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Sean Moore

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"According to DPS’s quarterly rent index, London rents have risen the most in value - up 2.46 per cent in a quarter and 6.79 per cent over 12 months ago" This is a very miss leading figure. a year ago most of central London was working from home. International works had gone home, many native workers had left central London for the leafy suburbs. Central London flats were being let at levels not seen for many years. To use this as a base figure is crazy.

From: Sean Moore 27 April 2022 22:02 PM

Andrew Townshend "Don't all businesses pass on increased costs to the end user?" Yes you're right Andrew The difference here is if you're an oil / gas company coining in the cash the Government supports you saying that you need the additional profits to make future investments. On the other hand, if you're a Landlord and you put up your prices to cover the additional costs you face, your branded as a parasite. The Government selective memory forgets that Landlords to have to make investments.

From: Sean Moore 11 April 2022 20:48 PM

I, a Landlord, suffer from a pet allergy. This is common, in fact my maintenance guy also suffers. Pets in rentals will cause both of us a major issue. He's worked with me for 19 years and does a great job for me and for my tenants. It won't stop there, what will people that suffer from pet allergies do if they want to rent. As for 24 month tenancies, many of my tenants don't want a property for 24 months. Some of them want just 6 months. If they're a good tenant I personally wouldn't want them to leave. Yes I agree with Paul above, "let the Government house them". Thing is we provide properties for City Professionals earning large amounts of money. Can't see them wanting to live in a council house. I've just transferred my Paragon ISA to a bank that has a more realistic out look.

From: Sean Moore 16 March 2022 09:53 AM

I'm asthmatic, both dogs and cats in confined spaces set my condition off. My allergy is not rare, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America say that allergies to pets with fur are common and 3 in 10 people are allergic to dog or cat fur. So not only would I not be able to visit my own flats but 30% of prospective tenants would be put off the property as soon as they went to view it, assuming that the existing tenant and their pets were still in place. I have always done my own mid tenancy inspections (usually every 3 months), PAT tests, Legionella risk assessments etc. I would need to employ someone at extra cost to do this. None of these costs would be refundable under this proposal.

From: Sean Moore 18 April 2021 15:01 PM

2% is nothing if your a foreign currency buyer, just look how much one currency can move against another.

From: Sean Moore 01 April 2021 16:14 PM

What happens of the Landlord or his maintenance man has an allergy?

From: Sean Moore 19 March 2021 19:08 PM

Talking to our City based clients many are telling me that companies have told employees that they don't need to come back into the office until July. They were saying this last summer. Listening to senior figures in the City they have started talking about getting employees back into the office. I can see this happening soon as the City Institutions can see opportunities out there post BREXIT. What ever you think of the Banking Intuitions the City of London has been at the top of the tree for a long time. BREXIT and Covid are not the first massive shocks that they have had to live through, so far they have always navigated their way through and prospered. Students will come back to London as soon as they can as will the tourists. Some retail properties will be demolished and replaced by residential units. Having said that I can't see my Tenants living on Oxford Street. Personally I can't see the market getting back to where it was until late summer or may be even Christmas, but it will.

From: Sean Moore 21 February 2021 20:48 PM

This is not as simple as it sounds. We've had tenants that have had pets without permission, even though the lease agreement states that they can not have a pet in the flat. Yes in both cases it was a flat, with no outside space in central London. In both cases the pet scratched the leather sofas causing damage. We tried to make deductions which the Tenants took to TDS. We were offered £35 in both cases for the damage. The sofas were virtually new at a price of about £2k each. The flats are luxury flats which we charge about £550 per week for. They let to City Professionals who will not rent a property with sofas covered with scratches. In the end we were left with the costs of paying for new sofas. TDS compensation of £35 was an insult and in no way reflected the cost of the damage caused.

From: Sean Moore 01 February 2021 10:33 AM

I always ask the Inventory Clerk to check smoke and CO alarms when compiling the check in inventory and put their details and result on the Check In Inventory. I also make the tenant sign to say they will be responsible for checking them on a monthly basis.

From: Sean Moore 23 November 2020 13:25 PM

Hi Robert, I've already been told by 1 Conservative MP that is all about votes, nothing to do with reality. They openly admitted that they believed it would force rents up. Their concern was that rent controls would then follow. Not because they thought that this would be good for tenants, in fact they thought that it would be terrible for tenants, but because in the short term they thought it would be good for votes.

From: Sean Moore 12 November 2020 11:47 AM

Academics have not taken their fare share of the Covid Hit. They have been allowed to open their universities, which is merely another word for a business, so that these academics can be paid. The consequence of this is the mass infection of young people across the country as they attend university. This is then passed on to others. Yes these academics really do need to be made to pay for what they have done, starting with this idiot.

From: Sean Moore 03 November 2020 11:21 AM

Is the Platform refunding advertising fees charged to Landlords for advertising the properties?

From: Sean Moore 14 October 2020 11:46 AM

I also wonder how would a tenant taht has continually cost an insurance company go on. Would they still have to pay the same fee as tenant that hasn't cost th einsurance company a penny? If their premium goes up to reflect costs then soone ror later it get to point where they can't affprd the premium., If it doesn't go up its rather unfair on thsoe tenants that never cost the insurance company anything because there are no claims to be settled. As for Mr Franz Doerr remark in the above article "remove the unnecessary burden of traditional rental deposits", he would say that as his business is built on this insurance. As his quoted fees reveal he's not doing this for nothing he's making a profit from it. Does anyone think he'd be doing this if he made a loss from it.

From: Sean Moore 31 December 2019 14:33 PM

Hi Robert I pointed this out in a meeting with my MP. She tells me that the Government wants to support torisum, which was the answer given to her by Mel Stride. I assume that they don' want to support people that provide homes.

From: Sean Moore 31 December 2019 11:39 AM

As a Landlord my belief is "If you can't raise 5 weeks deposit, you can't raise the next months rent". Good tenants won't be interested as they get their 5 weeks deposit back at the end of thier tenancy.

From: Sean Moore 30 December 2019 18:18 PM

It appears that RLA are wiling to give up Section 21. I see nothing above that would allow a Landlord to sell with vacant pocession. Is there any wonder as to why the government feel they can walk all over landlords.

From: Sean Moore 16 December 2019 09:26 AM

Regardless of how critical the Landlord vote is if you look at the manifestos of the various political parties not one seems to be trying to attract the Landlord vote. I spoke to my MP recently, who happens to be conservative, who tells me “we haven't made any announcement around Section 21 as we are still going through the comments on the consultation” they go on to say that they are “strengthening the rights of possession for good landlords”.

From: Sean Moore 03 December 2019 10:27 AM

Having tried to make an insurance claim for flood damage to one of our properties I would not want to opt for an insurance policy instead of a deposit. I feel that Franz Doerr has a vested interest in deoosit insurance.

From: Sean Moore 18 November 2019 10:22 AM

With the increases in cost base that Landlords have experienced, price will have to rise to get back to previous profit levels.

From: Sean Moore 18 November 2019 10:16 AM

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