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Evict a rogue Landlord - Shelter...

theartfullodger — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:59:36 GMT

As we know from posts here & other experiences, most landlords are responsible, decent, guys 'n gals trying to run an honest business...I hope we'd all want the crooks booted out....

See this recent campaign from Mssrs Shelter...
http://england.shelter.org.uk/what_y...roguelandlords

Cheers!

Artful

Woman admits 'outraging public decency' while driving

Ericthelobster — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:33:39 GMT

Just had to share this rather rude story from this week's Westmorland Gazette...

It's the long list of increasingly unlikely excuses which really got me...!

Bed Bug News

mind the gap — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:28:13 GMT

They're back.

They bite.

They're beastly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-11165108

(The reactions after the article are interesting, too).

Abducted by Aliens?

mind the gap — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:50:37 GMT

Slightly concerning snippet from the BBC news website today : 8% of the population of California claim to have been abducted by aliens.

:confused:

If they are correct, I wonder why the aliens brought them back?

If they're wrong, why do they believe/say it happened (when it didn't)? Is it wishful thinking, or what?

Humour in finance

Wickerman — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:51:16 GMT

I've just received this months Residential Landlords Association
magazine. Under the finance section, they discuss the six month rule
(eg not being able to refinance a property until you own it for six
months).

There is a small article about "Bridge to Let deals" as follows:

"Tiuta has launched a Bridge to Let deal which will ignore all
defaults, allow one CCJ and one missed mortgage payment.

It allows for one CCJ to a maximum value of £500 satisfied or
unsatisfied, and one missed mortgage payment in the last 12 months,
but with none over the last six months.

The interest rate is expensive, though, at 7.99% for two years"

The deal is offered by Savills Lending Solutions, Manor Mortgages and
Pavillion Security.

One funny thing though - try googling for TIUTA and ACRONYM together to see what TIUTA can stand for... Oddly appropriate given that it could be seen to be shafting its customers!

Quick link [warning - not safe for work - offensive language] http://www.snowey.com/snowey/acronym....php?acronym=T

Greetings

Brb — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:38:31 GMT

Just thought I'd say hi.

I'm a long time lurker and thought I should really register at a forum I'm forever pointing ppl towards to get their questions answered :)

Parcelfarce

jamesknight0 — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:57:21 GMT

On 20th July I sent the papers for my tax return to my accountant near Portsmouth. This was over 3kg and cost me £7.06 to send.

By 15th August, my accountant still had not received it or had a card left. He asked at his sorting office, and was told they had no knowledge of it.

I have had a very stressful two weeks trying to get replacement dividend coupons. Today the postman brought my parcel back again. Although it has my address outside, it has been opened, and it has a sticker dated 23rd August saying 'not called for.'

Anyone found a way to get the post office to actually deliver a package? Last year they even lost one that I had sent recorded, so I deliberately didn't record this one, as I didn't want to attract larcenous postal employees.

Research on "No Chain" properties?

TheKnowledge — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:22:00 GMT

When you see a property you are interested in and the sales particulars mention it is being sold with No Chain, do you ever try to drill down further into some research to find out why?

Keeping pets or getting rid of them

bullybantam — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:57:02 GMT

This cat business works both ways, one of my tenants was telling me about a breed of lilly called a "Stargazer", it's extremely toxic to cats and only cats.

How much is your website worth?

Glenys1198 — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:45:29 GMT

I came across this:

http://biznut.co.uk/

I put in LandlordZONE and it comes up with a value of over £333,000 :D

Regular Tenancy Inspections- At your own peril

leaseholdanswers — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:19:12 GMT

http://www.27bslash6.com/grubby.html

Another lengthy but rather subversive way to respond to an agents mid term inspection.

But the Ducks in the bathroom Arent Mine

leaseholdanswers — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:09:36 GMT

Its an old story but was recently re sent to me. I cried with laughter. But thats just my sense of humour

http://www.geekologie.com/2009/06/th...ne_david_t.php

Commonhold- a waste of money?

sgclacy — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:32:42 GMT

The Government spent an enormous amount of time and money proposing commonhold. Legislation was of course passed

Have a look at the government attitude towards commonhold on the government sponsored web site

http://www.lease-advice.org/news/story/?item=42

Does anyone know how many commonholds are in existence...I believe less than 10 blocks?

Mezuzah- doorpost sign- consent to affix it (& meaning)

evgeny — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:14:22 GMT

Hi,

We are owners of the leasehold flat which is part of the block of flats. Management Company which owns the freehold is managing the building.

Our question is: Can company prohibit us to put sign with our names on the front door to our flat as well as Mesusa (religious sign) on the door frame.

When we did it they send us a letter that we should remove them immediately. When we ask them if we could keep them, they told us they "lower the tone of the building" and we should remove them.

I believe they probably have right demanding what they have demanded, but can just someone confirm it. Our lease is ambiguous about the front door

Forming an opinion on an area?

TheKnowledge — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 13:31:15 GMT

I live in a town where there is a high level of immigration, and there are certain areas of terraced houses which, though never were the best of areas, seem to have gone downhill somewhat since becoming populated by immigrants.

Please note that I am not trying to start a discusssion about whether immigration is right or wrong, this is just a general and factual observation about the area. Obviously these areas are in the same location as they always were with the same transport links and same distance to amenities and town centre, but there seems to be a lot less pride in the area than in times gone by. The "kerb appeal" of the properties is somewhat unkempt.

This leads me to the question - "would I invest in this area?" Obviously many have, since I suspect that half the reason why the properties are in a worse state than they used to be is that landlords have snapped the properties as they know they can rent them to Eastern Europeans as HMO's and perhaps get a good return on their investment.

So what are your opinions on this? Do you think that the downward trend in the kerb appeal of the properties and the change of demographic makes such properties a questionable investment, or do you think that the change in demographic provides a steady stream of willing tenants and could perhaps make it an attractive investment proposition?