I wouldn't call £1300 pcm cheap, personally - for Manchester.
It wasn't an AST - it was let to "Nigel Havers Ltd" (see the fillum). If there *was* an AST, it was his company letting to *him*.

The...

Interesting.

This was a video from Nigel Havers on Watchdog, about his early eviction from a flat in Manchester.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22543600

Is this unlawful eviction? I thought...

I'd say the general lessson here is to own the shop as well, if at all possible.

ML

Just a heads up:



http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=41199&p=0

(The timescales seem to have slipped)

The area covered is most of the central area of the City.

It will be whatever cobbled together waffle is created on the day.

If it is inserted late in the Parl. process it will be even worse than it would be otherwise.

If it does mean that you are...

Routinely done by security people.

There was a huge kerfuffle in an eggcup recently when undercover police had been using such identities.
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Bearing in mind that this thread has .. er .. floated to the top again, let me try a real question.

Has anyone installed squat toilets in any properties? Or sit/squat toilets?
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Thatcher, hugely.

Don't forget that she also gave you (I think) the right to such outrageous liberties as owning your own telephone, and not have your taxes sucked into propping up zombie...

Yes there is.

I own the copyright :-).

ML

If it requires a license and you are not licensed, then you are in criminal offence territory.

And if N downstairs starts complaining officially someone will notice...

ML

Personally I'd do a newbuild to see if some ideas I have work or not.

They worked on a conversion, but I'd like to try a new one.

ML

That's quite revealing of how cursory looks can be.

It isn't a power station (I think); it is a Museum of Electricity in an old Edwardian Power Station.

And it closed last December.
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Yes. I believe it is Polyflor Polysafe Hydro in Woodland Grey, which is designed for eg hotel spas or social housing with a 10yr guarantee:
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If they paid 1.2m in Notts it's hardly going to be difficult to find.

This is how I like to put it.

The Golden Rule of Slugger O Toole
Don't Play the Man, but Play the Ball.

http://sluggerotoole.com/re/comments-policy/

ML

It's worth noting that a lot of possession orders do not lead to an eviction.

I've only ever done 1, and that was to protect my back from any potential false "illegal eviction" claim from a T who...

I'd say they should have asked you first anyway, and I'd have told them to fit one with a 5 year life battery - or left it for me when I was next there if non-urgent.

Your agent is obviously...

We have one of the most free letting environments in Europe.

The defining thing is Section 21 and the likes of Shelter and co, local govt regulators etc are continually chipping away at it. Should...

It's the LA Conservation Officer, and whoever said that is having a larf, or is perhaps on goose juice.

This to a Grade 2 Listed Rectory:



Cost them 20k in fines and costs.
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Some time back I asked about Tenantproof Showers for a pair of student houses.

Here: http://www.landlordzone.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?35033-The-Tenantproof-House&p=420089#post420089

The work...

That's already happening - they are closing hand over fist.

I'd say that one trend will be in local-producer (or perhaps old style co-operative) owned stores in residential areas, now that shop...

Parquet is hard labour. If a forum colleague loves it so much that it needs saving like Giant Pandas let them come and sand it for you for love not money.

For your floor, use floating click-fit...

.. or 3 lodgers.

Assuming that it is necessary to be Licensed (check with Council untraceably), to OP: you have 2 options, if they are using normal definitions:

1 - Remove one lodger.
2 -...

Just going through this process myself.

At present everything is in flux.

Don't necessarily believe your LA. That sounds like something they want you to do, rather than what you can actually...

I think the rationale is taking old ones out of the stock, so to provide a guaranteed provable improvement.

That's how banger discounts work for cars.

They somehow have to save the energy...