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Short term political gain for long term tenant pain. Generation Rent - you kept banging the drum about tenant fees. Now there are none. And so you now whinge about the increased rent for pets. Somebody has to pay for the extra cleaning and dilapidations that pets cause. And I'm afraid it's not the landlord or the agent.

From: SCN Lettings 03 March 2020 10:40 AM

Unfortunately Section 24 Finance Act and the abolition of Section 21 is going to reduce security of tenure for tenants as landlords sell. Disjointed, tenant virtue signalling by an uninformed government.

From: SCN Lettings 24 January 2020 10:02 AM

Unfortunately landlords and agents are just " vote fodder" for the main parties. But what they fail to realise is that there are 2.5 million landlords and god knows how many agents who will have a vote.

From: SCN Lettings 21 June 2019 08:49 AM

From: SCN Lettings 03 May 2019 09:07 AM

Too little too late. Section 24 tax increases, extra stamp duty, tenant fee ban ( putting more pressure on landlords to pay the lost fees) and now Section 21 being lost means buy to let is, if not dead, is dying. Look out for rent caps next by both major political parties in the quest for Generation Rent votes. PRS is a slow burner until it reaches the tipping point of no return. We are very close to that and this will become evident when interest rates rise. Then see what the politicians do to house the people who want to rent.

From: SCN Lettings 03 May 2019 09:03 AM

“With tenant fees soon to be abolished and new restrictions around evictions coming into force, we’re likely to see growing renter confidence and an increased appetite to shop around for a better deal or a new property.” That's if there are any properties, landlords or agents left.

From: SCN Lettings 18 April 2019 09:22 AM

If he thinks the housing market is broken now wait until the full effects of Section 24, additional regulation, and the Tenant Fee Ban kick in where landlords are forced to sell up ( as they are doing now) because their properties are no longer financially viable. Indefinite tenancies with break clauses for tenants and not for landlords will mean more landlords WILL sell. Well done Jeremy Corbyn, Shelter and Generation Rent. Look forward to less and less choice and higher rents.

From: SCN Lettings 11 March 2019 09:01 AM

Landlords rarely increase rents in November, December, or January as these are the months more likely to incur voids. A rent increase leads to tenants looking around. Wait until the period February through to September and see what happens then.

From: SCN Lettings 31 January 2019 09:16 AM

A Vested Interest Production...... Of course a firm of electrical testers are going to advocate electrical testing. I can't see a problem if EICRs are done every 5 years. Ours are. £150 every 5 years. £30 a year.

From: SCN Lettings 28 June 2018 08:51 AM

Think tank office conversation: "There's not enough rental property due to government taxes and legislation on landlords. Demand is increasing. Rents are rising. A lot of tenants prefer to rent or can't afford the deposit. What should we do? "I know - lets stop any more landlords buying. That'll sort the problem out" If Carlsberg did think tanks.....

From: SCN Lettings 26 June 2018 08:55 AM

An article born of a vested interest.

From: SCN Lettings 08 June 2018 08:55 AM

Agreed. It's immoral that the political parties are banging on about helping renters when what they are doing is increasing rents and trying to gain votes.

From: SCN Lettings 27 April 2018 09:58 AM

It's easier to beat landlords up to get votes from Generation Rent than help "greedy nasty landlords who provide unsafe homes at extortionate prices" Only when we get to the stage they did in Ireland will this government reverse Section 24 and it's other anti-landlord policies. But I won't hold my breath.

From: SCN Lettings 18 April 2018 08:59 AM

I am sick and tired of all this rhetoric. Carbon Monoxide Alarms. Standard in all of our tenanted properties along with smoke alarms, EPCs, gas certs, PAT testing, furnishing fire compliance. Eighty - two year old mother in laws bungalow had a new boiler fitted last week. It's local authority property. I asked where the carbon monoxide alarm was. "No requirement to fit - it's not solid fuel" Which is correct. But for the sake of £15 do they want to put tenants lives at risk? Obviously they do. So before the PRS is criticised again perhaps local authorities environmental health should look at their own glass houses before they throw stones at private landlords and agents.

From: SCN Lettings 17 April 2018 09:25 AM

Lets's add this to: Section 24 Tax; Stamp Duty Surcharge; Mortgage Rule changes; Letting Agent Fee Ban; Capping of Rental Deposits; Increased regulation. And they wonder why landlords are moving out of the sector and no new ones coming in. A good example of joined up government.

From: SCN Lettings 29 March 2018 08:51 AM

"Could be breaking the law" - so not a resounding "is". Settled out of court so no stated case. Are landlords bonkers for not wanting to risk their investment? And deposit replacement insurance. How does that fit in with rent insurance guarantee where you have to take a months rent AND deposit on a policy to make it valid. And an obvious plug for Dlighted and Mr Jagota who compares landlords who avoid DSS as racist. Not a good article.

From: SCN Lettings 26 March 2018 09:21 AM

Section 24 failed in Ireland....It's failing in Scotland, and it's failing in England and Wales too with families in b&bs, and increased homelessness. May fiddles while the displaced tenants freeze. All down to misguided policy.

From: SCN Lettings 20 March 2018 13:05 PM

"Fixing the broken housing market"....and who broke it.....

From: SCN Lettings 19 March 2018 09:50 AM

Jumping on the landlord bashing bandwagon for the millenials vote. As for "damp" in 16 years of being a landlord and 6 years as an agent I have only come across one issue of damp caused by a leaking roof. That was sorted by a new roof by the landlord. The rest were condensation caused by lack of heating and ventilation and drying the washing in the property.

From: SCN Lettings 19 March 2018 08:54 AM

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