, sent them before & after photos. No adjudicators were needed, they realised what pigs they were just by my sending them the photographic evidence.

From: Daniela Provvedi 29 May 2022 13:19 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Exactly Simon, properties with an F EPC should not be allowed to be rented out. Why doesn't the Council go straight to that property and close it down, or give the LL a month (for example) to bring it up to date? I think it's because this BS is not true!

From: Daniela Provvedi 05 May 2022 16:47 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with you Elizabeth. I am also against all wars, and the MSM (main stream media) normally do report just one side. There is a lot of information from outside the MSM, but I wonder whether people bother searching for it and listen/read it.

From: Daniela Provvedi 01 March 2022 13:43 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Merry Christmas, Andrew.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 December 2021 11:17 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@Andrew T. I have a property in SE1 London. Smart 2 bedroom garden apartment which is worth £800k (as per Foxtons earlier this week). Very low mortgage left to pay, bought it in the 90's. I personally manage it myself. It makes approx what your 4 in Norwich would make. That's why. (LOL) (Just a little banter with you, I respect and "like" most of your comments normally 🤭😉)

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 December 2021 17:14 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Sandra, name & shame the MP? Thanks.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 December 2021 16:52 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't own property in Scotland, so cannot comment. Most of my properties are in London. What I will say is that I HAVE NOT increased any rent during the pandemic, in fact I gave them all a 30% discount for 6 months. (One property had a 30% disc. for 13 months!) Another LL bashing bu££sh*t story. Sick of it.

From: Daniela Provvedi 18 November 2021 18:30 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Imagine if we all had to behave like that. Walking down the road eating ice-cream, oops no bin, well I'll just throw the paper on the street. No rubbish bin for my empty bottle of water, oh it's OK, let me just leave it here on the pavement. Pathetic.

From: Daniela Provvedi 18 October 2021 09:26 AM

Daniela Provvedi
This remark from McConnell is so ridiculous, I had to read the heading twice, couldn't believe my eyes. He states this move "would relieve pressure on families".... Which families? What about those of us who don't rent? What relief does my family have from this move?

From: Daniela Provvedi 18 October 2021 09:12 AM

Daniela Provvedi
As per Andrew, I also wasn't tempted to buy, but I did lose a long term tenant (5 year tenancy) who moved out because he bought his own peoperty.

From: Daniela Provvedi 13 October 2021 12:24 PM

Daniela Provvedi
One of my tenants reported a slight swelling of the wooden floorboards. First thing that came to mind was perhaps a leak from the bathroom, causing damp. No sign of damp on walls or floor, but couldn't think what else it could be. No large trees in the vacinity of my property. Arranged for my plumber to go to the property; tenants wouldn't let him in - said it wasn't convenient (despite receiving 3 day's notice). So I told tenants that I would come and investigate (giving them 3 days notice again), but they refused me entry too!! All this happened 2 month's ago. Thankfully the tenants have now moved out, and I immediately got the plumber to check. Guess what.... there was a flipping leak!! A slow drip, drip. Reading articles like this makes me feel livid and only serves to rub salt into my wounds. Urggghh!!

From: Daniela Provvedi 13 October 2021 11:56 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@Echis R I didn't think Michael Foley was complaining; he just stated a fact. Furthermore, I agree with Jahan - our tenants don't pay off our debts; they pay for a service that we are providing. Zero financial commitments!!?? LOL.... Are you joking?

From: Daniela Provvedi 30 September 2021 17:48 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I will never, and have never, asked anyone to leave my property for no reason. You take care of my property, and you're allowed to stay for as long as you wish. This is my job and my only income, so I have no reason to get rid of you if you're good. However, every new Tenant moving into my properties from now on, will provide me with a home-owning Guarantor, otherwise they will not be my Tenant. If they're going to take Sec 21 away from us, then Tenants better be squeaky clean to move into my property. GR can campaign as much as they want to; my house, my rules.

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 September 2021 19:05 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Absolutely right, Michael, here I am.... Shame that there isn't an organisation standing up for our rights and arranging a YouGov poll of 3,500 LL revealing the most common illegal act caused by tenants! That would be interesting, but not surprising. Tenants in one of my properties are moving out on the 1st Oct. They've blocked me on their WhatsApp and eMail, LOL. They're cross with me because I've been contacting them daily for the rent arrears for Feb & Mar 2021. And because I'm chasing them for rent for this month, which was due on the 1st; today is the 14th. They were planning on using their Deposit to pay for their last month's rent. They're cross because I told them they have to professionally clean the flat (which is the way they received it 2 years ago), and on inspection a week ago, it was so disgustingly dirty that I wouldn't put my dog to live in there. They're also cross because they find it an imposition that I have arranged for a 3rd party company to do the Inventory and Check-out on the day they move. It's all a bloody joke. But thank goodness they have a Guarantor, so my threaten of a CCJ made them pay up very quickly! I phoned the NRLA Advice line about the professional cleaning, and they advised me that the tenants aren't obliged to have the Flat "professionally" cleaned as from June 2019 (I think?) because that's when the Tenants Fees Act came in. The 3rd party company doing the check-out is OK, because I'm paying for it, but I have to be present while the check is being done. All I can say is thank God I did the Check-in and am going to do the Check-out (with the same company). That report will produce all the sh*t they've caused; they can kiss their Deposit good-bye!

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 September 2021 18:36 PM

Daniela Provvedi
My advert went live this morning on R/move & Zoopla. 2 bed apart in London, Zone 1. Within an hour I received 8 enquiries!! Can't deny I'm feeling nervous. Last time I had a vacant property was 4 years ago. Things have changed. My attitude has definitely changed too. Will only consider tenants with home-owning Guarantor, no pets, and rental price not negotiable. If all that is accepted, then I'll be prepared to talk further...

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 September 2021 15:28 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Agree with you, Jahan. And agree with Tricia as well - I didn't feel that Tricia was trying to impose any personal view on us, just stating an actual fact.

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 August 2021 17:29 PM

Daniela Provvedi
The total fine was £335, and he got his tenants out in 1 week.....

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 August 2021 07:01 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Totally agree that the services of a good agent are invaluable, but come on..... Transferring £450 to someone without checking out the property first? And if not possible to check the property, then what about asking for proof like a passport or something in the Property Owner's name? Let's not always blame social media for people's stupidity.

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 June 2021 12:42 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Thanks Andrew 🙂 I bought my first property in 1990 and a few others thereafter. Still enjoying being a LL despite it all, and still don't regret my decision all those years ago.

From: Daniela Provvedi 31 May 2021 08:49 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I've never liked Judge Rinder. Why doesn't he just stick to joking around with his comedy show on ITV.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 April 2021 11:29 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Thanks Andrew 🙂

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 April 2021 18:53 PM

Daniela Provvedi
May I be rude and ask you what percentage they charge you, please Andrew?

From: Daniela Provvedi 16 April 2021 17:48 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi David, I've signed your petition (was number 27), and I've Tweeted it. Thanks!

From: Daniela Provvedi 12 April 2021 13:48 PM

Daniela Provvedi
As a LL, there are a few things I can do to root out a rogue tenant. Firstly, I'll ensure to get a proper reference done on each tenant that will live in my properties. Next, I will personally want to see the last 3 bank statements showing salary deposits, and will personally speak to their ex-landlord. I've not done this often, but moving forward I will definitely only take tenants with home-owning guarantors. And also, there's facebook, instagram, twitter, snapchat, etc, that can give a lot of information about a person. That's just the start.... There will also be a firm Tenancy Agreement in place; a photographic inventory; a 5 week deposit, and my rent will be very high.... Once the tenant passes everything to my satisfaction as per the above, I promise them a lovely, warm, well maintained, safe property to live in.

From: Daniela Provvedi 06 April 2021 20:26 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with Andrew, Lia. Issue a CCJ asap. I've threatened my tenants and their guarantor with a CCJ twice in the 18 months that they've been renting, and miraculously, my rent is paid within days. Luckily they're moving out early October. I must say, it's not in my nature to threaten someone, but I also can't stand someone taking the pi**.

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 March 2021 09:16 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Robert, Andrew says he's the head of his household, with his wife's permission. LOL...

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 February 2021 22:42 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Exactly. 🤨 She was fully aware of her responsibilities, but put profit before safety. I wonder how well she sleeps at night now, knowing what a reckless fool she was. She put her tenants lives at risk; destroyed her family home; and has a 100k debt to pay. Very stupid person!

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 February 2021 20:17 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I've only ever issued Sec 21 once in 16 years. Most of my tenants leave on their own accord, after on average 3 years tenancy. The tenants I issued a Sec 21 to (who btw passed the tenant reference) were doing drugs in my property on the balcony so that the neighbours could see; they had arguments late into the night with the police called out at least 3 times; they sublet one of the bedrooms; and they drilled holes in my walls without my permission to bring cabling from one room to another. The inspections went fine, I didn't notice anything bad, and they even kept the property clean and tidy. It was just thanks to my neighbour that I came to hear about all the bad goings on. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't care if you want to screw up your life and take drugs. It's your problem. What I do care about is if you make a nuisance of yourselves in my property with many people coming and going at all hours, loud noises and arguments into the early hours of the morning. I also don't accept that you drill holes in my walls. Ask me, and I'll do it, but at least show some respect. I wonder what Baroness Alicia Kennedy would have done in my place?

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 February 2021 10:11 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Perhaps the government will realise once it notices all the CCJs raised? That's why it's imperative for us LL to raise CCJs against those tenants who don't pay their rent.

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 February 2021 08:12 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I think you've knocked the nail on the head there, Jahan. I agree.

From: Daniela Provvedi 26 January 2021 19:04 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Algarve Investor I was a remainer. I didn't want Brexit to happen because I didn't want the EU to lose the UK. It's the EU who's going to suffer without the UK, not the other way around. You watch, once the UK starts doing well again (and it will), the EU will start falling apart. Other EU countries will also want to pull out, starting with Italy and Hungary. The EU has never worked for us normal people. Banking was never integrated, neither was the health system. The EU's bureaucracy is a joke, and let's not speak about their health & safety. I love driving in the EU with my GB number plate, I never get any fines! They didn't even get that right! I've read your Profile, Algarve Investor, you seem to be based half your time in Portugal and the other in the UK? We all knew Brexit was going to happen for years, and sorry to ask you (you don't have to answer) but just wondered why you didn't apply for Portuguese citizenship? I'm Italian, and have been living in the UK since 1989, over 30 years. I've studied here, got my MBA, worked, paid my taxes, am a LL with multiple properties, etc, etc. and when I was given the opportunity to get my Settled Status in the UK, I grabbed it with both hands. I now have one foot in the EU and one in the UK. Just wondered, why didn't you? Fair enough, I can't travel with my dog, nor bring back a whole lot of booze when I return from the EU, but at least I've still kept a lot of that freedom of moving back and forth as I please.

From: Daniela Provvedi 26 January 2021 18:59 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Done Tricia, I was signature number 27, it's going up slowly.

From: Daniela Provvedi 24 January 2021 20:54 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Fery Lavassani I'd be very surprised if LLs don't know their tenants date of birth. As a minimum, you'd want a copy of their passport before they move into your property, wouldn't you? And secondly, what about the Right to Rent checks you, as a LL, have to carry out before they move in?

From: Daniela Provvedi 24 January 2021 20:43 PM

Daniela Provvedi
No, I'm not going to "like" DW. You guys are becoming soft ;-))

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 January 2021 19:23 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@John I've re-read Rajeev's comments a couple of times, and found nothing incriminating with what he said. It's called freedom of speech. I think you're the same John Smith who reported Paul Barrett and got him kicked off this forum. You're not a very nice person John.

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 January 2021 19:58 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Jackie, I'm sure Andrew couldn't give a fig about where the under 30's lived, as long as they aren't in his properties - and I would tend to agree with him.

From: Daniela Provvedi 07 January 2021 20:09 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Kathryn, what a lovely reply! I am one of those rare LLs who do allow pets in my properties which have a garden. However, I do not agree to having a dog or cat in a flat, sorry. May I PLEASE ask you to write to this lady, Farah London, and tell her what you've just told us? Not only are you a dog owner and lover, but you also run a UK charity for dogs. Your well balanced message may just strike a chord with her, and as a LL I would be most grateful if you did. As I said above, I do rent some of my properties to tenants with pets, however, that's my choice. I wouldn't have liked to be forced to do it. Thank you!

From: Daniela Provvedi 17 December 2020 16:45 PM

Daniela Provvedi
That's right, David Wirth, the responses above suggest we are completely uninterested in our tenants welfare - and I agree with these responses too. Tenants can turn to the government, the council and their relatives for support - that's what they're there for. However, the support that I do offer my tenants (and I'm sure most of the LLs on here do too) is that my tenants don't have anything to worry about with regards to the property they're living in - that's my problem. If anything, absolutely anything, goes wrong while they're living there, I fix it. That's a pretty big weight off their shoulders, if you ask me. Why don't you look at it from the LLs point of view, just for once? You're always so against us LLs. Cheer up. It is a lovely society we live in. My tenants love me.

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 December 2020 18:22 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Oh is this true? I've given tenants in 2 of my properties a 30% monthly discount since May, due to covid, and another 2 of my properties a 5% monthly discount. I hear that other LLs have done the same. So how is it possible that the figures for 12 months until Sept have been the highest ever recorded by the ONS??

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 December 2020 12:38 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Andrew Williamson I feel sorry that some people have had a hard life (leg blown off, attacked, disfigured, etc), but why do you think they should be allowed to live in one of my flats for free? No Mummy & Daddy helped me - they died when they were young. All my privileges were obtained with my own 2 hands.

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 November 2020 18:02 PM

Daniela Provvedi
You're absolutely right, Sandra. News like this really p*sses me off. Bad LL & bad council for not noticing. But what astounds me is that people live in those conditions. 😲😩😖

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 November 2020 17:50 PM

Daniela Provvedi
LOL. Well done, Leon. My guess it'll be removed in 24 hours?

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 November 2020 16:47 PM

Daniela Provvedi
You took the words right out of my mouth, Leon.

From: Daniela Provvedi 27 November 2020 16:46 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Madeleine Astor, I'm really sorry you are being evicted after 7 years of being a good tenant, I really am. And to make it worse, I acknowledge that it's come at a terrible time. But please don't say your LL is evicting you for no reason. To use your own words, your landlord needs to carry out "serious repairs" to his property, that's the reason why you need to leave. Anyway, why would you want to carry on living in a property that requires serious repairs? Whether he's going to rent it out for more money later on, is respectfully not your concern. I wish you all the best in finding another property quickly. Good tenants like you shouldn't have a problem.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 November 2020 16:54 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@ David Wirth, what if the person who has "lost their job and is relying on food banks" also happens to be a LL, AND in addition to that, they're unable to evict their tenants from their 2nd or 3rd property so they can go and live in there? There are people in that situation. How can you answer NO so easily to that question? PS - at least you're apologetic about it, thanks.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 November 2020 16:10 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@ Jay Spence And you think the hate speech Baroness Kennedy had about us LLs was acceptable? You being new on here DOES make a difference - as I said above, get the gist of the clientele. You haven't got a clue who we are and what hardship some of us have, and are, going through. You come on here with such awful accusations and being so judgemental.

From: Daniela Provvedi 16 November 2020 22:32 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Jay Spence - as a woman LL, with a few properties in central London and self managing them for quite a few years now, I must say that I agree with the comments made by the guys on here. I haven't personally experienced being taken for a ride by a single mum, but I know of a few LLs who have. I don't take offence with these comments; all women are not the same. Some of the guys on here have been commenting for years. I've not noticed it to be a misogynistic forum. And please hover your mouse on the "x people like this" section and you'll notice that, besides me, other women have clicked on "like" too. You're new on here - it's your first post. I've not noticed you here before? Before making these big statements, get the gist of the clientele. This forum is not a "breading ground for self righteous pompous men". There's a lot of women on here too. And we're all in the same boat - we're sick and tired of tenants taking the p*ss. I suggest you go and read some of the previous comments made on here. You'll note that most of us LLs do help and care for our tenants. But because the system has let us down so badly, it's obvious that we're all being extremely careful who we rent to.

From: Daniela Provvedi 16 November 2020 20:38 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Dear Baroness Alicia Kennedy, This sounds like hate speech to me, you disgusting little person. PS- it just so happens that I have lowered the rent for two of my households, but that's my decision, and not because you say so. But believe you me, if they don't pay (or any of my other tenants don't pay), they WILL get a CCJ.

From: Daniela Provvedi 28 October 2020 18:27 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Paul, you're absolutely right, and I agree. But that's exactly my point - LL in the other cities also have foreign surnames. It's not always the surname that constitutes the bad, unscrupulous LL. I've got a foreign surname, but I've been a good, law abiding LL for over 20 years in your country.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 October 2020 11:40 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Liam, Milan, Paris & Barcelona to name just a few other huge cities also have a cauldron of differing cultures that no longer have synchrony with their own values. It doesn't mean that the battle is lost. It just means that these rogue, unscrupulous LL who give us all a bad name, must be made to stop working in their dirty way. I'm pleased this Stalter LL was found out, fined, and banned, aren't you? As a London LL with a couple of properties in Wandsworth, I'm pleased that this filth has been struck off.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 October 2020 10:19 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Thank you Marc. I wish you all the best. Take care.

From: Daniela Provvedi 30 September 2020 09:26 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi John, you say there are "many more good and much less risky investment opportunities out there" - really?? Like what for example? I agree with Andrew, BTL does still work when done properly.

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 June 2020 20:37 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Oh hello Sebastian Forbes, I've noticed you've crept out from under your rock again.

From: Daniela Provvedi 07 June 2020 21:36 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Another MP not caring or not bothering to see the bigger picture. Extending the ban on evictions a further 6 months may help the tenants, but what about those LL who can't afford it? MP Tulip Saddiq should go back and re-think about what she's just said, as it doesn't make any blimming sense!

From: Daniela Provvedi 04 June 2020 09:08 AM

Daniela Provvedi
This really, really annoys me! I hope that the NRLA start campaigning for us, otherwise what the heck are they there for? I have given tenants in 2 of my properties 30% discount (one for 3 months and one until Dec) and I'm unable to claim mortgage holiday (I wouldn't want to even if I could). I am showing compassion, and I'm very sorry that tenants are in this difficult position. I have been putting money aside for rainy days like this pandemic, but my savings are slowly but surely getting less and less. If the government accepts the LRU's request to suspend rents, we're screwed! Some LL would become bankrupt and others forced to sell up. What this pandemic has shown is that savings are important, and everyone, everyone has to save for a rainy day.

From: Daniela Provvedi 29 May 2020 09:54 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with you, Paul. I've learnt my lesson. One thing's missing though... You've forgotten to use your favourite word, "feckless", when describing the students. LOL....

From: Daniela Provvedi 28 May 2020 18:07 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Caron, I've stopped my inspections for now. I'm lucky that most my tenants have been in my properties long term, they're still paying their rents and I trust them - all besides one property. Students taking the p, unfortunately. However, I've got good neighbours who keep an eye out for me. Fair enough, they can't see what's happening inside, but at least no funny business is happening on the outside, ie. loud noise, undesirable people hanging around, etc. Do you have a neighbour you could count on to keep an eye out for you perhaps? Monthly inspections? Whew, do you have to? A bit OTT isn't it?

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 May 2020 22:36 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Mathew Payne - thank you!

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 13:41 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Robert Brown - that's good news, thank you! The Guarantor is a Bank Director for one of the bigger banks, so fingers crossed it works out as you've suggested. Thanks.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 12:16 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Thank you! I appreciate your information, Retired Agent.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 10:48 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Thanks for the information, Andrew. I'll get straight onto it.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 09:36 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Thanks for your response, Steve. Acting professionally is not my concern, I always do. And I did contact the tenants as soon as I didn't see their rent money in my bank - they're just not replying! I will contact the Guarantor. Thanks.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 09:33 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Well, I've learnt my lesson well and good. I've been such a fool. In the 15 years of being a full time LL, I decided that just this once (last Sept) I was going to rent to students. The 2 sisters seemed so lovely and honest, and their Mother too. Guess which tenants, out of all my properties, aren't paying rent!! They're ignoring my WhatsApp messages, my calls and my emails. They have a Guarantor, whom I am going to contact soon. But just wanted to ask something about CCJ's (I know about them, but never needed to use them) - when (not if) I go down that route, who would I actually CCJ, the Guarantor or the tenant? Thanks.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 May 2020 09:22 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Contact Paul Shamplina at Landlord Action on +44 333 321 9415. They will help you. It's not a free service.

From: Daniela Provvedi 09 May 2020 16:38 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Good advice, thanks Stephen!

From: Daniela Provvedi 29 April 2020 09:56 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Thought so. I wasn't being sceptical for nothing. This is a comment I read in Landlord Zone:- The service provides a three step approach, with each cost only being incurred if the case proceeds to the next stage. Cases will only progress past instruction stage if both parties agree to mediate. In our experience where this happens the settlement rate is over 70%. If the matter does not proceed to a full mediation or settlement the landlord will have complied with the soon to be released pre action protocol without paying the full amount. If it does proceed hopefully the savings to a landlord in preventing lost rent, court fees and the associated time and stress will prove excellent value based on the cost of the service. Full details of costs can be found on tenancymediation.theprs.co.uk. Even if the full cost is incurred the vast majority of cases will not exceed £540 (inc vat). This includes the instruction, mediation and a drafted settlement agreement. Kind regards Tim Frome PRS MD

From: Daniela Provvedi 28 April 2020 10:19 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Well, this sounds too good to be true. A new service helping us Landlords for a change. Sorry for being sceptical but there must be a catch. Is there a cost? Nothing good is for free, lets face it....

From: Daniela Provvedi 28 April 2020 10:02 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Amy, I agree with going down the CCJ route too, but may I just be devil's advocate for a minute.... How do you know your tenant is just not replying back because he's ill and/or in hospital? How sure are you that he's taking the P?

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 April 2020 19:41 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Michael, I'm so sorry to hear. If your properties are mortgaged you could perhaps start by asking for a mortgage holiday? Secondly, I'm assuming you've got deposits from your tenants? Well, these don't have to be returned to them, do they. Also, (and I know some people are going to shoot me down in flames) but there's a Webinar on Tues 7th April given by the NRLA which you could attend? They're going to discuss this very problem and hopefully will offer some advice. Go onto the NRLA web page for the details. All the best, Michael.

From: Daniela Provvedi 04 April 2020 21:20 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Kate Sim Hi Kate, it may be worth becoming a NRLA member for £75 per annum. They have an advice line which you can phone as many times as you want, if you become a member. I know some people on here don't like the NRLA, but they've helped me many times, and got me out of many predicaments with tenants. WRT your tenant receiving furlough, I may be wrong so you'd need to check, but as the landlord, you have to give your tenant a letter to give to the authority, which proves that they're your tenant and that they won't be paying you for whatever reason they state. Your tenant won't just receive money willy nilly without proof that... 1) they've lost their job, and... 2) they actually do pay someone rent, ie you.

From: Daniela Provvedi 04 April 2020 21:05 PM

Daniela Provvedi
OK Paul. Look, I've nothing more to say. I wish you all the best.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 19:13 PM

Daniela Provvedi
That's a terrible situation, Paul. I would accept the 70% because you don't really want them to leave at the moment, and have an empty house for 3 months. But at the end of all this, I would give them notice and I would also keep 30% from their deposit for the arrears owed to you. Please don't forget to slap a CCJ on these tenants if you do happen to be in arrears at the end. With regards to your broken shower control, this is a repair for your house, not for them. When they leave, your bathroom will have a new shower control which goes towards your investment. Unless they've broken it? In which case, you take it off the deposit too. All the best, Paul.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 18:56 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Sharan, If you and I had a lease agreement and you sublet my property, I would want you to continue paying me the full price we originally agreed upon, I'm afraid. Us landlords have been messed about too much by this government, and I feel that we now have to start drawing the line. I would be quite happy to discuss a rent plan with you. For example, pay what you can now, and the rest when possible. This would be my gesture of goodwill, because let's not forget, although we remain compassionate in this terrible situation, we must not lose the fact that business is still business. I would still want to be there for you and your tenants once this all blows over, but if I don't eventually get my money, I would go bankrupt, which means we would both lose. My granny once said to me "If you keep the strong, strong, they will continue to look after the weak. But if you weaken the strong, and you all become weak, then who looks after who?"

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 15:25 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Paul, Following on from my previous (long) message to you.... Can't you see that comments like this:- "Students are feckless snowflake wasters and not worth bothering with". "Students have proven themselves to be the ultimate in feckless tenants". "The vast majority of them thinks the world owes them a living and as such they think nothing of pouncing off LL". "......their feckless mindset". "I wouldn't give students the time of the day. The feckless attitudes of students makes them unsuitable tenants as far as I am concerned". …. is just like adding fuel to a fire to people like Nick Btwo. All tenant's money (incl student's) have got me where I am today. If you don't like student tenants, then don't rent to them. But please don't come on here, making a twit of yourself, by running them down.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 15:02 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hello Paul, Don't worry, I'll explain why below, so that you don't have to be surprised anymore.... But before I do, I don't care if you think I'm not a proper Landlord. All my tenants think I'm OK, and that's all that matters. They're the ones paying me, not you, so you carry on thinking I'm not proper, it makes no difference to me. At least I'm still in business, and you're the one that's leaving the PRS. Another thing I want to ask is... who are you, Paul? Your profile doesn't state anything about you? and there's nothing listed in the "My expertise in the industry" section? How can we take what you say seriously when we don't know who you are? Have you seen my profile? At least you know who you're talking to here. So now that we've established that we know nothing about you, we can move on. (You may be one of those "feckless" tenants pretending to be a Landlord for all we know). What I don't like about some of the things you say is that there doesn't seem to be any comradery coming from you. Us LL should stand together against this sh*ty system, but yet you come along and pull us down. Comments like the following:- "Fools rushing in are what new entrant LL are" - dated 13/2/20 "Good being a LL, isn't it?" - response to MJ Evans 18/3/20 "Mass bankruptcy of many mortgaged LL" - and other awful comments dated 28/3/20 "Best you get a job then. Lots of field workers required". - response to Heather Keenan 28/3/20 "Country going to the dogs. Best get out of the PRS asap". dated 31/3/20 "Twits like Martha." - dated 2/4/20 The way you treated Martha Vest was despicable, Paul. Myself, Michael Foley, Martin Hucker and others thought you went too far. You were too severe and downright nasty. In fact, you inspired some person called "Your time is coming Paul Barrett" to go against your horribleness. (I don't agree with coming on here without a proper name, by the way. And you can see my comments to that person dated the 19/3/20). And then you've got the nerve to state "Even on here a site for LL we have some idiot LL castigating other LL for wishing to behave in a business like fashion". dated 2/4/20 LOL..!! you're probably talking about me. Can't you see, Paul, that YOU'RE the idiot LL castigating other LL on this site? Wait, I'm not quite finished yet..... What about the complementary comments you say about tenants.... "Homeless scum" - dated 9/2/20 "Scroat of a tenant" - dated 28/3/20 "Students are feckless snowflake wasters and not worth bothering with" - dated 2/4/20 "The feckless attitudes of students makes them unsuitable tenants as far as I'm concerned" - dated 2/4/20 Imagine the LL on here (and there are some, I've noticed) who's children are students. How would they feel with comments like these? Paul, I'm also pi**ed off with the system. Disappointed and feel let down. Feel betrayed and very, very annoyed. But I don't take it out on other LL on here, and especially not on tenants (students or other) who pay me my bread and butter every month. Pull yourself together Paul, otherwise leave this site. You're putting a downer on an already terrible situation. Take care, Daniela

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 14:40 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I attended a Webinar last night (Thurs) given by Paul Shamplina (CEO of Landlord Action, Landlordzone, and on the TV program called Nightmare tenants, slum landlords), and he confirmed on the Webinar that there is no assistance for Landlords currently in place. Basically, he says, we need to take care of ourselves. Us LL provide a service to tenants and this is the way we're treated. It's a disgrace. Oh by the way, the Councils do provide accommodation too, but as Paul stated last night, there's a 15 year waiting list. It's not a laughing matter, but if I don't laugh, I'd be crying my eyes out.

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 April 2020 08:49 AM

Daniela Provvedi
LOL!! This statement makes me laugh.... "Meanwhile, the number of landlords selling buy-to-let properties in February rose for the first time in nine months". What did they expect?

From: Daniela Provvedi 01 April 2020 15:03 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Andrew, please don't forget to slap on a CCJ as well. @Michael, you're right. Government should not have interfered. Us LL were doing alright before covid-19, how were we able to do anything wrong with all the rules recently thrown at us?

From: Daniela Provvedi 31 March 2020 10:36 AM

Daniela Provvedi
OMG Paul. I think this is the first time ever that I agree with you!! LOL... You're right, what I meant by a larger deposit was what we had a few months ago, ie 2 months rent. Six months would be pushing it I think. Thanks Paul.

From: Daniela Provvedi 26 March 2020 15:29 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Robert Brown, I am very sympathetic that my tenant has lost his job and therefore not able to pay me rent anymore. He's a good bloke and I'm going to try my best to do something for him. But excuse me for expressing my feelings - I am allowed to be pi**ed off with this government, aren't I? Thinking the government is being bloody unfair has nothing to do with my tenant losing his job. And yes, I agree with you, I'm all for larger deposits.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 March 2020 22:41 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Michael, you're right. One of my tenants has just sent me an email saying they're sorry but they're taking their 3 months rent-holiday (due to having lost their job) and after that they'll be unable to re-pay their 3 month debt they've incurred with me. I understand we're supposed to be compassionate to these tenants, but if these plans to impose a 6 month ban to evict them becomes real, then that's really not bloody fair!!

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 March 2020 14:47 PM

Daniela Provvedi
And in addition to that, if you're a member of the RLA like I am, then you can phone their Advice Line for free for further information.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 16:35 PM

Daniela Provvedi
There's much more on that website for me to copy and paste on here. I've given you the details, Matthew, go and read for yourself.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 16:32 PM

Daniela Provvedi
As stated this was directly copied from GOV.UK - Rented Housing Sector.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 15:15 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I'm afraid, Matthew, you are wrong. The following has been copied and pasted from the GOV.UK website, dated 18th March 2020:- The government has announced a radical package of measures to protect renters and landlords affected by coronavirus. As a result, no renter in either social or private accommodation will be forced out of their home during this difficult time. Emergency legislation will be taken forward as an urgent priority so that landlords will not be able to start proceedings to evict tenants for at least a 3 month period. As a result of these measures, no renters in private or social accommodation needs to be concerned about the threat of eviction. Recognising the additional pressures the virus may put on landlords, we have confirmed that the 3 month mortgage payment holiday announced yesterday will be extended to landlords whose tenants are experiencing financial difficulties due to coronavirus. This will alleviate the pressure on landlords, who will be concerned about meeting mortgage payments themselves, and will mean no unnecessary pressure is put on their tenants as a result.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 15:12 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I'm not going to take the bait, Jamie. Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, as you know. I've also got no interest in wasting my time with the likes of you **you're deleted** mate....

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 12:16 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Robert, what do you mean "rent free"? It's not "rent free" - you'll still get your rent paid (albeit after 3 months). It's actually called a "rent holiday". Just like you're given a "mortgage holiday" - you've still got to pay your mortgage after 3 months.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 10:37 AM

Daniela Provvedi
After I wrote my message to you, I noticed you edited your text "bunch of moaning spongers" and wrote "bunch of people" instead. Thanks for doing that.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 10:17 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Yes Jamie, this crap is serious. Us Landlords are asked to be compassionate during this difficult time. My tenants aren't a "bunch of moaning spongers" as you put it, because I've paid to vet them properly before renting them my property. I made sure they could afford it, and that they are good, hardworking human beings. If you didn't do your proper due diligence before letting tenants rent your property, and now you're sitting with "moaning spongers" then you've only got yourself to blame. I'd just like to mention, and it's not only directed at you, Jamie.... I'm just getting a bit fed up with Landlords bitching and moaning about their tenants. Yes, there are bad people in this world, part of which are tenants. But there are processes and checks in place that must be carried out on these tenants, to filter the bad from the good. I'm asking whether Landlords do do this?

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 March 2020 10:09 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Faris, I'm no lawyer nor professional in this field. I'm just a mere LL managing my own properties and have done so for approx. 20 years. So I can only say what I would do...... I see no harm in you asking your tenant to request the guarantor cover the rent for the months she can't afford, but as mentioned before, tenants have been given the permission to have a 3 month rent holiday. Just don't be disappointed if they come back to you and say they won't pay you for the next 3 months - because they are allowed to not pay you for the next 3 months. And the worst part of it all is that you aren't allowed to evict them either.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 March 2020 22:44 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Faris, please go to the NLRA website (NLRA.org.uk) and all your questions will be answered. Also, (if you don't already do so), listen to LBC radio and read the news on their website - this is updated daily / hourly. Clive Bull (LBC) had a property specialist on his talk show this evening, and he confirmed everything which you will read on the NLRA website. So basically, I'll try and answer as best I can. As a LL you are expected to give your tenants a 3 month rent holiday if they ask (as per the latest government announcement). And you, in tern, will be allowed to take a 3 months mortgage holiday. If your tenant's father is her guarantor, then I expect you to have a Tenancy Agreement signed by him? In that case, yes, you have a legal right to ask him to pay the rent, but as mentioned above, our government has given our tenants permission to have a rent holiday, so unfortunately he is allowed to decline to pay you for the next 3 months. As far as I understand, tenants don't have to produce any proof that they can't pay your rent. If they tell you they won't pay you, you are obliged to give them a 1 to 3 month rent holiday this government said they're allowed to have. A discount of 20%? At the end of the day, they are staying in your property and have to pay you your rent - if you'd like to be helpful and kind, then of course, give them a discount. However, don't get caught in a situation where you give them a 20% discount (to entice them to pay your rent), but then they realise that they have permission to take up to 3 months rent holiday. At the end of the 3 months, Faris, you will still need to get your rent from them, as this is just a rent holiday, not a 3 month rent discount. (And it works the same for a 3 month mortgage holiday - at the end of the 3 months, you'll still need to pay for the previous 3 months). I hope this helps. I wish you all the best, we are going through hard times and we all need to help each other, if possible.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 March 2020 21:52 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Martin, where I TOTALLY agree with what you say, please try and see both sides of the story. As mentioned before in some of my other comments, I also don't always agree with Paul Barrett (in fact hardly ever). However, you can't deny the fact that us LL have been treated quite badly by the government lately. Most of us do provide a good service, and yes, there are bad LL out there BUT there are many bad tenants as well. Most of Paul Barrett's comments show me that he's a disappointed, angry man. You're probably asking yourself "then why doesn't he stop being a LL and leave" - firstly, easier said than done, especially if you've been doing it for many years. And secondly, if you have read his comments, yes, he is leaving. You state "Surely this is a time for humanity and compassion" - you're right, it is. Where I just browse through and don't pay much attention to what Paul says, some people take it personally instead of just ignoring him. I hope Paul reads his past comments and realises he's being a d*ckhead. I ask that you and Martha don't take Paul's comments to heart, but to focus on other people's comments instead. And to Paul Barrett I say, you've crossed the line now. Stop being a d*ck and if you haven't got something nice to say, then don't say anything at all please.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 March 2020 10:10 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@Dominic and @Karen we're not all bad "on here". Please don't tar us all with the same brush.

From: Daniela Provvedi 20 March 2020 19:18 PM

Daniela Provvedi
And who the hell are you?? You come onto this forum with a pseudonym, criticising what us landlords do. Have you no guts to use your proper name? We've all got a right to an opinion, and to state what we feel. I also don't always agree with what Paul Barrett says, but I'll either tell him or ignore him. But coming on here with a name like "Your Time is coming Paul Barrett" is pathetic and gut-less. You've got no ba**s mate, get off.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 20:32 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Michael, go to the gov.uk website and type in the following /government/publications/how-to-rent The latest version appears to be August 2019. All the best.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 19:37 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with Andrew Townsend, get a CCJ on both parties, Larry, to protect us all.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 09:26 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Good luck, Larry, I really mean it. 👍🏻 If you could slap a CCJ on both parties, I would do that too.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 09:23 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Romualda, I feel sorry for you. I'm not sure you can do anything until this covid-19 problem blows over. It's problems like this that people aren't aware of. People think it's the LL who are the bad ones. Pi**es me off!!

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 09:14 AM

Daniela Provvedi
David, this situation is unusual, lets face it. I agree with you that the LL could give a discount. What I would do, as a LL, is cover my mortgage payments and then return the rest to the students (tenants). This way nobody loses.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 March 2020 09:08 AM

Daniela Provvedi
As a Landlord managing my own properties, am I allowed to live mortgage free for 3 months, if I contract Coronavirus? And if there is a maintenance issue and I have contracted Coronavirus, will my tenants sort the problem out themselves and pay the bill on my behalf? No need to reply, I know the answer....

From: Daniela Provvedi 18 March 2020 10:55 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I've read that many LL (including some on this forum) have been selling their properties, due to reasons like Sec 21 and Sec 24 to name a couple. Many LL's have also started doing short lettings like Airbnb. I'm not surprised rental stock is falling by the month, to be honest. I personally noticed in October last year, when one of my apartments became available for rent, I had more people wanting it within the first hour of when the advert went live, than I've ever had in my 20 years of being a LL. I offered no discount and my rent was high.

From: Daniela Provvedi 26 February 2020 14:22 PM

Daniela Provvedi
My properties are in the centre of London. My prices are high to cover all the crap the Government throws at me. And I only take tenants who prove to me that they are worthy of living there. That's why my rents are not negotiable.

From: Daniela Provvedi 29 January 2020 10:45 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Good idea there, Philip. Send it to the NRLA, they may just do something about it.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 January 2020 11:22 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi Andrew, you're right. But please correct me if I'm wrong, without Section 21, whether we sign up with a 6 month AST or a 12 month AST, we still not able to get them out if we have to?

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 January 2020 11:17 AM

Daniela Provvedi
If the tenants are good people and look after our property, they pay on time every month and report problems promptly then why wouldn't most LLs want a long tenancy? Stupid question, isn't it.

From: Daniela Provvedi 24 January 2020 15:32 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Oh Paul... I normally like reading your comments. But your dislike for Scottish people is no interest to us and should not be expressed on this forum. Instead, your anger should be directed at this English government who's doing nothing other than making LLs lives a misery.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 January 2020 16:26 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't care how much money the Government gives the local councils to root out rogue Landlords - the more the better, as far as I'm concerned. My conscious is clean. I'm a good Landlord. I'm just fed-up with all the bad publicity good Landlords get due to these rogues, so let the Government do whatever it takes....

From: Daniela Provvedi 06 January 2020 18:38 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I agree with you, Michael.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 January 2020 17:21 PM

Daniela Provvedi
These unscrupulous LL really pi** me off. They give us all a bad name! How much work does it take to stick a couple of fire alarms on the ceilings, clear away the fire-exits, replace broken tiles and call in a company to deal with rat infestation?? For goodness sake, I would do that all in a morning!! I feel that the new government laws are based on these few unscrupulous LL, and not based on the rest of us who do a good job. Really annoyed with stories like this. That's it, rant over, happy new year. 🙂

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 January 2020 10:41 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Fair enough, Pat. However, with news like this, nothing stops people thinking that all Landlords are bad. I try my best to be a good Landlord, I keep within the rules, I pay my dues, transfer the deposits, I do everything within the regulations put to me - but yet, I'm still considered a rogue!! Thanks to bast***s like this. You can laugh, Pat, but I'm just despairing and I feel very let down.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 December 2019 10:36 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't have much confidence in this Tory Government at the moment, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed in what the RLA & the NLA can do for us Landlords. But what I CAN say is THANK GOODNESS Labour or the Lib Dems didn't get in....

From: Daniela Provvedi 16 December 2019 12:43 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Excellent point, Andrew. I didn't think about it that way (ie. by pushing the button doesn't mean the alarm works) and clearly neither did the Inventory clerk. I'll definitely invest in a smoke puffer bottle. Thanks for the advice! However, if I may, once the Landlord proves at the start of the tenancy that the smoke alarm works, the responsibility falls on the tenant, for the remainder of the tenancy, to keep checking that it still works.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 December 2019 21:50 PM

Daniela Provvedi
This really pi**es me off. I'm hearing more and more stories about rogue Landlords lately - and it's jeopardising my good name as a good landlord. Why can't these rogues be banned from renting their houses? A fine doesn't seem to be enough. I suggest they are fined and banned - and the tenants continue paying the rent to the local Council. That should put a stop to these rogue landlords once and for all.

From: Daniela Provvedi 28 November 2019 12:04 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I would have hoped that the NLA or the RLA (have they merged yet?) advise these people on our behalf. The NLA / RLA should work harder to get the message through.

From: Daniela Provvedi 25 November 2019 11:32 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Agree! They should also include imprisonment for up to 51 weeks or a court fine - or both!

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 November 2019 10:07 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Agree David. Also, what normally happens, when the house/flat is sold, they leave the board outside the property for ages.

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 November 2019 10:36 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Twice I was left with my apartments in a terrible state. Both times were 2 young men sharing! Not only did they leave the flat in a mess, but they also drilled holes in the walls for wiring; they put up shelves and left holes in the walls, and they painted their rooms in a ghastly colour. We can't generalise, I'm afraid. A pig can be female or male!

From: Daniela Provvedi 12 November 2019 15:46 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Hi David, I also have nothing to hide from a National Register. But as per Andrew Townshend, as long as we're not expected to pay for it. I'm not sure why the POLL results show 75% in favour of NOT having a National Register. I'd be interested in knowing why such a high percentage of people chose that they DO NOT WELCOME a National Register.

From: Daniela Provvedi 08 November 2019 12:42 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I can't stand unscrupulous landlords. They give us all a bad name. ANY funding given to local councils to tackle this problem, is a good thing. (Provided they use it for this reason).

From: Daniela Provvedi 05 November 2019 10:16 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Yeah bloody ridiculous. I also noticed that.

From: Daniela Provvedi 14 October 2019 10:20 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I emailed Shelter recently explaining why I needed to use a Section 21 a couple of times on bad tenants, ie. Tenants using drugs on my premises, tenants making loud noises and fighting causing the police to be called, subletting, etc, etc. Needless to say, I've received no response back from them.

From: Daniela Provvedi 30 September 2019 11:29 AM

Daniela Provvedi
LOL.... Well spotted Neil.

From: Daniela Provvedi 23 September 2019 16:57 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Totally agree! I would also go ahead with the CCJ. If this tenant wants to burn his bridges with the UK and not give a damn, then he deserves what he gets.

From: Daniela Provvedi 19 September 2019 09:38 AM

Daniela Provvedi
@Duncan Foster & @Dani Simmons - emigrate? Where to? The EU? If the UK crashes out with no deal, then the EU wouldn't want you. The same way as you don't want them... 🤣🤣

From: Daniela Provvedi 03 September 2019 22:42 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't mind if the Council comes to check my properties - there are no sheds with people living in my garden and there's no overcrowding in my properties. Nothing to lose, nothing to hide! IF (a big IF) there are Landlords who do the above, then they deserve to be prosecuted, as they're giving us a bad name.

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 September 2019 11:43 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I'm very pleased with this merger; it will become a stronger Company to support us Landlords. I rely a lot on the RLA Advice line and on the various Documents available to download. Also, as a RLA member, I find that the price of contents and buildings insurance offered, is very good. I'm just pleased I didn't go ahead and buy the NLA membership as well. LOL...

From: Daniela Provvedi 30 August 2019 09:43 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I don't like the DPS. As a RLA member, I now just deal with the TDS.

From: Daniela Provvedi 07 August 2019 13:20 PM

Daniela Provvedi
Yes, so when we find these crime gangs in our property, how are we meant to get them out? Using a Section 21? LOL.... I will call 101 or Crimestoppers, but how are they going to get them out of my property? I wish LL in Cheshire all the best.

From: Daniela Provvedi 06 August 2019 08:59 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I used a Sec 21 on tenants in one of my properties last year. The tenants were subletting (advertising MY property on their website); they were taking drugs on the balcony so that the neighbour's kids could see; they were making loud noises and music till 3 or 4am every morning; they drilled holes in the walls to have WiFi installed in every room and they upset my downstairs gay neighbour by calling him names. They also fought between themselves, resulting in the police being called 3 times in a 6 month period (that I'm aware of) However, all 3 of them were polite to me, they passed the credit reference, and they paid their rent on time every month. I was able to kick them out with the Sec 21 after 2 months - but what on earth are we expected to do with tenants like this now??

From: Daniela Provvedi 22 July 2019 12:54 PM

Daniela Provvedi
@Robert, I agree with you and wish I could AirBnb my properties. (I can't do it because I don't live near enough to manage them, unfortunately). But just wanted to ask... isn't there a limit in how many months a year a person is allowed to AirBnb their property before it becomes illegal?

From: Daniela Provvedi 15 July 2019 09:21 AM

Daniela Provvedi
I would never risk not servicing the Boilers in my properties for 25 or 30 years, as suggested by people above. And I would never put myself in a position where, once the Boiler has broken down (during Winter inevitably) I would then need to pay through my teeth to get it repaired asap. It's not the kind of service I give my tenants. Anyway, the £25 monthly insurance is included in their rent....

From: Daniela Provvedi 11 July 2019 23:37 PM

Daniela Provvedi
I normally have my Boilers serviced at the same time as the annual Gas Certification. On top of that, however, I also have them all insured, at an approx cost of only £25 per Boiler per month. This has helped me and my tenants with repairs to the break downs many times, at no extra cost. I'm surprised this article didn't even suggest insurance? 🤔

From: Daniela Provvedi 10 July 2019 10:31 AM

Daniela Provvedi
Unbelievable!! So sorry for your ordeal. May I ask you why you didn't kick her out with a Sec 21 notice? It was possible 3 years ago - not now anymore unfortunately. Also, did you do a reference on her? Referencing people and charging them for it, filters out the scum, in my experience. There again, we can't charge tenants these fees anymore, so it will only get worse, I think.

From: Daniela Provvedi 21 June 2019 13:12 PM

Daniela Provvedi
"But bills being included in the rent and the property being fully furnished are also key factors for younger renters aged between 18 and 34". Just wondered what other Landlords do about including bills in the rent? I know you can include Council Tax, Water and WiFi as these costs are quite fixed, but surely not Gas and Electricity? Also, wouldn't tenants need bills as proof of address for things?

From: Daniela Provvedi 02 April 2019 20:54 PM

Daniela Provvedi
My tenant didn't have 6 weeks deposit and asked if he could pay it over 3 months. After he & his wife passed the credit check, I decided to give them a chance. I was lucky, I suppose? 7 years later, they're still my tenants and haven't missed a month's rent.

From: Daniela Provvedi 04 January 2019 20:14 PM

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