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Colin Harrison

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Seems to be a huge fine

From: Colin Harrison 09 February 2024 08:29 AM

Can somebody explain to our unpractical landlord hating MP's that the answer to mould & condensation damp in properties is simple: 1. Educate tenants on causes 2. Educate tenants how heating systems heat property 3. Heat the property 4. Ventilate the property 5. Do not turn extractor fans off 6. Do not cover vents over 7. Do not close trickle vents 8. Do not dry washing within the property 9. Do not vent tumble dryers into the property 10. Close bathroom doors after bathing 11. Cover saucepans when cooking 12. Use kitchen extractors when cooking All common sense really which sadly seems to be lacking in some tenants 5. Do not cover

From: Colin Harrison 22 January 2024 13:15 PM

What a stupid uninformed article written my another anti-landlord idiot!

From: Colin Harrison 23 December 2023 10:51 AM

Cutting 1cm off the bottom of a fire door will void fire door fitting regulations. We have been fitting Passifyer Vents in bedrooms which seems to work - this is in place of tenants adequately ventilating the property - however we do have to try to stop them sealing the vents with plastic & sellotape!!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 20 December 2023 08:27 AM

This created sealed rooms within a property as it stops the natural air movement within a property, therefore high humidity is trapped within each room - local authorities have caused this by insisting that all HMO's have door closers fitted!!

From: Colin Harrison 20 December 2023 08:22 AM

The cause of mould is condensation onto cold surfaces within the property - this condensation is almost always caused by high humidity levels within the property caused by the actions of the tenants plus a lack of ventilation & heating. Tenants make this situation much worse by drying clothes within the property - I try to explain this but I might as well be speaking Swahili. Gove (TW-T) is also brain dead on this subject as are all local authorities public heath & Citizens Advice departments. The solution is simple - HEAT THE PROPERTY & OPEN WINDOWS FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS EVERY DAY PLUS STOP PRACTICES THAT INCREASE THE HUMIDITY WITHIN THE PROPERTY!

From: Colin Harrison 20 December 2023 08:18 AM

Gibbo - you are an uninformed FOOL

From: Colin Harrison 05 December 2023 09:39 AM

As normal the standards that this licencing scheme enforces will not apply to council housing - why???

From: Colin Harrison 30 November 2023 09:57 AM

So if I’ve read this correctly Clive Betts wants local councils to be able to steal property from the property owners???? This cannot be a legal action, under what law could a local council ‘confiscate’ an owners property???? A better description of this action would be theft!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 17 November 2023 06:48 AM

Would i have anything to do with a local council letting scheme? NOT A CHANCE!!!! They have been complicit in attacking private landlords whenever they can & share responsibility with the Government for creating this mess - they can start to sort it out by stopping the attacks on private landlords today!!! I feel very sorry for people who cannot find anywhere to live - the shortage of rentals property & high rents are a result of Government & local councils policies - this needs to be shouted from the rooftops. Gove is a blinkered idiot who will not listen & blunders on causing mayhem everywhere.

From: Colin Harrison 14 November 2023 06:34 AM

All of my rents on flats & houses are being increased on 1st of January in preparation for Labour's rent controls which I am sure that, despite what is happening in Ireland, Scotland & Wales, the idiots will bring in as soon as they are elected. My long term tenants have not had a rent increase for 5 years - the people suffering now & in the future from the collective idiocy of Gove & the Labour party are the tenants.

From: Colin Harrison 03 November 2023 08:18 AM

evidence??? you do spout some rubbish

From: Colin Harrison 22 September 2023 08:53 AM

Please enlighten me with the solution?

From: Colin Harrison 13 September 2023 07:55 AM

The government (Gove) is busy digging its hole!!! Scenario: It makes no financial sense either for me or my tenants for me to spend thousands of pounds to get my D rated houses to C's to save them a couple of hundred pounds of electricity & gas. Therefore due to the government's proposed legislation it will be illegal to continue to let my properties, therefore I will have to evict the tenants due to government legislation! That should be an interesting one for the idiot politicians to explain to a homeless ex tenant!!!

From: Colin Harrison 12 September 2023 08:22 AM

Gove is a fool - every time he speaks more uninformed tripe pours out of his mouth

From: Colin Harrison 12 September 2023 06:55 AM

I agree totally Jo - once we swapped our 3 student houses to all inclusive rents all mould & mildew problems in the rooms ceased - what an amazing coincidence!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 08 September 2023 15:08 PM

Gove once again confirms he is a total inadequate prat devoid of any common sense!! Pray tell me you inadequate prat: 1. How do I stop tenants drying clothes inside the house??? 2. How do I get them to open windows??? 3. How do I get them to heat the house adequately??? 4. Why are you making me responsible for the stupidity of some tenants???

From: Colin Harrison 08 September 2023 15:05 PM

Me too - they are all as bad as one another !! The answer to everything is just tax & spend - and therefore all of us suffer for their incompetence

From: Colin Harrison 04 September 2023 13:58 PM

if the Renters Reform Bill becomes law Shelter, Generation Rent & the Government will all be responsible for many many renters being evicted as it will be illegal to rent a property to them unless it has a 'C' rating - can somebody explain just how we evict them. I wonder how all of the idiots pushing for the renters reform bill to become law will explain to the evicted tenants why they are homeless????? Just how will they find somewhere else to rent when thousands of properties are removed from the market??

From: Colin Harrison 30 August 2023 09:09 AM

oh shut up Gibbons - you are like a stuck record - go & annoy people elsewhere

From: Colin Harrison 30 August 2023 08:53 AM

Shelter’s policies are a contributory factor to the shortage of rental property & the increases in rent - they actively harm the homeless. The government’s real & intended policies encouraged by private landlord hating pressure groups will only make the situation for renters worse as more & more landlords sell their houses & flats. Ultimately the only people that are hurt here are the current tenants & renters try to find a home to rent - this government (GOVE!) will not listen to landlords - the government & groups like Shelter are creating an explosion of homelessness that the local councils will have to deal with!

From: Colin Harrison 22 August 2023 07:21 AM

Please don’t encourage the twit!

From: Colin Harrison 26 July 2023 06:40 AM

He is an annoying fool - that is his purpose

From: Colin Harrison 24 July 2023 11:25 AM

Why don’t you just shut the f—k up & go away & aboy other people you total arse

From: Colin Harrison 24 July 2023 11:22 AM

Gove is the single biggest problem for us all - he is not wired up correctly! The second large problem is the current EPC system - it just does not give an accurate assessment. Some of its assessment rules are mad - everybody should read the criteria to realise why its results are so inaccurate. It was never designed to be an accurate system, just to be a rough indicator of a buildings energy performance. The assessors do not need to have any knowledge of building construction, they just attend a one day course - this is a ridiculous situation.

From: Colin Harrison 21 July 2023 09:27 AM

If they want more private sector rental accommodation to be available the solution is blindingly obvious-STOP PERSECUTING PRIVATE LANDLORDS!!!! A commission costing hundreds of thousands of pounds is not required!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 13 July 2023 10:01 AM

From: Colin Harrison 10 July 2023 07:16 AM

What a load of tripe you speak as normal Martin - who pays you to write this codswallop?? The current EPC system assessments are completely inaccurate. They were only meant to provide a very rough guide of property energy performance- they are now being used as a stick to beat landlords with!! If this really is to get the country to ‘Nett Zero’ why are EPC’s required for all domestic property?

From: Colin Harrison 24 June 2023 11:24 AM

I have a block of 6 self contained flats - I completely refurbished the whole building over the last 3 years including new front & rear brickwork with 150mm filled cavities - both side elevations had 50mm external insulation fitted & 97mm PIR insulation backed plasterboard fitted internally - new roof fully insulated to current building regulations - fire proofed & insulated suspended ceilings between flats. the 2 ground floor flats had all floors replaced with insulated concrete floors, all flat had new combi boilers the TRV's & room stat - all flats had new double glazed windows. After all of this attention to detail & expense all flats were assessed as 'C's - appeals to the assessors were a waste of time. How can this be right???????? All flats insulation exceeded current building regulations

From: Colin Harrison 29 May 2023 11:54 AM

From: Colin Harrison 17 May 2023 10:01 AM

How is a Nottingham City Council licence twice the cost of a licence issued by other councils in Nottinghamshire???? I have 8 properties on Montpelier Road in Dunkirk, all meet or exceed every requirement for licencing - none have ever been inspected since licencing started - the road has little crime & as far as I am aware no social behavior problems. So can anybody explain to me why Nottingham City Council insist that I have to have a licence, how do they explain the cost of the licence as all they do is a paper administration exercise to issue the licences - be very interesting reading to see a cost breakdown that reached £1200 per property????? I explain to my tenants that Government policies & Nottingham City Council policies are prominent causes of their rent increases & also give me less money to spend on improving the properties. I think Nottingham City Councils financial incompetence is widely accepted now - why on earth would the housing minister not be closely examining the finances & organisation of the proposed scheme??? Ah - I know, of course - its Government policy is to attack private landlords!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 17 February 2023 09:30 AM

Labour Councillors (in particular) do talk some rubbish - they live in a fantasy land ! Licencing schemes are revenue raisers - they have had little effect on anti-social behaviour, which is the main justification for the schemes - the main effect has been to increase rents! In Nottingham we have the highest charges in the country for the 5 year licences - Nottingham City Council do little to administer the schemes - I gave just paid my 3rd licence fees on 2 of my student houses - these 2 houses have never been inspected!!!!!!

From: Colin Harrison 14 July 2021 08:45 AM

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