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Sounds like a communist approach. Here’s a few ideas that are not so communistic! 1.Stop selling council houses, 2. Buy back the council properties that the Gov have been selling since the 1980s. 3. Actually fix the planning system, make it quicker, cheaper and simpler to obtain permission and remove CIL and other ridiculous charges so more developers can actually afford to build affordable housing. 4.Prioritise housing for British citizens. 5. Get the Queen to surrender some of her land and build new affordable housing. 6. Run your stupid idea as a test study on the property stock of ALL politicians first and let’s see how they get on paying mortgages on their properties with rent caps in place and interest rates going up.

From: Mr P 10 May 2022 07:41 AM

Sick and tired of hearing the same old rubbish. A large percentage of tenants don’t look after properties, others don’t pay the rent and often both situations occur. We had a tenant that wanted a longer 2 yr contract we agreed to this. They trashed the flat and we did not renew at the end of the 2 year period. They refused to move out in Feb 2020. We served notice. Covid happened and we only just got them out this month over 2 years after they were due to move. It’s cost us £,000s in legal fees with 3 court visits, tenants required to pay costs which equate to less than half the court fees, NOT true cost and only ordered to pay us £10 a month. We have a refurbishment bill golf just over £3k. They didn’t even bother to clean the flat when they left (evicted) which cost and other another £400. Tenants are now disputing the non return of their deposit saying they would be happy to pay £300! Tennant reform is purely one sided it does not protect the landlord only the rights of the tenant. The only way I see around this is that tenants are forced to pay for an insurance policy that 100% reimburses the landlord for all damage caused irrespective of how minor or major the damage is, that immediately pays out if the tenant overstays their welcome, covers all legal fees, lost rent and insurers should apply a hearty excess to this policy to discourage them. Also tenant deposits should be higher, in most cases you’d need to put down a bigger deposit to rent a £25k car than a £500k property. Alternatively the Gov could fix the problem by building affordable housing and fixing the planning system but don’t get me started on that!

From: Mr P 27 April 2022 06:54 AM

It's worth investigating any SDLT payment you have made. We have had a number of successful refund claims and frequently use the Multiple dwelling relief. Cornerstone are currently processing a refund close to £30K, we haven't used them before but hopeful. Most companies that specialise will retain 20-25% of the claim but that's a worthwhile investment in our view.

From: Mr P 08 December 2020 12:03 PM

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