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Hugh Archer

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From: Hugh Archer 13 February 2024 15:07 PM

From: Hugh Archer 01 February 2024 13:35 PM

From: Hugh Archer 20 October 2023 09:03 AM

No point in a 'report a rogue tenant' , we'd soon run out of paper

From: Hugh Archer 27 September 2023 11:08 AM

Why not just say you're a Corbyn fan

From: Hugh Archer 21 September 2023 16:35 PM

Generation Rent hopping mad - best thing I've read in a while

From: Hugh Archer 15 September 2023 09:00 AM

Tosh of the first order

From: Hugh Archer 06 September 2023 08:36 AM

My own house is probably a G, while all our victorian terrace rentals are D, bar one, an E - but as they were bought in the last century,CGT would be horrendous, with another 40% going once we pop off- one or the other but both ain't right

From: Hugh Archer 26 July 2023 08:46 AM

a split infinitive and made up laws of investing.

From: Hugh Archer 24 July 2023 10:51 AM

whatever he's a part of,he strikes me as a pain in the derrière

From: Hugh Archer 24 July 2023 10:49 AM

Why has squatting been criminalised? - says it all about their mindset.

From: Hugh Archer 07 July 2023 08:04 AM

wonder if Jim even exists

From: Hugh Archer 05 July 2023 10:49 AM

Bring back indexation relief! We would be slaughtered by CGT if we sold our properties now,all purchased in the last century,and as we are getting on a bit,re-slaughtered by IHT at 40% of what is left - as I've said before,one tax or the other,but both is way over the top.

From: Hugh Archer 29 June 2023 10:51 AM

too encourage....from a government

From: Hugh Archer 12 June 2023 09:00 AM

Doubtless you will have CGT to pay,then if you get run over by the Clapham omnibus another 40% will be wiped off - maybe one or the other but both seems way over the top.

From: Hugh Archer 01 June 2023 10:58 AM

Why can't they be named and mugshot provided - the real name,that is?

From: Hugh Archer 31 May 2023 08:22 AM

Recipe for disaster

From: Hugh Archer 09 May 2023 11:25 AM

why would half a million landlords quitting be a surprise to anyone,doh

From: Hugh Archer 26 April 2023 10:35 AM

a change from assured shorthold tenancies ....ominous

From: Hugh Archer 19 April 2023 10:32 AM

Why not stick to the Daily Mirror

From: Hugh Archer 31 March 2023 08:50 AM

Remember Union boss Bob Crow,on £145,000 pa,refusing to move out of his council house

From: Hugh Archer 29 March 2023 08:43 AM

What I do not understand is why 'politicians are trying to curry favour with tenants'

From: Hugh Archer 20 March 2023 08:51 AM

Bills inclusive,so tenants don't give a toss,no thank you

From: Hugh Archer 16 March 2023 08:41 AM

I'd steer well clear of the place

From: Hugh Archer 13 March 2023 08:46 AM

being given a notice to leave (and tenants can also give one month's notice) is now being called 'turfed out'

From: Hugh Archer 23 February 2023 10:55 AM

Am looking forward to the Good Tenant scheme,but probably won't hold my breath

From: Hugh Archer 10 January 2023 11:39 AM

some mothers do 'ave 'em

From: Hugh Archer 22 December 2022 12:14 PM

That surely would be the end,legalised theft doesn't appeal

From: Hugh Archer 09 December 2022 11:47 AM

If I could sell,I might consider it but no indexation relief means we would be slaughtered by CGT, followed by another 40% inheritance tax in due course.

From: Hugh Archer 09 December 2022 09:19 AM

Perhaps Gove should defect to Labour,he would be more at home there

From: Hugh Archer 02 December 2022 08:39 AM

I would love to transfer some of our rentals to daughters but would be totally screwed by CGT

From: Hugh Archer 21 November 2022 12:45 PM

Further to Philip's comment - once had tenents completely trash a place,cost £25k to put right,turned to tenant's father,the guarantor,whose other son,just out of prison,then made it quite clear we'd be well advised to back off....so it's not all beer and skittles.

From: Hugh Archer 30 September 2022 11:27 AM

A charter for bodgers

From: Hugh Archer 27 September 2022 10:42 AM

Here is just one EPC report - indicative costs of minimum £14150 rising to possibly £30650 to save total of £1074 p.a. - so am not exactly gagging to do this.

From: Hugh Archer 26 September 2022 11:33 AM

especially since councils paid rents direct to tenants rather than the landlord -asking for trouble,

From: Hugh Archer 16 September 2022 12:04 PM

on another matter,Aran Curry (who he?) says I can make 5 times the profit I'm now making - anyone believe this tosh?

From: Hugh Archer 16 September 2022 10:20 AM

From: Hugh Archer 07 September 2022 09:00 AM

From: Hugh Archer 07 September 2022 08:55 AM

Quite,Robert - I would much prefer the small claims court route

From: Hugh Archer 31 August 2022 17:03 PM

How can theft ever be a civil matter - this is the sort of thing that makes me wonder if there is any point in going to the police.

From: Hugh Archer 31 August 2022 12:20 PM

Thanx Ellie and Robert - some of tenants' chums may be a bit 'heavy' so think will go down the CCJ route - but 'managing agent' has been totally useless,now they won't be getting their cut of the rent each month and even then were pretty hopeless,lots of 'I'll get back to you' and 'I'll keep you in touch' only for us to have to chase them up every time; and their negligence in not getting the rent book signed lead to a 2 year delay in eviction and £6k of legal costs (half of which the tenants' costs). So next battle is getting these back from agent,but unresolved disputes referred to Ombudsman according to T&Cs....

From: Hugh Archer 31 August 2022 12:18 PM

Have finally got rid of some abysmal tenants,who have walked off with fridge/freezer, washer/dryer and dishwasher - is there any point reporting to police?

From: Hugh Archer 31 August 2022 09:00 AM

Next up for tenants,apparently,is a free course on how to wipe your botty, along with 'free' loo paper naturally

From: Hugh Archer 16 August 2022 08:58 AM

of course it has to be public money,in the private sector they'd be unemployable

From: Hugh Archer 02 August 2022 11:51 AM

Agree totally-we have always bought victorian terrace houses,and 'info' relating to costs for improvements on our EPC reports are beyond absurd.

From: Hugh Archer 22 July 2022 09:09 AM

who would have thunk it?

From: Hugh Archer 11 July 2022 12:38 PM

only once have we let a tenant have a 'pet' - turned out to be an alsatian which chewed up the kitchen floor lino,and tenants went ape when we kept the deposit to sort it all out - never,ever,again

From: Hugh Archer 15 June 2022 11:40 AM

disputes can be easily resolved without legal recourse - I'll believe that when I see it

From: Hugh Archer 06 June 2022 10:25 AM

Don't think Jason's lift goes up to the top floor

From: Hugh Archer 31 May 2022 10:54 AM

Memo to Boris - Ignore this,in fact,bin it,and get on with more important things.

From: Hugh Archer 09 May 2022 10:20 AM

Good riddance to bad rubbish

From: Hugh Archer 09 May 2022 08:25 AM

"the top request from renters was protection from rental increases" - it might be an idea to live in the real world

From: Hugh Archer 07 May 2022 12:10 PM

I would never buy in a block like this

From: Hugh Archer 05 May 2022 09:19 AM

My wife and I have 3 or 4 where the CGT would be over £100k,and then if we get hit by the Clapham omnibus the following week,another 40% is wiped off

From: Hugh Archer 26 April 2022 08:18 AM

From: Hugh Archer 21 April 2022 08:50 AM

Heavens,landlords being choosy about who they let to,whatever next?

From: Hugh Archer 14 April 2022 09:13 AM

'Mark' may be a chum of Acorn's

From: Hugh Archer 07 April 2022 11:46 AM

Tenancies for as long as the tenant wants....doh

From: Hugh Archer 07 April 2022 09:21 AM

Jail might be good for this crook

From: Hugh Archer 07 April 2022 09:16 AM

Bullies get their comeuppance,what's not to like

From: Hugh Archer 06 April 2022 11:14 AM

Just dragged out one report on one of our properties - assessor says we should install solar photovoltaic panels at cost of £9,000-£14,000 for typical savings of £247 per annum,and floor insulation at £800-£1.200 to save £68 a year - are these people living in the real world?

From: Hugh Archer 15 March 2022 12:42 PM

Can't say I like the sound of Mr Rees..

From: Hugh Archer 17 February 2022 18:43 PM

No mention of rogue tenants-twice we've had tenants trash houses and they walk off without a care in the world

From: Hugh Archer 17 February 2022 18:17 PM

Government appears to be doing all it can for tenants and nothing whatsoever for landlords - fine to have a landlords register but what about a tenants register - I was recently forced to give a good reference for some appalling tenants,otherwise they would not have been able to rent another property and I would not have been able to reclaim the house - this on the advice from an agent - but I felt dreadful,in effect,deceiving any new landlord.

From: Hugh Archer 02 February 2022 10:50 AM

There will never be a Tenants Register,GDPR will see to that. Having evicted tenants from a trashed house,I wanted to warn the next landlord but council completely blanked me.

From: Hugh Archer 01 February 2022 12:01 PM

well said - I'm on the way out too but not sure where to reinvest - any ideas for similar capital appreciation and income?!

From: Hugh Archer 18 January 2022 09:40 AM

Anyone got any good ideas as to where to reinvest sales proceeds - over the years,the capital appreciation and income would be hard for me to match,safely,in any other form of investment,but I too am nearing the end of the road - you would think we had a Corbyn-type government in situ,these measures are the sort of rubbish I would then expect.

From: Hugh Archer 08 January 2022 11:51 AM

Maybe 'Lord' Prescott could comment..

From: Hugh Archer 22 December 2021 08:53 AM

I seem to have 4 x D band and 1 x E band ratings - hoping govt sees sense (yep,live in hope) before the 4 years are up - the problem is,where do you put your wonga for similar returns? Anyone any great ideas? Thanks in advance!

From: Hugh Archer 24 August 2021 10:35 AM

cheap at twice the price

From: Hugh Archer 03 August 2021 09:01 AM

Can't see many tenants taking out insurance; as with Dlighted,suspect this won't last the course

From: Hugh Archer 26 July 2021 09:00 AM

Sounds like there's plenty more where this guy can't now be touched,who said crime doesn't pay.

From: Hugh Archer 19 July 2021 08:42 AM

Woof woof,too right

From: Hugh Archer 07 July 2021 09:21 AM

Once bitten,twice shy

From: Hugh Archer 30 June 2021 09:05 AM

Dodgy springs to mind

From: Hugh Archer 23 June 2021 09:01 AM

I wouldn't buy an investment property in Tower Hamlets at any price.

From: Hugh Archer 04 June 2021 09:24 AM

Many thanks, I was pretty sure of myself,but she put me on hold while (supposedly) double checking and answer was the same- ffs!

From: Hugh Archer 18 May 2021 16:43 PM

HMRC told me yesterday losses can only be carried forward for 3 years-I am sure this is incorrect,anyone know for sure?

From: Hugh Archer 18 May 2021 11:33 AM

Have only ever had one house well and truly trashed by tenants - guess what,DSS

From: Hugh Archer 19 April 2021 09:31 AM

Doubt he's ever heard of it,but wish him well with this

From: Hugh Archer 13 April 2021 10:10 AM

Typical leftist claptrap

From: Hugh Archer 26 March 2021 09:18 AM

From: Hugh Archer 19 March 2021 11:02 AM

Yet another useless,wet judge

From: Hugh Archer 01 March 2021 10:31 AM

Don't know why Wilson bothers with this site - most miserable,negative b#gger around

From: Hugh Archer 21 December 2020 10:20 AM

Agree with Andrew

From: Hugh Archer 06 November 2020 10:15 AM

Is he a member of momentum-this is the sort of rubbish they would spew out;absolutely no idea how the real world works

From: Hugh Archer 03 November 2020 09:40 AM

What does the landlord say to his mortgagee?

From: Hugh Archer 16 October 2020 09:35 AM

am not sure the door does swing both ways - mostly bends over backwards in favour of tenants

From: Hugh Archer 06 October 2020 12:05 PM

David Crisp and Matthew Payne - thanks for your replies,this has been most helpful - tenant says he is moving out tomorrow....won't hold ma breath- Yours Hugh Archer

From: Hugh Archer 12 September 2020 16:21 PM

S21 date coming up,tenant says can't find anywhere to move to,and is therefore staying put. 1) can we at least put the rent up-it is low at present? 2) can we tell tenant we will seek a PO next year and court will award us costs? 3) can we tell tenant we will not give them a reference,tbey will have a CCJ, and then be at the mercy of council accommodation?

From: Hugh Archer 10 September 2020 09:19 AM

what does government gain from that?

From: Hugh Archer 09 September 2020 13:06 PM

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