Mar 8, 2021 | Landlord Mental Health, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Rent Repayment Order, Rogue Council, Tribunal - FTT
08 Mar 2021 Sefton council has reached a new low in cynical entrapment in its relentless war against landlords. Like many councils waging war against landlords, they do this in the single-minded pursuit of raising revenue from Landlords’ investments and pensions. So...
Nov 11, 2020 | Eviction, Legislation & Regulations, Other News
11 Nov 2020 A new report makes searing claims about the performance and quality of landlords and their homes in the private rental sector. Almost inevitably it comes from campaigning charity Shelter, which has co-authored the study called Time For Change –...
Jul 21, 2020 | Licensing, Other News
21 Jul 2020 A new licensing scheme cynically claimed by Liverpool City Council to be designed to clampdown on unscrupulous landlords is expected to be approved by the city council’s cabinet, is set to cover 16 wards in the city, where around 20% of the...
Jul 16, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, Licensing, Other News
16 Jul 2020 In a report by the Inspectorate of Police and Fire Services they accuse Safety Camera Partnerships (dominated by local authorities) of being cynical and putting cameras to generate revenue and not to save lives. What landlords need to know...
Jul 3, 2020 | Licensing, LLDL opinion, Planning Enforcement
03 Jul 2020 By Des Taylor A New Landlord hounded, bullied, harassed and falsely accused of breaking the law – until we put the bullies and the idiots in their place. Unjustified Enforcement yet again! READ THIS TRUE STORY – Every landlord needs to know the council is...
Mar 26, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, HHSRS, Improvement Notice, Legislation & Regulations, Licensing, Not Fit and Proper, Rent Repayment Order, Rogue Landlords
A new case just in. A new slant on property investment: Here we have a landlord with a 6 Bed HMO in the Northern Home Counties. This case is a cookie-cutter duplicate based on a pattern we are seeing on a week in, week out, basis. It starts with a Council...
Jan 24, 2020 | Civil Penalty Fines, Court Fine, Improvement Notice, Licensing
22 Jan 2020 An investigation was launched this morning into the safety of residents in 10 rented properties operating without landlord licences. Officers from Slough Borough Council knocked on the doors of the 10 properties simultaneously at 5am to examine the living...
