The downstairs neighbour of one of my tenants is demanding that I make my flat a non-smoking only property. That would be fine by me as I'm a non-smoker myself and my current tenant is also a...

I would suggest the first thing to do is find the "8 weeks in arrears" form from the Housing Benefit section of your local Council's website, or phone them up and ask them to email you one. Fill it...

Are you raising a scenario whereby orginal paper documents have been signed and then subsequently scanned to storage? If this is the case then I would think the Sheriff will accept them. They...

Our new Graduate Trainee is living in a house with a resident landlord. He currently rents out three of the rooms in his house and is renovating a fourth. He is not a registered landlord. Does he...

Is advertising for non-smoking tenants an act of discrimination? Advice and opinions welcome.

I agree with artfullodger. I think it is always worth pursuing defaulters. The costs have gone up a little I think (to something like £60), but the procedure is very simple and whilst it's a bit...

How would one go about tracing an ex-tenant if no forwarding address is left?

Not sure where my original zoomed off to, so apologies if this ends up being posted twice .....

I gave some thought to the subject of persuading tenants to sign for the NTQ and hit upon the idea...

Shelter Scotland has a brilliant free app you can download to your phone and use to document/inventory the condition of the house as you are leaving it. Take photos and detailed notes of everything,...

Do you get any kind of remittance advice from your Local Authority when they send a payment direct to your landlord? If not, I would suggest you pop along to your local Council office with your...

I'm not sure what an Occupancy Agreement is, so I shall leave that for others to respond, however, we helped out some friends who had sold their house without first buying their new home. They...

In my experience, if the tenant has ignored their contractual obligation to pay their full rent on the correct day whilst in the property then the chances of them making good on a promise to pay once...

No, you don't need to hire in legal representation, you can do it all yourself. It's only scary the first time and if you get a Sheriff who is sniffy about you representing yourself would be very...

Hi Bc1970, you have raised a number of issues in your post. My first piece of advice is to get registered ASAP.

You state that the initial contract period has expired. What was the original...

Used this app a couple of times now. Very intuitive and easy to use - so much so that I found myself getting a bit carried away with the number of photos I was taking and notes I was making. It was...

See here for some guidance on holding deposits:

http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Housing/Private+housing/Private+tenants+-+advice+and+support/Holding+Deposits.htm

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"•Credit Checking & Referencing - Fees should be reflective of actual costs incurred. Most landlords/agents take up bank and employment references without imposing a charge on the...

I agree. Unfortunately those of us with full time jobs cannot attend any of them.

I wear both hats and though I cannot remember if I made a submission in this case, I usually determine at the outset which hat is going to be most impacted by the subject and respond in that person. ...

No coffee and cake then :(

Whilst I am horrified myself at some of the huge, rip-off admin fees being charged by some Letting Agents, I have always thought that asking the prospective tenants to pay only the charge levied on...

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Thanks for taking the time to bring this to our attention, Artfullodger. I downloaded a different inventory app some time ago that boasts voice recognition which was very efficient. I used my phone...

I beg to differ. My recollection of the (excellent) training organised by my local authority is that if a property has facilities for heating and hot water available within it they must be kept in...

I think that to point the tenant in the direction of the PRHP and get ready to provide PRHP with documentary evidence of relevant correspondence with Landlord asking for repairs to be done is your...