Being a full time landlord means life is full of surprises, and I don't mean the kind wrapped in a big bow which when opened taste / small / feel good! A tenant moved out on 31st Dec and as the new tenant couldn't be in until 18 Jan, I decided to give the one... Continue Reading →
Back before the big crash, I transferred some property mortgages to the Heritable Bank Plc, a 132 year old Scottish incorporated Bank which had "a long tradition of providing specialist finance solutions to companies and individuals in the UK" and which had been bought by Icelandic bank Landsbanki in 2000. You used to go with... Continue Reading →
Sometimes being a landlord is a bit of a thankless task: endless hours of boring as hell paperwork, fighting with the bank, viewings in the rain, cleaning dirty toilets.... you get the picture. But of course, no-one ever feels sorry for landlords as we have single-handedly ruined the economy with buy-to-lets, terrorise people with our... Continue Reading →
So 2013 begins with at least one day this week when I was actually working on 7, yes 7, properties in one day! In landlord world there have been heaters to fix, showers to sort, washing machines to clear of hair grips, fuses to change, tenants to move in and out, kitchens to paint.... In... Continue Reading →
I was emailed this fabulous foxy picture from one of our tenants this week of a town fox taking up residence in our newly spruced up doorway. The early morning Sunday snoozer didn't look like he much cared to let anyone in or out, I so wish I'd seen him happily curled up on the... Continue Reading →
It's been one of those weeks this week. There was I thinking the first week of the New Year would be a positive one!! First I get embroiled in a crazy debate about tenants scarpering without giving notice to landlords, then another one about whether landlords should allow tenancies to end in December or January......... Continue Reading →
Well, my vanishing tenant has started something! Not only did I feel compelled to defend myself against being accused of having illegal contracts yesterday, but now it's been insinuated that I'm unprofessional because I had a tenant with an AST where the fixed term period elapsed on 1 Jan! Whatever next? Following on from my... Continue Reading →
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