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Dealing with a tenant waiting to be rehoused
17/05/2013 
turnkeylandlordsIt’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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Leave a commentNotice to Quit! Who’s shaking?
NOTICE TO QUIT! WHO’S SHAKING? Does serving a notice to quit encourage the tenant to pay up or tell the tenant that they have another 60 days (minimum) rent free accommodation ? What is your success rate in getting arrears paid and future rent paid on time after serving notice ? Mr Trevor McMaster ~ The City [...]
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Tenancy agreement states no Key Meters to be fitted. Would you, the landlord, allow a key meter to be installed if the tenant can’t pay the gas and electric bills ? What would you do if the tenant was cut off ? Mr Trevor McMaster ~ The City of London Bailiffs Previous topics: 394….That is [...]
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We still have many Landlords requesting us to trace absconding tenants, without the required details; Full Name. Nationality. DOB. When letting to a new tenant it is vital that the landlord obtains a copy of the tenants passports. Too many tenants are giving different variations of their real full names. Mr Trevor McMaster ~ The City [...]
Re-entry of evicted tenant to collect their belongings
On the many occasions when a HMCTS Bailiff arrives to execute a warrant of possession, the tenant is still in residence and has made no effort to remove their effects. The HMCTS Bailiff will request that the tenant gathers what they can within 10 – 15 minutes and vacates the property. Usually the HMCTS Bailiff [...]
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A lawyer has told a select committee about her concerns that the process of evicting tenants could be lengthened via reforms to anti-social behaviour laws. The Home Affairs committee heard evidence from a number of housing professionals yesterday regarding changes to the powers available to landlords to tackle anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods. This follows [...]
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Landlord Referencing Services would like to address the reasons behind the questions that we ask of landlords and letting agents upon registration of our service. What with the recent (unprecedented) influx of landlords and letting agents joining our unique landlord networking system right across the UK, following the introduction of the Universal Credit pilots and [...]
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Labour leader MP Ed Miliband has promised to protect the rights of private renters, as part of his party’s ‘One Nation’ philosophy. Mr Miliband highlighted the potentially divisive rift between private renters and home owners in a speech to the Fabian Society. As well as attempting to provide more security for renters via introducing more [...]
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A recent study has found that the number of households in Britain is growing three times as fast as the number of homes being built; whereby workers are increasingly depending on benefits to pay their rent, with an extra 10,000 workers a month becoming reliant on housing benefit. The Home Truths study, by the National [...]
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Around 1,500 tenants a day are calling a leading debt charity for help with rent arrears problems. According to National Debtline, the number of calls from renters struggling to pay landlords has risen by 28% in the past two years and 9% in the last 12 months. The charity says the trend is rising as [...]
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