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Sub Letting a Property

Contrary to what you might think, you don’t actually have to own your property to make money from renting out a room. This is called sub-letting, and by la...

Furniture and Fire Regulations in Your Let Properties

It’s not only gas and electrical appliances that must be maintained and kept safe for your tenants; there are also regulations that govern the types of fur...

Buy to Let: Facts and Figures from ARLA

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) is a trade body for letting agents in the UK. The organisation provides information, regulation and ser...

The Governments Plans to License Private Landlords

In May 2009, the Government announced plans to introduce a national register for landlords, which has already been nicknamed ‘the good landlord list.’ Wh...

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Tenants and Gardens: Who is Responsible for Maintenance?

When a tenant is checking out a home, unless they are looking at a high rise flat as their preferred housing option, a well-kept garden or outside space of s...

Planning for Interest Rate Rises: Don't Get Caught Out!

It’s not just home owners that are hoping and praying that interest rates don’t rise too steeply this year – if recent reports are to be believed, many...

What's a Live-in House Guardian?

There is another option for people who are looking for somewhere affordable to live but don’t want to be tied down to a six month rental agreement or a mor...

Buy to Let: Facts and Figures from ARLA

The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) is a trade body for letting agents in the UK. The organisation provides information, regulation and ser...

Tenants Not Paying Rent? You're Not Alone

If you’re feeling the financial effects of your tenants being squeezed, and having to chase up rent payments, you’re not alone. The latest research publi...

Will Changes to the Local Housing Allowance Affect Landlords?

If you’re one of the landlords that already lets out property to tenants who are in receipt of housing benefit, it won’t have escaped your notice that th...

What to Do Before Your Tenant Moves In

So, you’ve decided that letting your property out is the way forward...how do you get the house ready for a potential tenant and ensure a successful let? H...

Can a Tenant Run a Business from My Property?

It’s estimated that around one in four people now carry out some of their work from home, due to the way the working environment has changed in the last de...

What to Do If Your Letting Agency Lets You Down

The whole point of taking on a letting agent to manage the rental of your property is that you expect them to take the hassle out of being a full-time landlo...

How Do You Evict a Lodger Who Doesn't Want to Leave?

Getting a lodger in seems like the perfect solution if you have a spare room and need to make a bit of cash – but if the lodger turns into a pain, and you...

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