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So 1505 properties facing rent increases very shortly

From: Leon Coy 19 April 2024 09:19 AM

I used a national agency to do tenant find only, they decided to do it as managed, even though all documents were find only. When they had all documents sorted I asked why I was missing a copy of the dps receipt, oops sorry we forgot to protect the deposit!! Why would I want them to manage full time, what a joke!

From: Leon Coy 06 April 2024 22:52 PM

Stephen, that implies that politicians can exercise the power of thought, which we all know is not true

From: Leon Coy 28 March 2024 14:36 PM

The bigger question is how many of these derelict properties are owned by social landlords or councils. This would be interesting to see

From: Leon Coy 20 March 2024 17:50 PM

Hey how about the charity clears the debt and then sorts a payment scheme with the tenant. That works better for me

From: Leon Coy 14 March 2024 20:02 PM

Just had a tenant move after receiving a s13 increase.rent raised by £95, new tenants moved in the day after (great no void) on a rent increased another £50. Was trying for £100, but agreed £50 less if tenant put new carpets in which we would mutually agree.

From: Leon Coy 13 March 2024 10:56 AM

Big surprise, I dealt with Shawbrook recently and they kept failing to do things or to request information they wanted then asked why it wasn’t supplied. Worst bank I have ever dealt with

From: Leon Coy 27 February 2024 14:43 PM

Give him time, he is still trying to get his heat pump working

From: Leon Coy 05 February 2024 06:49 AM

No Simon, Ben will only be there to have his belly rubbed.

From: Leon Coy 19 January 2024 07:53 AM

I thought maybe this will be useful then read the “upto 3” bit and thought well they missed the boat on this one. Currently with the market conditions generally only the bigger portfolio LLs are in a position to risk purchasing, but hey if they don’t want the business.

From: Leon Coy 18 January 2024 17:59 PM

Tenant ants a property check, fine, all costs incurred will be added to the next rent increase.

From: Leon Coy 05 January 2024 08:16 AM

Nikkie issue them a section 13 notice and increase the rent if they are out of the fixed term period. If they have a issue let them refer it to tribunal, but if they fail to refer it by the rent due date they must pay increased rent or be in breach of agreement therefore allowing section 8 to be filed once they fall 2 months in arrears

From: Leon Coy 22 December 2023 09:23 AM

Were does this leave the license? Is it going Ahead, frozen, cancelled what? This is like Robin Hood Energy, which is council owned and run and again mismanaged

From: Leon Coy 30 November 2023 12:20 PM

Second home is a misleading term, if it was my second home or holiday home then yes. However as I don’t live in any of my other properties why deem them to be second homes.

From: Leon Coy 29 November 2023 08:57 AM

These think tanks are clueless

From: Leon Coy 27 November 2023 07:57 AM

No Simon it’s your blanket please don’t write on it!

From: Leon Coy 22 November 2023 11:48 AM

So how can the association get possession? They don’t own 100% of the property, the tenant is a owner also

From: Leon Coy 21 November 2023 08:15 AM

Same, I had 4 TMW now 1, 1 residential with Nationwide as soon as I can remortgage away I will.

From: Leon Coy 17 November 2023 10:29 AM

I have some friends who I believe wrongly claim a council house. One is a publican a who owns her own pub, earning well, with a 2 bed apartment upstairs. This apartment is rented out, the publican claims and occupies a council flat, her daughter also claims a council house even though she earns good money as the assistant manager of the pub. If the council sorted who they rent to, ie those who shouldn’t be entitled, those who sublet etc then they would not be in the stiff they are in now

From: Leon Coy 14 November 2023 17:42 PM

@andrew, hope all goes well, hope you have a speedy recovery

From: Leon Coy 13 November 2023 18:38 PM

And the revolving door turns yet again. Who up next?

From: Leon Coy 13 November 2023 14:37 PM

@Nick Duncan Nottingham Council wanted to inspect 1 properties over the last 5 years, only problem is none of my tenants wanted to take part, they all refused entry. I was then threatened with penalties for non compliance. I told the council I would seek a court order if they would cover the costs as they wanted the access. They opted to do a external inspection only.

From: Leon Coy 09 November 2023 14:57 PM

You think they could even get a job in the real world?

From: Leon Coy 04 November 2023 07:23 AM

Cathrine, I am currently raising all my rents from below market value to full market. If a rent freeze comes in I can’t afford not to be at market value and will raise rents as per the max allowed as frequently as allowed.

From: Leon Coy 03 November 2023 07:55 AM

I use agents for a tenant find service only, you found them got paid. Contract concluded, I won’t pay again.

From: Leon Coy 25 October 2023 14:29 PM

So now there is fewer holiday homes that means fewer tourists staying locally. Let’s watch the unemployment numbers climb now too, homeless and unemployed.

From: Leon Coy 23 October 2023 12:08 PM

The only group benefiting from removing S21 is the council as they will no longer have to house evicted tenants. Currently we evict on S 21 the tenant claims they done nothing wrong, even when they failed to pay rent and we mutually agreed they leave via S.21 they get rehoused now using S8 they won’t be rehoused as the truth as to why they were evicted will be revealed. Significant increase in homelessness pending

From: Leon Coy 18 September 2023 10:56 AM

This should be issued by an estate agent when tenants view a property. A good portion of the guide relates to selecting the right property for your needs, however by the time you receive this you have signed a AST so it’s to late to use the advice within the guide

From: Leon Coy 16 September 2023 09:16 AM

Be careful letting agents set rent, we let 1 property for £600 pcm when agents suggested £450 max. The market is so volatile they don’t know the market like they used to

From: Leon Coy 13 September 2023 08:57 AM

Should be the other way around.

From: Leon Coy 08 September 2023 08:35 AM

So the government can sell off assets to private companies ie British Rail, waterboard assets etc for a token £1 why can’t we follow with our assets to our companies?

From: Leon Coy 26 August 2023 18:14 PM

Of course they are overheating, they have to much insulation. Everything has been insulated to retain heat, you can’t have it both ways. To have it both ways you need to lower your winter expectations to have it cooler in summer

From: Leon Coy 17 August 2023 12:51 PM

I was offered a commercial mortgage which had £10k in broker, lender and survey fees we then had to consider another £5k in ours and lenders legals.I would like to know what these fees cover as I get charged a admin fee, completion fee, bank fees and legal fees so what does the lenders fee actually cover? It’s like we are paying twice for everything

From: Leon Coy 15 August 2023 08:07 AM

Well my rents on 3 properties are about to increase significantly as NCC have announced a new licensing scheme which has increased in costs, so my tenants get to pay for something they don’t want. My mortgage costs have also increased so again rent will be increased accordingly. When we started we set a margin of profit as we are well below this I will be increasing rents to return it to our preset level, if tenants can’t afford, well sorry but it can go out to the open market.

From: Leon Coy 07 August 2023 11:56 AM

Well guess my tenants are all getting a rent increase to cover this and inflation

From: Leon Coy 01 August 2023 16:04 PM

And the revolving door revolves again. Next please

From: Leon Coy 21 July 2023 08:43 AM

Only thing that I dislike about using ltd companies is the increase in mortgage interest rates and costs ( supposedly due to the increased risk to the lender) but then they want a directors guarantee. So this reduces the lenders risk do they should reduce the interest rate back to that of a standard mortgage.

From: Leon Coy 15 July 2023 10:54 AM

I am thinking of looking into doing a epc assessors course then working with landlords, it could be more profitable than actually being a landlord.

From: Leon Coy 10 July 2023 13:22 PM

Until the algorithm is changed to favour electric we don’t know what will or will not have an effect. I just put new A rated electric heaters into two properties only to be told if I upgraded them them I would have a C. The current system is a joke, once sorted I can evict tenants, upgrade property then either rent at an increased rent or sell. I can’t achieve a C rating in 3 properties unless they are vacant to allow the upgrades

From: Leon Coy 28 June 2023 08:27 AM

Dont forget that only a tenant or court can end your tenancy agreement, so if your tenants like the property your renting out they may decide to stay on, then you need to look elsewhere to stay while you evict them 😂

From: Leon Coy 25 March 2023 14:50 PM

Like it! It helps you make sure the property is suitable if you have a disability, but not relevant cause you have already signed the contract only then discovering the property isn’t suitable.

From: Leon Coy 24 March 2023 13:07 PM

Who would be responsible for bringing this up to standard? The occupying tenant on a full internal/external repairing maintaining lease or the owner

From: Leon Coy 28 February 2023 11:23 AM

CCJs will be pouring out of the courts. If I can’t evict you I will make life difficult, I will screw your credit history, I will cause them as many headaches as possible.

From: Leon Coy 28 January 2023 15:48 PM

I have property in Nottingham also, check the costs. NCC have increased the cost of licensing and DASH was free tho start with but at £100 ish per year it’s a waste of time and money. Due to increased costs rents are increasing, well done NCC

From: Leon Coy 23 January 2023 09:16 AM

Was accredited with the DASH scheme in Nottingham what a waste of time and money. Even my tenants were not interested, when inspections were required they declined so DASH said they couldn’t accredit me! Wouldn’t refund the feee eithe.

From: Leon Coy 23 January 2023 09:11 AM

Anyone up for a new job, let’s hijack GR from the inside 😂

From: Leon Coy 16 January 2023 09:41 AM

I got two studio apartments ready end of January I have had people walking in off the street and enquiring when and how much. I have steady had offers of £600 pcm was targeting £500 but if £600 is market suits me

From: Leon Coy 05 January 2023 09:25 AM

He’s still working with Nottingham council on their next robbery scheme. Be patient he is assisting Oxford via Zoom meetings.

From: Leon Coy 28 December 2022 15:07 PM

I am interested on how dirty the carpet has to be to incur a fine?

From: Leon Coy 22 December 2022 16:40 PM

Lynch is actually doing good for his members, I am one. The main issue is not the pay it’s the new conditions they want to impose on us. The following is the terms the employer wants, from emails with the union reps from the union. The proposals are also conditional on your union accepting the following: 1. That all Workforce Changes are accepted without reservation or industrial action; 2. Closure of all ticket offices and displacement of all retail staff; 3. Creation of a new multi-skilled station grades; 4. A mass job severance programme; 5. Driver-Only Operation of trains in all companies and on all passenger services; 6. New arrangements for mandatory Sunday working; 7. A review of all On-Train Catering services leading to cutbacks in provision and jobs; 8. Review of Fleet grades' working practices and depot driving; 9. Flexible working contracts, working and rosters; 10. Mandatory adoption of new technology with no payment; 11. New Attendance Management scheme; 12. Review of Stood Off arrangements; 13. New annual leave and sick pay arrangements.

From: Leon Coy 14 December 2022 13:58 PM

If there is a freeze the moment it ends my rents will go to full market value. Currently I am planning to raise rent by £100 on one property. This increase will still be approximately £175 below market but they have been good tenants. The planned increase covers my increase in expenses and is not a increase in profit.

From: Leon Coy 01 December 2022 11:47 AM

Great idea let’s get it started: Haringey Council Westminster Council Brent Council………

From: Leon Coy 23 November 2022 09:44 AM

Turnover I heard

From: Leon Coy 21 November 2022 08:40 AM

No it is all landlords/soletraders who earn £10k plus pa.

From: Leon Coy 21 November 2022 08:12 AM

I have one who is also lucky, I refused to update the heating board in one property, the council wanted £3000 to update it so they could charge by the unit. No as a result the tenant payees a set daily rate, with unlimited heating and hot water. The tenant was moaning about paying £2 a day over the summer, now she isn’t saying a word!

From: Leon Coy 18 November 2022 19:57 PM

Agree, if you run your business correctly you have nothing to worry about. Like you, I let my accountant do the work.

From: Leon Coy 14 November 2022 10:36 AM

Hi if I could achieve half of that in Nottingham I would be very happy 😃

From: Leon Coy 11 November 2022 12:25 PM

If housing benefits were to be paid direct I would only accept that on the sole condition the tenants were liable for any claw back and not myself. Without that I would not accept direct payment

From: Leon Coy 02 November 2022 22:44 PM

Turkey’s welcoming Christmas

From: Leon Coy 26 October 2022 08:06 AM

Agree, however be careful not to break the £85k in banking groups. Halifax, Lloyds same group so only £85k total, not each

From: Leon Coy 22 October 2022 11:54 AM

Yes and increased rents for most of the tenants too

From: Leon Coy 17 October 2022 09:31 AM

Lizz Truss only does U turns

From: Leon Coy 12 October 2022 13:49 PM

Normal hotel prices have increase significantly also, why aren’t the organisers telling people to steer clear of them also?

From: Leon Coy 11 October 2022 07:24 AM

We set a profit margin which we wish to achieve on each property, once our profits drop to 5% below that margin we increase rents. If the property is vacant we market price the rent to ensure we are making profit. It’s not greed it’s business

From: Leon Coy 03 October 2022 08:36 AM

He is in fantasy land

From: Leon Coy 27 September 2022 16:14 PM

Fair enough, I Weill offer them the security they want. Act in a tenant like manor, pay your rent, keep the property in good condition and I won’t evict. Don’t do that then I will evict, the issue of security lies with the tenants

From: Leon Coy 26 September 2022 08:44 AM

George you are delusional, electrified fences rubbish! Have you seen the cost of electricity lately??? Try steel spikes it will be cheaper.

From: Leon Coy 07 September 2022 14:13 PM

Correct my tenants would receive a £75-100 increase immediately as they are significantly below market rent now, this would leave them slightly below market. Another great deal for tenants!

From: Leon Coy 02 September 2022 08:16 AM

Could be a good time they have a 60% off tents sale currently on lol

From: Leon Coy 18 August 2022 08:17 AM

In a couple of years the houses bought back will be sold via right to buy again

From: Leon Coy 12 August 2022 11:06 AM

I can see prices dropping once the repo’s hit the market

From: Leon Coy 08 August 2022 15:56 PM

Yes but what are the next set of idiots going to be like

From: Leon Coy 08 August 2022 00:38 AM

Just read Nottingham City Council are doing full refits on 77 properties to make them carbon zero and highly energy efficient, no talk of heat pumps no they are putting new boilers in when required. Why not use these highly efficient rubbish instead?

From: Leon Coy 15 July 2022 22:02 PM

And the big revolving door turns yet again, next please

From: Leon Coy 07 July 2022 16:09 PM

A new selection of properties available to buy in 5 years time. We all know that they will buy them cheap then at first opportunity sell them for a great profit then go back to the council and claim homelessness

From: Leon Coy 08 June 2022 08:44 AM

The strike is over the fact that TFL want to reduce staff in stations to such a level it would be unsafe to operate some stations should an evacuation be required. The next lot of main line rail strikes is over the operating companies paying high dividends to shareholders yet saying they have no money for staff wage.

From: Leon Coy 06 June 2022 10:48 AM

I don’t want housing benefit paid direct to me, as when the tenant defrauds the system I have to pay back the house benefits through “claw back”.

From: Leon Coy 02 May 2022 13:31 PM

My tenants will be paying for EpC improvements, if they can’t it will be next please.

From: Leon Coy 14 April 2022 09:50 AM

Andrew, they are making it simpler, for them not for us

From: Leon Coy 23 March 2022 13:52 PM

Due to added expenses of having benefit tenants Its still no thanks from me. My insurance company raised my premiums when they found my tenants were on benefits, it’s wrong that insurance company can discriminate and charge higher premiums.

From: Leon Coy 11 March 2022 13:33 PM

But does this conclude the tenancy? If tenant hasn’t surrendered and the court has not ordered the tenancy over then the tenant would still be liable for the lose of rental income. Would landlord be liable for alternative accommodation?

From: Leon Coy 27 January 2022 18:48 PM

DASH is a good idea on paper, when they tried to do inspections in 3 of my properties the tenants didn’t want to be involved and declined them access. DASH then said they would withdraw my accreditation for lack of inspections. How do I give tenants quiet enjoyment and comply with the DASH requirements

From: Leon Coy 24 January 2022 08:34 AM

Hey it must be the landlords fault for selling up. No shortage if they didn’t sell. 😂

From: Leon Coy 19 January 2022 12:22 PM

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all

From: Leon Coy 24 December 2021 12:12 PM

How about a trade off, we accept her winter truce each year in return she accepts tenants who haven’t paid rent in full are removed from the property within 14 days of the rent arrears being due by the police.

From: Leon Coy 13 December 2021 13:54 PM

Jo, enough of this common sense rubbish! You are taking about the government, they don’t get spoken about with common sense in the same breath

From: Leon Coy 02 December 2021 13:39 PM

Ok 3 day course for £1000, now a qualified EPC assessor mmm all my properties will be C rated. This appears to be the cheapest way forward 😂

From: Leon Coy 01 December 2021 20:38 PM

@andrew they like it because it keeps their usage of S.21 notices lower than the PRS

From: Leon Coy 24 November 2021 17:51 PM

Hell I will put whatever they want in it, the rents will increase significantly to reflect the investment. Operating costs are irrelevant to me as I won’t be operating the system, that is the tenants problem not mine. I have conformed with government regulations.

From: Leon Coy 10 November 2021 08:55 AM

DASH Nottingham want to inspect a property for their accreditation process, I have said fine and supplied all requested information and contact details as requested, tenants have said no thanks and won’t allow them to inspect. Now they say they won’t accredited me? I have pointed out the tenants are not obligated to allow them in to inspect and I can’t harass them either,

From: Leon Coy 26 October 2021 12:33 PM

Part of the EpC problem is the assessors one will grade a property c the next will call it a d. Until we have a set standard to assess from or the achieve then it will always be contentious

From: Leon Coy 16 August 2021 15:59 PM

Deposit isn’t worth the trouble now, guarantor or no tenancy

From: Leon Coy 13 August 2021 15:07 PM

Got to a point I am looking at commercial property over residential due to the current BS we put up with. If it has a residential aspect lucky them if not commercial is just fine

From: Leon Coy 06 August 2021 11:53 AM

Not realistic data used, 35 year mortgage, 20% deposit 3% interest.

From: Leon Coy 06 August 2021 11:50 AM

While I agree with you re the legal aspect, if you refunded the tenant who eventually rented the property, you would not be charging a tenant a fee. The others who paid to view are not tenants so you have not broken the rules. Is this logic sound?

From: Leon Coy 28 July 2021 18:44 PM

Anyone copy shelter or GR in on this article? They may be upset that actual data disputes their stories of dissatisfied tenants everywhere

From: Leon Coy 12 July 2021 12:15 PM

Don’t forget there is increased admin also

From: Leon Coy 08 July 2021 16:09 PM

Other issue is it’s not available for BTL, so why even include this article? How many people outside of investors try and bring derelict back to use,

From: Leon Coy 30 June 2021 10:40 AM

Yes possessions are down, rent defaults are through the roof!

From: Leon Coy 25 June 2021 07:56 AM

Seems a key player is being excluded again, were is the landlord input in all this?

From: Leon Coy 22 June 2021 08:10 AM

As Lloyds are operating in the PRS they will have to follow PRS rules and regulations. Wait until they need to evict tenants they will then be speaking with the government to change the rules again. This could work in our favour too

From: Leon Coy 21 June 2021 10:34 AM

Andrew join LNPG and Jewson become very reasonable, and Wolseley with LNPG beats trade prices on most products

From: Leon Coy 20 June 2021 17:49 PM

John ico registration is irrelevant in this case as the information stored is not relevant to his tenants and is in the public domain

From: Leon Coy 16 June 2021 10:19 AM

Nottingham council has not carried out any inspections to my knowledge, they are carried out under the DASH program which we have to also pay to join. The whole licensing program is a joke.

From: Leon Coy 14 June 2021 17:08 PM

Happy for them, however 95% mortgages are likely to cause a significant number of repossessed properties in the near future. Many will struggle in the post Covid world

From: Leon Coy 08 June 2021 08:51 AM

Who cares if they can’t remember the documents being issued,?all my tenants sign to acknowledge they have received the latest upto date versions

From: Leon Coy 07 June 2021 08:49 AM

Inspection every three months? What about tenants right to quiet enjoyment

From: Leon Coy 06 May 2021 12:30 PM

Why take benefit tenants? My insurance increases, more risk of default, claw back, higher risk (according to insurance) of damage.? No I think I will pass for now.

From: Leon Coy 19 April 2021 09:06 AM

Yes problem solved for three years then they decline to renew insurance and landlord is left high and dry

From: Leon Coy 15 April 2021 06:59 AM

Ok I have £££ to invest, let me think residential ???? Commercial???? So the commercial tenant is FR&I, the residential wants everything done for them plus doesn’t like the idea of me being a greedy landlord so won’t pay up??? This is a hard decision but ok Commercial it is, hopefully the homeless won’t be sleeping in the shop door way.

From: Leon Coy 09 April 2021 18:51 PM

Sophia sounds like a made up case! Prove her existence and then prosecute the landlord. Rouge landlords need addressing, however fictitious tenants don’t help. Why rouge or fictitious, issuing a S21 after maintenance request is retaliatory eviction and 8.1% interest is slightly higher than permitted ( currently 3% above base if I recall) so I would suggest the article is b*llocks from CAB

From: Leon Coy 29 March 2021 08:58 AM

Nottingham introduced licensing, all my rents on affected property increased by £25 a month to cover the increased costs and administration. Now I get hassled by DASH Nottingham to do inspections of the properties, all my tenants declined the inspection.

From: Leon Coy 10 March 2021 10:05 AM

@lee Holland no upgrades not repairs, ie combo boilers instead of solo system, EpC upgrades to C from D etc etc

From: Leon Coy 02 March 2021 13:03 PM

Hey I am a millionaire landlord, can somebody please inform my bank balance to act accordingly. It keeps misbehaving and going to overdraft whenever a tenant wants their house upgraded.

From: Leon Coy 02 March 2021 09:39 AM

Tenants must pay a £24 one off fee??? Isn’t this in breach of the tenant fees act? Thought you can’t charge tenants for sweet F All and not third party arrangements eithet

From: Leon Coy 26 February 2021 09:52 AM

Exactly, we increase rents depending on maintenance requirements of a property. If tenants look after it generally no increase, however under rent control I will follow the law but that means I will increase by the permitted amount each year

From: Leon Coy 18 February 2021 10:49 AM

Raise CGT to make more money!! Great idea if people keep selling. However as more people will say bug ger that tax rate I will keep the property then they make a lot less than they do now. Now that’s government logic working at its finest

From: Leon Coy 10 February 2021 09:09 AM

Yes but a good guarantor would be worried about their credit rating so most likely would not be in that position as to need a breathing space

From: Leon Coy 07 February 2021 22:29 PM

Hell I have just refurbished my personal property and the best that could achieve was a D , uplifted from F and that cost thousands. No tenants will live in better standard houses than home owners. The green grant is of no use as it’s in two sections, heat pumps are not the best thing since sliced bread, they are expensive to operate and install. Because I have good quality new boilers I can’t access the scheme, two off my properties would benefit from new UPVC double glazing but I can’t access that via the green scheme. It’s a joke.

From: Leon Coy 21 January 2021 12:18 PM

I have never used my property insurance, damage I have had to date didn’t justify the increase in premiums I would have to face

From: Leon Coy 20 January 2021 14:43 PM

Fine I will declare them, now what’s grants can I have?

From: Leon Coy 16 January 2021 12:15 PM

Heat pumps are very common in New Zealand, they are also not used often as they cost a arm and a leg to run

From: Leon Coy 14 December 2020 17:02 PM

Tenants already have a say, they can rent whatever house they want if the house isn’t up to their standards don’t rent it

From: Leon Coy 04 December 2020 13:44 PM

Conceptually this is a great idea, however in real life the government, councils and courts will not do anything with it. Were tenants are instructed by the tribunal or courts to leave within 14 days a fine or penalty and immediate bailiff attendance should occur for those ignoring or obstructing the order.

From: Leon Coy 02 December 2020 09:23 AM

Ok just posted to Shelters page, how long before they remove it? Guesses?

From: Leon Coy 27 November 2020 12:19 PM

Anyone posted this on Shelters or Generation Rents pages?

From: Leon Coy 27 November 2020 12:13 PM

All this will do is stop people from selling up once it’s introduced meaning it won’t raise the expected revenue.

From: Leon Coy 12 November 2020 11:41 AM

Pay it back in instalments

From: Leon Coy 15 October 2020 12:45 PM

What planet are these councillors from?

From: Leon Coy 06 October 2020 22:17 PM

Tenant? What tenants, I will have to evict them as the property which was built in 1875 doesn’t conform to EPC requirements in 2021. Hope the social housing they Eventually get into Is a C or better

From: Leon Coy 01 October 2020 12:01 PM

So far the program has been rehashing old episodes of nightmare tenants slum landlords

From: Leon Coy 28 September 2020 18:15 PM

I have 100 year old houses which are fully insulated, but have very old double glazing, the way this looks I don’t qualify to improve the glazing as everything else is fine. Rubbish scheme, as far as I can see

From: Leon Coy 27 August 2020 10:45 AM

I don’t increase my rents regularly, I increase on a case by case basis, however with rent control I will be increasing rents by the maximum permitted level at every opportunity I can, sorry tenants but you campaigned for it and got what you wanted. Guess next time you will think of the consequences first

From: Leon Coy 19 August 2020 12:57 PM

So we state “must be in full time employment“, supposing that will be discriminatory to the lazy ones who don’t want to work

From: Leon Coy 06 August 2020 08:30 AM

Ensure you use S8 for the eviction were ever possible to show the government and shelter the real reason for the evictions

From: Leon Coy 06 July 2020 12:30 PM

Terry the can easily be removed as they don’t work with other providers so you just change suppliers

From: Leon Coy 03 July 2020 12:22 PM

Not interested the tenant pays the bills liaise with them

From: Leon Coy 03 July 2020 12:14 PM

On the signing page of my ASTs I have a section for both agent/LL and tenant to initial saying the relevant documents or testing (smoke alarms) has been completed

From: Leon Coy 22 June 2020 09:11 AM

Kate most tenancy agreement state no businesses are to be conducted at the premises, if this is in yours they are in breach. Use that as grounds for removal

From: Leon Coy 06 May 2020 11:17 AM

Available if you have 5 or fewer properties? Does that mean if you have 6 you don’t qualify for the loan,therefore shouldn’t qualify to pay taxes on the 6th either

From: Leon Coy 06 May 2020 10:02 AM

I agree David, I always assume a full refurbishment after a tenant has been in the property for 5 years or more, 1-5 full redecorating

From: Leon Coy 30 November 2019 09:58 AM

I supply all information that is required (I kill a tree every AST renewal) how can the tenant not have the relevant information it’s what the government gave me to supply. If the government cannot supply adequate information why should the NLA, and as said above why it’s the NLA not the NTA

From: Leon Coy 17 July 2019 13:16 PM

So I sell up pay SDLT, CGT Estate agents fee, lawyers fees and hey I’ve got a whole quid left guess that must be available for some other tax. It’s pointless selling

From: Leon Coy 16 July 2019 14:26 PM

Everyone should forward this to their MP and ask what action the government will take to protect LL

From: Leon Coy 21 June 2019 11:22 AM

So council controlled building burns down, the second council controlled building burns down. Let make sure the PRS knows the rules, then at least some tenants have a hope of survival

From: Leon Coy 19 June 2019 14:05 PM

I rented out a 2 bed recently, it was in good condition and the rent was at higher side of market, but it took 3 whole days to rent out!!

From: Leon Coy 08 May 2019 15:03 PM

Was looking to add another to the portfolio, however I am not until this is sorted and I know we’re we stand. That house is still being purchased but instead of tenants I will be flipping it on at least I won’t be stuck with tenants if it all goes wrong later

From: Leon Coy 17 April 2019 16:08 PM

Hell even my own home won’t achieve that, nor my rentals. When built in the 1800s they never took this into consideration, hmmm wonder if I can get a compo claim going 🤔🤔🤔

From: Leon Coy 03 April 2019 09:38 AM

No Steve not a fool, he most likely has shares or is a director of a company which supplies alternative heat sources

From: Leon Coy 02 April 2019 13:20 PM

I have a check list stating the requirements and get the tenants to sign they have received each one, so they can’t say later they have not received a item or the alarms weren’t tested if a S.21 is issued

From: Leon Coy 20 March 2019 10:11 AM

I agree Andrew, I have looked at some great deals, however as soon as you factor the lease conditions they aren’t that great any longer

From: Leon Coy 19 March 2019 09:31 AM

Who’s buying it? Not the now homeless tenant as they couldn’t afford to buy in the first place. This will again increase demand, reduce supply and increase rents.

From: Leon Coy 11 March 2019 09:33 AM

I like B&Qs leds day they guarantee for 5 years. Failed after 18 months, when trying to replace they won’t do a thing without receipt. Even though they have only been selling that brand for 4 years

From: Leon Coy 06 March 2019 14:51 PM

What’s the point,currently you need them for any properties that have solid fuel burners which generate CO, so that’s fine. why have them when you don’t have CO sources.

From: Leon Coy 26 February 2019 22:11 PM

I agree Paul, I spoke to one person who moaned they couldn’t get a mortgage to by a property local to them. It happened this person refused to even consider moving to an alternative location. His attitude was I like Fulham and shouldn’t have to move elsewhere to buy. When I asked his job I almost fell over, he was a cleaner. I am a full time rail engineer, own a small portfolio bring in£69k+ and i could not afford that area so what realistic hope did he have on a cleaners wage. His head was so buried in the sand reality didn’t seem to exist

From: Leon Coy 26 February 2019 22:07 PM

Another article states Brent as the second most expensive borough to live in. No wonder everybody is sharing rooms and sheds

From: Leon Coy 11 February 2019 11:37 AM

Fine I need 8 weeks insurance, as I am not taking a deposit then I can surely protect myself by requiring the equivalent of 8 weeks rent, maybe 12 even??

From: Leon Coy 01 February 2019 11:59 AM

Steve stop the letting stuff go into comedy “same regs applied to council landlords” love the jokes lol

From: Leon Coy 14 January 2019 10:12 AM

Failure to follow the court order should also result in contempt of court action also

From: Leon Coy 10 December 2018 10:01 AM

As soon as 2 months are up any tenant in arrears will get section 8 with arrears claim. Plenty of work pending for the bailiffs. Loads of CCJs to start appearing on credit histories, any CCJ = no AST with me, go and ask the council or shelter to house you

From: Leon Coy 05 December 2018 11:28 AM

One of my tenants said yesterday that they were looking to move as I had increased the rent to cover the cost of landlord licensing in Nottingham. Her plan is to go into a council house. Which one I don’t know even some tenants are as thick as the council. I told her that should a council house come available she could leave without penalty (new ast signed) expect to see her to sign new ast again next year lol

From: Leon Coy 20 November 2018 06:28 AM

I always get the tenants to sign a surrender notice whenever possible. Even when the hand in the keys just to be on the safe side

From: Leon Coy 12 November 2018 15:33 PM

Heading that way I think Paul, with the exaggeration and increase in spam replies, I think it may well be on its last legs

From: Leon Coy 05 November 2018 11:21 AM

I am in same boat as you Wendy I won’t rent to persons on benefit. But won’t kick a good paying tenant if they went to benefits either. I have two properties in that scenario at the current moment

From: Leon Coy 01 November 2018 14:46 PM

What you can retire in the UK, I thought the government took everyone’s nest egg

From: Leon Coy 27 September 2018 09:44 AM

So if 1 in 5 intend to remain what about the 4 in 5 that are exiting?

From: Leon Coy 26 September 2018 15:58 PM

How about using fixed term leases. Is this a possibility?

From: Leon Coy 25 September 2018 12:48 PM

What about mentioning to judge when escalating to high court that the council is defying the courts order and could they take action against them. It would only take one judge to hold a council in contempt and the test would quickly change their attitude

From: Leon Coy 19 September 2018 06:34 AM

I am in favour of this as a landlord, safety is priority, however as the article states 77% of housing association and 72% of council properties fail compared to 59% PRS. This should be s legal requirement on all rented properties, not just PRS. Also most electrical fires in PRS are from overloaded circuits. If we need certificates shouldn’t tenants provide pat certificates to show there electrical equipment is safe and won’t damage my property?

From: Leon Coy 17 August 2018 16:45 PM

Why not as landlords we are boarder agents, social worker, etc so why not throw police duties into the mix to

From: Leon Coy 10 August 2018 15:11 PM

I have a two week clause in my AST and when checking tenants out I get a waiver signed stating they have removed all belongings and anything remaining can be disposed of as I see fit.

From: Leon Coy 09 August 2018 14:56 PM

Put all of mine up £25 pcm when you take increased admin and fee into account. Tenants arnt happy but they were all told to answer the consultation survey yet none did so who’s to blame but themselves and the council

From: Leon Coy 08 August 2018 10:19 AM

Agree with you who cares if tenantscsnt afford to buy. The government doesn’t so why she we shoulder the worries. When they become homeless the government will need to accommodate them without Rental accommodation that leaves hotels, think we all need to start investing in hotels

From: Leon Coy 06 August 2018 11:04 AM

Surely this is contempt of court? If the court orders it and the tenant ignores it that must be contempt. Also the council advising tenant should also be held accountable for contempt when telling a tenant to remain in the property. It appears the council has more authority than the court

From: Leon Coy 02 August 2018 09:22 AM

It’s a waste of time and money, the assessors don’t know what they are doing most of the time. One EPC I have states that if the boiler is upgraded to a combi system it would improve the rating. What rubbish the assessor either didn’t visit or didn’t know what he was doing, why?? Well the property is on the district heating system and has no boiler nor is there gas! So the EPC was fraudulent. It was done by previous owner so i couldn’t chase it up

From: Leon Coy 30 July 2018 11:46 AM

Hey I have already increased my rents by £25 per property pcm. In the consultation NCC were warned rents would increase. The 1 property outside the licence area hasn’t had an increase for 2 years I won’t be increasing it next month either, my returns are good, I have a great stable tenant and have had no increase in expenses so why get gready. The other properties would have been the same except for NCC wanting money. As a business I pass my expenses to my customer

From: Leon Coy 30 July 2018 08:57 AM

Your right James were is the training? My approach is going to be take copies of what the tenant supplies, if it's forged who cares as I will take it in good faith only because I am not trained to spot forgeries

From: Leon Coy 24 December 2015 08:38 AM

Your right James were is the training? My approach is going to be take copies of what the tenant supplies, if it's forged who cares as I will take it in good faith only because I am not trained to spot forgeries

From: Leon Coy 24 December 2015 08:38 AM

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