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Letting a property with a residential mortgage
15/06/2013 
turnkeylandlords A Bolton police chief made the news at the beginning of this month when he was convicted of mortgage and insurance fraud amounting to £46,000. According to the Daily Mail, the 53-year-old had a four-property buy to let portfolio and was attempting to buy a fifth; however, he had obtained at least two of these [...]
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Getting to know your damp and mould expert
If you don’t know your damp from your mould you could end up getting fleeced, this article describes the kind of symptoms to look out for so that you don’t get the wrong advice and waste money on the wrong solution. Damp, is a generic word that basically covers a multitude of moisture damage in [...]
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CLICK HERE TO READ MY PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT A month later the court wrote again, saying they had served papers for the attachment of earnings at Les’ workplace; then, another month later, they wrote to tell us the wages office was not based at Les’ workplace, so did we want them to take it further? We [...]
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As part of our National Neighbourhood and Home Watch Week celebrations, we are delighted to be holding our very first National Awards ceremony. Due to take place on the 18th June 2013, the ceremony will be hosted by the Minister for Crime and Prevention and Anti-Social Behavior, Rt. Hon. Jeremy Browne MP, at the House [...]
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It has always puzzled me why Landlords do not add more clauses to a drawn up Tenancy Agreement. If you are a Landlord who has added additional advantageous clauses please, enlighten others of what appropriate small print can be added. Mr Trevor McMaster ~ The City of London Bailiffs Previous topics: Notice to Quit! Who’s shaking? TENANT CAN’T PAY THE [...]
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CLICK HERE TO READ MY PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT A couple of weeks after her eviction, I was working at the rental house with Adrian and Chris, still cleaning up the mess. Suddenly, Adrian said she was standing at the bus-stop located twenty metres from the house. Of course Adrian and Chris did nothing, but I couldn’t [...]
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CLICK HERE TO READ MY PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT I did balk initially when I saw the long document Adrian from the Guild of Residential Landlords had sent. It consisted of pages of legal jargon, but on closer scrutiny, it seemed to make sense and Adrian explained what it meant over the ‘phone. In essence, there were [...]
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What is a squatter? A squatter is a person who settles in or occupies a property with no legal claim, right or lease. What course of action can you take as a property owner should you find you have someone living in your property without your permission? This article explores the reasons for squatting and [...]
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CLICK HERE TO READ MY PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT We applied to the courts for possession in August and were given a date of the 15th of October for the court hearing. At the hearing, neither Maria nor her partner bothered to turn up and we were ‘awarded possession’. They were given until the 29th of October [...]
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It’s a funny old business, letting properties. We at TurnKey Landlords speak to a lot of landlords on a daily basis and, of course, are landlords ourselves, and so we hear a lot of stories about people’s experience in the trade. Sometimes they’re ‘ha-ha’ funny, sometimes ‘weird’ funny, and sometimes just plain old not-funny-at-all, downright [...]
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