March 11, 2009
Cannabis-to-Let
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It’s increasingly common that people growing cannabis are using rental properties as a portal for their storage. Using fake details could erase the link them selves leaving the issue with other tenants and the landlord if the police were ever to find out
With cases of residential cannabis farming continuing to rise, Norwich Union is warning landlords to be extra vigilant when vetting tenants and inspecting their properties.
During 2006/07, there were 5,497 seizures of cannabis plants by police, an increase of 34 percent since 2005
Landlord fined £5,000
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Personally I feel that the fines are fairly lenient considering that this is peoples homes that are being left to a state of disrepair, even though the tenants are most likely to be paying huge amounts of rent
A Landlord who failed to keep her property up to a safe standard was ordered to pay more than £5,000 in fines and costs at Preston magistrates’ court recently.
Elizabeth Jones of the Boulevard, Preston was ordered to pay a £1,500 fine together with costs of £3,500 and £15 victim’s surcharge.
Situations don’t sort themselves
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Landlord Assist have assisted hundreds landlords in a range of situations and the introduction of this website is only likely to help things go further.
The more organizations similar to Landlord Assist, the better!
Situations don’t sort themselves
Landlord Assist, the dedicated service run by property law experts to secure property and arrears of rent for landlords of residential property, has launched a new company blog.
The blog, which can be viewed at www.landlordassist.blogspot.com, provides news updates on current events, plus practical advice and tips for landlords with rented properties.
Help with fire safety measures
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A Fire Safety Logbook will be the next step for landlords after a recent decision by The National Landlords Association (NLA).
The National Landlords Association (NLA) have decided that the compulsory fire safety in many buy-to-let properties is just not up to standard any more and hope that the Fire Safety Logbook will be the answer to any future problems.
Help with fire safety measures
A Fire Safety Logbook to help landlords maintain high standards of fire safety in their properties has been published by The National Landlords Association (NLA).
The online tool, which is available free to NLA members, allows residential landlords to keep a record of their fire safety precautions in one document, making it easier to ensure that all necessary safety measures are being implemented.
View now rather than later
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While many press releases state that the buy-to-let market is on the brink of collapse, many articles such as the one below, suggest the opposite.
According to many reports, there has been a huge increase in property being rented out as people chose to rent their property rather than sell up and lose on the capital, this threatens to devalue the current market.
Would-be tenants searching for their ideal home on the internet have a one in three chance of being disappointed because the property they would like to rent has already been let.
This is the key finding of research carried out by online property rental specialist upad.co.uk who claim that letting agents are uploading their entire stock to portals, which results in tenants having a bad experience.