Given you have said the mortgage is small and as you say it will be a good long term investment, then yes its a good idea to rent it.... but as always, with reward is some risk, but at the end of the...

I can only echo (no pun intended) the idea of carpet, its your best bet. Also change your number so the neighbour can not keep calling you, that is out of order, any problem he has is with the...

I do feel for you, your LL sounds like a nightmare, asking you to spend YOUR time trawlling through Ebay and such like is just stupid, i personally have better things to do than look for a crappy 2nd...

As said, wrong forum for this kind of question but given you are only witnessing the signing i see your role as minor. I would think that your uncle is either vulnerable or this woman has turned his...

Held by a third party.

Just about to buy a flat with a tenant already in, i am happy with this as she seems fine and i am buying it as a BTL anyway.... but what about the deposit which is currently protected in a scheme...

As said, get your dads bank statements for now, ensure they have not been paying him via cheque, if you can not find a copy of any tenancy then check if they have a copy, they can always say they...

Ok, my first BTL is going through at the moment and its a 2 bed flat, 1st floor, but its not a block there are is only a 1st floor flat and a ground floor one, both with their own entrance.

The...

As above, and you don't sound like a tenant from hell at all, i think a lot on here would love a tenant that paid all their rent on time, kept the place tidy and fixed any damage done ! Don't stress...

I agree with the above, get this lot out first.... tidy the place up.... show new tenants around. Keep it simple.

Just as an aside, would a standard block insurance policy for flats cover the renting out of said flat ? Are not most insurance policies aimed at the owner of the flat living there, so that should a...

As mentioned above your in it for the next 9 years unless THEY decided to move. This is a stark lesson in taking everything into account before committing to something this long. Good luck but its...

Great post, i am in the exact same position with a top 2 bed flat with loft access where the freehold has been purchased by the residents years ago. I will ensure that i also exclude access to the...

As above, but your last point about landlords putting tenants in flats where '' owners '' are resident..... why would that matter ? Just because you happen to own (or have a mortgage on it) your flat...

Cheers for that......yep its a joint mortgage etc with my wife.

Its only acceptable if you are ok with it.... by your comments your not happy with this, so no, its not acceptable. The comment you made about it being your home is 100% correct. The fact you have...

As mentioned above, i live opposite the flat, so i know the tenant has not been in long... couple of months at most, i spoke with the previous tenant before they left to find out if the flat has any...

Seriously, so even if they signed what looks like a standard AST.... It may not be ?

Apart from ensuring the deposit is protected by the current estate agents who manages the flat and informing the teanant under sec 3 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985... What elso should i do when...

Although i agree that building regs were not as robust 10 years ago as today, i know of flats built in the 1970'S (ie even worse building regs) with zero damp.... so could it be that simple. I think...

Agree with all the above, but on the comment regarding that the decision to arrest/charge him with assault could be made by the Police, it would only be taken out of the hands of the AP when that...

Cheers guys, i will do what is necessary regarding the relevant notices etc, just did not want to seem ignorant given i do live very close and she no doubt knows by now i do live opposite. Its just...

Just a quick question on my purchase of a two bed flat with an existing tenant already in.... the flat (looks like a house, only ground and 1st floor) is directly opposite my house, really nice flats...

Agree with above.... why do tenants not like fresh air !

Nice, seems to work good.