Unless your friend's landlord has obtained an exemption from the HMRC, your friend is required by law, to deduct tax from the rental payment before it is paid to the landlord. They must then hand...

I would steer away from the 18th Jan to 17th July example and stick with at least 18th or 19th July to be safe. There have been a mnumber of cases where Landlord have lost their action in the Court...

They run a publically procured information and advice service on behalf of East Lothian Council. It is not a donation.

The dates for going live were announced as follows:
TIPs end of January 2013
LR on adverts start of April 2013.

Hence very small time lag.[/QUOTE]

Yes but you knew that they were coming in...

Ending a Tenancy
There are a number of actions that you must perform to end a tenancy:
1. Serve the Notice To Quit –
• A Notice to Quit has the legal effect of bringing a tenancy to a...

Are you Registered (Landlord Registration)? Holiday lets may not be more than 31 days for any one let. You also mention that you have professional tenants from time to time. Therefore you are not...

The lag time between the announcement and introduction of both TIPS and ll reg on adverts is very small.[/QUOTE]

TIPs and LR Number on Adverts were announced in late 2011 in the Private Rented...

Letting Agents are not required to apply for Registration themselves, but it makes good commercial sense for them to do so.

This is because they still have to be assessed as fit and proper by the...

It will always have to be the Registration Number of the LANDLORD, not the Letting Agent. Also it will have to be the Registration Number for the Local Authority in which the property for let is...

Some of the work on Landlord Registration already underway.

yes Sorry LA = Local Authority, SG + Scottish Government, PRHP = Private Rented Housing Panel, COSLA = Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, PRS = Private Rented Sector.

The Scottish Government's Strategy for the Private Rented Sector in Scotland was launched yesterday (30th May 2013).

There are 10 Key Actions in the document. These can be summarised as follows:
...

You are really required to carry out electrical inspections already in that you have to be able to demonstrate that the electrical installation is safe fo use etc.

If Legislation is laid it will...

You should name both Landlords on all documents.

Also on the Tenant Information Pack and when you lodge the deposit.

LOL You never know in a couple of years!!!!!!:D:

Private Rented Sector

http://www.arla.co.uk/news/2013/5/scottish-parliament-debates-electrical-safety-prs-70183/

http://www.arla.co.uk/news/2013/5/labour-call-for-regulation-private-rented-sector-69964/

Plans to force millions of private landlords to vouch safe for the immigration status of their tenants are to be watered down, with the new rules only applying to certain problem areas in the...

Fairly often

The No Fault Route is simpy the ending of a Short Assured Tenancy at its ish date. You will obviously have to have served an AT5 before the tenancy agreement at the start of the tenancy and be able...

You should carry out the inspection as soon as possible after the tenants have removed all of their belongings.

The longer that you leave it, especially if you do not inspect until after the date...

I would advise Landlords never to go for eviction purely on this ground alone.

All the tenant has to do is pay an amount to the arrears, on the day of the hearing, that will bring the level...

Sorry dont know.

Will try to find out

Doesn't matter if it does. The appliance is in the property and therefore must be fit for use.

Hopefully this will now help LA's to deal with situations where previously they were unable to do so.