My Building and Contents insurance is due for renewal. The tenant has given notice to leave the property in one months time. I'm expecting the property to be unoccupied at least two months from...

Code of Conduct for Letting Agents (taken from TPO website for which LA is subscribed to) states
8g
You should endeavour to arrange for a tenant to be checked-in to the property accompanied either...

If a Landlord prepares his own Inventory and Schedule of Condition and gives it to the LA is the LA legally obliged to check in the tenant with the afore mentioned.

The management agreement...

Has anybody had any dealings with bond schemes and how the schemes are run.

The council sent a BACS payment to the LA for the equivalent of one months rent. The letter that accompanied the...

I can see only one reason: Trying to screw the tenant over.

Not at all can't wait to get rid. In fact it saves me a lot of hassle as they are in rent arrears and I was going to get rid the legal...

My LA is a member of the TPO scheme and I want to make a complaint against them.

The contract was ended by the LA six months ago because he was having trouble with the tenant etc. My latest...

The most recent fixed term contract The tenancy shall be from and including 30.07.11 to and including 30.07.12 the expiration date

The agreement states rent to be paid in advance.

The notice...

The tenancy started 30.07.10
There were two 6 month AST'S followed by a 12 month AST then July 12 they went on to a periodic tenancy.

The notice in my opinion hasn't been correctly served as all...

My tenant is on a periodic tenancy and gave notice on 17th April their next rental payment is due 30th of the month.

My questions are -
Does someone on a periodic tenancy have to give two...

How does a property stand in terms of Council Tax when the property is currently empty. The tenant has left before AST has expired and is still liable for six months rent.

Is it the...

The agent has the keys and is the only person entering the property to conduct viewings.

The tenant is in full time employment and has kindly left his forwarding address (unbeknown to him).

It...

I parted company with an LA six months ago for various reasons. My tenant is due to leave the property and I have checked my papers and it appears the LA didn't forward a copy of the inventory.
...

I haven't mentioned a legal Deed of Surrender if thats what you refer to?

Thanks for your advise.

There was no forwarding address given at the time so could not post. I
Ihave carried out my part of the bargain by readvertising and looking for another tenant. He has...

He left at the end of February.
The meeting was not to formally accept his surrender it was to mainly ask him about his intentions and to inform him of his obligations.
It was verbally agreed to...

The tenancy is still legally in force and comes to an end on 19th October 2013. The tenant sent me a letter stating that he was leaving the property early and I arranged a meeting with him at the...

Questions about MCOL

My tenant has vacated the property mid tenancy (personal reasons)and did agree to continue paying the rent until a new tenant could be found. However, it looks as though he...

It was agreed in July 2010 that all Housing Benefit is paid to me (Landlord) as the tenant has difficulty managing money.

I believe that under the new Universal Credit rules that are to be...

During a recent property inspection two cracked window panes were reported. When questioning the tenant they claimed these were done by a third person not connected to them. The incidents were...

Yes he has an AST which states all his obligations etc. I was wondering as he has stated he would be breaking the contract if I would need to send him anything acknowledging his letter.

If he...

My tenant has informed me he is leaving the property at the end of this month. (His AST officially terminates on the 18th October 2013) I have informed of his legal obligations etc and it is...

I moved out of the property to work in a different area.

I took out a small interest only loan to buy a new boiler. Can the interest be categorised as loan interest when completing self assessment?

I bought a property and lived in it for three and a half years. I moved out and rented it out for six years. I moved back in for a further year. Moved out and have been renting up until now.
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I do sympathise with his predictament,but you can't simply stop paying a contractual obligation because you will not be using the property I doubt a mortgage provider would let you stop paying a...