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In my dotage I love living alone and would not want the interaction that others seem to crave.

From: David Price 22 June 2022 10:50 AM

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Indeed, thanks to Shelter, Generation Rent et al I can now increase my rents beyond my wildest dreams. My thanks to all the tenant campaign groups and HMG for making this possible.

From: David Price 22 June 2022 08:18 AM

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And let us not forget brexit, the gift that gives more each day.

From: David Price 16 June 2022 18:27 PM

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I trust your tenancies continue as a contractual periodic.

From: David Price 16 June 2022 18:19 PM

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Yes but who?

From: David Price 16 June 2022 18:09 PM

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And it is exactly what Shelter are getting or more precisely what the tenants are getting.

From: David Price 13 June 2022 08:28 AM

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I tried it once, never again.

From: David Price 10 June 2022 10:17 AM

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And how did Weed react?

From: David Price 10 June 2022 10:15 AM

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Damn it Andrew you have stolen my thunder.

From: David Price 10 June 2022 08:21 AM

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Deposits are a poisoned chalice, so do not take them, increase the rent instead. This government will not be happy until all the private landlords are gone and homelessness reaches astronomic levels. No win no fee lawyers are doing a good job on behalf of the government, as are the various tenant support groups.

From: David Price 08 June 2022 08:30 AM

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You may be on the road George but I think I have arrived

From: David Price 16 May 2022 08:00 AM

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I agree the government will pass the problem to the Local Authorities and Shelter will talk you through the problem.

From: David Price 11 May 2022 07:51 AM

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I think they have a different (undefined) agenda. Certainly preventing homelessness is not part of that agenda.

From: David Price 11 May 2022 07:40 AM

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A secondary effect will be the reduction in council tax. Currently HMO's are increasingly being taxed on an individul room basis, this will revert to a whole property basis with a resultant reduction in council revenue. Reap that which has been sown.

From: David Price 11 May 2022 07:38 AM

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How come most of my tenants are in the 20%?

From: David Price 09 May 2022 18:30 PM

David Price
Shelter, Acorn, Generation Rant etc. - please DO NOT take careful note! Market forces are allowing me to increase rents beyond my wildest dreams.

From: David Price 09 May 2022 14:34 PM

David Price
From a government which promised to reduce Red Tape!

From: David Price 08 May 2022 09:29 AM

David Price
Andrew write out 100 times:- "There is no such thing as a good landlord; there is no such thing as a bad tenant."

From: David Price 07 May 2022 16:08 PM

David Price
Agree except I will not take anyone under 35 as tenants could lose their job and rely on benefiits and under 35's can not afford a property whilst on benefits.

From: David Price 07 May 2022 13:21 PM

David Price
You forgot the teachers which the Thatcher Government vilified; the profession is still suffering from the after effects.

From: David Price 06 May 2022 12:34 PM

David Price
Inflation hits everything except my pension and indeed any money the government has to pay.

From: David Price 06 May 2022 12:30 PM

David Price
Benefit tenants welcome?

From: David Price 06 May 2022 06:13 AM

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I agree but technically the ground rent is still payable even if it is to yourself in the Limited Company.

From: David Price 05 May 2022 17:15 PM

David Price
Robert, as a retired government employee I take exception to being included by implication as one who did not work either from home or in the office. In fact the myth that all government employees sit around doing nothing is entirely false.

From: David Price 05 May 2022 17:13 PM

David Price
James where is your evidence, please cite the source.

From: David Price 05 May 2022 17:06 PM

David Price
"workshy need not apply" Excellent text for my next advertisement.

From: David Price 05 May 2022 17:05 PM

David Price
Buy the flat but make sure you also own the freehold.

From: David Price 05 May 2022 10:26 AM

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I thought the UK was supposed to be a metric country, why are the figures quoted in Square feet other than to give a false impression of communal space.

From: David Price 04 May 2022 08:45 AM

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Agree apart from section 21 which I believe was part of the 1988 Housing act.

From: David Price 04 May 2022 08:41 AM

David Price
And now which two countries are amassing gold as a reserve asset?

From: David Price 04 May 2022 06:51 AM

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Complete disaster for the taxpayer but not for the purchasers.

From: David Price 03 May 2022 16:32 PM

David Price
If you do get those pints Robert please invite me to the party.

From: David Price 03 May 2022 16:02 PM

David Price
No sane person would. Draw your own conclusions concerning the sanity of government ministers.

From: David Price 03 May 2022 15:35 PM

David Price
Sorry Michael but there is nothing to like about your post! It's all really concerning that the councils demand exceptionally high standards of the PRS whilst allowing their own tenants to languish in unfit properties.

From: David Price 03 May 2022 13:53 PM

David Price
Not necessarily so if you can demonstrate that it was the tenant who committed the fraud without your knowledge.

From: David Price 02 May 2022 13:54 PM

David Price
UBI seems like a very good idea (also known as negative taxation), give everybody enough income to exist with no means test. Those with any ambition will work to earn extra for those little luxuries, butter in place of margarine.

From: David Price 02 May 2022 13:52 PM

David Price
I have never thought of it quite like that but you have hit the nail squarely on the head.

From: David Price 02 May 2022 13:20 PM

David Price
The world only owes you the right to earn a living.

From: David Price 02 May 2022 13:17 PM

David Price
I have been offered vouchers at half face value because they were not valid for cigarettes and alcohol.

From: David Price 02 May 2022 13:15 PM

David Price
And a 'Welcome to your new home' food parcel in the kitchen combined with a credit of £100 on the electricity supply to enable you to cook the food, anything less would be churlish.

From: David Price 29 April 2022 08:51 AM

David Price
That is the raison d'être of Shelter for it is not there to provide shelter for anyone.

From: David Price 27 April 2022 20:29 PM

David Price
An interesting statistic would be the number of tenants who have had multiple S21 evictions. Come on Shelter let us have the figures.

From: David Price 27 April 2022 09:45 AM

David Price
Long may Shelter continue their ridiculous, damaging campaign, pushing out landlords and allowing me to increase rent beyond my wildest dreams.

From: David Price 27 April 2022 09:35 AM

David Price
Michael you stole my thunder; how could any professional get the date of such an important act wrong?

From: David Price 25 April 2022 06:56 AM

David Price
Everything this government does to interfere with the PRS leads to greater homelessness.

From: David Price 19 April 2022 09:12 AM

David Price
The Renters Reform Coalition should be very careful what it asks for. So far everything that has been granted has led to higher rents, less availability and less flexibility from Landlords.

From: David Price 12 April 2022 08:27 AM

David Price
The little darlings do not have time to contribute anything to society - they are too busy demonstrating.

From: David Price 07 April 2022 08:08 AM

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George it is always time for another tax.

From: David Price 17 March 2022 10:30 AM

David Price
The tenant will have the option to terminate at any time it is only the landlord who will be locked into the two years.

From: David Price 16 March 2022 22:59 PM

David Price
The government and the dogooder groups will not be content until they have wrecked everything and there is mass homelessness. It's an interesting approach to housing the nation.

From: David Price 16 March 2022 08:21 AM

David Price
Remember Bicycle Repair Man on Monty Python?

From: David Price 10 March 2022 08:41 AM

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And I want council tax to be democratically decided with no regard to the cost of providing services.

From: David Price 23 February 2022 08:26 AM

David Price
Next let us attack the supermarkets and control the price of food. I have long supported food price controls and I will back any move which seeks to address the hunger caused by unreasonable food price increases. But please let MP's salaries continue to be decided by MP's.

From: David Price 17 February 2022 15:21 PM

David Price
I have long thought that credit cards should be abolished.

From: David Price 11 February 2022 09:46 AM

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If this is true why are tenants fighting to rent my properties, even sometimes offering higher rent? I would be cautious about using Octane Capital for any data collection although I do concur with their comment that government should nurture landlords rather than deter them.

From: David Price 11 February 2022 09:20 AM

David Price
How cynical and how right

From: David Price 09 February 2022 13:39 PM

David Price
He will be in place a long time if he waits for some of my tenants to change their underwear.

From: David Price 09 February 2022 10:43 AM

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The 12 Missions are just a whimsical wish list as were the musings of Heather Wheeler. "Ensuring that everyone has a decent, affordable, secure home is a key priority for this Government. That is why we have made a commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022 and end the practice altogether, and why we are dedicated to preventing people from becoming homeless in the first place. It is simply unacceptable that people have to sleep on the streets in 2019. That does not reflect the country we want to be and I am determined to put a stop to it." Heather Wheeler, 2019, Hansard

From: David Price 02 February 2022 10:00 AM

David Price
I liked your comment because I agreed with it, not because I like the concept.

From: David Price 02 February 2022 09:51 AM

David Price
A landlord trying to help his tenants by lending them the deposit. This sort of altruistic behaviour must be stopped at all costs.

From: David Price 24 January 2022 13:33 PM

David Price
Rent caps will lead to less maintenance and generally poorer standards. The positive side is that it will not affect many landlords for there will be very few left.

From: David Price 24 January 2022 09:05 AM

David Price
Let us hope that the internal wall insulation does not make you fall foul of the minimum room sizes.

From: David Price 18 January 2022 12:38 PM

David Price
Surely Karen this disrepair must be a figment of your imagination for bad tenants do not exist - ask Polly Neate!

From: David Price 18 January 2022 09:32 AM

David Price
Fine (no pun intended) but let us also check public sector housing and then compare the standards.

From: David Price 18 November 2021 11:35 AM

David Price
But only the private sector. Private and Social sectors should be treated equally.

From: David Price 18 November 2021 08:34 AM

David Price
It is delusional to think that rent controls will increase supply.

From: David Price 16 November 2021 08:01 AM

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"PLAN has that plan and wants to assist the government to create a new vision of the private rental sector" Any organisation which works with the government to create a new vision for the rental sector must be corrupt from the start. Perhaps it should buy a big red bus and festoon it with "Terminological inexactitudes"?

From: David Price 01 November 2021 08:57 AM

David Price
Yes justice has been suspended for lanlords during the pandemic and will be substantially delayed for the forseeable future.

From: David Price 20 September 2021 10:30 AM

David Price
In fact the government has put in place every barrier it can devise to stop landlords collecting any rent. Many of the rent problems could be cured at a stroke of the pen by making direct payments to the landlord by default with no option for the tenant to be paid. In addition any benefit caps should be taken from the claimant’s spending money not the rent. So simple yet the government goes in the opposite direction, it is almost as if it wished to increase homelessness for that is what it is achieving.

From: David Price 20 September 2021 08:16 AM

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Worse for the decent tenants who will not be able to rent any property.

From: David Price 20 September 2021 08:04 AM

David Price
Nice bit of lateral thinking.

From: David Price 31 August 2021 10:11 AM

David Price
"Rent controls, possibly ensuring that rents do not exceed 25 per cent of household income . . ." Is that before or after tax and national (non)insurance?

From: David Price 24 August 2021 16:40 PM

David Price
There is no need to enhance tenant's rights for if rent controlls are implemented thare will be few landlords and few tenants.

From: David Price 23 August 2021 08:31 AM

David Price
I thought that all the revenue from licencing had to be ring fenced and used solely for the purpose of administering the scheme? If that is so then Croydon council have no real loss of revenue.

From: David Price 11 August 2021 13:55 PM

David Price
I have just had a block of 100 flats externally insulated with 110mm rockwool at a cost of over half a million. They are now so warm that the tenants complain that they are too hot. Some of the EPC's have actually become worse, one went from D to E. The government has changed the way in which EPC's are scored, moving the goal posts, almost changing the game. Landlords cannot win.

From: David Price 21 July 2021 08:13 AM

David Price
When making a moneyclaim the applicant is invited to enter a reference. Why not make part of this reference the NI number of the defendant? eg "AB123456X Jon Smith"

From: David Price 18 June 2021 07:59 AM

David Price
The government will only react when it is affected. Ideas please.

From: David Price 17 June 2021 10:18 AM

David Price
Regretfully fiscal incompetance know no political boundaries.

From: David Price 14 June 2021 08:01 AM

David Price
Greed of Mega landlords, un-professionalism of small landlords. Now all we need is an attack on the medium sized landlords.

From: David Price 03 June 2021 11:35 AM

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"The government must introduce a Covid Rent Debt Fund, allowing renters to clear their debts and landlords to claim for up to 80 per cent of income lost.” Fully endorse this when HMRC can claim for only 80% of tax, until then I want 100% of rent lost.

From: David Price 13 May 2021 10:05 AM

David Price
I woiuld suggest that the real problem is a 'one size fits all' AST. We need different tenancies for different situations. HYMO lets, student academic year lets, tempory absence of owner lets with a definite end date and of course the good old AST for lifetime lets. One size does not fit all.

From: David Price 12 May 2021 15:38 PM

David Price
Many landlords that I know wish to sell but are ensnared in a negative equity trap.

From: David Price 29 April 2021 11:02 AM

David Price
I feel sorry for Baroness Alicia Kennedy, her attitude will make it even more difficult for benefit tenants to secure a tenancy. Unless of course the government make it illegal to ask for a guarantor, then it will not be difficult it will be impossible.

From: David Price 26 April 2021 13:55 PM

David Price
Just being a landlord seems to be a criminal act these days, tenants can do nothing wrong!

From: David Price 26 April 2021 13:52 PM

David Price
The real problem is not high rents but low wages.

From: David Price 07 April 2021 10:10 AM

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My application form asks for a home owning guarantor, sadly benefit tenants never fill in that section. No Guarantor no tenancy. Simples!

From: David Price 17 March 2021 12:54 PM

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And I am demanding a working, house owning guarantor. Unfortunately this is akin to saying no benefit tenants, tough, the dogooders are getting what they asked for.

From: David Price 15 March 2021 13:28 PM

David Price
I'm laughing all the awy to the bank, Shelter, Generation Rent, Rowntree foundation, Crisis, Acorn and all the rest of the dogooder campaigners have got what they asked for.

From: David Price 15 March 2021 12:50 PM

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Jo Jo the demise of the High Street with the resultant reduction is shop doorways leaves all the individuals you wish to see unfunded with absolutly nowhere to sleep, how do you propose to solve that problem? In Victorian time one could sleep under the pier but now most piers have gone; park benches offer a solution so perhaps we should all invest in park bench production companies?

From: David Price 03 March 2021 11:02 AM

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I do not wish to fund my business from public money and at the same time I do not wish to be accused (by Shelter) for sexual discrimination; the only way I can avoid such an accusation is to take Benefit tenants. I believe that this is a catch 22 situation!

From: David Price 03 March 2021 10:52 AM

David Price
I will be delighted to only receive 80% of my rent when and only when HMRC are entitled to only receive 80% of the tax due. There is an expression often used to describe people like Stephen Timms but if I used it here my comment would, quite rightly, be deleted.

From: David Price 01 March 2021 12:33 PM

David Price
A typical case of a govenment managing the symptoms rather than treating the disease. Start to treat the disease by making DWP housing payments direct to landlords by default with no option to pay the tenant.

From: David Price 14 February 2021 09:17 AM

David Price
I reply to Retired Agent One, perhaps it would be better to say that we do not want tenants who for any reason may not be able to pay the rent. One such category is all tenants with mental health problems. As to identifying such tenants they vary often come with some sort of mentor and what is wrong with asking for a medical report? The government has imposed this regime and we must counter it by whatever means are available to us.

From: David Price 28 January 2021 16:07 PM

David Price
I like the idea but I fear it is not legal.

From: David Price 18 January 2021 17:02 PM

David Price
When my tenats owe rent I will only do essential repairs, for instance a broken electrical socket will be replaced with a blanking plate hence nowhere to provide power for their playstation.

From: David Price 18 January 2021 16:59 PM

David Price
Why should they even get expenses?

From: David Price 18 January 2021 16:49 PM

David Price
I have not given my tenants a rent holiday they have just taken it without consent or agreement. As a landlord I have no choice.

From: David Price 18 December 2020 10:36 AM

David Price
Many of the looney left are conservative MP's - at least as far as housing is concerned.

From: David Price 16 December 2020 15:21 PM

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Sebastian it is not possible to allow anyone to default on service charges for the management company is only allowed to charge for the actual cost of maintenance. One defaulter and the books do not balance.

From: David Price 01 December 2020 11:21 AM

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A small limited company is not much more difficult than a personal business. Each has to accout to HMRC for expenditure with receipts. For a limited company accounts have to be deposited at Companies House, a very easy procedure and once a year a confirmation statement which usually takes all of ten minutes. Mortgages I agree can be difficult but I still managed to get a new company mortgage at the age of 74. BUT beware closing a limited company is a long and tedious prcess.

From: David Price 14 November 2020 09:14 AM

David Price
A pity that Generation Rent are not at all concerned with the obligations of tenants.

From: David Price 09 November 2020 10:30 AM

David Price
Paul I have long since learnt that you supply nothing to tenants, that which is not destroyed is stolen.

From: David Price 04 November 2020 10:37 AM

David Price
The guide should be blank, we supply accommodation the border agency should control the right to remain in the UK.

From: David Price 04 November 2020 10:18 AM

David Price
No the situation with renting is quite different to other businesses, the government is interfering with rental contracts to ensure that lanlords fail. It's all political.

From: David Price 03 November 2020 17:55 PM

David Price
Because you, like me, are a snivelling, greedy landlord. Pull yourself together, your health and wealth is subordinate to the desires of your tenant; live on bread and water, learn where the food banks are located and be thankful that your non paying tenant can afford and deserves Steak and Chips.

From: David Price 03 November 2020 14:54 PM

David Price
Now Tesco* have a large number of stores and a large stock of food so it and all the other supermarkets should supply me with free food until the pandemic is over? *Other supermarkets are available

From: David Price 03 November 2020 12:31 PM

David Price
Don't be silly Michael, Landlords have no rights only obligations. 😁

From: David Price 02 November 2020 12:17 PM

David Price
I am very much in favour of Social Security for SHORT term problems, the potential redundancy that looms above every employee, unexpected sickness. Unfortunately it has become a lifestyle choice for some although how anyone can be content with the pittance paid to the unemployable I fail to understand. Five years government support in a lifetme limit would focus the attention of some claimants. Claimants look after yourselves; don't think that the state should fund your (minimalist) lifestyle.

From: David Price 02 November 2020 11:50 AM

David Price
Everybody know how to solve many of the problems except the MP's! We are nearing the point where the PRS will rear up and bite them. Already Local Authorities are desperate for landlords to take their Benefit tenants, my reply "You take the [financial] risk and I will take the tenant".

From: David Price 02 November 2020 11:00 AM

David Price
Extensive training is only required because of rampant government legislation. Keep letting simple, as it was 25 years ago, and 35 hours could be reduced to ten or less.

From: David Price 30 October 2020 10:53 AM

David Price
Why don't the DWP pay landlords direct?

From: David Price 19 October 2020 22:57 PM

David Price
My sincere apologies to the Venusians.

From: David Price 07 October 2020 11:07 AM

David Price
Try Venus they have just found signs of life there! "Councillors - Life" a supreme example of an oxymoron.

From: David Price 07 October 2020 11:02 AM

David Price
I disagree the law society is very good at instructing their members how to extract money from individuals.

From: David Price 04 September 2020 20:46 PM

David Price
I would hope that all student landlords would be asking for the full year's rent up front.

From: David Price 24 June 2020 11:35 AM

David Price
Much of the problem of homelessness could be solved if the DWP would pay the landlord direct, not just the housing element but the whole rent. Tenants would then know what their financial situation was before they moved in and would have a genuine choice as to whether to subsidse their housing with their spending money or to seek cheaper accommodation. Until this government's 'responsibility' experiment has ended there will be increasing homelessness. I cannot do anything about the government's attitude so I cannot do anything about the homeless.

From: David Price 08 June 2020 12:19 PM

David Price
Because of the government meddling in the PRS I now insist on a guarantor or direct payment from the DWP from the outset and in perpetuity for my single person flats. As a result the local homelessness charity has told me I have the wrong attitude. Is it wrong to consider my survival over a feckless tenant?

From: David Price 08 June 2020 11:14 AM

David Price
Government regulations (they are everywhere) forbid the use of newspaper to wrap fish and chips.

From: David Price 08 June 2020 11:05 AM

David Price
I look forward to evicting my deliberate defaulters next winter. Those with genuine hardship will be treated tolerantly.

From: David Price 08 June 2020 09:56 AM

David Price
How about an additional one off housing payment to all benefit tenants to make up for the serious shortfall over the past decade?

From: David Price 22 May 2020 12:54 PM

David Price
When Supermarkets supply free food I will supply free accommodation.

From: David Price 20 April 2020 10:58 AM

David Price
I have a better idea, if tenants can only afford either rent or food then all the supermarkes should provide free food and then the rent can be paid. Simples!

From: David Price 15 April 2020 10:38 AM

David Price
Could someone please supply a similar letter for me to send to my local supermarket.

From: David Price 23 March 2020 10:19 AM

David Price
The end result would be the same as most Benefit tenants (defined as those whose sole source of income is benefits) default on the first rent payment, so with Paul's idea they would be evicted after a month. I blame Universal credit on this, too little, too late and too many sanctions.

From: David Price 15 March 2020 10:17 AM

David Price
My particular tenants will not be able to pay a higher rent but there are plenty of more affluent tenants who will and my current tenants will become homeless. A sad fact of life brought on by government taxation.

From: David Price 12 March 2020 14:44 PM

David Price
Great for the few landlords which will remain after this government has decimated the private sector.

From: David Price 12 March 2020 09:52 AM

David Price
Anonther positive step towards increasing homelessness in the rented sector.

From: David Price 12 February 2020 10:53 AM

David Price
I cannot begin to comprehnd how lack of supply coupled with increased demand could possibly affect the level of rent, am I now qualified to become an MP?

From: David Price 16 January 2020 13:07 PM

David Price
Renting cost includes all maintenance, insurance etc, mortgage cost does not include any extras. The two cannot be compared.

From: David Price 18 July 2019 13:32 PM

David Price
We have lost sight of the fact that it is the tenants home and the landlord's property.

From: David Price 04 July 2019 11:54 AM

David Price
Yesterday I was told by my local housing options team that I could only get an eviction with a section 8 for antisocial behaviour if the tenant had a conviction. The police have rarely if ever obtained a conviction of one of my tenants for antisocial behaviour and I am sure that if they did it would only be after several years.

From: David Price 04 July 2019 11:52 AM

David Price
Build to rent will eventually become buy to rent so minimum room sizesd must be maintained.

From: David Price 26 June 2019 09:18 AM

David Price
Gromit, we all keep saying this but the politicians have taken a high dive and nothing will happen until they hit the rocks below. I had expected that long before homelessness became as bad as it is today, that the politicians would have reacted in a positive manner. More of the people this government represents will have to suffer before any action is taken.

From: David Price 24 June 2019 10:05 AM

David Price
First the NLA and RLA need to start supporting landlords. Join the National Landlord Alliance, the only organisation that fights for landlords without fear of political reprisals.

From: David Price 24 June 2019 09:57 AM

David Price
It will never be adopted Ros, its too sensible. In any case the purpose of most government legislation seems to be to criminalise landlords for making an inconsequential administrative error and having a website to give the tenant information would not achieve the objective.

From: David Price 24 June 2019 09:48 AM

David Price
Paul you seem to think that the government wish to solve the housing crisis, they have amply demonstrated by their actions that their intention is not to solve the crisis but to destroy the PRS at any cost. I must admit that a good job is being done, the homeless are part of the 'civilian' casualties.

From: David Price 26 April 2019 14:32 PM

David Price
Or come to the Philippines where the cost of living is one fifth of the UK and an Englishman can live like a king for £50 a day - and that includes everything, accommodation in good hotels, food in restaurants and entertainment. On second thoughts stay away, leave it all for me.

From: David Price 26 April 2019 14:28 PM

David Price
I smell a whole plague of rats trying to eliminate the individuals who are a partial solution to the problem. in reality we need both corporate and individual landlords as well as council landlords. The country needs all the housing it can lay its hands on so best to eliminate an alleged 177,000 rooms by declaring them to be too small, discourage fixed term lets when an owner is temporarily away from his property, imposing fines and criminal records for trivial clerical errors. Unfortunately the rats I smell are not rodents.

From: David Price 26 April 2019 11:17 AM

David Price
Everything this government has done to the PRS has made the situation worse for tenants, landlords and ultimately the government coffers. I wonder when they will stop and reconsider? Never mind Heather Wheeler is going to solve the homelessness problem, I know because she said so.

From: David Price 26 April 2019 10:19 AM

David Price
I purchased a diesel car because the government told me it was the right thing to do, I purchased property because the government told me it was the right thing to do. If the government encourages me to do something in the future what should my reaction be?

From: David Price 18 April 2019 09:28 AM

David Price
The only broken part of the housing market is the government promise to build new homes.

From: David Price 11 March 2019 11:30 AM

David Price
Your comment means nothing without some supporting information as to why you consider something (presumably the figures) to be rubbish.

From: David Price 08 March 2019 12:22 PM

David Price
"The RLA is calling on the government to provide in the forthcoming Spending Review a multi-year funding package to support initial enforcement action." A clear indication thet the RLA does not represent the interests of landlords.

From: David Price 01 March 2019 11:54 AM

David Price
Let me offer some clarification on the housing situation and the resultant homelessness. It is nothing to do with Government policies, nothing to do with Universal Credit, nothing to do with Shelter supporting S24, nothing to do with the enormous tax hikes on private landlords, nothing to do with the governmental failure to build social housing, nothing to do with mindless bureaucracy causing landlords to exit the private sector, nothing to do with Shelter and CAB solicitors hammering landlords for minuscule administrative errors, nothing to do with Shelter solicitors defending delinquent tenants from eviction, nothing to do with the dwindling supply of private accommodation - need I go on? There is only one cause of homelessness and I think you can all guess what that is.

From: David Price 02 January 2019 11:30 AM

David Price
Only partially blame the council for Grenfell, most of the blame must be laid at the feet of the Shelter trustees who were implicated in the supply of the cladding.

From: David Price 02 January 2019 11:07 AM

David Price
I regret that George is not the only idiot that has devastated the rental market to the detriment of tenants.

From: David Price 31 December 2018 09:17 AM

David Price
How about linking rent rises to Transport for London fare rises?

From: David Price 11 December 2018 09:47 AM

David Price
Mike you must be wrong because Shelter (the charity which houses no one) said benefit tenants did not pose any risk. After all rhetoric triumphs over experience all the time.

From: David Price 28 November 2018 19:52 PM

David Price
Is this by any chance the same Shelter whose directors sold the cladding for the Grenfell Tower? The directors who resigned immediately after the fire? I just wondered.

From: David Price 27 November 2018 13:11 PM

David Price
You forgot the fourth, infinite tax.

From: David Price 25 October 2018 15:25 PM

David Price
I bet that the government's corporate housing provider friends (not affected by S24) are laughing all the way to the bank.

From: David Price 12 October 2018 09:37 AM

David Price
Is it mandatory for people to be negative about someone who is trying to rectify an iniquitous situation?

From: David Price 09 October 2018 09:47 AM

David Price
Technically deliberate damage by the tenant is criminal damage, just try to get the police to recognise that fact. Its all on the very first page of the Criminal damage act so its not hard to find.

From: David Price 02 October 2018 13:04 PM

David Price
The solution is easy and in the governments hands. Make it a criminal offence if benefit paid for housing is not passed to the legitimate landlord.

From: David Price 02 October 2018 10:35 AM

David Price
I find it hard to believe that dramatically increasing tax on "one in five" landlords would lead to increased rents, who could possibly have predicted that outcome?

From: David Price 07 September 2018 09:46 AM

David Price
Two word

From: David Price 30 August 2018 11:41 AM

David Price
My tree word comment is unprintable.

From: David Price 30 August 2018 11:40 AM

David Price
Could not agree more. Treating the symptoms will lead to more unexpected consequences.

From: David Price 31 July 2018 10:19 AM

David Price
Surely there are no bad tenants?

From: David Price 24 July 2018 12:38 PM

David Price
How does imposing a licence on a landlord help to control the behaviour of a tenant? Is a landlord his tenant's keeper?

From: David Price 19 July 2018 09:54 AM

David Price
“The licence fees and charges have also been reviewed to ensure that the full cost of processing an application, which varies according to the size of the HMO, is passed to the landlord as a valid cost of operating their business.” These fees will in turn be passed to the tenants as increased rent. The end user always pays.

From: David Price 17 July 2018 11:14 AM

David Price
It may take 118 days on average from the time court proceedings are instigated but with a section 21 there is a two month notice period before that 118 days can start. I have had several evictions which have taken longer than a year, bad tenants know how to play the system.

From: David Price 17 July 2018 10:41 AM

David Price
An expert yes but please please not another expert like Mark Carney.

From: David Price 10 July 2018 11:02 AM

David Price
Deposit should be commensurate with the potential damage, perhaps 10% of the value of the property. Now I realise that this will be beyond the means of most tenants so how about an insurance policy paid for by the tenant and in the tenant's name? A decent tenant will quickly establish a good insurance record and bad tenants will not be able to obtain insurance, a self regulating system.

From: David Price 19 June 2018 11:42 AM

David Price
Stamp duty causes owner occupiers significant hardship but I don't see any move to limit that!

From: David Price 19 June 2018 09:50 AM

David Price
Another unintended consequence of ill conceived legislation.

From: David Price 27 April 2018 12:26 PM

David Price
There is a system in place to identify rogue tenants https://www.landlordreferencing.co.uk/ it just needs wider publicity and universal acceptance.

From: David Price 19 February 2018 10:17 AM

David Price
The Thatcher government rubbished the teaching profession, to the detriment of Students and Teachers, and it still has not fully recovered. The same will happen with the PRS, to the detriment of Tenants and Landlords.

From: David Price 12 February 2018 10:43 AM

David Price
I would have been delighted with even 10% of this alleged capital growth. I don't know where these figures have come from but I and many of my fellow landlords would struggle to break even over the last 20 years of capital growth.

From: David Price 29 September 2017 10:39 AM

David Price
Come on guys, don't be too critical the authors must be embarrassed enough already, spare their feelings. Was the original paper peer reviewed, as are all dependable scientific publications? If it was then I suggest that the reviewer be censored, as should the report. If the Joseph Rowntree Foundation is to retain it's credibility then it should withdraw the report pending further analysis of the figures and a reliable and totally independent peer review of the resultant paper.

From: David Price 27 July 2017 07:19 AM

David Price
Just what was the landlord supposed to do to stop this nuisance? At best it is a six month process to evict the tenant, a tenant who has the right to quiet enjoyment. All the tools which could be used by a landlord to rectify the situation have been taken away by successive governments. Can't enter the property, can't cut the power supply, even speaking to the tenant would result in an accusation of harassment and a subsequent arrest. And do not think it cannot happen, one of my employees was arrested because he had the temerity to ask for the rent. This is a case which must be fought and like Rebecca I would be willing to contribute to a fighting fund.

From: David Price 25 May 2017 10:11 AM

David Price
Terry if you are paranoid then so am I and the vast majority of my colleagues.

From: David Price 12 January 2017 10:52 AM

David Price
Fortunately James you do not have to make it up, government legislation and detest for the private landlord has done all the storytelling for us. You have to admit that politicians have done a good job in vilifying landlords, making everybody despise them and taxing them out of existence, effectively preventing the housing of benefit tenants. Colloquially it is called shooting yourself in the foot.

From: David Price 05 January 2017 11:47 AM

David Price
Such a register exists, take a look at http://www.landlordreferencing.co.uk/

From: David Price 03 January 2017 10:45 AM

David Price
Owners have been bailed out the last 7 years with ultra low interest rates. It has driven owner occupier mortgage costs to the floor.

From: David Price 14 December 2016 12:36 PM

David Price
Its time to get to professional owners rather than greedy gearing speculators.

From: David Price 14 December 2016 12:32 PM

David Price
". . . . accommodation website was exacerbating the housing crisis by allowing buy-to-let landlords to rent out homes long-term, thus reducing the volume of properties available in the private rented sector." But wait the government hate the PRS and try to tax and legislate it into oblivion, now they seem to want us to provide long term accommodation. Better to legislate for B&B to abide by the same rules as landlords. Government knows that landlords are part of the solution but seem to be vilifying them and pretending that they are the problem. RLA should be supporting landlords in any shape or form not encouraging yet more restrictions.

From: David Price 04 December 2016 12:27 PM

David Price
Just as mortgage lenders stress test their clients, landlords will now have to stress test their tenants, something which has not been necessary in the past as rent increases during a tenancy have been the exception in the PRS.

From: David Price 08 November 2016 11:09 AM

David Price
As a physicist who metamorphosed into a landlord I can assert that it is neither Newtonian or Einsteinian (relativistic) physics, rather Osbornian physics (AKA stupidity)

From: David Price 18 October 2016 09:38 AM

David Price
I am old enough to remember when the London Borough of Greenwich demolished the wartime prefabs, in fact I am old enough to remember when they were built! Modular construction is not new but high rise modular construction is a newish concept. High rise social housing has proved to be a disaster with many high rise blocks now being demolished, how long will these new modules survive?

From: David Price 26 August 2016 10:23 AM

David Price
The end user (ie the tenant) always pays all the costs and that includes George Osborne's new taxes on rental property.

From: David Price 17 December 2015 08:18 AM

David Price
I have kept my rents in line with Housing Benefit for the last 25 years but with all the new taxes I must increase my rents just to stay solvent. If this means that my benefit tenants will be made homeless that is unfortunate, I do not want it but the venerable and respected Mr Osborne has forced me into a corner.

From: David Price 09 December 2015 12:29 PM

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