When this bill was presented to the House of Lords last week peers raised a number of concerns, not least the fact the regulations are due to come into force on October 1st – just 3 weeks away. Some wanted the regulations, which only apply to the Private Rented Sector (PRS), extended to cover social … Read more
The ‘phone rings every day with a query about Legionella Assessments. Sorry for the delay, there is now a Risk Assessment available in the Members Area Download Resources for Landlords
The Government has decided to end its funding of the Coalition’s flagship energy efficiency scheme, the Green Deal. The innovative pay as you go scheme was launched with the expectation that one million homes would have used the scheme by 2020. In light of disappointing uptake and concerns over the quality of installations, however, Government … Read more
New partnership calls on private landlords and property agents to meet decency standard and provide well managed properties in Cornwall A new online resource for private landlords and letting agents is being launched to help raise property and management standards in Cornwall. A partnership between Cornwall Council, local housing professionals and landlord representative groups has … Read more
Did you take a deposit before 6 April 2007? If you still hold that deposit against an AST (including periodic tenancies where you have allowed the tenancy to roll over from month to month) then you must protect it before 23 June. If you do not protect then you may have problems regaining possession of … Read more
A self-employed earner is defined at section 2(1)(b) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 as: ““self-employed earner” means a person who is gainfully employed in Great Britain otherwise than in employed earners employment (whether or not he is also employed in such employment).” A person who is liable to Income Tax on … Read more
The Deposit Protection Service (The DPS) has advised landlords and letting agents to act soon over older tenancy deposits now that new legislation has introduced a deadline for their protection. Following the Deregulation Act, which passed into law at the end of March, landlords have until 23 June 2015 to protect deposits that were taken … Read more
The Consumer Rights Act 2015 requires that from 27 May 2015 all letting agents must publicise: details of the agent’s relevant fees details of any redress scheme to which the agent may belong and a statement of whether the agent is a member of a client money protection scheme. The list of fees and redress … Read more
Now on the Information Sheets for Landlords a check list of what you should cover with new tenants and what you should give to them on moving into your property.
A short update on the implications from the Deregulation Act 2015 is now available in the Information Sheets for Landlords page. Full article will be found in the next newsletter.