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I can well believe that Edwin, the loony left are the worst of the lot of them when it comes to looking after number one
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2022 15:06 PM
Who would have thought it, a shortage of homes to rent, and who's fault might that be ?
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2022 08:42 AM
An advert for insurance cover ? I look after my own leaks, it's not rocket science, I have a reported waste pipe leak to attend to this morning, I certainly would not call a plumber out for something I can easily attend to myself.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2022 08:38 AM
The leader (labour) of Norwich City Council enjoys a subsidized (by the tax payer) rent in a council house, so do many union leaders all on £100k + per year, shouldn't something be done here ? but don't hold your breath on this one, cause it ain't happening anytime soon, if ever. disgraceful !
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2022 22:14 PM
I have one tenant with a protected tenancy, I am allowed to increase this every 2 years which I do to the maximum allowed, so if rent controls do come in we will all be increasing rents as often as possible and by the maximum allowed.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2022 15:18 PM
I'm not a member, however I am a long standing member of Eastern Landlords Assoc who used to be good, don't know whether I'm going to bother renewing my membership this year though all zoom meetings which I can never connect to, bit of a waste of time now.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2022 15:10 PM
I suspect many MPs on both sides have interests in rental properties or family members that do, so maybe there is still a chance
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2022 08:52 AM
At some point soon we will be loosing sec 21, we need a replacement, a quicker easier sec 8 to evict non payers and we need a way to evict tenants when the property becomes illegal to rent as many will in 2028
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2022 08:46 AM
David you are getting a bit ahead of yourself here, assured shorthold tenants are still just that, rent controls are not here yet, yes they are possible in the future but they will not come in over night by which time all tenants will have been evicted either legally or illegally .
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2022 22:26 PM
I'm not looking to sell anything at present, however I have a guy hounding me to buy one of my properties, I'll sell it to him at a price, my price, he won't give up, but he won't pay my price, so he won't be buying it, if you don't need to sell why would you be the least bit interested in an offer at 80% of value.
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2022 22:14 PM
Went into Euro Car Parts today to pick up brake pads for my wife's car, big sign up '' staff wanted'' same sign up in Screwfix, I see these signs up all over the place, petrol stations, pubs, cafes etc, so why have we got 5.5 m on UC and 3m on housing benefit, yes Michael the system is very wrong, to easy for the scum scroungers to milk that system
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2022 20:16 PM
Tricia, I agree with you there, I've had good hard working East European families, they are less trouble than many of the British, pay their rent and keep the properties clean, to be honest I would rather rent to them than to the British '' entitled '' classes
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2022 17:27 PM
Yes agreed David money poring in from CGT, and poring out again putting all those homeless families up in hotels, I think there will be a lot more money spent on hotel bills than that gained from CGT, but then those in government are too thick as to see that one.
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2022 18:37 PM
David, if we get those sort of rent controls I'll be selling all my properties as I expect most other landlords would
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2022 17:12 PM
It's up to them to work hard and save to provide for their latter years, but we all know that they won't they'll spend spend spend living the life of Riley, not my problem why would I care
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2022 17:09 PM
Exactly Michael, people die get over it , it's a daily occurrence, an undertaker friend of mine earns very well out of death , it's the one thing that we can all be certain will happen to everyone of us one day, really no big deal
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2022 09:12 AM
Got round to tackling their tax return ? they're had since April, mine was in and agreed by June, why put these things off ? get them done and out of the way
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2022 11:18 AM
We live in a time of have now pay later, fine until it goes wrong, as it often does, I had a guy in his 40s apply to rent a property, 2 CCJs to his name, he offered a guarantor, his brother, but then his brother got cold feet, sorry no tenancy.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2022 11:12 AM
They have a product that appeals to the well paid young professionals, nothing wrong in that good luck to them.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2022 11:01 AM
Leaders should lead by example, but do any of them? they are all as bad as each other
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2022 08:48 AM
William H Brown employees are generally young wet behind the ears boys and girls that like to think that they know the lot yet know nothing, terrible company.
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2022 06:49 AM
Aren't I just so pleased just to be a simply Norfolk boy investing locally, you can keep your London or ''the smoke'' as we used to call it , sorry Michael I have a great respect for you and fully agree with much of which you say on here but London NO NO NO
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2022 22:28 PM
Maybe we should be buying the ex council flats in these blocks, how could we be forced to up grade our flats if the flats above and below still council owned are exempt, could make a very interesting court case
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2022 11:17 AM
It makes sense to make hay while the sun shines, we all know what's coming in the next few years.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2022 08:50 AM
The BTR market is very different to that of the PRS , good luck to them with their high rise shoe box flats and gyms.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2022 08:47 AM
You will never get a straight honest answer from any of them, what ever side they sit on.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2022 08:42 AM
Oh yes I know this goes on which is how the '' not for profits'' housing associations pay their CEOs £3-400k per year, they think we are all fools don't they.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2022 21:26 PM
The way I understand things if it costs more than £10 k you get an exception . When the minimum E rating came in I had a G rated property which I got up to an F, I had a MEES report done which said it would cost £14K to get up to an E so I applied and got an exception, I think many E & D rated properties will be needing much more than £10k spent on them to get them to a C so there will be a lot of exceptions issued, we shall see.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2022 18:10 PM
Michael did you notice that our '' professional intelligent landlord'' here ticked his own like box, arrogance springs to mind.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2022 14:46 PM
In the past I've had ex council tenants who have moved to the PRS for the very reasons of your last paragraph , prepared to pay a little more to live in a better area and a better house.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2022 14:29 PM
The lords, a group of old people how are totally out of touch and spend most of their time there asleep, does anyone take any notice of them ?
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2022 08:58 AM
Well there are some strong comments on here, the rights and wrongs I certainly do not know, just for the record I've had my 3 jabs, and I'm leaving it there . I am surprised thought that our learned friends Leicester or Max haven't put us right with their vast knowledge about anything and everything
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2022 21:28 PM
There was a time going back to the 80s and 90s when I would rent a property to the first person who wanted it, very often I lived to regret that, so now I give it a few days to see who's interested then whittle them down to a short list , I don't like turning good people away but now more than ever before we have to be very selective, who's to blame for that ? the government and Shelter etc of course.
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2022 11:09 AM
Dealing with drug crime is the job for the police and courts, a job that they do very badly.
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2022 09:19 AM
Expensive high in the sky shoe boxes, it'll be a long time before they are ever a problem to me, in fact I expect I shall be long gone by then
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2022 09:16 AM
Sounds very nice, and very expensive I expect.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2022 11:31 AM
I could not say about London but you will be hard pressed to find a landlord that will even consider renting to a tenant on benefits in Norwich, why would we when there is no shortage of good honest working people looking to rent our properties.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2022 11:25 AM
The '' red light'' is certainly flashing for tenants here in Norwich, I have a list of suitable tenants for 1 terraced house, a decision will be made on Monday morning, sadly there will be several disappointed people, there is very little available here to rent.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2022 11:18 AM
I had a tenant who moved a rottweiler in without permission, then got arrested and thrown in prison, I'm left with a rottweiler who didn't much like me, there's no fun in a rottweiler sinking his teeth into your hand, as he did me, no one wanted to know, police RSPCA etc he was my problem, I went home and got my shot gun, which my wife took off me, any way the police needed a statement from me so they did get rid of Jack the rottweiler in exchange for my statement, hence no big dogs, I don't know what people see in dogs like that other than using them as a weapon or to boost their sad egos.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2022 21:08 PM
I would also say no if the property didn't have a suitable garden, I'd also say no to big dogs, but you're right tenants with pets are often cleaner than those without pets.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2022 19:02 PM
Some move up from flats, some from broken relationships, and some moving for work, but I do agree it is amazing where they all come from, Norwich and Norfolk is a nice place to live and work that could have a lot to do with it.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2022 10:48 AM
Anything leasehold is not a wise investment, who can blame the banks that avoid lending on them.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2022 09:38 AM
I had 11 viewings yesterday and more coming today, so far 5 say they want it, all working, there's a real shortage of properties to rent in Norwich so no need to take on anyone on benefits, homelessness on the rise again.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2022 09:32 AM
I agree Alison, I've had, and still have some very good pet owning tenants, they pay a bit extra to cover any damage, but generally there is little or no damage, they stay longer, pay their rent and are appreciative of the fact that I've allowed a pet.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2022 14:06 PM
I re let 3 properties last year, all 3 saw an increase in rent of between £150 & £200 per month, I am presently marketing another property also rent increased by £200 per month and with strong interest out there , it's not greed, all these properties will need at least £10k spent on them to get to a C rating in the next 2 or 3 years, so we can blame Lady Nut Nuts and her husband in number ten for these and many more rent increases that are coming along fast.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2022 08:33 AM
I will '' consider '' a tenant with a pet, no large or dangerous dogs and an increased rent payable.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2022 08:19 AM
I've got no issues with the term landlord, there are those out there that hate us for a number of reasons, none paying tenants that have been evicted by landlords , government, councils, shelter, G R , and the bitter and twisted jealous out there that sit on the big fat backsides whinging , you cannot please everyone all the time and there's no point trying to.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2022 08:14 AM
Actually Max is right on this one much as it peeves me to admit to that.
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2022 21:15 PM
I'm sure it will happen, but it's a long way off , PRS will see my days out
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2022 17:38 PM
Oh Theodor look at what you've done here, got old Leics on his soap box again !
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2022 14:19 PM
I can understand why Joe Public use Purplebricks, they are stupid enough to think that they are getting something for nothing, but you would think someone in business would have more sense, perceptually landlords
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2022 14:13 PM
That woman and many others like her are still there, I have a son and 2 daughters, love all 3 to bits, however daughter 1 got an open university degree, she works nights in an old people's home, daughter 2 went to Plymouth uni and came out with an honors degree, she cleans holiday lets in Cornwall, my son who was hopeless at school, just like his dad , works hard, pays 40% tax and earns many times more than his 2 sisters put together, don't need say more do I ?
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2022 14:06 PM
You're certainly right about today's housing becoming slums, and that is happening rapidly in just a very few short years
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 19:49 PM
There's no shortage of jobs out there for those that want to work, too many scroungers that don't want to work though
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 15:33 PM
They have offered it, but I won't be taking it , I still have more viewings booked this week, I did have a guy pay 3 monthly a few yrs ago, but I had known him through the motor trade for more than 30 yrs.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 13:36 PM
I'm now getting new tenants offering 6 months rent up front in order to get the property, there is that much competition .
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 09:43 AM
There was a time that I would take a risk on a new tenant, as I could get rid of a rogue tenant, that time is gone, if they don't check out to a 5* rating they don't become a tenant of mine.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 09:28 AM
I wouldn't live in a high rise flat so I wouldn't expect a tenant of mine to do so
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2022 09:07 AM
Maybe I could become a ''not for profit social landlord'' and thereby avoid the EPC C catastrophe, just pay myself £300k a yr as the CEO, after all that's what these housing associations do, we could join forces and become Landlords Today Housing Association and award ourselves a £300k a yr wage each, now there's a thought for the new yr, happy new yr boys and girls
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Andrew townshend
01 January 2022 20:54 PM
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Andrew townshend
01 January 2022 09:16 AM
I think we can safely say that they choose to ignore
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2021 16:33 PM
Up to a point I agree with you Simon, however the young of today have the '' I'm entitled'' attitude, if you want things in life it's up to the individual to make these things happen, I and many others on here made these things happen with no help from the '' bank of mum and dad'', in the 3 homes that myself, my wife, and my children have lived none have been turn key move into homes, working hard, nights, weekends and bank holidays, living in caravans in the back garden on a building site, and I'm not a builder, but I'll have a go and do the donkey work, how many of the entitled young will even consider doing that now ?
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2021 21:13 PM
I've never bothered with this '' accredited'' BS , I get along just fine with my good tenants and I attend to problems promptly, generally personally, rogue tenants, well that's another story, they get what they deserve .
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2021 19:12 PM
Agreed, we've all been caught over the yrs by these types, vulnerable tenants are no longer accepted, leave them to councils or housing associations who deserve them
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2021 13:53 PM
Company name will change with a relative as director and off he'll go again, so much for a banning order
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2021 09:50 AM
I note the mention of mums, my experience of renting to single mums has generally not been good, had one a few yrs ago wouldn't pay September's rent as she needed to buy her daughter's school uniform, she was gone by Christmas, others move their moron boyfriends in, best left to councils or housing associations to home
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2021 09:46 AM
Most in government have never lived in the real world, and never will, how sad.
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2021 19:25 PM
I'v e got 2 one bed flats above old corner shops, but yes agreed they do generally attract the wrong kind
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2021 10:24 AM
''Residents in need'' are just the sort of tenants landlords need to avoid at all costs.
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2021 09:02 AM
People are waking up, now get rid of Boris and nut nuts before it's too late and we end up with a labour government.
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2021 09:00 AM
I can help Mr Sparkes here, the main cause of homelessness is non payment of rent, there it is in a nut shell Jon.
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2021 08:56 AM
lol
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Andrew townshend
26 December 2021 09:06 AM
Michael I get all that and more from eastern landlords assoc for £70 and they aren't in the government's and shelter's pocket.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 21:22 PM
Never been a member and never will be, seems to me that they really aren't much different to Shelter
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 20:15 PM
You could be right if I added up my hours at £40 per hour, it's just as well that I don't, and of course us landlords just sit at home on our lap tops watching the £s flow into our bank accounts lol, but it had to be done, as of 10.00 am this morning the agents had already had 7 inquiries .
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 14:05 PM
No one will
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 13:55 PM
Wishing a merry Christmas and happy new year to all my friends on here.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 09:03 AM
I've just had a long void, but that's down to me, I took advantage when a house became vacant to carry out renovation works as it had been mainly untouched for 25 yrs. now all sparkling new bathroom and kitchen, redecorated and carpets , goes on the market today for a £200 increase from the last rent, let's see how many people we have viewing after Christmas
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2021 09:01 AM
Increased costs are always picked up by the end user whatever the business, but then public sector employees are too thick to understand that one.
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2021 22:06 PM
Sorry Sue NO WAY, we've heard all this BS before, they are your problem tenants no ours
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2021 08:57 AM
Yes and where are these grants ? When you do find one they workout more expensive than simply paying yourself, 7 Yrs ago I had a single mum working 16 hrs a week , the boiler packed up so I thought lets try for a grant, I was expected to pay a £1900 contribution , I declined, bought a new Baxi boiler from Mr Central Heating £700 and my plumber charged me £500 to fit it, even this yr I've had 2 new boilers fitted for a total cost of £1750 each, grants are a waste of time.
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2021 08:52 AM
Where did that figure come from ?? plucked out of thin air of course. there will be those who's parent/s don't pay the rent, and there will be landlords selling up, but who's fault is that Shelter ? but 200,000 ? must think we all fell off that Christmas tree
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2021 08:37 AM
Didn't know that, but I'm really not surprised
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2021 20:07 PM
Most living in social housing are on benefits aren't they ?
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2021 08:52 AM
Many landlords are selling up due to EPC increases, bring in rent controls and many more will sell up, but that's okay because BTR will come to the rescue with their high rise shoe boxes, what a depressing thought for families that rent in the future
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2021 08:57 AM
In 3 yrs time I'm going to have to be spending £10k on each of my properties, I'm looking to have all that money in place before I start, so rents are increasing now, and here in Norwich we have a strong rental market to support those increases.
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2021 08:50 AM
I'll be sticking with my trusted local agent who pays the rent into my bank account the same day that they receive it, they also have a local office that I can walk into any time.
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2021 08:39 AM
Ferey, not necessarily, as myself and Michael commented below we don't like buying properties with tenants in them because we are likely buying someone else's problem tenants.
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2021 19:15 PM
My first few purchases going back to the 80s were tenanted, never again, as you rightly say you are buying other peoples trouble.
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2021 15:15 PM
Language doesn't stop many coming here, ''me no speak English'' until you tell them to ''foxtrot osca'' then they understand.
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2021 15:57 PM
If I were in that age bracket I would likely be doing the same, I know many that have and are doing much better than if they had remained here
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2021 09:04 AM
Bit like cars really Mercs with Reno engines, Nissan double cab pick ups with a Merc badge on the bonnet, think you are buying quality when really you are buying cr@p
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 19:15 PM
I've recently had 2 Volkeras fitted, 5 yr guarantee, if they go wrong after that it'll be throw away and fit a new one, I've got one Ideal, 7 yr guarantee now 2 yrs old , a Baxi , 5 yr guarantee, now 6 yrs old, and a Worcester which is around 12 yrs old, but I did have to spend £350 on that one this yr, I don't think there is any such thing as a ''good'' boiler these days. The rest of my properties are electrically heated, less hassle but more expensive for the tenants
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 17:55 PM
Labour hate anyone with a ''entrepreneurial spirit''
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 17:22 PM
I have one couple, early 70s, who have decorated and made a good job of it, but I've had so many disasters over the years which I've had to put right
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 17:05 PM
I had 2 Vailant boilers, one is still going at 10 yrs, the other one gave up after 7 yrs, Worcesters used to be good I had one last 25 yrs.
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 17:00 PM
Ground floor is commercial, but first floor is residential , I rent both to separate tenants so I have a duty of care to the tenant in the first floor flat.
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 09:37 AM
We have nothing to worry about from these build to rent outfits, totally different kind of tenants to the ones I want
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 09:31 AM
I have a new tenant in a cafe, he has carried out a lot of improvements at his own expense including a fire alarm which is also wired to a sounder in the upstairs flat, the flat has it's own independent access and also an escape route from the bedroom to a single story flat roof to the rear, you really cannot be too careful where fire is concerned
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 09:26 AM
I fully agree there George, the NHS and the police are just one great big con these days
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 09:16 AM
I have just had to replace 2 boilers that were fitted when I renovated the properties in the mid 90s, more recent renovations with condensing boilers I am having to replace every 7 - 10 yrs, little point in trying to repair them just throw away and fit a new one, not very ''green'' is it
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2021 09:09 AM
Living in shoe box high rise flats, how depressing.
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Andrew townshend
15 December 2021 08:12 AM
The government doesn't want '' the steam'' taken out of the property market, it suits them and HMRC for property prices to continue to increase.
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Andrew townshend
15 December 2021 08:08 AM
First mortgage I applied for, 1978, was the old Abbey National, didn't get past the young girl on the counter, every thing was negative, they just didn't want to know, so I drew all my money out there and then, went to see the bank manager at Barclays and had a first class letter next morning offering me the loan, it's always been difficult getting that first loan, probability even more so now as most young people live their lives on credit
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Andrew townshend
15 December 2021 07:55 AM
Agreed Robert, even I spotted that with a mere B stream secondary modern school education of the 60s, you let your self down DE
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 20:38 PM
You might be right Sandra I don't know, however I got an exemption on an F property and didn't spent the £3k cap, as it was then, on that one. Well if I spend £10k and increase the rent by £200 per month I'll have my money in 50 months, I expect that's what most landlords will be doing
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 17:04 PM
Generally the deposit falls far short of the cost, and that's just materials with me doing the work for free
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 16:35 PM
Good for him, the property was an old pub on a council estate being converted on the cheap by cow boys and was not ready to be rented, didn't think we had landlords like this is in Norwich, sadly it seems we do, but they won't last.
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 08:41 AM
I've had to put right some dreadful tenant decorating jobs over the years.
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 08:36 AM
Agreed, no point doing anything yet until we know more, if there is a £10k cap most E rated properties will need more than this spent so will be exempt
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 08:33 AM
High profile ? never heard of her.
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Andrew townshend
14 December 2021 08:27 AM
What landlord is going to evict a good tenant in winter ? the only tenants to be evicted in winter are the rogue non payers, and who's fault is that ?
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Andrew townshend
13 December 2021 07:59 AM
Air b&b could be the way forward for many landlords with the right kind of properties in the right areas, government and councils only have themselves to blame but are too thick and arrogant to see that
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Andrew townshend
13 December 2021 07:55 AM
Never used purple bricks and never would use an out fit like them
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Andrew townshend
12 December 2021 21:57 PM
Agreed, it's funny how these ''charities??'' and '' not for profit?? '' housing associations manage to pay their management 6 figure salaries + perks , stinks !!
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Andrew townshend
11 December 2021 16:45 PM
Well young lady you have demonstrated perfectly why I stopped renting to students in the 90s, give me proper, honest, working people over 25 and I have very few problems now.
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Andrew townshend
11 December 2021 15:22 PM
I read your comment before it was removed and could see nothing wrong with it.
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Andrew townshend
10 December 2021 08:43 AM
Totally agree GD , late 60s as I was leaving school I believe it was just 7% of school leavers went onto uni the rest of us got stuck into work and if we were apprentices spent 1 day per week at college, it worked, today we have all these degree courses, most of which are of no use to man nor beast and now find ourselves very short of people with a trade, motor mechanics, electricians, plumbers, carpenters, brick layers and of course HGV drivers, but we are awash with idiots with useless degrees who will never pay back their loans
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Andrew townshend
09 December 2021 17:19 PM
''Don't get it or lie through their teeth'' the latter I think Robert .
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Andrew townshend
09 December 2021 09:22 AM
UC was not cut by £20, that extra payment was only ever temporary to help out during covid, it's just gone back to where it should be, and still too high when people can chose to spend their whole lives without working sponging off the tax payer
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Andrew townshend
09 December 2021 09:15 AM
So why have all these people now been evicted ? no landlord is going to be evicting good tenants who pay their rent on time, these are likely the ones who took advantage of the covid eviction ban and lived for free. all gone pear shaped for them now.
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Andrew townshend
09 December 2021 09:06 AM
But would they pay out in the event of a claim or would they be looking for any loop hole they could find not to, bit like cheap car insurance, no I'll be sticking with the deposits and a bit extra on the rent where there is a pet
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Andrew townshend
08 December 2021 08:41 AM
For students from very wealthy families then, nothing wrong in that their money to spend as they like
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Andrew townshend
08 December 2021 08:34 AM
Max, because I cannot be bothered, I have better things to be doing, referring to me as a 'child' just about sums you up, I will not be reading anymore of your posts or replying to them.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 December 2021 08:26 AM
I expect you are correct, if I were 20 yrs younger I might well be doing just that
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 22:21 PM
It seems to me the '' dangerously unregulated'' is more appropriate to the social housing sector
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 19:50 PM
Sorry Max but you are the one talking rubbish, now come on we are never going to agree on this so lets just agree to disagree
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 19:27 PM
2025 for new tenants, and 2028 for existing tenants, but it's not law yet, still being talked about
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 08:41 AM
Do you really think the police would be interested, or take any action ?
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 08:35 AM
We've seen on camera what state the councils rental properties are in, and as I pointed out yesterday Norwich City Council haven't been doing their electrical or gas checks, perhaps councils should be getting their own housing stock in order
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 08:33 AM
Just lift the lid on their wheelie bins that'll tell you what they spend their money on
From:
Andrew townshend
07 December 2021 08:25 AM
I agree with Tricia, I picked my agent very carefully, small and local, and they haven't given me a bad tenant yet. Avoid those big national agents, they're the one's that don't care
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 16:55 PM
I have a lady in a little flat above an old corner shop, she moans about how small it is, but she moved the toyboy in, she moans about how cold it is and the electric bills, but 3 yrs on and she is still there, I know she has been viewing other flats, landlords do talk to each other, trouble is all these flats have rents much higher than what she is paying me, oh and also she drives a nearly new Passett cc, they are not cheap.
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 16:46 PM
It'll be one of those loans that are unlikely ever to be paid back, bit like those university loans.
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 16:33 PM
I also had a cannabis factory , mine was in a shop, notice in window saying closed for renovations, windows dripping with condensation, luckily no damage and they hadn't bypassed the meter, police took the plants away, other than that not interested.
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 16:28 PM
Councils in general need to be looking at their own rental properties, here in Norwich they have not been carrying out gas and electric testing, we would find ourselves in court, but not Norwich City Council
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 07:57 AM
Leave the '' dodgy'' tenants to councils and housing associations where the belong .
From:
Andrew townshend
06 December 2021 07:52 AM
Agreed, that's how I understand things to be at present, I'm waiting until we know more .
From:
Andrew townshend
05 December 2021 17:26 PM
No point in doing anything at present, just wasting money, lets see how this all pans out, if the worst happens all tenants evicted and all properties sold in auction to the highest bidder.
From:
Andrew townshend
04 December 2021 20:58 PM
I lost a commercial tenant of 24 yrs, I let it run for a few month with no rent being paid in the hope that she could get going again but in the end I marketed it not expecting to get any interest, I got 4 people wanting it, 2 were not suitable, but 2 were and one of them was lucky, he's spent a lot of his own money on the property and his business is doing well, so life goes on.
From:
Andrew townshend
04 December 2021 14:35 PM
I'm late 60s, I really don't want to sell anything, but if I'm pushed into a corner it might be the only way. But whatever happens there is going to be a shortage of properties to rent and the rents will sky rocket .
From:
Andrew townshend
04 December 2021 14:24 PM
Was it Frank Sinartra that sang '' I did it my way''.
From:
Andrew townshend
04 December 2021 09:16 AM
Yes Robert I wholeheartedly agree, it's not as if it's the first time is it ? it's the old '' lessons have been learn't '' public sector, police included, cover each others backs and get away with murder. In this case police and social services are guilty of corporate manslaughter .
From:
Andrew townshend
03 December 2021 19:07 PM
Daniela, I'm just a Norfolk boy, out of my depth down there in London.
From:
Andrew townshend
03 December 2021 17:22 PM
I have a tenant in a small flat over an old corner shop who dries her cloth by a radiator with no issues, she has her own dehumidifier which she turns on when drying clothes , I've even bought other tenants dehumidifiers, but some will not use them, they seem to think they will cost a lot to run, sometimes we are just banging our heads against brick walls, and the mould is still my fault
From:
Andrew townshend
03 December 2021 16:13 PM
Tell them to foxtrot oscar
From:
Andrew townshend
03 December 2021 16:03 PM
The end user always pays, haven't councils woken up to this yet ?
From:
Andrew townshend
03 December 2021 08:18 AM
I agree Max it will not make much difference who's in government, and it is what it is, we just have to suck it up, paying CGT on inflation is unfair, but life is unfair and I cannot see much changing
From:
Andrew townshend
02 December 2021 19:09 PM
Any landlord anywhere in the UK would be well advised NOT to get into a relationship with councils or government, the kind of tenants that they would house in our properties would be the tenants from hell who are best suited to low life council estates.
From:
Andrew townshend
02 December 2021 17:16 PM
Agreed, inflation is not profit.
From:
Andrew townshend
02 December 2021 08:20 AM
Tell you what Leon, I'll do that course as well, I'll give all your properties a C if you do the same for me, deal ??
From:
Andrew townshend
01 December 2021 20:47 PM
£650k would likely buy me 4 north city terraced houses in Norwich and each would rent for around £750 - £800 per month, why would I want to go any where near London ?
From:
Andrew townshend
01 December 2021 20:43 PM
I think the government does give them money, so do B&Q and Screwfix
From:
Andrew townshend
01 December 2021 16:40 PM
It is disgraceful Laura but let's face it most charities are just the same, and housing assoc bosses are paid very much more, so much for '' not for profit'' seems like a lot of people in these organisations are profiting very nicely
From:
Andrew townshend
01 December 2021 16:26 PM
I'm hanging on as well to wait and see how this all pans out, less landlords, less properties to rent will mean we can cherry pick our tenants and increased rents, I'm only selling if or when I'm forced to.
From:
Andrew townshend
01 December 2021 08:41 AM
Well Karen we've all been there, I was a soft touch when I started over 30 yrs ago, always wanting to see the good in people, trusting and wanting to help, I'm a very different person now, give an inch and they'll take a yard, then they'll stab you right between the shoulder blades, you're wrong though, it's not a mugs game, but you do have to harden up and trust NO ONE
From:
Andrew townshend
30 November 2021 21:29 PM
We hear a lot of talk of bad rogue landlords, yes they are out there but not in the numbers the likes of shelter would have us believe
From:
Andrew townshend
30 November 2021 19:08 PM
They have many very expensive staff to pay, noses in troughs.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 November 2021 15:08 PM
Just don't do it, teaming up with a council is a bad idea, and the type of tenants they place in your properties will be a night mare.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 November 2021 08:44 AM
So the Law Society members can milk the system further, and they talk about greedy Landlords, bit rich isn't it ?
From:
Andrew townshend
30 November 2021 08:40 AM
That's the way I understand it Helen, mine aren't hard wired and the heating engineer tests them once a year
From:
Andrew townshend
29 November 2021 19:04 PM
I do think that's a bit strong Robert calling lawyers and solicitors scroungers and wasters, greedy parasites certainly .
From:
Andrew townshend
29 November 2021 16:37 PM
And they know how to milk the system
From:
Andrew townshend
29 November 2021 09:07 AM
Echis I agree tenants do have lives and none of us want to dump good tenants but at the same time we are not charities, any dumping of tenants will be caused by the government
From:
Andrew townshend
27 November 2021 19:05 PM
I don't much care either Max, I'm less than 2 years to 70 and have 16 freehold investment properties with no borrowings, if the worst happened I would sell 1 a year that would see me out in comfort, I would add that you are the one guilty of dishing out the mockery on here to others, anyway mate lets just agree to disagree shall we
From:
Andrew townshend
27 November 2021 19:00 PM
Well Max you can tell me all you like, I don't believe a word of it.
From:
Andrew townshend
27 November 2021 16:49 PM
Of course it carry's cost Echis and costs for any business are always passed onto the end user, I spent June and July repairing and improving a property, on completion it was re let for £150 per month more, I am presently doing the same to another property and I fully expect another increase of £150 - £200 per month when re let, I work very hard doing this work myself, it's not free money and I've never worked for peanuts, why should I ?
From:
Andrew townshend
27 November 2021 16:03 PM
So something has to be added to the rent to compensate
From:
Andrew townshend
26 November 2021 19:05 PM
Police don't want to know, some yrs ago I evicted a group of teenage boys from a flat. they had been climbing on the shop front to gain access, I informed the police and requested a police presence in case things kicked off, and they did kick off, no police but myself and 2 night club door men sorted it.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 November 2021 15:29 PM
There are a lot of bad agents and a good few useless ones out there, but I found a good local independent one 20yrs ago, I'm still hands on and know all my tenants personally who are always free to contact me direct, and they often do.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 November 2021 15:19 PM
What is it with these people, our laws don't apply to them ??
From:
Andrew townshend
26 November 2021 07:08 AM
Wales, a place I've never visited and never will.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 November 2021 07:05 AM
Also Max you mention '' none profit making'' you are aware of the £300k - £400k paid to CEOs of these none profit making housing assocs aren't you ? that doesn't sound like none profit making to me.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 19:14 PM
Max, those reports are on camera, the camera never lies , unlike you I suspect.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 19:08 PM
No Max you are the one talking total nonsense here
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 16:45 PM
Max it's very true that council and housing assocs don't give a toss about maintaining their rental properties, we have seen the proof of that in the ongoing reports on ITN but these days most private landlords do maintain their properties to a good standard.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 16:05 PM
If they were leaving in August why throw them out in July ? doesn't make any sense .
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 08:10 AM
This guys full of s***
From:
Andrew townshend
25 November 2021 08:02 AM
Generally it's the large national chain letting agents that are the worst run by wet behind the ears fresh out of uni boys and girls that know the lot and know F all, I have been using the same small local agents for 20 yrs, their are as good as gold
From:
Andrew townshend
24 November 2021 17:03 PM
It would seem that councils and housing associations are pleased when their tenants die as it frees up another home.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 November 2021 15:53 PM
They'll stab you in the back first chance they get.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 November 2021 09:20 AM
Totally agree, all the government and councils are achieving are rent increases and shortages of homes to rent, they are hurting the very people that they claim to be protecting .
From:
Andrew townshend
24 November 2021 09:18 AM
As landlords are getting very careful with the kind of tenants they are prepared to rent to possession cases will drop, what will happen to the rogue tenants ? not our problem, that problem falls to councils and government.
From:
Andrew townshend
23 November 2021 06:26 AM
Working families make the best tenants
From:
Andrew townshend
23 November 2021 06:17 AM
How the mighty fall
From:
Andrew townshend
23 November 2021 06:13 AM
Ha that rattled your shell, come on Liecs. who do you really work for, Shelter, Acorn or GR ?
From:
Andrew townshend
19 November 2021 09:05 AM
If a woman is prepared to have sex in return for free accommodation clearly she is a pro, who wants to go anywhere near a dirty pro ? you would likely catch something nasty , I really don't think this practice goes on much at all
From:
Andrew townshend
19 November 2021 08:43 AM
Rent controls for Scotland could make it the homeless capital of GB, if it isn't already, the greens, do they have a brain cell, any of them ?
From:
Andrew townshend
18 November 2021 09:14 AM
The entire green agenda is one big joke
From:
Andrew townshend
16 November 2021 09:15 AM
There is a shortage and a long wait for a new car / van at present which has made the price of secondhand cars and vans increase, supply and demand, no different in the property rental market, so rents rise, and will continue to do so, don't blame the landlord, blame the government
From:
Andrew townshend
15 November 2021 09:11 AM
I agree, I doubt it will affect me but our children and grandchildren have a very bleak future.
From:
Andrew townshend
14 November 2021 09:25 AM
Simply being a RICS or ARLA agent doesn't make that agent a good one or even a trust worthy one.
From:
Andrew townshend
13 November 2021 19:18 PM
We now have to have regular checks carried out by qualified electricians, do social housing providers ? not after seeing the reports on ITN news recently
From:
Andrew townshend
12 November 2021 09:15 AM
Never heard of them, where do they get their money from and what sort of wage are all their management on, another one like shelter ? a so called charity that is really a business.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 November 2021 09:05 AM
They used to be the party for business now they are just another left wing party, something has to change.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 November 2021 09:00 AM
But the biggest percentage of rogue landlords renting unsafe housing lays with councils and their friends the housing associations, they are hardly going to prosecute themselves or their friends are they ?
From:
Andrew townshend
12 November 2021 08:57 AM
Any increase in costs = rent increases, just think about the rent increases coming in 2025 and the shortage in rental properties by then
From:
Andrew townshend
12 November 2021 08:51 AM
I've fitted high power fans where possible, I've also fitted constant trickle fans where there has been a problem, my electrician has also come up with an idea instead of an isolating switch he has found a lockable switch I will just forget to give the tenants the key
From:
Andrew townshend
11 November 2021 16:55 PM
Whether contacted direct or through my agent my repairs / maintenance work is always attended to swiftly generally by myself.
From:
Andrew townshend
11 November 2021 09:38 AM
Many agents, especially the large ones are worse than useless, however the small independent agent I have used in Norwich for over 15 yrs now are excellent.
From:
Andrew townshend
11 November 2021 09:35 AM
I happy with all that, even though most of my properties are managed through an agent now all my tenants have my phone no and are free to contact me direct so long as I have their phone numbers also, I never answer a call from a strange number too many fruitcakes out there that I really do not wish to speak to.
From:
Andrew townshend
11 November 2021 09:11 AM
So much for her carbon foot print, lead by example mam, just as Boris and nut nuts are doing, or are they ??
From:
Andrew townshend
10 November 2021 19:21 PM
Savills respected ?? by who ?? bunch of wet behind the ears graduates who have no idea how the real world works.
From:
Andrew townshend
10 November 2021 19:18 PM
I would say that there is much much anti social behavior and noise complaints about social housing tenants than from private landlord tenants, so what action are councils going to take against themselves, or is it a case of '' do as I say, not as I do''.
From:
Andrew townshend
10 November 2021 19:14 PM
9 times out of 10 any issues reported to me are fixed within 24 hours, the 1 in 10 that are not are fixed within 7 days, unlike social housing landlords.
From:
Andrew townshend
10 November 2021 19:07 PM
Leon that's exactly what I intend to do and the cost will be paid for by increased rents, poor tenants get hit again but not my doing all down to Boris and his daft wife
From:
Andrew townshend
10 November 2021 09:08 AM
I agree, repairs need to be carried out swiftly, no good sweeping things under the carpet they are not going to go away until they are dealt with
From:
Andrew townshend
09 November 2021 16:32 PM
Skilled council employee ?? that's a joke for a start, they have no idea of the real world.
From:
Andrew townshend
09 November 2021 08:52 AM
I lost a commercial tenant when her business failed due to covid but other than that I've had no problems, everyone paying up and on time.
From:
Andrew townshend
09 November 2021 08:48 AM
Waste of time, serve that notice, if the tenants come to their senses and pay up it came always be torn up, as for taking tenants from councils we've been their before DON'T .
From:
Andrew townshend
09 November 2021 08:45 AM
I last let to students in the 90s, it is now my policy to avoid students and anyone under 25 , proper working people over 25, has to be.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 November 2021 21:58 PM
I agree, but who is it that's causing rents to increase ? not landlords, it's the government, as I've said many times the end user always pays any increase in costs, when oil increases it's the car driver at the pumps that picks up the increased cost, no different is it ?
From:
Andrew townshend
08 November 2021 17:57 PM
I have respect for our Queen, Anne and Edward, the rest of them are an expensive waste of space, when our Queen dies that should be the end of the royals, the money saved and a reduced carbon foot print would be large
From:
Andrew townshend
08 November 2021 17:04 PM
I had a G rated property, got it up to an F , had a MEES report done it said the cost to get to an E would be £14k, applied for and got an exemption, they are happy long term tenants in there so I am likely okay until 2028 , given that I only paid £13k for the property 26 yrs ago I'm not too bothered.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 November 2021 16:37 PM
Agreed heat pumps are a total waste of time unless you are building new with under floor heating , I've just replaced 3 gas boilers this year and will continue to replace them like for like.
From:
Andrew townshend
06 November 2021 16:32 PM
No risk taking now with new tenants, no DSS, no single mums, no one under 25, and if it doesn't feel right no tenancy, better an empty property than one with a rouge tenant sitting in it not paying the rent
From:
Andrew townshend
05 November 2021 09:06 AM
Tenants that pay on time and look after the property can stay as long as they like, so where's the problem ?
From:
Andrew townshend
04 November 2021 08:39 AM
I don't think BTR will impact on me they seem to be after the wiz mob, I'll stick to the proper working class.
From:
Andrew townshend
03 November 2021 09:11 AM
BULL SH*T pure and simple the guy's an idiot.
From:
Andrew townshend
03 November 2021 09:04 AM
Wendy I think your electrician had you over, I had 16 properties tested, non needed new consumer units even though a couple were 25 yrs, you only have to fit metal consumer units on new builds, rewires and if the old consumer unit needed to be replaced, a lot of electricians were trying this one on a nice little earner for them
From:
Andrew townshend
02 November 2021 16:51 PM
It would seem that PLAN has big ideas, and we know what generally happens to people with big ideas, time will tell
From:
Andrew townshend
01 November 2021 09:05 AM
A deal with a council ? sorry no way, why not try a ''PLAN'' landlord ?
From:
Andrew townshend
01 November 2021 08:37 AM
Put another way councils don't want us to take tenants on benefits, well that's fine because I no longer do mainly because past experience has shown me that most do keep the housing benefit for themselves
From:
Andrew townshend
31 October 2021 12:47 PM
Micheal, 1964, I was just starting at Hellesdon Secondary Modern, 11 yrs old, sh*t school, Hippocrate headmaster, mostly useless teachers, 1972, still an apprentice HGV fitter 18/19 yrs old, but yes you are right still in the 80s no bank of mum & dad, no schemes and no grants, but 9 out of 10 of us done it, we stood on our own 2 feet, worked hard, and done it, how times have changed, pri*ks wet behind the ears with useless degrees that know it all and know F all telling us how to suck eggs, I feel sorry for them, will they ever stand on their own 2 feet ? very unlikely
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 21:23 PM
The first property I purchased at auction (1981) I would have paid 25k for, didn't tell the girl in the estate agent's office , she was too quick to tell me they weren't taking pre auction offers, I paid 22k on the day, but I do think whether buying or selling at auction they should be bought or sold in the room, and that applies to ebay as well , few yrs ago I put my HiLux truck on ebay, within moments I had people wanting to give me 5.5k for it, which I would have been happy with, but to be fair to all interested parties I did not accept, it sold for very nearly 7k at the end of the listing to a very happy guy.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 19:28 PM
I agree, tenants have every right to know that their landlord is a fit and proper person, as we need to know that our prospective tenant is a fit and proper person to be renting to, tenant selection is key now, no risks, better an empty property than one with the wrong tenant in it, leave the wrong tenants to the wrong landlords, they generally deserve each other.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 18:59 PM
Sore point Trevor ?? I've bought more properties from auction than you've had hot diners boy
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 17:20 PM
And beware the auctioneer, or a plant in the room, running the bidding up, going back to the 90s I was bidding on a repossessed corner shop, I dropped out at 30k, the bidding went onto 39k when the auctioneer withdrew the property saying that was not enough, after the auction I wrote to the solicitors acting for the bank selling the property offering 30k, I bought the property for that offer. Never trust an auctioneer, estate agent or a solicitor in an auction room, worse than back street secondhand car dealers
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 14:43 PM
When I could no longer afford the petrol for the Rolls I bought a Fiat 500
From:
Andrew townshend
30 October 2021 14:23 PM
Very wise nothing wrong with the belt and braces approach in the present corrupt world
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 22:05 PM
Peter the council will cherry pick the better tenants for themselves and leave the private landlords with the rubbish
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 02:53 AM
The only tenants that landlords will get from councils are '' tenants from hell'' avoid at all costs, better off with an empty property
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 02:08 AM
There will always be those that consider our laws don't apply to them
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 02:04 AM
There will be a lot of landlords applying for exemptions, I have one myself on an F rated property which would cost £14k to bring up to an E , it's either that or evict the tenant who is enjoying a below market rent and is paying in full on time every month.
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 02:00 AM
First transfer £10 then check to see that the correct person has received it, many people now do this before transferring large sums.
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 01:51 AM
Not a good time to be increasing debt, sensible landlords will be reducing debt.
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 01:44 AM
Just another cost that would need factoring in when considering maximum bid and future rent, it has been proven many times before that increased taxation equals less tax being collected .
From:
Andrew townshend
29 October 2021 01:39 AM
Agreed Jim I've been stitched up by solicitors in the past, they are no different to any other trade.
From:
Andrew townshend
28 October 2021 09:50 AM
Reading that those with mental health issues must all be social housing tenants
From:
Andrew townshend
27 October 2021 07:26 AM
Throw the towel in Shane and these pr**ks have won
From:
Andrew townshend
26 October 2021 19:15 PM
Fine lets have a landlord register, and a tenant register
From:
Andrew townshend
26 October 2021 08:44 AM
Who's rubbish was it, if it belonged to the tenant, or ex tenant, then they are guilty of not disposing of their rubbish correctly.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 October 2021 09:15 AM
The greens don't stand a hope in hell of getting into government, so no worries there.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 October 2021 09:04 AM
Just read in the local paper Norwich city council has screwed shut the windows in an 8th floor flat because they don't know how to repair them, no extractor fan in the kitchen so the flat is full of condensation , social housing really is a joke
From:
Andrew townshend
22 October 2021 17:04 PM
I had a biomass pellet boiler fitted 6 yrs ago £18k, I will get my last RHI payment next yr then it's coming out and an oil boiler fitted
From:
Andrew townshend
22 October 2021 16:40 PM
Green doesn't work Boris, wake up man
From:
Andrew townshend
21 October 2021 17:52 PM
So the government will give me £5k, I then part with £10k myself for a heat pump and the tenant pays me an extra £100 per month in rent, the looser again is the tenant
From:
Andrew townshend
21 October 2021 08:41 AM
It's not the landlord that pays, any improvements that are made = an increase in rent, the end user pays
From:
Andrew townshend
21 October 2021 08:23 AM
David council houses were sold to council tenants who in the main were totally ignorant of financial affairs , then out came the double glazing salesmen and the financial advisors, mortgages were maxed out, extensions, BMWs in the drive and they could no longer pay the monthly mortgage payments, properties re processed, auctioned, landlords bought them and rented them back to the bankrupt ex council tenants, ignorance is bliss.
From:
Andrew townshend
20 October 2021 19:14 PM
I had a bio mass boiler fitted 6 yrs ago, when I get my last RHI payment next yr it will be coming out and an oil boiler fitted '' GREEN DOES NOT WORK''.
From:
Andrew townshend
20 October 2021 18:03 PM
David, shops and cafes will have to pay their staff more and pass the cost onto the tourists
From:
Andrew townshend
20 October 2021 17:50 PM
Tenants are our customers David, and all businesses like good paying customers
From:
Andrew townshend
20 October 2021 17:44 PM
Going back to the late 80s I purchased some properties with tenants in, they weren't the kind of tenants that I wanted so they had to go.
From:
Andrew townshend
20 October 2021 09:37 AM
There are many very well paid people living in council houses and enjoying the low subsidized rents, certain union leaders and the leader of Norwich city council, either remove them or make them pay a full market rent, social housing should be for the less well off only
From:
Andrew townshend
19 October 2021 08:47 AM
This landlord won't be.
From:
Andrew townshend
19 October 2021 08:38 AM
Which of course they are, biased that is.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 22:43 PM
There was a '' temporary'' increase which is now being removed, and so it should be lazy scroungers .
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 16:27 PM
All my properties are within 30 miles of my home for this very reason.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 16:22 PM
Tenant's rubbish, tenant's responsibility.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 09:04 AM
2035, I'll turn 81, will I still be here ? maybe, will I still be an active landlord? doubtful. so I'll be sticking with the gas boilers.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 08:59 AM
I've just increased most of mine, something I normally only do when re marketing a property, but with all these additional costs and red tape coming along some one has to pay, and it won't be me.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 October 2021 08:50 AM
Much of the council owned social housing here in Norwich wouldn't get anywhere near a ''C'' rating, I fully expect council and housing assoc properties will be exempt, same old '' do as I say not as I do'' attitude.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 October 2021 11:42 AM
And I expect 90% of those phoning in are on benefits and not paying their rent.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 16:41 PM
A few cases are genuine, most take the P .
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 16:35 PM
Agreed Robert, normal practice is to prosecute not only the fly tipper but also the person who's rubbish it was.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 09:01 AM
My eldest daughter works in a care home, they are leaving rooms empty because they cannot get the staff to to look after a full home, petrol stations have notices up wanting staff, van drivers (normal car licence) wanted, there is no excuse to be unemployed today, stop these scroungers benefits if they refuse to work, why should we the working tax payers be buying these low lifes their fags, special brew and drugs -- my rant for today.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 08:57 AM
More likely the tenants fly tipping
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 08:39 AM
Tax inspection insurance at least covers the costs of a good accountant to defend you, costs myself and my wife £60 each a year.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 October 2021 08:33 AM
While it's true you cannot say that I expect the comment will soon be removed
From:
Andrew townshend
14 October 2021 09:22 AM
Property is cheaper to buy up north but the rents don't seem much different to here in Norfolk, hence the better yields, but that's fine for landlords that live up north it would be a nightmare for me.
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Andrew townshend
14 October 2021 08:33 AM
Damp caused by a leaking roof is the landlords responsibility, damp caused by condensation is totally down to the people living in the property as has been proved time and again .
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Andrew townshend
14 October 2021 08:23 AM
I have a DDR in place that pays my credit card off in full every month, so it costs me nothing + I get the protection, only a fool pays interest on credit cards.
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Andrew townshend
13 October 2021 17:05 PM
Stink don't they.
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Andrew townshend
12 October 2021 16:13 PM
Solicitors add fuel to the fire to increase their earnings, much like garages finding faults with cars that aren't there to increase the bill, all very common these days.
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Andrew townshend
12 October 2021 09:12 AM
I wasn't tempted to buy either
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Andrew townshend
12 October 2021 08:20 AM
Sounds more like social housing that private landlords to me.
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Andrew townshend
12 October 2021 08:18 AM
Guaranteed rent, 6 / 12 months rent up front, all a scam, I delete the emails without opening them.
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Andrew townshend
12 October 2021 08:15 AM
Sub letting goes on a lot with council properties here in Norwich, the trick is for husband to leave wife and kids in council house, he then gets a council flat, moves back in with wife and then sublets his council flat, the council housing department know but choose to do nothing.
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Andrew townshend
11 October 2021 08:43 AM
Increase landlord costs and red tape = increased rent for tenants, are MPs of all parties really too thick to see this ?
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Andrew townshend
11 October 2021 08:35 AM
Far to sensible John, no bureaucrat, councilor or MP would ever be able understand that, or even want to try.
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Andrew townshend
10 October 2021 17:14 PM
David I agree tenants are our customers, all business value good customers, but just like any other business we do not want to be dealing with bad customers that don't pay up.
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Andrew townshend
10 October 2021 15:53 PM
False life styles based on debt, it's the modern way, not the way that I was brought up in the 60s, then there's work, what is it now a 36 hr week, does anyone do overtime or hold down 2 jobs, there are signs up every where for staff, what's wrong with going to work in a petrol station evenings or weekends ? we have breed generations of lazy entitled people.
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Andrew townshend
09 October 2021 08:40 AM
I'm going to wait and see what happens nearer the time, I'll turn 72 in 2025 if I'm unable to rent a property it will be sold in an auction, not something I want to do but most of my properties were purchased for peanuts in the 90s what ever I get for them will see me out in comfort , once again the good tenants loose out .
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Andrew townshend
08 October 2021 09:16 AM
No excuse, there are fully legal ways of disposing of waste easily and cheaply.
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Andrew townshend
08 October 2021 09:04 AM
It's common knowledge that the main offenders here are councils and housing associations, most private landlords respond to faults quickly, I had a call Tuesday morning reporting no heating and the hot tap in the bathroom stuck, I was there by 4.00 pm that afternoon, reprogrammed the thermostat and fitted new tap revivers, all done within an hour and had a cup of tea and a chat with the tenant, that's the service we provide, somewhat different to the social housing providers .
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Andrew townshend
08 October 2021 09:00 AM
Up 25% ? surprised it's not more given all the extra costs and red tape imposed on landlords.
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Andrew townshend
08 October 2021 08:45 AM
Oh yes you would be surprised what tenants disconnect to save on utility bills, kitchen and bathroom extractor fans, I've even had a lady tape up an extractor fan in a bathroom and then complain about damp and mushrooms growing there on the damp
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Andrew townshend
07 October 2021 19:06 PM
Some of my properties are all electric even though there is gas available , electric is just less hassle.
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Andrew townshend
07 October 2021 16:51 PM
Not rented to students since the 90s, however when I did everything was fine until January, they came back to a cold house that hadn't had the heating on, soon I would get a call to say the house was damp round I would go and it was cold and damp when I asked why the heating was not on the reply was it's too expensive to turn on, still got that house today 2 guys late 50s and no damp problems, they heat the place and during the day the bedroom windows are open, most student problems are self inflicted, simply zero common sense, more interested in going out drinking than turning the heating on.
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Andrew townshend
07 October 2021 08:46 AM
Should be, but no doubt that would be against his human rights BS
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Andrew townshend
06 October 2021 19:39 PM
I'm one of those sad people that read the small print and ask questions, oh doesn't that annoy insurance companies and brokers when they don't know the answers .
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Andrew townshend
06 October 2021 19:32 PM
I'm really interested to find out how this '' life time deposit'' is going to work, I expect we will have to incorporate the deposit into the rent, which means good tenants end up subsidizing the bad ones .
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Andrew townshend
06 October 2021 08:55 AM
Exactly it's the cost and a cost that cannot be justified, but at the end of the day it'll be the tenants paying this costs with the increases in their rent.
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Andrew townshend
06 October 2021 08:43 AM
Nor me, I'm the product of a very poor secondary education of the 60s, Leic Landlord could be the man, or woman, for the job, he / she likes to give the impression they are well educated.
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Andrew townshend
05 October 2021 19:53 PM
Hello Catherine, I'm not going to give my contact details on here, however you could drop me a line c/o Spencer Ward, 46 Prince of Wales Rd, NR1 1LL
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Andrew townshend
05 October 2021 19:43 PM
I've written to my MP, George Freeman, in the past, all we get are kind words and fobbed off, they are not interested.
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Andrew townshend
05 October 2021 18:59 PM
What do you take us for, fools ??
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Andrew townshend
04 October 2021 21:16 PM
A lot of those estate agents are worse than car dealers
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Andrew townshend
03 October 2021 14:40 PM
I have a good local agent in Norwich, honest, no wide angle lens, and fair to both landlord and tenant, used them for over 20 yrs now.
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Andrew townshend
03 October 2021 12:16 PM
Going into Norwich I have to go round a roundabout with a petrol station on one corner of it, night mare, so now we are taking a right turn which takes right through the University of E A , very busy but we avoid that roundabout and the selfish idiots blocking it
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Andrew townshend
01 October 2021 16:53 PM
The only people that gained by the stamp duty holiday were sellers.
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Andrew townshend
01 October 2021 09:42 AM
Why are people homeless, and why are people in danger of losing their home ? generally just the kind of people that no private landlord would touch.
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Andrew townshend
01 October 2021 08:49 AM
Tenants are not paying off my debts either, I don't have any, mine were all purchased with cash, my pension scheme .
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Andrew townshend
30 September 2021 18:03 PM
There must have been a good reason this landlord wanted this tenant out, £2400 was a small price to pay.
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Andrew townshend
30 September 2021 09:24 AM
The only tenants facing eviction will be those that WON'T pay
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Andrew townshend
30 September 2021 08:50 AM
Finding tenants that can and will pay is top of my shopping list
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Andrew townshend
28 September 2021 08:52 AM
They are out for the free ride just like so many are now .
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Andrew townshend
28 September 2021 08:47 AM
I do as much as I can myself with my accounts totaling every thing up and laving it out then it goes off to my accountant who checks it and files it with HMRC on my behalf, that costs me £600 , so come 2024 that is likely to be costing me £600 x 4, £2400 , another cost to be passed on to my tenants.
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Andrew townshend
27 September 2021 20:08 PM
I missed that part of life as well, and I'm certainty not sorry I did, I started work 2 days after my 15th birthday in 1968 as an apprentice and have never looked back, always enjoyed work and still do, we are awash with failures being pumped out of universities who are no use to man nor beast.
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Andrew townshend
27 September 2021 09:41 AM
That's the problem with owing flats in blocks, ''you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink'', you are fighting loosing battle there .
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Andrew townshend
27 September 2021 09:23 AM
Debt, the young want, expect, it all now, the fact that wanting it all now = debt doesn't worry them, they might wake up one day, by which time they will be in so much debt it'll be too late.
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Andrew townshend
27 September 2021 09:15 AM
You'll never have a deal with a council, 13 yrs ago I was selling a car repair workshop in Norwich, city council and Broadland Housing Assoc wanted to have a joint deal and build social housing there, they messed about, so I sold it to an engineering company they have put a huge steel building there which covers the whole site, how they got planning I don't know, but they did, the site would have been perfect for social housing 5 minute walk to city centre .
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Andrew townshend
25 September 2021 16:58 PM
That's why I will not rent to young single mums, they expect everything for free, more trouble than they are worth
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Andrew townshend
25 September 2021 08:17 AM
Tenants supplied by councils will be tenants from hell and the property will be trashed , NO NO and NO again, they must think we fell off the Christmas tree .
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Andrew townshend
24 September 2021 08:36 AM
Agreed, flats are not suitable for pets, as I've said before I'm one of those very few landlords that will '' CONSIDER'' pets, but only in houses with suitable gardens .
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Andrew townshend
21 September 2021 21:14 PM
We will simply add to the rent in order to cover for the deposit, tenant looses again
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Andrew townshend
21 September 2021 09:23 AM
This is why there must be no risk taking with new tenants, no benefit scroungers, no single mums, no one under 25, check every new tenant very carefully , guarantors where ever possible , if that new tenant doesn't seem quite right then no tenancy, there are plenty of new tenants to chose from so be very selective , the result will be that explosion in the homeless, not our problem, leave them to the local council their problem.
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Andrew townshend
20 September 2021 22:19 PM
Until such time as they have built enough social housing, which won't be in my life time, they will need private landlords.
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Andrew townshend
20 September 2021 08:26 AM
Exactly, Hippocrates pure and simple Michael no time for them.
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Andrew townshend
19 September 2021 10:02 AM
There are many '' rogue'' charities that need looking into, if they are paying their management £100s of K a year then they are NOT charities, they are business , noses in troughs.
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Andrew townshend
18 September 2021 20:05 PM
You'll only ever get bad tenants from councils
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Andrew townshend
18 September 2021 15:01 PM
I had one of those towed it onto the road, not my problem anymore.
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Andrew townshend
18 September 2021 14:57 PM
I don't want large houses, most of mine are 2 bedroom with just a couple of 3 bedroom, I'm not interested in HMOs or student lets, just working couples and small families will do me.
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Andrew townshend
17 September 2021 09:00 AM
I too have viewed my properties as long term investments, I'm more interested in income than capital, I don't want to sell anything, however the way things are likely to be going it might just make sense to sell some at least.
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Andrew townshend
17 September 2021 08:55 AM
I told the RSPCA that, they came back with that they would prosecute me for abandoning the dog as he was now my responsibility, just like Shelter the RSPCA are a business paying their management obscene wages .
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Andrew townshend
17 September 2021 08:50 AM
I had a Rottweiler left behind once when the tenant went to prison , what a problem I had getting rid of him, RSPCA useless, didn't want to know , he didn't have my permission, I would never give my permission for such a dog.
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Andrew townshend
17 September 2021 08:38 AM
Mine have been letting within days, not weeks
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Andrew townshend
16 September 2021 08:56 AM
I've re let 3 houses this year and had to turn good people away who I'm sure would have made good tenants, each house can only rent to one person or one couple, it's good tenants that are being hurt here not landlords
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Andrew townshend
16 September 2021 08:53 AM
Of course he wants ''generation buy'' that's what pays the monthly leasing payments on his BMW
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Andrew townshend
15 September 2021 09:03 AM
Does a criminal record really matter these days ? many very successful men and women out there with a criminal record
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Andrew townshend
15 September 2021 08:54 AM
Agreed now is the time to be very careful when selecting new tenants, and I'm finding that every time I have a property come available I have a good few tenants to chose from.
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Andrew townshend
14 September 2021 19:17 PM
Like most charities these days most of the cash goes on inflated wages, noses in troughs.
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Andrew townshend
14 September 2021 16:15 PM
Don't tar all agents with the same brush, I use a small independent in Norwich who treat both landlords and tenants with respect and fairly .
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Andrew townshend
14 September 2021 09:20 AM
Very few evictions are unfair, most are due to non payment of rent , of course a tenant who has been evicted for non payment is never going to admit to it, they will always say their eviction was unfair .
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Andrew townshend
14 September 2021 08:53 AM
Govt or not they will not stop me taking the necessary action.
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Andrew townshend
13 September 2021 19:18 PM
Ice on the inside of the windows, remember that Michael ?
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Andrew townshend
13 September 2021 16:28 PM
The landlord is rid of them, I doubt he will be taking refugees or anyone from the council again, lesson learnt there and the risk paid off.
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Andrew townshend
12 September 2021 09:01 AM
I agree Grace, we live and learn, and hopefully learn by our mistakes, as a landlord of more than 30 yrs now I have certainly made my fair share of mistakes along the way, I've had non paying tenants, I've had properties left in a discussing state ( which I've personally cleaned and repaired my self) no point moaning about it, what's done is done, but I have learnt, no DSS, no single mums, no one under 25 and no all day curry eaters.
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Andrew townshend
11 September 2021 21:33 PM
I think you're right, we don't get all this landlord hate in Norfolk, it seems to be more of a London thing
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Andrew townshend
11 September 2021 17:00 PM
You're a funny man Mike.
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Andrew townshend
11 September 2021 16:56 PM
It won't be a tax on landlords, it'll be a tax on tenants Mr Starmer, you really don't need a uni degree to work that one out
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Andrew townshend
11 September 2021 09:31 AM
Well you've really been on your soap box this week Leics, have you had any time to do a fair days work ?
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Andrew townshend
10 September 2021 18:09 PM
So glad I don't live or own anything in London, but I fully expect one day Norwich will be the same.
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Andrew townshend
10 September 2021 18:07 PM
Good tenants that pay their rent have nothing to worry about, it's the same old rogue tenants mostly scrounging on benefits that should be worried , the extra UC was only ever temporary the same as the extended notice period was only ever temporary, so we are just going back to normal.
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Andrew townshend
10 September 2021 09:11 AM
Most of my properties were built around 1880, so getting to a C or even a B is going to cost, I'll pay the money, but I 'll expect a pay back period of 2 - 3 yrs, what will that do to rent increases ? the end user pays !
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 20:55 PM
Leics, I replied to your comment '' honest day's work '' I and we on here are still awaiting to hear about your ''honest day's work'' we can only assume that you do not work ?
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 20:47 PM
By making it harder to evict makes it more difficult for tenants to find a home to rent, landlords now check out new tenants very carefully, if in doubt, if it doesn't fell right don't rent to them, better an empty property than one with a tenant from hell in it , don't think the government have worked this one out as yet .
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 18:33 PM
John, you are of course correct it would be grounds for eviction, but long hard work and very expensive to get that eviction .
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 17:36 PM
I liked your comment about the human animals. we have East Anglian Motor Auction here in Norfolk, it has for yrs been known as '' the zoo '' in the trade, 90% of those in attendance fall into the animal bracket.
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 17:31 PM
On the up side, for landlords, with all this demand for rental properties we can pick and choose who we rent to, no need to even consider any one who is not in full time work, and of course the rents keep climbing.
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Andrew townshend
09 September 2021 08:53 AM
A few yrs ago I needed a new boiler in a property, single mum working 16 hrs a wk, we were eligible for a grant, cow boy heating firm wanted a £1800 contribution from me, I bought the boiler, £700, and my plumber fitted it for £500, so what was the point in going down the grant road ?
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Andrew townshend
08 September 2021 08:20 AM
Leics, My day has involved tiling a bathroom and painting a bedroom, what work have you done today ?
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Andrew townshend
07 September 2021 17:47 PM
I would not accept a large dog in any of my properties, I will '' consider'' renting to someone with a dog in a house with a garden.
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Andrew townshend
07 September 2021 17:37 PM
I have been doing that since the ban on higher deposits
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Andrew townshend
07 September 2021 17:32 PM
I'll go along with that 5 yr lease to the gov, full repairing and insuring and handed back as it was at the start of the lease, you want any of my properties then that is the deal.
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Andrew townshend
07 September 2021 17:29 PM
The last 3 properties I've let have gone within a couple of days of marketing , so you are correct we will not be sitting on empty '' ready'' properties
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Andrew townshend
07 September 2021 09:15 AM
Well gentlemen it has been a pleasure as always , I now have a large single malt (smokehead ) to drink, so I wish you all a very good night , until tomorrow then.
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 21:07 PM
But I comment under my name, you don't.
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 20:21 PM
Well you are certainly on fire this afternoon Leics Landlord, but we all know on here that you are no landlord
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 19:55 PM
I've just noticed the time of Leics Landlords comments on here, expect he's just out of bed.
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 17:55 PM
Probably worth the £7500 to get rid of them.
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 08:38 AM
This £20 was only ever a temporary measure through covid, why should we be handing this out to the lazy great unwashed subsidizing their drinking, smoking and drugs.
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Andrew townshend
06 September 2021 08:34 AM
'' Guaranteed '' government rent ?? who are you kidding Micheal I wouldn't trust the government no further than I can spit.
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Andrew townshend
04 September 2021 20:12 PM
Styx, a Honda Goldwing, very nice, I had a BSA Super Rocket in the long hot summer of 76 (aged 22) loved it until I got nicked speeding and lost my licence for 3 months. I agree your comment those that want to get onto the property ownership ladder need to make sacrifices, if they won't make sacrifices while young they will be tenants for life, their choice .
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Andrew townshend
03 September 2021 19:00 PM
Are you volunteering? you got my vote.
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 21:59 PM
Maybe snowflake students will grow up...but I doubt it
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 19:29 PM
I've helped people in the past and it's always come back and bitten me on the backside, it's good of you to want to help but I strongly suspect that you will end up regretting it.
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 15:50 PM
While I feel for these people I will not be renting to them until they are in full time employment, shelter are a charity maybe they could house them.
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 09:00 AM
I'm sure many student landlords do very well out of these winging little snowflakes, I'll stick with the honest, hard working tenants 25 +
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 08:56 AM
I'm having a new boiler fitted at one of my properties today, the heating engineer is making a profit at my expense, if he wasn't he wouldn't be there doing the job, landlords are no different .
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 08:46 AM
I already have a policy of not renting to single mums and the agents I use always do an affordability check, low paid and benefit claimants should look to councils and housing assocs to home them, that's what they are there for.
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Andrew townshend
01 September 2021 08:38 AM
No shortage of jobs out there, and no shortage of lazy people who don't want those jobs.
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Andrew townshend
31 August 2021 18:27 PM
In 30 yrs the only tenants I've evicted have been non payers, and I suspect that goes for most landlords, A non payer makes themselves homeless not the landlord.
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Andrew townshend
31 August 2021 09:07 AM
I've been caught in the past as I think most of us have, we don't make the same mistake twice, leave these kind of tenants to councils and housing assocs to home, their problem.
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Andrew townshend
29 August 2021 11:12 AM
I don't rent to students and have little to do with any of them, give me the proper hard working men and women any day over students with large chips on their shoulders
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Andrew townshend
26 August 2021 04:18 AM
Of course there are costs and problems as there are with any business, and just like any other business these costs are passed onto the end user + a bit extra to cover our time, nothing new here.
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Andrew townshend
26 August 2021 04:14 AM
The right pets with the right tenants in the right properties paying an increased rent, dogs in flats or houses without gardens is a big no, I am one of very few landlords in my area that will '' consider '' renting to pet owing tenants, I have, and have had some very good long term pet owing tenants.
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Andrew townshend
26 August 2021 04:08 AM
There have been on going reports on ITN news of the state of repair of council and housing assoc properties, is this how decent working tenants want to live with their neighbors from hell ? I think not.
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Andrew townshend
26 August 2021 04:00 AM
A lot of council and housing assoc properties are still damp , poorly maintained and miserable, also on large estates in no go areas for decent people.
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Andrew townshend
25 August 2021 17:30 PM
I had a similar tenant yrs ago, Dad was a well respected CEO of a large Reno dealership in Norwich, what an embarrassment his son was to him, often children from wealthy families are no more than spoil brats .
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Andrew townshend
25 August 2021 09:25 AM
I can only speak as I find, I use a good small local agent , their fees are reasonable and they do not charge for renewing agreements, we get along fine.
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Andrew townshend
25 August 2021 09:14 AM
There could be a problem where that happens, but where there's a will there's a way around it, and I'm sure we will find that way.
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Andrew townshend
23 August 2021 17:29 PM
Very likely Mark but who will the real losers be, the low paid and those on benefits who will not pass the affordability test.
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Andrew townshend
23 August 2021 09:46 AM
Surely all this will achieve is increased homelessness , those on low incomes will not be accepted as tenants .
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Andrew townshend
23 August 2021 08:32 AM
Because some of them cannot afford to live there, why do some of us drive a Ford while others drive a Rolls, the way I see it all boils down to the same thing.
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Andrew townshend
21 August 2021 08:55 AM
Norfolk is a lot nicer and cheaper than London, go further north and life gets cheaper still, what is it about London ? expensive sh*t hole.
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Andrew townshend
20 August 2021 22:45 PM
Living in London is expensive, so why live in London ? move to somewhere cheaper
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Andrew townshend
20 August 2021 19:53 PM
Being a hard working self made man (or woman) is something to be proud of though Annie, you will generally find the poor are also the workshy.
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Andrew townshend
20 August 2021 16:39 PM
Yonnette have you been watching ITN news recently including tonight, council and housing assoc housing, disgraceful, far worse than anything in the private rental sector, get your own house in order dear.
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Andrew townshend
19 August 2021 22:11 PM
But did he rent to 23 people, do all 23 people pay rent to him, are all 23 people on the tenancy agreement ? or did they all move in with their mates.
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Andrew townshend
18 August 2021 19:39 PM
And the times that happens Michael, presently I have a lady in a 1 bed flat above a shop who now has her toy boy living with her, so no offence there but the fact remains I rented to one person and now there are 2 there, I also have a guy in a 3 bed house who now has a lodger, once again no offence committed and really nothing I can do about it other than to turn a blind eye , so I can see how these things happen and nothing to do with the landlord, but he's the one that gets fined for it.
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Andrew townshend
18 August 2021 19:33 PM
I'm also surprised a conservative government would do this to us, but labour under Mr Corbyn I do think would be worse
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Andrew townshend
18 August 2021 18:15 PM
Is it sensible to be increasing debt ?
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Andrew townshend
18 August 2021 07:54 AM
Just relet a small terrace in Norwich, in excess of 10 viewings, 6 suitable tenants wanted it, new tenants move in tomorrow, rent increased by £150 per month, a real shortage of properties to rent.
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Andrew townshend
17 August 2021 09:18 AM
Agreed, I have 2 properties with boilers 25 + yrs old, and still going strong, the others last a max of 7 yrs, how is that green ?
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Andrew townshend
17 August 2021 09:08 AM
I've never used Strutt, William H Brown in Norwich are worse than hopeless, wet behind the ears youngsters, I've used a small independent with one office and 4-5 staff for more than 15 yrs now and it works well.
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Andrew townshend
17 August 2021 09:03 AM
Agreed, only the students that do '' proper '' courses that lead to '' proper'' well paid jobs will ever pay their debt off, mean while we are desperately short of tradesmen, motor mechanics and HGV drivers, madness isn't it ?
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Andrew townshend
17 August 2021 08:57 AM
Me too Michael, I paid £5k cash for my first house and renovated it, my self and my wife started married life mortgage free, 6 weeks after we got married I bought another at auction with a bridging loan and lived in a caravan in the back garden, 8 yrs later with 2 very young children we done the same again building our present home, can you see the snowflakes doing that ? the '' I'm entitled generation''.
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Andrew townshend
15 August 2021 23:04 PM
Qualifications are one thing, being able to do the job is quite another, thanks to Mr Blair this country is awash with hopeless idiots who have the qualifications but little else.
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Andrew townshend
15 August 2021 09:31 AM
True, but if we have their NI number we can track them down once they have left.
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Andrew townshend
13 August 2021 17:53 PM
Other than my GP I don't do '' titles '' they are just plain Mr Mrs or Miss to me
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Andrew townshend
13 August 2021 17:48 PM
Mine are all up to date with their rent so there's no problem here, since I stopped renting to benefit claimants I 've not had a problem.
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Andrew townshend
13 August 2021 09:01 AM
Re the cow boys, some yrs ago now I went for a replacement boiler grant, tenant was a single mum working 16 hrs a week, I got this smart arse on the phone wanting me to pay a contribution of £1900 towards the cost, I didn't bother, I bought a Baxi replacement boiler kit from Mr Central Heating for £700 inc vat and my plumber (sadly now retired) charged me £500 (no vat not registered) to fit it, and it's still going strong, grants are a waste of time and end up costing us more.
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Andrew townshend
12 August 2021 09:35 AM
Viewings yesterday, 6 people applied, choose the tenants I prefer today, if they check out okay they will be moving in next week, small terraced house in Norwich was let for £600 per month now £750 per month, 5 disappointed applicants, it's only going to get worse, much worse, for tenants, all caused by Shelter and Generation Rant
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Andrew townshend
11 August 2021 17:36 PM
Of course he should have fixed the hot water. I agree with him on the single mums and the all day curry eaters , I will not accept them as tenants as well, when I chose a new tenant I look for the ones that are going to pay and not cause me problems.
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Andrew townshend
11 August 2021 17:20 PM
I've found these grant schemes to be a total waste of time, if and when I'm forced to evict good tenants because the property is below a C then that's it, good tenants out on the street hunting what few properties are then available to rent, council housing department's problem
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Andrew townshend
11 August 2021 09:09 AM
I supply a cheap cooker, that's it now and often they are too dirty to bother cleaning when tenants leave
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Andrew townshend
11 August 2021 08:57 AM
I agree totally Michael, most building control officers are no different to Fergus's council man, bull sh*t baffles brains .
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 19:42 PM
No cement in B&Q Norwich, not one bag, a window fitter told me last week the next shortage is going to be glass, so how are they going to build all these new homes, and the big increase in material costs ?
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 17:16 PM
Got the tee shirt, and it's not just the great unwashed, had a tenant when I first started his farther was a well respected CEO of a large car dealership in Norwich, what an embarrassment his son was.
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 17:03 PM
Well Lloyds are hopeless and Gatehouse I've never heard of, they'll fall flat on their faces, just give them time.
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 09:16 AM
I used to consider renting to a tenant with a pet with an increased deposit, now it has to be an increased rent, so once again it's the tenant that ends up the looser
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 09:11 AM
What's wrong with telling it as it is, I'm sure Fergus was spot on correct with his description. Odd how the police would make an arrest for name calling but fail to take action for criminal damage or theft, could be why few of us have respect for the police or the courts these days
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 09:06 AM
Just don't send them to Norfolk, we had the '' London over spill '' come to Thetford in the 60s, massive council estate built for them which has wrecked Thetford as a market town .
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 08:57 AM
They are very welcome to the single mums on UC
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Andrew townshend
10 August 2021 08:51 AM
Cheaper rents ? I'd like to see cheaper diesel at the pumps, non of us are going to have our wishes come true, move to an area with cheaper rents and / to a smaller property
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Andrew townshend
09 August 2021 08:50 AM
The joy of renting to the great unwashed, it seems a room in an HMO is all they can afford which is why I've never gone down the HMO route, that said over the years I've still had my share of the great unwashed.
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Andrew townshend
09 August 2021 08:43 AM
Devon and Cornwall are tourist areas so it makes perfect sense for landlords in those areas to rent to tourists, it's not just tax or higher rent it's also an end to rogue tenants who live in properties without paying rent, the people who live in Devon and Cornwall are generally lowly paid so cannot afford much it's up to councils and housing assoc s to home them, since when was a private landlord a charity ?
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Andrew townshend
09 August 2021 08:36 AM
Very true, the hard sell to the gullible.
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Andrew townshend
08 August 2021 16:11 PM
Me too, tried it in the 90s never again, give me honest working tenants any day.
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Andrew townshend
08 August 2021 08:30 AM
I agree with Robert, I've always been in it for the long haul and certainly am not paying CGT , however my son doesn't show interest, he gets paid far too much money cutting trees down when they fall on power lines, my 2 daughters partners could, and likely would carry things on, still 68 in 7 days time, fit and healthy, this old dog is going on for a time to come yet.
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Andrew townshend
07 August 2021 19:05 PM
Property is cheap as chips up north, and I was tempted when I was younger but a long way to travel when there's a problem, I can get to anyone of my properties in less than an hour, Norfolk is way cheaper than the south, but not as cheap as up north, sort of middle of the road, that'll do me boy.
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Andrew townshend
07 August 2021 16:44 PM
Now that would be amusing, and justly deserved .
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Andrew townshend
05 August 2021 17:07 PM
If a tenant doesn't want to look after the garden I go in with the round up
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Andrew townshend
05 August 2021 08:10 AM
Sounds like he is a tenant that no other landlord will touch, bailiffs the only way now, he'll be homeless for the winter.
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Andrew townshend
05 August 2021 08:05 AM
But then are you really John Smith or are you hiding ?
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Andrew townshend
04 August 2021 16:47 PM
I have a similar situation, tenants of 6 yrs just bought their own property, I now have works to do and will be ready to re let in a couple of months, no shortage of tenants looking
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Andrew townshend
04 August 2021 08:40 AM
Void periods can be useful to carry out repairs and improvements, but once a property is marketed there is no shortage of interest, a suitable tenant is soon found .
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Andrew townshend
04 August 2021 08:32 AM
There ''MAY'' be 10500 rogue landlords ? where have they plucked that figure from ? Could it be that councils have not issued many criminal penalties against rogue landlords because there not as many rogue landlords out there as some would like us to think that there are ?
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Andrew townshend
04 August 2021 08:24 AM
Bargain
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Andrew townshend
03 August 2021 08:14 AM
Jahan, Shelter cannot do that, it would mean all their staff would have to take a large pay cut.
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Andrew townshend
02 August 2021 19:37 PM
There was a phone in on radio 2 about the rental market in Cornwall, they are all going over to Air B&B, who can blame them, much higher rents, classed as a business for tax and no problems evicting non paying rogue tenants, the government, councils and Shelter only have themselves to blame here .
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Andrew townshend
02 August 2021 17:04 PM
John you could well be right there, a director is an employee of a company it does not necessary follow that he owns it, likely just a front man for others in the back ground that's how these people work, not to be trusted in business
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Andrew townshend
02 August 2021 08:22 AM
Strong demand in Norwich, 10 viewings and 4 very suitable tenants to chose from.
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Andrew townshend
02 August 2021 08:16 AM
Labour was once the party for the working man, it's now the party for the benefit scroungers
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Andrew townshend
30 July 2021 16:57 PM
Nail on head there Paul.
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Andrew townshend
29 July 2021 08:33 AM
Council tenants generally are not too clever when it comes to money matters, they bought their homes at a discount, but rather than pay the mortgage off they increased it, spent the borrowed cash, went bust, house re possessed, sold at auction to a landlord who then rented it back to the ex council tenant , lol.
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Andrew townshend
29 July 2021 08:26 AM
Daniel, it's the non paying tenants that are doing the '' ripping off'' as you put it.
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Andrew townshend
29 July 2021 08:08 AM
The kind of people that will live in boxes in the sky are not my kind of tenants
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Andrew townshend
28 July 2021 19:45 PM
I think it depends on the agent you use, there was a time when I self managed all mine, that's down to 3 now, I've used the same local, independent agent now for 20 yrs it works well for me, they get me good tenants, I still meet all my tenants, they have my contact details and are free to contact me directly at any time.
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Andrew townshend
28 July 2021 09:32 AM
I have a smaller than average terraced house that I paid 25k for in 1995, the end house went on the market at 210k and sold in a week, I am told by the owner for more, another one in the same terrace is now on the market for 190k, and is getting a lot of interest, the house next door is to rent at 800 per month, I'm working on mine at present the last tenant was paying me 600 per month, these prices are madness, but it is happening and I'm not one to complain, I'm not selling, just think of all that CGT the government would take.
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Andrew townshend
28 July 2021 08:43 AM
Good tenants can stay as long as they like, often years, keep it at 6 months then we can get rid of the rogue tenants before too much damage is done .
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Andrew townshend
28 July 2021 08:23 AM
I don't do dangerous dogs, they are weapons not pets and are owned by that sort of person
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Andrew townshend
28 July 2021 08:18 AM
I only lost one through Corona, a commercial tenant of 24 yrs, but that re let quickly, I have 2 vacant at present, both needing work, one will be finished this week after 8 wks work, then I will start on the next one, another 8 wks work I expect, so I'm busy busy, but these voids are useful to get work done with no tenants in the way.
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Andrew townshend
27 July 2021 20:28 PM
Theodor I agree, I'm going to have a problem getting most of mine up to a C but as most of them owe me peanuts, and no borrowings, I can afford to spend money on them getting them up to a C , or I could sell some and use the proceeds to up grade the ones I chose to keep, either way with the shortage the rents will climb, it follows that tenants wages will have to increase as will housing benefit payments if they don't there will be thousands more sleeping in shop door ways, something has to give somewhere along the way.
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Andrew townshend
27 July 2021 20:19 PM
I have lost 2 excellent tenants this year that have bought their own houses, sorry to lose them, but pleased for them, so it can be done, just means a bit of hard work and going without a few extras .
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Andrew townshend
26 July 2021 08:35 AM
How many more rent properties through their wife or husbands names ?
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Andrew townshend
26 July 2021 08:26 AM
Will he be taking action against councils and housing associations ? as they seem to be the worst offenders here.
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Andrew townshend
26 July 2021 08:22 AM
Oh yes I can well believe that !
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 17:17 PM
Robert makes a good point, the only tenants I have ever had to evict in 30 yrs also have been benefit claimants, I've never had to evicted a working tenant.
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 16:48 PM
Made your friend is an exception to the norm, there are a few, but not many in my experience.
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 08:01 AM
In fairness he was given the chance to rectify the faults, as for cleanness we've all seen the sh*t some people live in, tenants responsibility to clean .
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 07:32 AM
Rent decent properties to decent working tenants, lower income tenants are best left to councils to house, and we've all seen the standard of council and housing assoc housing stock recently haven't we.
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 07:26 AM
Simple, stick to decent working tenants, avoid HMOs and the great unwashed , just not worth it.
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Andrew townshend
22 July 2021 07:17 AM
I suspect you have hit the nail on the head there Michael, I won't deal with these people because this is how they work then it's the landlords head on the chopping block, not to be trusted
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Andrew townshend
20 July 2021 20:33 PM
Support from a council ? I wouldn't bank on it.
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Andrew townshend
19 July 2021 08:20 AM
I'm sure that paying tenants are safe in their homes, I don't understand why any non paying tenant should be allowed to stay in a property owned by someone else though.
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Andrew townshend
19 July 2021 08:10 AM
Seems to me most degrees are worthless these days, I've told the story before of my friends daughter, a first in law and couldn't get a job anywhere, leave school go straight out into the work place and own your own property before these uni students have done a days work, as it used to be and as it should be again.
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Andrew townshend
18 July 2021 17:05 PM
Agreed Jim, we deal with different tenant types, I've never got into HMOs or bedsits, I'm not a snob by any means but I don't want to deal with those kind of people.
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Andrew townshend
18 July 2021 09:35 AM
We have the ex Norwich City Council works dept in Norwich, it's a huge area, they cleared it yrs ago right beside a large council est, and there it sits empty doing nothing, yet they are desperately short of social housing
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Andrew townshend
18 July 2021 09:29 AM
Well that could be likely but some way off, something for the next generation of landlords to worry about, I will be 68 in August, so I suspect I will be long gone by then.
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Andrew townshend
17 July 2021 14:30 PM
I take your point Jim but if a tenant is cagey about his/ her previous address / s then we would smell a rat we can also check on the electoral roll, once again if there is no record smell a rat, bank statements are another give away what address had they been sent to ?
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Andrew townshend
17 July 2021 14:24 PM
I agree, money claim online is cheap and easy to use, no need for a solicitor, there's a chance we might get lucky and get our money but the main thing is the nonpaying tenant gets a CCJ to their name
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Andrew townshend
17 July 2021 08:11 AM
When the right to buy first took off there were double glazing sales men and loan sharks touring council estates getting the new mortgaged owners to max their borrowings against their properties, new windows, doors, conservatories , horrible extensions were sold, then the new BMW appeared in the drive, all paid for with their new 25 yr mortgages, of course many of these people were soon bankrupt and back in rented properties, so the lenders put the properties in auctions and landlords bought them
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Andrew townshend
16 July 2021 09:18 AM
Present owners are unlikely to sell at below market value to a council, it would make more sense to put the property into an auction. Converting office space into flats ? but we don't need flats we need houses. As for housing the homeless, you've nailed it there Grace, as the saying goes '' you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink'', the homeless are homeless for a reason, generally of their own doing.
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Andrew townshend
15 July 2021 07:17 AM
Since when did councils make '' solid commercial plans'' prime example being Norwich City Council, they are the joke of the country.
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Andrew townshend
15 July 2021 07:08 AM
If the landlord wants to sell and the council offers the market value then where's the problem, other than in my experience councils, and in particular loony left councils, are a nightmare to try and deal with .
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Andrew townshend
15 July 2021 05:50 AM
HMRC knows all about us, they know every time money goes into or out of a bank account, every thing spent on our credit and debit cards, they know the type of cars we drive and even the mileage we do each year, there's no hiding these days
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Andrew townshend
14 July 2021 08:43 AM
And a national data base for tenants ? can't have one without the other.
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Andrew townshend
13 July 2021 07:29 AM
The old '' do as I say not as I do '' rules again
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Andrew townshend
13 July 2021 07:25 AM
The electrician I use is ex RAF, he left the RAF and retrained, he's been self employed around 10 yrs, and I've been using him all that time, a first rate electrician and a really nice helpful chap.
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Andrew townshend
09 July 2021 17:33 PM
I think most of us have a great deal of time for our service men and women, problem here is that they have all been housed and looked after by the services done their 21 yrs and out into the big wide world at around 40 yrs of age with little idea as to how the outside world works, there is no such thing as '' get rich quick schemes '' it all takes time and hard work.
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Andrew townshend
09 July 2021 05:38 AM
Since when have BTL landlords been a charity, homing low income families is the councils responsibility, Torbay is not a very nice area these days mainly do to the council there
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Andrew townshend
09 July 2021 05:29 AM
May I ask your line of business / work Grace
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 17:33 PM
Maybe the furniture will have to be renewed at every tenancy change, that cost will of course have to be allowed for in the rent level.
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 07:01 AM
The only utility bills I pay are on empty properties, which aren't empty for long.
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 06:54 AM
Easier to add a bit to the rent to cover problems at tenancy end, good tenants loose out, but who's fault is that ?
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 06:49 AM
The only thing I supply is a cooker, and very few tenants ever clean them, I had one just 18 months old that had to be scrapped because it was beyond cleaning, I made the tenant pay 50% towards a new one.
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 06:43 AM
Mr Khan talks about balance, how about a control on landlord licencing fees, rents increase because of costs imposed on landlords the same as any other business, it's called inflation, I'm noticing the price of diesel at the pumps is rocketing, will their be a price cap there or will it be controlled by market forces just like everything else .
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Andrew townshend
08 July 2021 06:38 AM
That's a risk that you are happy to take, should the worst happen no doubt you would take it on the chin and would not expect others to crowd fund like so many do.
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Andrew townshend
07 July 2021 17:56 PM
Wales doesn't want the tourism trade then ? I've never been to Wales and to be honest I don't want to.
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Andrew townshend
07 July 2021 08:33 AM
Students, not for me thank you, I'll stick with proper tenants in full time work
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Andrew townshend
07 July 2021 08:29 AM
Not the sort of crowd funding that I would donate to, if people don't have insurance cover that is their problem.
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Andrew townshend
07 July 2021 08:22 AM
Why should landlords pay ?
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Andrew townshend
07 July 2021 08:18 AM
Basic Victorian terraced house in Norwich now £ 7 - 800 per month, wasn't long ago that I was happy with £ 4 - 500 per month, now that's inflation for you, caused by Shelter etc and the government
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Andrew townshend
06 July 2021 08:29 AM
And those of us that are left debt free will profit.
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Andrew townshend
06 July 2021 08:20 AM
Oh I've been to Germany John, my Sister in law and her husband used to live there
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Andrew townshend
06 July 2021 08:16 AM
John, I believe Theo is correct on that one
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Andrew townshend
05 July 2021 20:44 PM
The great unwashed.
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Andrew townshend
05 July 2021 20:13 PM
It's nothing unusual for a Norwich City owned house to sit empty for 3 yrs while they consider what to do with it.
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Andrew townshend
05 July 2021 08:01 AM
They can try, but they will have a fight on their hands.
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Andrew townshend
03 July 2021 18:46 PM
In other words '' pot kettle black '' just like Mr Hancock and many others
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Andrew townshend
03 July 2021 09:37 AM
Exactly if a property is that bad why don't tenants move on ? because generally they are the kind of tenants that no other landlord would rent to. I don't know about Dudley Council, but Norwich Council take months, even years in some cases to remedy faults in their housing stock.
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Andrew townshend
03 July 2021 09:33 AM
My son, a former game keeper, goes out in the dark of night deer stroking, a nice piece of venison goes down a treat with that claret.
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Andrew townshend
02 July 2021 21:32 PM
We don't have to give any reasons for our choice of tenant, just a sorry you were unlucky this time.
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Andrew townshend
02 July 2021 20:43 PM
Another agency telling landlords how to operate their own businesses, another agency to avoid, our decision and our's alone.
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Andrew townshend
02 July 2021 04:52 AM
But they are blocks of flats again, not what is needed for families to live in.
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Andrew townshend
02 July 2021 04:37 AM
When my agent markets one of my properties we normally get in excess of 10 viewings and get 3 or 4 suitable tenants to chose from.
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Andrew townshend
01 July 2021 18:47 PM
What happens when a company director is banned ? he makes a family member a director and carries on, a rogue landlord will do just the same.
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Andrew townshend
01 July 2021 08:23 AM
High end agency ?? I'll stick to my little independent agency here in Norwich who I've used very successfully for 20 yrs thanks all the same.
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Andrew townshend
01 July 2021 08:18 AM
At the end of the day it'll be the tenants paying again
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Andrew townshend
30 June 2021 17:17 PM
£20 k doesn't go far on a derelict house these days, £6k for a rewire, £10k for central heating, £8k for a roof overhaul and the list of works goes on and on
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Andrew townshend
30 June 2021 07:10 AM
@ Dharmesh, if you have a hundred properties then it could be useful, I have 16, and am perfectly able to manage repairs without a fancy app.
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Andrew townshend
30 June 2021 07:02 AM
I will consider them, but on my terms.
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Andrew townshend
30 June 2021 06:58 AM
Not all pets destroy houses, responsible tenants with pets in the right house with a garden are generally not a problem, in flats would be a big NO, as would large and / or dangerous dogs, it's a shame that we are no-longer able to take a pet deposit, so now it has to be an increased rent for pet owners.
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Andrew townshend
30 June 2021 06:57 AM
It will be more expensive, but that's the tenants problem, not mine, the government are out to shaft the landlord at every chance, but all they succeed in doing is shafting the poor tenants.
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Andrew townshend
28 June 2021 17:02 PM
I'm not a member, I'm a member of ELA but they aren't doing much either.
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Andrew townshend
25 June 2021 16:44 PM
@ Robert Brown, I prefer a single malt
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Andrew townshend
25 June 2021 16:40 PM
That's why I say NO to single mums, lazy, filthy, don't want to pay, and then they move the latest moron boy friend in.
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Andrew townshend
24 June 2021 17:12 PM
2 Jags Prescot for example
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Andrew townshend
24 June 2021 17:04 PM
Yes that often happened
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Andrew townshend
24 June 2021 17:02 PM
If a tenant is reasonable, up to date with rent and leaves the place clean I'll generally over look a few things before making a deduction from the deposit, my last tenant to leave, end of last month got his full deposit back after 4 yrs, I could have made a claim on a few minor things but didn't bother.
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Andrew townshend
24 June 2021 08:57 AM
There should be an allowance of at least a month free, I have one empty at present, first time in 4 yrs so there is a month's work to do before re letting, I have another one coming empty in August, first time in 6 yrs there, so there will be another month's work to do there, but Norwich council are always quick to get their bill in from day one.
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Andrew townshend
24 June 2021 08:45 AM
Parasite solicitors at it again.
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Andrew townshend
23 June 2021 16:41 PM
The Daft thing is what is the point in tory MPs chasing the tenant vote, how many tenants are ever going to vote tory, about as many as landlords voting labour
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Andrew townshend
22 June 2021 21:47 PM
Much like these student room investments, not for this investor thank you.
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Andrew townshend
22 June 2021 08:50 AM
There are ways to dispose of rubbish without fly tipping .
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Andrew townshend
21 June 2021 08:50 AM
Maybe LLoyds could buy a block of flats in Bristol and rent to those '' vulnerable '' refugees
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Andrew townshend
21 June 2021 08:46 AM
They'll get their fingers burnt, a block of flats in Peterborough , wounder what sort of tenants they'll fill that with there.
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Andrew townshend
21 June 2021 08:38 AM
I'm now doing a refurb on a terraced house, about another month's work to do as yet, then at the end of August I have another one coming empty which will also need a refurb , labour all done for free -- by me, no furnishings though, I find it best to let unfurnished, and yes full council tax to pay while empty, so we don't all sit at home watching the money flow into our bank accounts as some would like to believe .
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Andrew townshend
20 June 2021 12:09 PM
I have a Nationwide account, but there is less than a £1 in it, and I've never borrowed off them, B&Q and Screwfix both donate to shelter, but I have a monthly trade account with them so I use them, Home base are useless and the likes of Jewsons and similar builders are far too expensive unless you are spending thousands per month with them, I also have a monthly trade account with Wolseley Centers, but once again I can buy the same things from B&Q and Screwfix for less, so I take my business to where I get the best deal and service.
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Andrew townshend
20 June 2021 11:17 AM
Those are the ones that need a little push
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Andrew townshend
18 June 2021 16:27 PM
While I don't disagree Julian what's the alternative, Labour ? that would be ''out of the frying pan and into the fire ''.
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Andrew townshend
17 June 2021 10:28 AM
Taking money from any business = increased costs to customers , in the case of lazy parasites this = homelessness which then = problems for councils and government, what turns around comes around and bites on someone's back side down the line.
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Andrew townshend
17 June 2021 10:23 AM
We all know that we won't get any help from government, in fact quite the reverse, but all the hurt will be passed onto tenants.
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Andrew townshend
17 June 2021 10:13 AM
CCJ, won't get money, but they won't get another tenancy either, revenge is sweet.
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Andrew townshend
17 June 2021 09:36 AM
David, it becomes the tenants home, not his / her home.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 20:49 PM
Ed, we have to be careful when giving a reference, it's better where we cannot give a good reference just to say '' on this occasion I am unable to give a reference'', anyone reading that soon gets the message loud and clear .
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 20:43 PM
Thank you Julian, a very sensible comment, landlords and tenants generally get along just fine when left alone to do so.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 16:12 PM
We can agree there David, you never will rent from me, but it just so happens that I'm one of very few landlords that WILL consider dogs, presently I have one tenant with 2 dogs and 3 tenants with a cat each, I've had many past happy tenants with pets.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 16:04 PM
David you are busy on here today, I'm also allergic to some humans, mainly those that are out for the free ride.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 15:56 PM
What landlord evicts a paying tenant for no reason, the tenants that you are referring to are the ones that deserve all they get.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 15:50 PM
I had one once that moved out before getting his new home, the new landlord wanted a reference from me, so back came the tenant and offered me half the owed rent, I refused saying no amount of money would buy him a reference from me.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 15:45 PM
No objections at all John.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 11:10 AM
Surely we all try to mediate with problem tenants, eviction comes when there is no way forward
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 10:54 AM
Jahan, you can be sure John Smith isn't his real name, just another one like my friend from Leicester .
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 10:37 AM
John, they freely gave their details to a newspaper, it's all out in public so IOC doesn't apply, more the fool them.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 10:31 AM
All my contacts are listed in my phone, if a name doesn't come up the call doesn't get answered, it goes to voice mail.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 08:20 AM
I choose who I rent to, not you Mr Black
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 08:09 AM
This was in our local paper yesterday, what ever the rights and wrongs here it was not a clever move by the tenants to get their names and photos published, landlords will view them as trouble makers, I've certainly made a note of their names, the letting agent is not one that I would consider using.
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Andrew townshend
16 June 2021 08:05 AM
Personally I've never got involved with HMOs, but I have to ask where are all the people that live in a room in an HMO going to live ?
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Andrew townshend
15 June 2021 08:11 AM
How can this '' passport'' deposit possibly work ? no tenant gets the keys to any of my properties until I have the first month's rent and deposit in cleared funds, when a tenant moves out the deposit is not released until I'm happy with the condition of my property, there is always going to be an overlap of time
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Andrew townshend
15 June 2021 08:04 AM
Just had a small terraced house come empty in Norwich, last tenant 6 yrs paying £600 per month, new rent £725.
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Andrew townshend
14 June 2021 11:36 AM
Good agents are worth their weight in gold, but the big one's that employ wet behind the ears youngsters are a waste of time.
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Andrew townshend
14 June 2021 10:30 AM
John, strangely enough most of us landlords do talk to each other
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Andrew townshend
11 June 2021 15:56 PM
When a tenant tries this one on me I shall make sure that every landlord I know, and a good few that I don't, knows their full details.
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Andrew townshend
11 June 2021 14:15 PM
The left making themselves out to be the fools that they really are, still it keeps them out of power.
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Andrew townshend
11 June 2021 08:33 AM
Norwich, 6% yield and property values up, I'm not complaining .
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Andrew townshend
09 June 2021 22:13 PM
Educated idiots, hopeless, we can thank Mr Blair for all these hopeless idiots coming out of tin pot universities with chips on their shoulders the size of house bricks
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Andrew townshend
08 June 2021 20:42 PM
Nothing positive to report, now there's a surprise.
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Andrew townshend
08 June 2021 20:37 PM
What decent tenant would want to rent from council / housing assocs, their properties are far worse than anything in the PRS, and what sort of neighbors are they going to be living next door to ?
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Andrew townshend
08 June 2021 20:35 PM
It's just the bad ones we like to see the back of, but the name of the game now more than ever before is not to get the bad one in the first place, no risk taking now going forward
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Andrew townshend
08 June 2021 20:27 PM
I'm loosing a young family in August they have been excellent tenants over the past 6 yrs, I'm sad to see them go, but at the same time happy for them. The house will rent again but only to good tenants who will be checked out very carefully .
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Andrew townshend
08 June 2021 08:42 AM
And justify their excessive wages
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Andrew townshend
07 June 2021 17:30 PM
Electric cars aren't any better, I'm sticking with dirty diesel, I was brought up and trained on diesels so I'm sticking with what I know.
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Andrew townshend
06 June 2021 09:19 AM
J E I agree, but are labour's '' selective statistics '' any different, there all as bad as each other.
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Andrew townshend
03 June 2021 19:29 PM
Other than one commercial tenant, of 24 yrs, who sadly lost her business through this, I haven't had a problem, and that re let last Nov, other landlords I talk to locally don't seem to have had problems either, maybe we are just lucky here in sleepy old Norfolk.
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Andrew townshend
03 June 2021 19:26 PM
Agreed, some people will become home owners, others will always rent, that's the way it is
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Andrew townshend
03 June 2021 19:19 PM
It used to be that we got the first month free of council tax, enough time to have a clean up, a repaint and find a new tenant which seemed fair.
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Andrew townshend
03 June 2021 19:15 PM
J E, we like tenants they are our customers, what we don't like are the free riders no one in any business like customers that don't pay.
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Andrew townshend
02 June 2021 17:03 PM
If a tenant fails referencing checks then that's it no tenancy, just not worth the risk now.
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Andrew townshend
02 June 2021 08:38 AM
He can rant from the side lines, hard left labour stand no chance.
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Andrew townshend
02 June 2021 08:28 AM
John the military still employ outside contractors, I looked after a fleet of vans for an electrical contracting company who had many Military contracts all over the place.
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Andrew townshend
31 May 2021 13:21 PM
John Smith, you have not understood Bill's comment, his son would not have been in the army he would have been working for them, a big difference, just goes to show you don't know what you are talking about boy.
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Andrew townshend
31 May 2021 09:23 AM
Good for them Bill, it's nice to see some of the youngsters working hard to better themselves, as we did at their age.
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Andrew townshend
30 May 2021 09:26 AM
No surprise here, they have just woken up to the fact that council housing departments are going to have a big problem coming their way.
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Andrew townshend
28 May 2021 08:36 AM
The Ladies also make very good letting agents.
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Andrew townshend
28 May 2021 08:31 AM
Good to see younger landlords, I bought my first investment property at 33, it's turned out to be better than any private pension scheme.
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Andrew townshend
28 May 2021 08:26 AM
Leics Landlord, same old record !
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 20:06 PM
Leics Landlord Prostitution IS illegal
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 20:04 PM
Which is why both should be prosecuted, it is after all prostitution .
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 10:05 AM
So John I'm a smelly old man then ? possible you would come under the heading of the ''great unwashed'', we can all trade insults but you won't gain anything by them
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 09:40 AM
I fully agree, I suspect this mainly goes on in the lower end of the rental market, I can see the sex workers wanting to pay their rent this way.
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 09:33 AM
Agreed, I have a house coming empty this week end I could turn it around and re let it in days, however I will take advantage of the void to make some improvements which are impossible with tenants living there , and the rent will of course be increasing .
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Andrew townshend
27 May 2021 09:17 AM
Count me in with that one.
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 21:49 PM
That's how these people work which is why I will not deal with them, that's not being racist, it just makes good business sense not to deal with them
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 20:12 PM
Agreed, and in the long run I think this could work well for us, rouge tenants will be shooting themselves in the foot.
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 16:47 PM
Yes John I have, so what ? that was back in the 90s and also for non payment of rent
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 10:35 AM
Funny that, now that the non payers will be evicted and turning up en mass at council housing offices demanding housing, don't think many landlords are going to have much sympathy , or even going to be talking to councils, too little far too late.
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 09:52 AM
So could we demonstrate outside a tenant's home, post letters to his / her neighbors, put deflationary comments about them on social media ? think maybe we would be arrested .
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 09:45 AM
In my area (Norfolk) there is an area, Gt Yarmouth, where landlords have to consider benefit claimants because that's about all you will find there, for that reason I have never purchased anything there even though property prices are very much lower there
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 09:37 AM
These tenant groups are missing something here, in 30 yrs I have only ever evicted for non payment of rent and used sec 21, the so called '' no fault eviction'', once sec 21 goes we will have to use sec 8, as Jim above points out this gives the reason for the eviction, that reason will remain with the evicted tenant, how many landlords are going to rent to a tenant with the record of a sec 8 eviction, far from reducing homelessness this is going to increase it.
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Andrew townshend
26 May 2021 09:30 AM
No problem finding proper working tenants here in Norwich, certainly would not get involved with the loony left council we have here.
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Andrew townshend
25 May 2021 09:44 AM
20 People + children, but that how these people live, one of them rents a house then the rest move in.
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Andrew townshend
24 May 2021 09:14 AM
I agree George, no risk taking now.
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Andrew townshend
24 May 2021 09:07 AM
Agreed Robert, the best deals over the years that I've had are when I've followed my gut feelings and have ignored the advice of others, my long time solicitor (now retired) would always try and talk me out of deals, so I stopped asking him, I would do the deal first then give him the paper work to complete the purchases
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Andrew townshend
22 May 2021 17:05 PM
''Reputable estate agent'', I bet I know which one that is ! WHB??
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Andrew townshend
21 May 2021 15:40 PM
Robert, agreed but don't we now have 2 left wing parties which both support the workshy spongers labour and conservatives ?
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 22:09 PM
Up to a point I could be a bit guilty here, some yrs ago my Solicitor's legal secretary was selling her dead parents house off at auction, I knew the reserve so I made sure it got there for her , neither her or my solicitor knew anything about that. I also will not bid against a friend at auction that just isn't cricket is it ?
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 19:18 PM
And to see who you are biding against, not those bids off the wall.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 15:31 PM
I used to do all my management myself but most are managed through a local agent now, I do most of the maintenance myself and organised my own tradesmen where necessary, all tenants have my contact details and are free to contact me directly, but I cannot be bothered with viewings, the agent I use is very good at sourcing the right tenants, for me they are worth their fee.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 10:59 AM
That's easy Alison, just go round there with a loaded shot gun and let a couple of rounds off into the air, these anti social types are always cowards when it comes down to it, and before our friend from Leicester jumps on here I am joking about the shot gun.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 10:44 AM
Maybe they learnt their ways from the Kray twins in the 60s, because it all seems very similar.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 09:15 AM
Even Tory controlled councils act in a left wing manor, bitter and twisted, they hate to see anyone prospering from their own hard work and investment.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 09:11 AM
Buying at auction has changed a lot over the years, it used to be that you paid the price you bid, now there are so many charges and fees added on, it will be a shame not to be able to get back into the auction room, far more enjoyable to be there in person.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 09:07 AM
My policy has always been freehold only, on the odd occasion that I have looked at leasehold reading the lease has always put me off.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 08:59 AM
Heavy condensation, water running down the inside of the windows, only had one in 30 yrs of being a landlord, that was in a commercial property, police took the plants away, I removed every thing else and changed the locks same day, luckily I caught it early and they had not tampered with the electric supply.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 08:55 AM
Easy, avoid the big nationals at all costs these are run by wet behind the ears youngsters who have no idea what they are talking about, choose a local independent who also own BTL properties themselves, put just one property with them to start with to test them and see how long they hold onto the rent before paying out, the agent I use in Norwich pays out the same day that they receive the rent, many do not.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 08:48 AM
The more money thrown at councils the more they'll waste and the more they will want, so glad I don't own any property in that area.
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Andrew townshend
20 May 2021 08:36 AM
When a barrel of crude oil increases in cost diesel goes up at the pumps, when landlord costs increase up goes the tenants rent, always has been the way, always will be the way.
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Andrew townshend
18 May 2021 17:02 PM
I cannot see how this system is going to work, no tenant is going to get the keys to any of my properties until I'm holding a deposit, I'm not interested in promises, just hard cash.
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Andrew townshend
18 May 2021 08:49 AM
I had a family move out of a property about 18 months ago, the guy text me saying sorry for not clearing up before he left, he thought saying sorry made it alright, normally I would clean up my self and make a small charge against the deposit for doing so, but I got the cleaners in, that was £400, then there was the cooker, only 18 months old and beyond cleaning, so I bought a new one and charged him 50% of the cost, I think I was very fair, and he got non of his deposit back, what is it with people when they think it acceptable to simply walk out leaving the clean up to others.
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Andrew townshend
17 May 2021 10:36 AM
Can we attend that meeting to put forward our concerns and needs ? oh thought not.
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Andrew townshend
17 May 2021 09:26 AM
So a council is just waking up to the homeless problems it's going to be faced with, bit too late.
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Andrew townshend
17 May 2021 09:22 AM
Not every landlord operates on borrowed money Ray, in fact most of us that have been landlords for 20, 30 or more years carry no debt, so are strong enough to weather any storm that might be around the corner, but then homelessness could well hit an all time high, but that will be a problem for government and councils not landlords.
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Andrew townshend
15 May 2021 10:57 AM
James, I agree your '' threefold approach'' and also your comment regarding Mr Blair, that disgraceful man has a lot to answer for.
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Andrew townshend
14 May 2021 16:47 PM
Poor little snowflake a university degree and no chance of buying a property, take a step back and look at yourself then you might just work out why you are a failure before it's too late, but at 30 I expect it is too late, I was on my second house renovation by then with my first child on the way.
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Andrew townshend
14 May 2021 10:43 AM
Headlines in my local paper today '' vulnerable tenant forced to move into a hotel due to raw sewage in flat'' oh yes and guess what ? housing association landlord ! get your social housing up to standard first .
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Andrew townshend
14 May 2021 10:34 AM
Education is not all it's cracked up to be, common sense is much more useful.
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Andrew townshend
13 May 2021 19:11 PM
I haven't paid for a hair cut in more than 10 yrs, I've got so little left my wife or daughter use my beard trimmer to cut what little there is.
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Andrew townshend
13 May 2021 17:42 PM
That's how we, and generations before us got on the property ladder, second hand car purchased for cash, weekends spent repairing that secondhand car, no overseas holidays in the sun, buying a run down property rolling sleeves up and renovating it before moving onto the next one, living on building sites in a caravan, but we cannot expect snowflakes to be doing this can we, the entitled generation who expect everything to be given to them
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Andrew townshend
13 May 2021 13:55 PM
Who'd be jealous of a landlord ? well those that like to think that we sit in an arm chair on our laptops watching the money flow into our bank accounts.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 16:10 PM
I've tried writing to my MP, George Freeman, kind words but in truth he like every other MP isn't interested in the least.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 16:05 PM
That would of course make a lot of sense and be fair to all, sadly cannot see it happening though.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 16:01 PM
Competition benefits all, build to rent doesn't worry me.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 14:35 PM
I found a small cannabis factory in one of my shops a few yrs ago, luckily I noticed it within days before any damage had been done, there was a notice in the shop window '' closed for renovation works'' and condensation running down the windows, police were not much interested they just took the plants away, I moved all the equipment outside and changed the locks, that was the end of that, it pays to keep a close eye on all our properties regularly.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 09:55 AM
I would not be against a landlord register, in fact I would welcome it, together with an agents register and a tenants register, all openly accessible for all to access online.
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Andrew townshend
12 May 2021 09:43 AM
Stephen, yes mate you are old, I remember all those as well, that makes both of us old.
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 19:41 PM
We all knew that sec 21 was going, it'll be interesting to see what they intend to do to sec 8 though, this white paper is going to make interesting reading when it is released. Mean while we need to weed out tenants while we can still use sec 21 and be very very careful when selecting new tenants
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 16:52 PM
Sorry Wendy but you have been had, you did not need a new metal consumer unit, all 16 of my properties still have plastic consumer units and all have past the electrical installation inspections, if a new consumer unit is fitted it has to be a fire proof one to satisfy building control, but excising consumer units do not need to be replaced so long as they are not faulty and have RCD protection, many electrical contractors have been ripping landlords here.
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 16:37 PM
I would think very few landlords have ever evicted a tenant for no reason, I've used sec 21 in the past to evict non paying tenants simple because I have found it easier and quicker than sec 8 , so what changes does the ''think tank'' what with sec 8, will it be made easier and quicker to evict a non payer ? some how I doubt that.
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 09:37 AM
A very large number of MPs on all sides are landlords, why is that a problem ?
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 09:22 AM
Social housing needs to get it's own house in order, it would seem that's where most of the major problems are.
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Andrew townshend
11 May 2021 09:01 AM
Wait until they move the moron boyfriend in, then the trouble starts
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Andrew townshend
10 May 2021 19:16 PM
Slightly off subject, Norwich City Council leader on his £100k plus wage lives in a tax payer subsidized council house, thereby blocking that house from a deserving young family, to make it worst still Norwich is labour controlled and this guy is a labour councilor , so much for labour being the caring party, in it for themselves like the rest of them.
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Andrew townshend
10 May 2021 14:22 PM
Taking on one of these tenants would be a nightmare, chances of the rent being paid would be low, then there is the time and costs of evicting them, thanks but no thanks.
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Andrew townshend
10 May 2021 08:50 AM
COMMENTS HAVE BEEN DISABLED , ''IT'LL TAKE YEARS FOR RENTS AND EVICTIONS TO RETURN TO NORMAL'' WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON HERE Mr NORWOOD , SOMETHING STINKS HERE OLD BOY, PLEASE EXPLAIN !
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Andrew townshend
07 May 2021 21:38 PM
Just make sure he leaves with a CCJ to his name, and everyone knows who he is
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Andrew townshend
07 May 2021 16:21 PM
Ideal for young people, but not for me
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Andrew townshend
07 May 2021 14:55 PM
I tried that with George Freeman, kind words but not interested in the least, we are on our own.
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Andrew townshend
07 May 2021 14:51 PM
Evictions are going to be a problem going forward, but this has a knock on effect for tenants as the last thing landlords are going to do is to take any risks with new tenants, it's going to be very careful checks and very careful selection when it comes to new tenants, no benefit claimants, no one under 25, no single mums and a suitable guarantor where ever possible .
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Andrew townshend
07 May 2021 08:42 AM
J E I agree with you, tenant - landlord relationships should be a caring one, and in most cases they are.
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Andrew townshend
06 May 2021 12:08 PM
Agreed interest rates so low what's the point in putting money into an interest bearing deposit account, might just as well stuff it into the mattress and sleep on it.
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Andrew townshend
06 May 2021 07:41 AM
As Norwich city centre dies there is a big increase in empty shops, offices, night clubs and pubs being converted to residential , I don't own anything in the city centre, nor do I want to, walking distance or a short bus ride seem to work best here .
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Andrew townshend
06 May 2021 07:08 AM
I invest for income, if my assets increase in value then that's a bonus .
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Andrew townshend
06 May 2021 06:53 AM
I'm sure you are correct there Michael, but isn't this why HMOs have had there day, stick to one family houses rental income might be less but so are costs and agro
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Andrew townshend
05 May 2021 22:16 PM
Sounds like a scam to me, I wouldn't trust them.
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Andrew townshend
05 May 2021 08:11 AM
Robert, you and I normally think along the same lines, let me ask you, what is your reaction to the guy that comes on here bragging about just buying a dozen houses cheap as chips ? my thoughts are 2 words, the first starts with a big fat B, there is a saying here in Norfolk '' real money dresses down'' I've normally found that to be accurate , LOL
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 20:58 PM
I'm wondering about our friend J E , in an earlier comment he said he had been waiting 5 yrs for his landlord to carry out repairs, why is he still living there ? if I were in his shoes I would have moved onto another property with another landlord, maybe, just maybe J E is the kind of tenant that no good landlord with a good property would touch at any money, perhaps J E you could tell us all why you have not moved on ?
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 19:20 PM
Julian who you rent from is your choice, and who we rent to is our choice, no shortage of tenants looking in my area.
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 18:43 PM
Julian, as I have said many times on here I will consider tenants with pets and have had many good ones with no problems, I presently have 2 tenants with a cat each, one tenant with a dog, one with a snake and one with a rabbit , but these are my properties and therefore it is my choice , I will not rent to tenants with large or dangerous dogs and I will only rent properties with a garden to a dog owning tenant, I think my terms are very reasonable.
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 18:38 PM
There are some really good managing agents, then there are those that are dreadful, but at the end of the day it is the landlord that carries full responsibility therefore it is very important that we all keep a close eye on our properties personally.
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 09:37 AM
I'm in Norfolk, even here there are areas to be avoided, I don't like council estates, although I do have 1 ex council house in a decent area, Gt Yarmouth is to be avoided at all costs as is Thetford (the London over spill town of the 60s.
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 09:29 AM
I also am prepares to '' consider '' tenants with a pet at an increased rent but only in a suitable property with a garden, flats are not suitable for a dog .
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Andrew townshend
04 May 2021 09:21 AM
I would certainly agree that bed sits and flats are not suitable for dogs, houses with gardens can be suitable for one dog but I certainly would not allow large or dangerous dogs in any of my properties.
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Andrew townshend
01 May 2021 10:01 AM
What's racist about Steve's comment ? for what it's worth I agree with Steve so you had better send the police round to see me and the 4 other landlords that ticked his comment, our properties our choice of tenants.
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Andrew townshend
01 May 2021 09:12 AM
Agreed, that works both ways as well, once had a couple off a very rough council estate, a friend was horrified that I was going to rent to them, the rent was always paid in full and on time, the house was always spotlessly clean, they decorated, made improvements and kept the garden well, then had another guy his father was CEO of a large well respected new car dealership, his son lived like a pig and had the manners of a pig.
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Andrew townshend
30 April 2021 13:35 PM
Councils and housing associations need to get their own properties in order. I 'm all for driving up standards but don't forget that also means driving up rents, where will the dross element live ?
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Andrew townshend
30 April 2021 08:18 AM
Over supply of rental stock ?? flats in London maybe, not houses in Norwich. It's upto the landlord if they want pets in their property and their's alone.
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Andrew townshend
30 April 2021 08:10 AM
Why rent a property with all those items in it ?
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Andrew townshend
30 April 2021 08:05 AM
Then I'm sorry but more the fool them for borrowing way too much.
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Andrew townshend
29 April 2021 11:13 AM
I have a house becoming vacant at the end of August, a Lithuanian family who have been first class tenants for more than 6 yrs have now bought off plan, the void will be useful it needs a new bathroom , which was there when I bought the house more than 25 yrs ago, and a good repaint through out, I don't expect any problems when it comes to re letting it at an increased rent on a 6 month tenancy which will roll over, reading the above I wouldn't use Hunters at any price.
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Andrew townshend
28 April 2021 11:11 AM
Maybe it's the incomes that need to increase and not the rents reducing, high rents have been caused by governments policies .
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Andrew townshend
27 April 2021 09:03 AM
I down loaded Jim's '' the beginners guide to HMOs'' not that I have any wish to become an HMO landlord but a very interesting read with many very good points. Also anyone see Mr Rinder on Tipping point last night ? I said to my wife that his charity would be Shelter, and sure enough his winnings went to Shelter .
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 10:42 AM
We've seen the condition of social housing high rise flats on the ITV news over the last couple of weeks, but of course rules don't apply to them, maybe they should learn to lead by example.
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 09:35 AM
Landlords are often labeled as greedy money grabbers, pot kettle black vets ??
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 09:19 AM
Police don't seem much interested in crime these days, any tenant that is going to be evicted illegally is certainly going to be a scum bag type tenant, cannot see the police bothering.
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 09:11 AM
'' Huge stack of rubbish and cycles in the garden'' wounder where they came from?
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 09:06 AM
I've also found that allowing a pet often leads to good long term tenants, but as we can no longer ask for an extra deposit it now has to be an increased rent.
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Andrew townshend
26 April 2021 09:00 AM
Jim, I would be very interested to read your manual, where can I find it
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Andrew townshend
24 April 2021 13:25 PM
Most section 21 evictions are normally for a reason, normally non payment of rent, I have always used sec 21 over sec 8 in the past to evict non payers simply because sec 21 is quicker and easier, we will have to wait and see how the new sec 8 works, or better still being very careful when selecting new tenants + a guarantor where ever possible.
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Andrew townshend
24 April 2021 10:23 AM
I never have bought leasehold, and would always advise against it, as for part buy and part rent that truly is total madness .
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 20:16 PM
The high interest rates worked in my favor I had just sold my house and was living on a building site in a caravan, wife + 2 young children, my cash on deposit was earning good money , however today is very different, and the young of today are very different also, for those that want to better themselves better jobs often mean moving areas so renting will make that much easier .
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 20:12 PM
Totally agree, auctions will be full of re possessed homes again, but the term ''buyer beware'' comes to mind, if people borrow more than they can afford to pay back that's their problem.
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 17:31 PM
Very few tenants are ever going to vote conservative what ever they give them
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 15:16 PM
Don't know as if I want any help from the government, there's no shortage of good working tenants in my area, it's just a shame that every time the government hits the landlord it's the tenant that pays.
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 11:01 AM
As the saying goes Ed, ''look after the pennies and the pounds look after themselves'', Over the years I have come across many high earners who are skint living from one pay cheque to the next, why ? because both husband and wife drive new flash cars on lease and generally live the life style to impress their snob friends, the term in the motor trade is ''flash with no cash'', but we need fools like this, because they keep the rest of us wealthy.
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 10:51 AM
Over the past 2 - 3 weeks ITV News have been high lighting damp homes with black mold, interesting to note that every one of these have been flats in high rise blocks, thankfully I don't own any, tenants in my area want houses.
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Andrew townshend
23 April 2021 10:42 AM
I had a family of squirrels in a loft last yr, that was fun chasing them out and keeping them out as I blocked the hole they had made to get in, they were not happy, maybe I acted illegally again and should have got a court order first LOL.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 16:56 PM
You are of course spot on, it's generally the large national agents that are pretty useless as the youngsters on minimum wage that they employee cannot be bothered to do the job properly
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 16:46 PM
Totally agree, I am very lucky with mine, we all get on well, landlord, agent and tenants
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 11:42 AM
A very good reason to be very selective with new tenants, leave the dross to councils and housing associations from now on.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:40 AM
Blocks of flats, not what my tenants want.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:35 AM
When I first started as a landlord I joined my local landlords association and attended all their meetings, they were, and still are no more than a phone call away, very helpful and well worth their £70 per yr fee.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:31 AM
Going back to the early 90s I had 3 young people living in a terraced house, I had an irate phone call from them reporting rats, this was before the days of wheelie bins, I called round to find 20 black bin bags full of waste stacked by the back door, they were too bone idle to take them round the front once per week for the bin men to collect, no small wounder they had rats, they lived like rats.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:25 AM
There was a time when I personally managed all my properties, these days I have just 3 that I manage myself, I have an excellent independent agent that I have now been using for the past 20 yrs, I've not had a bad tenant from them in all that time, for me they are well worth their 10% fee, all tenants are free to contact me directly by phone, text or email, and most do if there is a problem.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:16 AM
Leics, you are very short of 'like' ticks on here, I think that speaks volumes. still that's it, I will not be responding to any more of your comments, your a waste of space.
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Andrew townshend
22 April 2021 08:04 AM
Robert, I really do not think for one moment Leics Landlord is a landlord at all, he / she is one bitter and twisted person very anti landlord, he / she has made that clear by their comments on here .
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 22:10 PM
Leics Landlord, at no point have I ever said that life is unfair to me, I enjoy what I do and yes you are correct I do live a life of wealth and privilege, which for all the hard work I've put in over the years I feel I'm entitled to. Other than a speeding offence on a motor bike as a teenager I have never been in the dock as you put it. The idiot on here is your good self sir.
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 21:08 PM
@ Leics landlord -- DICK HEAD !
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 20:08 PM
Yes we have expenses, just done my tax return, over £19k on repairs last year, and that's with me doing much of the work myself, Insurance over £2k, and I'm one of the lucky landlords with no mortgages to pay, I'm not complaining, but the rent doesn't all go in our back pockets.
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 16:10 PM
Mr Rinder is a fool, educated, an honors degree from a top uni probability , but still a fool when it comes to the real world, there are many just like Mr Rinder out there .
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 15:34 PM
These green schemes aren't worth the bother of even reading.
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 15:00 PM
Well David Edmunds haven't you been busy on here this morning, I've enjoyed reading your comments, many have even brought a smile to my face, good luck finding that good landlord I just feel sorry for him/her
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Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 13:03 PM
David, well well this is a first, I AGREE WITH YOU, I would be happy to pay that £1000 fine to get rid of a non paying tenant, a bargain price to pay
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 12:57 PM
David isn't it the case that bad landlords and bad tenants normally go together now, could it be why you are having a problem finding a good landlord to rent to you? sounds very much like the case to me.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 12:52 PM
David presently I have 16 happy tenants, we get on fine, I have had tenants that have hatted me in the past when I've evicted them for nonpayment of rent.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 12:03 PM
So David 7 landlords have found it necessary to move you on, think that speaks volumes for the kind of tenant that you must be.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 11:58 AM
Sorry Matthew but if you believe that then you will believe anything, never trust a council even if it is in writing.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 11:17 AM
I take your point about B&Q and screwfix, however I do use them because around here in Norwich the builders merchants rip us off, there was a time that I had an account with Jewsons until I noticed the large difference in the costs of similar items, builders merchants give large discounts to companies that spend thousands with them every month, my normal spend with B&Q and Screwfix combined is just £200 - £300 per month, the likes of Jewsons wanted our business in the bad times of the 90s they have made it clear that they donot want it now.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 11:12 AM
I've had working tenants that have lost their jobs and had to go onto benefits, then found new employment, that's fine, that's what the benefits system is for, but lets face it the vast majority on benefits have no intention of finding employment, many are proud of the fact that they live for free off the tax payer, why would any of us want anything to do with them ?
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 10:51 AM
Never never trust anyone in the public sector, least of all a council employee.
From:
Andrew townshend
21 April 2021 08:49 AM
Very few students will ever pay their loans off, they will just get written off, so it's the tax payer subsidizing them again.
From:
Andrew townshend
20 April 2021 09:36 AM
Normal for students, ''I'm entitled'', however they have no worries with this landlord, they fall into one of the groups that I will not rent to.
From:
Andrew townshend
20 April 2021 07:57 AM
''Pick My Pad'' who would use a company with such a stupid name.
From:
Andrew townshend
19 April 2021 17:38 PM
He's going to need those 30,000 new social homes PDQ as I expect private landlords in his area will be selling up as fast as they can.
From:
Andrew townshend
19 April 2021 06:41 AM
In the past when I did have housing benefit tenants it was always these tenants that got into arrears, local housing allowance doesn't meet the full rent, and now that we are loosing sec 21 evicting non paying tenants is going to take longer and be very expensive, it would be total madness to take this risk.
From:
Andrew townshend
19 April 2021 06:36 AM
Michael, I'm sure that your correct in your area and your kind of properties, but that is where we differ, I'm in Norfolk and I rent mainly houses to families , my flats are over commercial properties that I own the freeholds on, I have an excellent relationship with the agent I use, I also have an excellent relationship with my tenants, couple of weeks ago I had a call from a tenant on a Sunday afternoon reporting a leak through the ceiling from a water tank in the loft, I was round there in less than an hour to attend to it, all part of being a landlord on call 24- 7 , my way works for me, it might not work for others
From:
Andrew townshend
17 April 2021 22:36 PM
Hello Daniela, 10% + vat, there are a few locally that charge 8% +vat but I wouldn't trust them
From:
Andrew townshend
16 April 2021 19:09 PM
I reply to them just to wind their bitter and twisted minds up still further, they are always going to hate any one successful in business, I can live with that.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 April 2021 16:00 PM
What ever the business costs are always passed onto the end user Dan, you can blame the council for this rent increase, but this one will not affect me or my tenants as I don't have any HMOs they tend to cater for the kind of tenants that I don't want.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 April 2021 13:27 PM
I expect landlords with HMOs will be passing the cost onto their tenants.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 April 2021 09:16 AM
I only eat eggs from free range hens, and so should you !
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 21:30 PM
Well easy way out of this one, we can increase the rent once per year, no limits that I know of at present, so double it, and still there this time next year double it again , don't pay any attention to property 118 idiots that don't know what they are talking about
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 21:28 PM
Landlords do not make tenants homeless, tenants make themselves homeless by not paying the rent, it really is as simple as that.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 19:23 PM
I spent over 30 yrs in the motor trade, trust me you don't want to be insuring with Direct line, they will do anything to wriggle out of a claim and take for ever to pay up.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 15:33 PM
Madeleine, all tenants are not the same, in fact most are good honest hard working people who pay their way and look after our properties, I have 16 such tenants at present and zero bad ones, but there are bad ones out there, I've had them, got that tee shirt, it's the few that cause the issues for the good ones, but isn't that true in all walks of life ?
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 15:23 PM
I hope that you are right with the new accelerated section 8, I look forward to reading the conditions, when ever I have used section 21 in the past it has always been for a justifiable reason - none payment of rent !
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 15:15 PM
Well Dan love me or hate me why would I care what the likes of you think, I doubt you will ever be a tenant of mine.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 14:50 PM
It is an eviction, but you are correct that it has to be backed up by a court order before the tenants can be removed, normally though the tenants leave of their own free will before we get to courts and bailiffs .
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 09:33 AM
I would hope that any landlord that accepts students would insist on suitable parents / relations standing guarantors, it would be total madness not to do so.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 09:27 AM
Just as we check out new tenants we also need to check out agents very carefully, and don't assume that just because they are part of a big national chain they are going to be any good, I use a small independent agent here in Norwich, one high street office, I've used them for the past 20 yrs, if the rent is not paid into my bank account on the same day that the tenant pays it, it is always in my account by the next day, they are very good at checking out new tenants, I've not had a bad one from them yet, even when I find the new tenant myself they still have to apply through my agent, it is worth every penny of their fee to do so.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 09:22 AM
That's very true Martin, and they cannot be trusted to buy an appropriate colour either, the times I've had to paint over reds blues and greens.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 09:06 AM
Section 21 is the accelerated eviction route , not a no fault eviction.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 09:01 AM
Half of landlords are in agreement ?? has anyone on here been asked ? I certainly have not. Our properties our decision, as I've said before I'm one of very few landlords that will ''CONSIDER'' pets, I do not automatically accept any tenant with any pet, that is my decision and mine alone.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 April 2021 08:58 AM
Boris is your typical Eton / university boy, letters after his name and zero commonsense.
From:
Andrew townshend
14 April 2021 11:27 AM
Depends on the landlord and how they run their businesses, those running on debt will likely want out or at least want to reduce their debt.
From:
Andrew townshend
14 April 2021 09:05 AM
Seems these BTL lenders are desperate for business
From:
Andrew townshend
14 April 2021 08:54 AM
This is why a labour government will not be elected.
From:
Andrew townshend
14 April 2021 08:49 AM
Another rogue landlord ?
From:
Andrew townshend
13 April 2021 10:09 AM
Of course he failed to attend the court hearing, our laws don't apply to him.
From:
Andrew townshend
13 April 2021 08:51 AM
So we take a £15k loan out to bring a property up to a C rating and then add that monthly repayment onto the rent, tenant pays again, seems fair enough to me, but I don't expect tenants, shelter, GR etc will like it much.
From:
Andrew townshend
13 April 2021 08:48 AM
I'm staying put, I've been in it for the long haul, no borrowings, my income exceeds my needs, I can fully understand landlords with high debt selling though.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 April 2021 09:21 AM
Increased costs and more red tape = increased rents, also there are an increased number of tenants for fewer available properties so we can pick and choose the best working tenants for our properties.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 April 2021 09:11 AM
Leics Landlord you are truly a very sad person you have my sympathy.
From:
Andrew townshend
09 April 2021 19:25 PM
Do us all a favor Leic Landlord and take your own advice , you put a sock in it.
From:
Andrew townshend
09 April 2021 16:30 PM
A typical rent outside London is £847 ? I wish, my most expensive rent is £695, most are around £600, and the cheapest is £476 per month, seems I need to be increasing all of them.
From:
Andrew townshend
09 April 2021 09:04 AM
Keep a record of communications, send emails, letters with a certificate of posting, witness statements where possible to prove that you have tried, if the tenant refuses access then a gas inspection cannot be carried out, but make sure to cover your back.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 16:41 PM
I'm not stressed about it, when we get there, if we get there, what are the government going to do, make us evict every tenant in a home under a C rating ? I think not, there will either have to be exemptions, as there are now, or very large government grants .
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 11:40 AM
Here in Norwich there are big council estates built between the wars, they are dreadful and stand zero chance of coming up to a C rating, but of course this doesn't apply to social housing, strange that !
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 10:07 AM
Very nice too, all these things come with a cost attached, they are welcome to the student tenant business, I only rent to the working 25 + groups , my experience of renting to students in the 90s put me off them for life.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:48 AM
Why do some landlords ignore these warnings, the problem isn't going to go away, no good sweeping it under the carpet.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:41 AM
Don't know about London, not my area thankfully, here in Norfolk most do want properties that are within walking distance, or a short bus journey, to town and city centres .
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:37 AM
Mediation will not work, most tenants that don't pay do so because they want to spend their benefit money on other things, smoking, drinking, drugs,52" TVs and sky subs.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:31 AM
I have got one old detached property that I managed to get from a G to an F a couple of years ago and got a exemption on that, maybe this is what will happen more exemptions.
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:25 AM
In my area tenants like the Victorian terraced houses, never a problem to rent them and rents increasing every time they are re let, what they don't want are high rise flats, it's going to be very difficult to get these old houses up to band C and I expect very expensive, which is just going to fuel rent rises still more, there is no joined up thinking here from the government, but then I expect that is too much to ask from the Eton boys
From:
Andrew townshend
08 April 2021 09:16 AM
They mention a scheme in Berlin, isn't that the same scheme that makes non payment of rent a criminal offence, where rent dodgers are quickly removed by the police ?
From:
Andrew townshend
07 April 2021 09:06 AM
Theodor, please don't take this the wrong way, but you run your business your way while I'll run mine my way, I've had dogs for the last 40 yrs, proper dogs with responsible owners are not a problem, I will continue to consider tenants with pets.
From:
Andrew townshend
06 April 2021 19:34 PM
You don't and that's just the kind of trick that some would pull, I ''consider'' pets but would never rent to someone with a big dog, over the yrs I have had many really good pet owing tenants, as with anything there is always a risk
From:
Andrew townshend
06 April 2021 17:49 PM
No I cannot see why an increased rent would not be legal, or do it the other way, offer tenants without pets a discount.
From:
Andrew townshend
05 April 2021 11:48 AM
It is possible and legal to charge an increased rent to tenants with pets, this might be the way around this if it ever happens.
From:
Andrew townshend
05 April 2021 09:17 AM
Very few tenants will ever vote Tory what ever this government gives them
From:
Andrew townshend
01 April 2021 13:41 PM
Mrs May has to be the worst Tory leader of all times, we nearly got a Corbyn government because of her.
From:
Andrew townshend
01 April 2021 13:33 PM
While I'm one of very few landlords that will ''consider' pets' I don't want to be forced to take tenants with pets , I refuse a dog in an unsuitable property and I also refuse a large or dangerous dog, as landlord it's my choice what and who lives in my properties
From:
Andrew townshend
01 April 2021 08:58 AM
Yet again it would seen that he was given the chance to carry out the works but didn't.
From:
Andrew townshend
01 April 2021 08:48 AM
Yet more on ITV news tonight about council properties.
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 20:39 PM
Vincent, that's nice, have you had a bad experience with a landlord to warrant that statement ? you are of course free to make any comments you like on here and I'm sure we would all like to hear more.
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 20:36 PM
2 - 3 yrs, you could well be right there, non of us can afford to be taking any risks from now on with new tenants they need to check out 110%
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 13:51 PM
There isn't an MP of any party that would support this, all hot air and empty promises.
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 09:42 AM
The courts will have no interest in speeding up the process, why would they? they have nothing to gain here , infact they are likely under instructions from the government to go slow, it's called '' kicking the can down the road'' , at some point, 6 months, 12 months, or 24 months the homeless figures will raise when all the non payers are thrown out and no landlords will rent to them again.
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 09:37 AM
Like most of these grant schemes before it the ''Green Homes Grant'' was a complete non starter, waste of time, effort and money.
From:
Andrew townshend
31 March 2021 09:25 AM
We are all going to have extra costs so we will all be increasing our rents, it's not as if some landlords will be undercutting others , it's like when one fuel station increases the price of diesel the rest follow.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 March 2021 13:30 PM
Little point in asking, a non paying tenant is just going to lie lie and lie again, serve the eviction papers at the first opportunity and do a money claim online, just do it.
From:
Andrew townshend
30 March 2021 13:24 PM
I suspect you are correct, it no doubt is a made up case as most of these cases are, but when it comes to lack of maintenance and un safe homes social housing comes out to be the worst offenders every time
From:
Andrew townshend
29 March 2021 09:05 AM
Sophia sounds like a vulnerable person, so why is she not being housed by her local council in one of their wet tower blocks as reported by ITV last week ?
From:
Andrew townshend
29 March 2021 08:35 AM
Any savings on energy bills will be minimal if at all , however the increase in rents will be anything other than minimal.
From:
Andrew townshend
29 March 2021 08:27 AM
Same as Paul Barrett I expect, what happen to freedom of speech ?? Maybe I'll be the next to go ? I tell it as it is, please or offend , if I offend some tough I really don't care.
From:
Andrew townshend
28 March 2021 16:32 PM
I agree Bill, I'll be 68 this yr, I still do most of my repairs, clean ups and decorating, I earn more than I need and enjoy doing it, the secret at our time of life is no debt and good tenants.
From:
Andrew townshend
28 March 2021 11:08 AM
Waste of time effort and a lot of money, and then the rent has to increase, but no one, not the landlord or the tenant, have gained anything, all total madness.
From:
Andrew townshend
27 March 2021 10:56 AM
LED lighting, only yesterday an electrician was explaining to me how too much LED lighting can make the breaker in the consumer unit fail to work, so we save a few pence on electricity but render the lighting circuit dangerous.
From:
Andrew townshend
27 March 2021 09:44 AM
Some yrs ago a young guy that lived next door to a terraced cottage that I own moved away to work and rented his house to a young family, soon he had the council after him, damp, there was no damp on my side, it later turned out that they had been throwing water at the walls, they got housed by the council and to this day that property has never suffered damp again, just an example of what some tenants will do in order to get housed by the council
From:
Andrew townshend
27 March 2021 09:37 AM
I took my first debtor to court 40 yrs ago over an un payed £70 invoice, bailiffs took his sports car away and sold it at auction, if I'm not paid expect a CCJ, it's not the money, it's the princible, and yes we all must be doing this now with every non paying tenant.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 March 2021 17:38 PM
It's a loan, and loans have to be paid back with interest, so lets say the monthly repayments are £100, that's a £100 per month rent rise, yes fine I'll do it, because I won't be paying for it, poor tenant gets clobbered yet again.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 March 2021 08:16 AM
Shocking conditions, maybe the fine should have been more, maybe he should be banned from renting property, but are we hearing the full story ? why didn't the family move? or maybe the family are the type of tenants that no decent landlord would touch with a barge pole, and maybe the conditions were caused by the tenants, as is often the case.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 March 2021 08:09 AM
I suspect the main problem here are the free riders who have made no attempt to pay their rent, very short sighted because while they are getting away with living for free now at some point in the next yr they will be evicted, we will know who they are and won't be taking them on as tenants, yes a big problem for councils, but not our problem.
From:
Andrew townshend
26 March 2021 08:01 AM
BTL boomers can afford the boiler and do replace them, if the performance of councils and housing assocs are anything to go by BTL boomers get the jobs done quicker, but if these corporations want the Big Issue sellers and readers as tenants then they are welcome to them, and good luck with getting the rent paid
From:
Andrew townshend
26 March 2021 07:53 AM
Well this comment has to be from our old mate Paul, welcome back.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 12:19 PM
I'm sticking with it, although I'm not looking to buy more at the moment.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 12:12 PM
Well that's gone t*ts up, the tenant we were going to do this afternoon has just phoned up and cancelled as his wife is very ill, so that one will now be going past the deadline , nothing I can do about that.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 12:09 PM
I fully believe you Jim, this is all a big con
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 12:00 PM
It's not just Croydon council, Norwich council are no different, how is it that councils and housing assocs can get away with seriously sub standard properties.
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 11:56 AM
I had 2 Vaillant boilers 1 lasted 7 yrs the other is nearly 10 yrs old, I don't expect that one will go on much longer, new boilers, even those from supposedly good manufactures, are rubbish, might as well buy cheap and throw away when they go wrong .
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 11:50 AM
I have one F but do have an exemption on that .
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 07:47 AM
I've got the last 3 to do today and tomorrow, they shouldn't be too much of a problem as they have been tested in the past and have had new consumer units fitted a few yrs ago
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 07:44 AM
I have a Worcester and a Baxi both over 25 yrs old still going strong, new boilers last 7 - 10 yrs if you are lucky .
From:
Andrew townshend
25 March 2021 07:35 AM
Well I didn't, it was the tenants that applied for it, I just had to agree to it, which of course I did.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 14:59 PM
I'm in Norfolk Adrian, Norwich and suburbs, Dereham, Attlebourgh and one just over the boarder in Lowestoft, no tenant of mine has expressed an intrest in ''green'' either
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 14:57 PM
I've just had a run on repairs, boilers, a roof and all these electrical tests, if I put a short term tax return in the tax man would be paying me.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 09:08 AM
They won't want to, but I expect they will have to.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 09:00 AM
I had a bathroom up graded to a wet room for an older couple, the only thing I had to buy was a replacement towel rail every thing else was paid for by a grant.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 08:07 AM
£18 k per property will = a big increase in rent.
From:
Andrew townshend
24 March 2021 08:01 AM
It's tenants lose if they don't take out contents insurance
From:
Andrew townshend
23 March 2021 17:20 PM
Agreed, looked into these schemes / grants before, complete waste of time , effort and money.
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 20:40 PM
Good tenants have nothing to fear, I also have tenants of 10 yrs +, bad tenants will be out on the ear PDQ.
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 17:37 PM
Oh I say Robert, touched a raw nerve there have I ? solicitors should point these things out but few do these days, anyone that signs a document with out reading and fully understanding it is a fool pure and simple, and to be honest with you it's my opinion that anyone buying leasehold is also a fool, buyer beware .
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 16:03 PM
Then rents will rocket and children will be sharing a bedroom in a B&B with their parents, you get nout for nout in this world.
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 08:14 AM
Tenants from hell that no one else will home by the sound of things, likely much of the damage was caused by the tenants themselves, renovate the properties to a better standard then rent to better tenants, leave the dross to the council to home.
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 08:09 AM
Why don't people read these things before buying off the developer, no small wounder they cannot sell them on, who in their right mind is going to buy them ?
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 07:58 AM
Leave vulnerable people with problems to the council to home, their responsibility, not ours.
From:
Andrew townshend
22 March 2021 07:51 AM
Yes it was fair then, now it isn't
From:
Andrew townshend
19 March 2021 10:36 AM
Yes, in other businesses you can carry over, but not in ours, as I say, unfair but that's the way it is, there are some properties that I would like to sell and buy else where but the CGT makes that impossible.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 21:55 PM
Unfortunately yes you would, not fair but that's the way it is.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 19:08 PM
It would be for me as well, but that would likely split the vote and let labour in through the back door which would be out of the frying pan and into the fires of hell for us landlords
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 16:38 PM
I use a very good local agent here in Norwich, 1 guy and 4 ladies, trust me you wouldn't argue with the ladies there, they do an excellent job.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 15:58 PM
Yes and we all need to be doing this now, even if there is little chance of getting the money owed give all the non payers a CCJ , cheap and easy to do, it will send out a strong message
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 09:14 AM
London renter's union, if tenants cannot afford their rent they need to move to somewhere where they can afford the rent, not a free cash pay out from the tax payer.
From:
Andrew townshend
18 March 2021 08:18 AM
Lets be having a landlords demonstration out side their office.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 17:47 PM
In many ways the benefit scroungers have got it right, but could you live like that ? I couldn't. By some we are hated, but so what, I hate the benefit scroungers, but I bet they don't care.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 10:42 AM
Michael, when I'm dead and gone I won't be worrying about CGT or IHT, that will be my children's problem, but even after they have paid that tax they will still be in for a big free wedge of cash (or assets) that they didn't have to work for, so I cannot see them crying too loudly .
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 10:01 AM
Tenants referred by these agencies ? wouldn't touch any of them
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 09:33 AM
I had a lady tenant a few yrs ago who worked on the phones at a local housing assoc, she told me some stories about their tenants, the way they spoke to her and their demands, leave the '' I'm entitled '' benefit scroungers to councils and housing assocs, we are better off without them.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 09:27 AM
Don't know where they get these figures from, sounds like scare tactics to me, there will always be tenants that won't pay, there was before covid and there will be after, but I think all landlords are getting much better at checking our prospective tenants and weeding out the risky ones now, so in the main the homeless ones will only have themselves to blame.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 09:19 AM
We only pay CGT if we sell , so don't sell, just keep taking that income.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 09:10 AM
We chose the tenant and we don't have to give any reasons for our choice.
From:
Andrew townshend
17 March 2021 09:05 AM
It's a case of being very careful of who you are dealing with, check agents out the same as you would a tenant.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 March 2021 10:22 AM
Simple Val, they have no money because to them WORK is a rude 4 letter word.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 March 2021 09:23 AM
Good tenants have nothing to worry about, those that have been taking advantage of the present situation should be very worried, we will all know who you are.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 March 2021 09:21 AM
A lot of empty properties and unused brown field sites are council owned and are left that way for years, maybe we should be making compulsory orders to buy from councils.
From:
Andrew townshend
16 March 2021 09:14 AM
G D I agree that's what I'm doing together with many other landlords locally, too expensive to buy more property so when they become vacant we are spending money on them in order to get a better class of tenant and a higher rent.
From:
Andrew townshend
15 March 2021 10:27 AM
Increased costs = increased rent, so who are the losers ?
From:
Andrew townshend
15 March 2021 08:54 AM
Shelter , GR and the government all intent on making life difficult for landlords = increased rents, not rocket science is it ?
From:
Andrew townshend
15 March 2021 08:16 AM
You only have to look around to see all the young obese people, many very young, wasn't like that in the 60s or 70s, these people are obese simply because they are bone idle.
From:
Andrew townshend
13 March 2021 20:52 PM
Well pointed out Michael, the snowflakes of today know nothing about what work was then, but I have no regrets, hard work never harmed anyone
From:
Andrew townshend
13 March 2021 19:37 PM
D E, landlords love '' model renters'' that pay up in full on time and look after the property, why would any landlord want to evict a '' model renter'', sorry but your comment is total nonsense .
From:
Andrew townshend
13 March 2021 18:42 PM
E D 1K fine for an illegal eviction ? that's cheaper than going down the legal route .
From:
Andrew townshend
13 March 2021 15:01 PM
Christine it's not the money it's the princible, why should low life scum get away with not paying, easy and quick to do online and normally no need to attend court, a CCJ screws their credit rating and sends a strong message out to other landlords not to rent to these people.
From:
Andrew townshend
13 March 2021 13:53 PM
It cost me £1000 in compensation once when I got rid of a tenant -- and was worth every penny.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 March 2021 13:45 PM
Generally we are just pleased to see the back of them, however why should they be allowed to get away with this, the last time I issued a ''money claim online'' it cost me just £60 (tax deductible) and I did get some money out of them that time, but it's not the money for me, it's the princible, even if I get no money, they get a CCJ which screws their credit history and warns other landlords / agents when they apply to rent another property.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 March 2021 10:09 AM
The only tenants facing her '' cliff edge '' would be those that haven't been paying.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 March 2021 08:17 AM
Poor little snowflakes, so hard done by, lol.
From:
Andrew townshend
12 March 2021 08:10 AM
Landlords who have rogue non paying tenants at present have a problem, but at some point they will be rid of their bad tenants, the rest of us need to be very careful that we don't get these rogue tenants, careful checking of all new applicants and guarantors are now a must
From:
Andrew townshend
10 March 2021 20:58 PM
Future tenants will be paying increased rents to cover the non payers
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Andrew townshend
10 March 2021 16:13 PM
Thank god I don't live anywhere near London and have no need to visit
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Andrew townshend
10 March 2021 14:55 PM
How about the council owned homes that likely will have serious hazards if Oxford are anything like Norwich
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Andrew townshend
10 March 2021 11:00 AM
Increased costs are always picked up by the end user, whatever the business.
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Andrew townshend
10 March 2021 10:42 AM
Very few people read any contracts, tenancy agreements, leases or insurance policies, few years ago I asked my insurance broker about some terms in my rental property policy, he couldn't answer me other to say that no one reads the small print.
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Andrew townshend
09 March 2021 19:23 PM
Home ownership isn't for every one regardless of cost, many people move around the country chasing better work and promotions now, to sell a house takes time, often a long time, a renter gives 1 months notice and they are gone, easy and no worries.
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Andrew townshend
09 March 2021 09:46 AM
Problem is often the pet arrives after the tenant has moved in, at which time it is near on impossible to evict them, only way then is to increase the rent at the first opportunity.
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Andrew townshend
08 March 2021 08:29 AM
Lia, issue a money claim online NOW (only about £60 to do and dead easy) to each of them, with the threat of a CCJ on their credit history they might just pay, if they don't you still have 6 yrs to go after them, or even apply for an attachment to earnings / benefits, it's not all over until the fat lady sings, as the saying goes, don't let this scum get away with it.
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Andrew townshend
06 March 2021 14:47 PM
Agreed, I would say that council / housing assoc tenants would be MORE likely to cause fires than our tenants, after all we check out our tenants out very carefully now where as social housing take the dregs that no one else wants
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Andrew townshend
06 March 2021 08:14 AM
I've always banked with Barclays, as my farther and grandfather did before me, never had a problem with them, in fact 40 yrs ago when times were hard they stood by me, I did however once open an account with Lloyds as I thought it wise to have another separate bank account, what a sh*t bank they really are, I soon closed that account.
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Andrew townshend
05 March 2021 22:16 PM
An improved property earns an improved rent, simple.
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Andrew townshend
05 March 2021 13:51 PM
We have some local small breweries, could do a pub crawl and get totally legless
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Andrew townshend
02 March 2021 21:07 PM
Come on down, I'll buy you a pint when the pubs open again.
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Andrew townshend
02 March 2021 19:27 PM
I think you need to be raising their rent to at least LHA rates immediately, they are clearly taking advantage of your good nature.
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Andrew townshend
02 March 2021 15:07 PM
Oh the bitter and twisted loony left unions, they just hate to see people working hard to better themselves.
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Andrew townshend
02 March 2021 09:15 AM
Other than one commercial tenant who's business failed due to the first lock down I've not had any covid arrears, and I don't know of any local landlords that have, so it seems to me this is project fear once again.
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Andrew townshend
02 March 2021 09:10 AM
No shortage of good hard working tenants available here in Norwich, just re let a house, more than 10 viewings, 3 good tenants to choose from, why would we want some low life from the council wrecking our property
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Andrew townshend
01 March 2021 09:25 AM
'' Go without essentials '' by that I expect she means the 52" TV. Sky subs, fags, alcohol and drugs.
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Andrew townshend
01 March 2021 09:15 AM
Agreed, our courts are not fit for purpose.
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Andrew townshend
01 March 2021 09:10 AM
Never never trust that man (or woman) from the council, back stabbers, one and all.
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Andrew townshend
27 February 2021 18:20 PM
David, I would not disagree with you on that one, but let's face it councils and housing assocs are hopeless.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:42 PM
David a good tenant that pays is a customer, and a good customer at that.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:38 PM
So why are the state not building homes David ? perhaps you need to be asking present and past governments why they have not been doing so.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:36 PM
David I agree with you on that one, good honest, paying tenants should not be subsidizing the rogue bums that won't pay, those that genuine cannot are the responsibility of the local council.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:32 PM
David, shelter, the charity?? pay their management six figure salaries and house no one.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:26 PM
David, I think you are in the wrong country mate.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:23 PM
Maybe that should be taught in schools, but then all school teachers are of the loony left brigade, so that wouldn't work.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:19 PM
David Edmunds, we are not talking about your '' ideal renters'' here, good tenants have nothing to fear, we are talking about the rogue none paying bums that we need out ASAP .
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:16 PM
David Edmunds, Tesco's would not welcome shop lifters into their stores, the same as landlords do not welcome none paying tenants into their properties.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 21:11 PM
Road surfaces / pot holes in Norfolk are dreadful quite possibly the worst in the country, no shortage of fit lazy bums sitting at home milking the benefits though.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 20:59 PM
Agreed David, but you need to be telling the government that one, it's the government that are causing many landlords to sell up, Like Mike above I'm not selling they aren't getting all that CGT out of me just to pass onto the work shy bums in society.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 19:07 PM
Exactly, not rocket science is it.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 18:55 PM
All homes should be safe David, owner occupied, council, housing assoc and private landlord properties, every thing comes with a price tag, and who picks the cost up ? the tenant.
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 18:53 PM
What happens if the bank a/c has no money in it ?
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 09:02 AM
And at the end of 6 months the '' vulnerable '' tenant will have wrecked the flat and another £10k will need to be spent. 310
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Andrew townshend
26 February 2021 08:58 AM
Certainly much of the council housing stock here in Norwich is well below standard.
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Andrew townshend
25 February 2021 14:58 PM
When it comes to a non paying tenant there is no other way than '' money claim online'' and the resulting CCJ
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Andrew townshend
25 February 2021 14:47 PM
James, we leave ''the great unwashed'' to the local council, why would we want them?
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Andrew townshend
24 February 2021 21:19 PM
Hello Seb, we've missed you mate !
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Andrew townshend
24 February 2021 21:03 PM
Exactly David, good tenants have nothing to worry about, all landlords value good tenants, just as any business values good customers.
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Andrew townshend
24 February 2021 21:02 PM
I have recently re let a house, rent up £50 per month, in excess of 10 viewings , 3 good strong working tenants to chose from all with a suitable guarantor, now more than ever before we pick and choose .
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Andrew townshend
24 February 2021 19:45 PM
Your not wrong their Daniela
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Andrew townshend
24 February 2021 08:29 AM
As head of my own house hold I shall comply , however it is not my responsibility to forward the details of my tenants.
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Andrew townshend
23 February 2021 15:49 PM
You should see the state of council houses and flats here in Norwich.
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Andrew townshend
23 February 2021 15:32 PM
Complete waste of time just as all these government green schemes have been
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Andrew townshend
23 February 2021 15:28 PM
NO, NO & NO AGAIN. Council's problem, not mine.
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Andrew townshend
23 February 2021 15:23 PM
I have 2 boilers that are over 25 yrs old, not a moments trouble with either of them, I have others that need replacing at 7 yrs old.
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Andrew townshend
23 February 2021 15:14 PM
Robert, we're just like the Bookie really he always wins at the end of the day.
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Andrew townshend
18 February 2021 12:08 PM
Very likely or a plant from Shelter or GR.
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Andrew townshend
18 February 2021 11:14 AM
Most of my properties bin collections are a Tuesday in Norwich so I generally take a ride in either on a Monday or a Tuesday morning and check that the bins are out, it's all part of being a landlord, most tenants do put their bins out but there are often one's that either forget or just cannot be bothered, the last thing we need is rubbish building up as it will always be the landlord that gets the blame and never the tenant.
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Andrew townshend
18 February 2021 11:10 AM
He's another Corbyn
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Andrew townshend
18 February 2021 08:43 AM
David, I knew who your comment was aimed at , but as normal that half wit from Leicester got it all wrong, Don't think the idiot is a landlord at all.
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 16:21 PM
Tax payer money, but in their sad little minds they are of course '' entitled ''
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 15:17 PM
Maybe not soaring but just had a 2 bed terrace come empty and have a new tenant lined up at a £50 per month increase, so Norwich still doing okay.
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 15:04 PM
Tell it as it is Kilo, sometimes the truth hurts
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 14:59 PM
Students - real world ? you're asking a lot there !
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 10:38 AM
Leics Landlord, I think possibly you have miss understood David's comment, I suspect he was referring to the HMO tenants
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 09:47 AM
I think in the past most of us have gone against our better judgement at times and let the wrong person into our properties, it's a learning curve , and often a hard one at that, non of us can now afford to make that mistake now , if the applicant doesn't feel right, for whatever reason, direct them to the local council housing department.
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 08:57 AM
I don't do HMOs, they attract the very kind of tenants that I don't want at any price, but I have to ask where would these kind of people live if there were not HMOs available ? they cannot afford the rent on anything else.
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 08:46 AM
I was bitten by students in the 90s, never again.
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Andrew townshend
17 February 2021 08:36 AM
Jahan Shelter represent the very sort of tenants that good landlords don't want at any price.
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Andrew townshend
16 February 2021 21:07 PM
Echis, I note you have shortened my name to Andy, don't worry, in fact most people do call me Andy, as a timid 15 yr old boy on my first day at work (1968) in a commercial vehicle repair workshop a guy came up to me and asked '' what's your name boy'' I sheepishly replied ''Andrew Townshend'' to which he replied '' I didn't ask you your f***ing life history'' from there on I was Andy, much to the annoyance of my mum.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 21:47 PM
Not begging for anything, just a simple fact that those tenants who are not paying will be out on the streets at some point, and that will be the local council's problem.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 16:37 PM
Agreed because good landlords with good properties will not touch them, and why should we.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 10:02 AM
No landlord should be renting properties like this, although I do wounder what kind of tenants were living there, I doubt any landlord with a decent property would rent to these types, so basically their only choice would be shop door ways because I doubt the council would be housing them either.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 09:28 AM
Really not a good idea to be purchasing properties now with large borrowings, in fact it's wise to be reducing debt now.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 09:20 AM
So every tenant who gets a sec 21 is blameless ?? not so, sec 21 is used because it is quicker and an easier way of evicting non paying tenants, very few tenants that have been evicted by the sec 21 route have been blameless.
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Andrew townshend
15 February 2021 09:17 AM
I don't know how the government could stop anyone from applying for a CCJ, however until such time as they do it is very important that every landlord with a non paying tenant does go down the money claim online route , at present all my tenants are paying but of course that could change.
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Andrew townshend
14 February 2021 11:15 AM
All charities pay their management 6 figure salaries that's common knowledge isn't it ?
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 11:30 AM
Well we all know about charities they beg for money to pay their management their excessive wages and perks, where else does Shelter spend money ?
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 10:08 AM
I'm sure that you are right there David , shot her self in the foot though because the local paper named her, plus she is a single mum, more trouble than they are worth, maybe Norwich City Council will give her one of their sh*t flats to live in.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 09:22 AM
I use a good established firm of accountants locally and pay £60 a year tax investigation insurance, you get what you pay for with accountants, use a cheap one and get problems from the tax man.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 09:14 AM
Those that pay their way in life have no worries here, those that don't get what they deserve.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 09:07 AM
We all know that a HMO needs a licence and it's really not difficult to check, personally I've never got involved with HMOs not the kind of tenants I want.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 09:04 AM
I think we all know that it will be extended, just a case of kicking the can down the road, at some point the landlords with bad tenants will be evicting, please it you have a nonpaying tenant make sure they leave with a CCJ to their name thereby protecting the rest of us.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 08:58 AM
The EDP is my local newspaper, very left wing with very poor journalists, I doubt very much these viewings were back to back every 15 minutes from 10.30 - 12,15, and as for bullied that is clearly untrue, the general opinion locally is that it's sour grapes because she is having to move , now that she has been so stupid as to go whining to the local rag I doubt any local landlord or agent will touch her.
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Andrew townshend
12 February 2021 08:47 AM
What they done was perfectly legal, but now we have their names I wouldn't rent to either of them.
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Andrew townshend
11 February 2021 12:35 PM
So John you are giving investment advise, are you qualified ?
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 19:55 PM
Highly educated, but when it comes to common sense and life skills as thick as SSSS.....T
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 15:51 PM
Truth is most landlords and tenants get along just fine, the problems come when you get one that isn't paying then it's always very unreasonable for the landlord to evict them.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 14:40 PM
Agreed, inflation is not profit, and an allowance should be made for it as it was yrs ago
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 11:43 AM
@ Leics Landlord, We are all free to decide where we take our business, landlords and tenants, but it's a long time since I've had a problem finding suitable working tenants, I have 16 let properties with happy paying tenants in them, all business like good happy customers to be doing business with, what no business is interested in are bad customers.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 11:38 AM
So if we keep the properties rents will drop ? who knows ? but I doubt it, no shortage of good people looking to rent in my area normally have 3 or 4 to choose from when a property becomes available .
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 09:23 AM
I had a sex offender in a property a few yrs ago and had the same problem with damage, he's now serving 15 yrs , I doubt he'll walk out. So it's not always the tenant that does the damage, but they are still the cause of the damage.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 09:17 AM
I like my properties near to hand, a max of 30 miles from home, I'm very happy living in Norfolk and my 5 - 6 % yields based on today's values, based on purchased prices most would be much higher, but that's inflation, I'm not coming up north.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 09:09 AM
CGT is only payable if we sell, so don't sell, just keep taking that rent.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 09:01 AM
If buying a property with a tenant in it buy cheap or walk away, those 2 tenants I got rid of illegally in the 90s were existing none paying tenants in properties I purchased, but they were cheap even by 90s prices, if some consider me to be a disgusting man for breaking the law then so be it .
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 08:57 AM
LHA would be well below market rent, then take another 10% off that, what happens at the end of the lease, are you left with the tenant from hell to get rid of, never never never deal with a council they are simply not to be trusted.
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Andrew townshend
10 February 2021 08:45 AM
Lee, I don't think any landlord wants to evict, non payers have to go though, so it's tenants that have the choice, pay up and enjoy your home or don't pay and enjoy sleeping in the shop door way
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 19:14 PM
Well Lee, not all landlords have mortgages, none of my tenants are paying my mortgage, and never have been, I bought all my properties for cash through good old fashioned hard work, maybe if your '' poor'' were to try '' hard work'' they could be buying properties for cash
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 19:07 PM
We must be quite lucky here in the Norwich area, my last bad tenant was over 4 yrs ago, other landlords that I speak to around here don't seem to be having too many problems either, but I think we are all being very careful selecting new tenants now, and there seems to be no shortage of good honest working tenants availible
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 18:09 PM
Luke, Mr Blair is a big landlord him self
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 15:43 PM
@Leics Landlord do F off you silly little man, you cannot even comment your real name.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 15:38 PM
I illegally evicted 2 tenants in the 90s, one I got away with, the other was bought off for a £1000 and worth every penny , hope I never have to take the law into my own hands again, but who knows, if needs must.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 13:27 PM
Agreed, it will be survival of the fittest, I purchased my first investment property in the 80s when I purchased my car repair workshop from my then landlord, a rented shop and flat over came with it, I have slowly purchased more over the years, always for cash, 16 in total, had I borrowed I would have many times that number now, but I'm glad I didn't do so, I have a very comfortable income from them with few problems, many of my properties are today worth 10x what I paid for them, I'm not selling though, just think of all that CGT going to the tax man, not likely.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 13:12 PM
I did write to my MP. George Freeman, and got a reply, kind words and bull sh*t, but I really wasn't expecting anything else.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 11:40 AM
We've known for a long time that we're not going to get any help, quite the opposite, so we have to help ourselves by refusing to rent to the vulnerable and increasing rents still further.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 08:36 AM
It's strange how many people think it's okay not to pay, and not just tenants, 40 yrs ago I had a small vehicle repair workshop, some people considered it acceptable to have their cars serviced / repaired and not pay, I very quickly learned how to issue county court proceedings, not just to get the money owed but on a point of princible as well, word soon got about not to mess with me as bailiffs were towing peoples cars away, today '' money claim online'' is easy and cheap, use it, never allow people to take the P.
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Andrew townshend
09 February 2021 06:15 AM
Then you must do a ''money claim online'' dead easy to do and around £70, that'll give them a CCJ
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Andrew townshend
08 February 2021 17:12 PM
Been caught that way too many times, working tenants only now, leave the benefit claimants to the council to house their problem
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Andrew townshend
08 February 2021 13:46 PM
Those that study something sensible may well earn £100k+ the vast majority are just there for the jolly up and come out with a degree that's no use to man nor beast , these are the ones that will never pay their loans back, just wasters .
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Andrew townshend
08 February 2021 12:17 PM
I suspect the next student year there will be a shortage of landlords accepting student tenants, I got choked off students in the 90s and haven't rented to them since , honest hard working 25+ make much better tenants
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Andrew townshend
08 February 2021 08:27 AM
If the guarantor qualifies for a breathing space as well then I suppose you might be stuffed, however the breathing space only applies to the debt at the time the breathing space is awarded, all future payments (ie rent) must be made in full and on time, if they are not the breathing space will be removed---well that's how I understand things at present, time no doubt will tell, mean while a well checked out guarantor is a must
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Andrew townshend
07 February 2021 12:21 PM
Very few tenants in my area want to live in high rise flats, they much prefer the 2/3 bed victorian terraced homes .
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Andrew townshend
05 February 2021 17:26 PM
As in any business it's the end user that pays every time, increase our costs and we either increase the rents or we sell the properties.
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Andrew townshend
05 February 2021 11:34 AM
Most of my properties would struggle to get to a C rating, in fact one is still a low F , which I have an exemption on, I'm going to wait and see, I'll be 72 in 2025 so that might be the time to cash my chips in, most of my properties were bought in the 90s for peanuts, maybe I'll just keep 2 or 3 of the them and blow the rest away in the auction room .
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Andrew townshend
05 February 2021 11:30 AM
Well there's no way a benefit claimant is likely to be able to rent a nice property, there may be a few rogue landlords with poor quality properties still prepared to rent to them though.
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Andrew townshend
05 February 2021 09:11 AM
Robert, I've been placed in this difficult situation myself in the past, a tenant who is leaving, and I'm so pleased that they are leaving, and then I am asked for a reference from their new landlord, what to do? I'm not going to give a false reference, but I want rid, it's a case of choosing words very carefully.
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Andrew townshend
03 February 2021 20:56 PM
Sorry but present day teachers, god help us, and god help the present day generations being taught by them and radicalised into their far left beliefs, the future looks bleak, I thank god that I'm a baby boomer and have at most another 20 - 30 yrs here.
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Andrew townshend
03 February 2021 20:45 PM
Don't hold your breath on that one
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Andrew townshend
03 February 2021 15:21 PM
I got caught in the 90s, not rented to students since, give me good honest hard working over 25s any day, students and their snob parents can go do the other thing.
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Andrew townshend
03 February 2021 12:21 PM
You have my sympathy John.
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Andrew townshend
02 February 2021 22:02 PM
@ John Smith, I suspect Leeds council will laugh at you.
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Andrew townshend
02 February 2021 14:47 PM
Councils are the biggest and the worst landlords in this country.
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Andrew townshend
02 February 2021 14:23 PM
Don't think I want to know what some tenants do to toilets, I use one shot drain cleaner that sorts them.
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Andrew townshend
02 February 2021 10:04 AM
Basically we now need to charge a bit extra on rent to supplement the shortfall in deposities, so once again the good tenant loses out
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Andrew townshend
02 February 2021 09:00 AM
I too have had tenants introduce a pet without permission, the only way I find to do then is wait until I can increase the rent , then they normally moan about the increase and leave.
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Andrew townshend
01 February 2021 10:53 AM
An increased rent is the only way now where pets are concerned, and until such time as rent controls are brought in we are free to charge what ever rent we like, increased risk = increased payment.
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Andrew townshend
01 February 2021 07:52 AM
I doubt very much this goes on to any great extent, after all this is prostitution and who really wants to be getting close to one of those and catching all kinds of nasty things ?
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Andrew townshend
01 February 2021 07:45 AM
As I understand it the breathing space is only for the existing debt at the time the breathing space is put in place, going forward from there they are expected to pay ongoing rent etc, if they do not they may lose the original protection, also they can only have one breathing space per year, I think good guarantors will be a must going forward, no suitable guarantor no tenancy
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Andrew townshend
30 January 2021 15:18 PM
How many landlords do you think are going to stand for that ? there were other ways yrs ago, I can see those ways coming back, needs must.
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 20:07 PM
Yes Joe I own a dog, but if he damages my property I'm the one that puts it right, however I am one of very few landlords in my area that is prepared to '' consider '' renting to tenants with pets, I used to ask for an extra deposit, however I am not allowed to do that now so it has to be an increased rent.
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 18:09 PM
This is why we will be very selective when checking out new tenants and guarantors
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 15:01 PM
Don't see why not, worth a try at least.
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 10:05 AM
Alistair, surely if someone refuses to pay you do a simple money claim online, give them a CCJ to their name then send the bailiffs in, why would let them get away with it ?
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 10:03 AM
I expect we will go back to the 80s & 90s where there were other forms of eviction.
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Andrew townshend
29 January 2021 08:43 AM
But a condition of this breathing space is that future payments are made on time and in full, many grey areas , I think going forward there will be many cases tested in court.
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 22:18 PM
Agreed, this will hurt the genuine tenant who cannot come up with a suitable guarantor
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 17:37 PM
I have to agree with Adrian, genuine people are not afraid to post under their real name.
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 14:25 PM
I agree some of my properties are all electric even though there is gas available.
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 10:18 AM
We can refuse any tenant, we don't have to give a reason, in the case of a joint tenancy I can see no reason why we cannot go after the other tenant or the guarantor, however as I understand things we cannot issue a CCJ on the person with the breathing space, we will have to see how things pan out after May and be very careful with new tenants.
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 10:10 AM
We don't want tenants with any form of mental health issues then.
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 07:51 AM
Both the tenant and the guarantor failed credit checks, then why give him a tenancy? I wouldn't have touched him with a barge pole .
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Andrew townshend
28 January 2021 07:47 AM
All sorted
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Andrew townshend
27 January 2021 22:00 PM
David W I just knew someone would come back with that one, I think Robert has answered that perfectly though.
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Andrew townshend
27 January 2021 16:39 PM
I have a little old lady in a house in Lowestoft, went out there with an electrician to do the electrical test before Christmas, she has a gas fire in her living room so I asked her where the co2 alarm was, she produced it out of a draw, she had put it there because it kept going off.
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Andrew townshend
27 January 2021 10:20 AM
£900 per property, another fee to be passed on to the tenant.
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Andrew townshend
27 January 2021 08:32 AM
Total waste of time and money from start to finish
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Andrew townshend
27 January 2021 08:29 AM
London maybe, not seeing any problems in Norfolk, don't know about anywhere else.
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Andrew townshend
26 January 2021 15:57 PM
I'm in Norfolk, eastern England, rents are holding up well and increasing slightly, no shortage of applicants when a property does become available either, what part of eastern England are you in ?
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Andrew townshend
26 January 2021 15:48 PM
Yes same here.
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Andrew townshend
26 January 2021 10:55 AM
My EU tenants are better than my British ones, they want to work, they pay the rent on time and keep the properties well.
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Andrew townshend
26 January 2021 10:14 AM
Are we hearing the whole story, why would the landlord want the tenant out if he's going to straight away re let it ? sounds like a problem tenant that he needed out to me.
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Andrew townshend
26 January 2021 09:41 AM
It would be so funny to watch the snowflakes when they get to retirement age.
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Andrew townshend
23 January 2021 13:49 PM
Generally I only increase rents when I re let to a new tenant, if this does come in I will be increasing rents once a year for all tenants
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Andrew townshend
23 January 2021 10:44 AM
Me too
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Andrew townshend
23 January 2021 10:27 AM
Jakob, it might not be a criminal offence not to pay the rent, but a safe tenant would pay the rent.
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 12:36 PM
Jakob, I'll provide a safe and lawful dwelling to safe and lawful tenants, any other kind of tenant need not apply.
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 11:22 AM
Heating, '' you can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink'', back in the 90s, when I was green enough to rent to students, I had 3 18 yr old girls in a house complaining about how damp it was and that all their cloths and bedding was damp, I visited one morning and met one of them dressed in a thick coat shivering with cold, when I asked why the heating was not on she replied '' oh that's too expensive we cannot afford to switch that on'', their rent for the whole house was only £75 per wk, £25 each, some people are beyond help.
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 11:03 AM
I have 2 boilers dating back to the mid 90s, still going strong, then there are the ones that I'm replacing at 7 yrs old.
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 10:07 AM
Far better to avoid renting to anyone on benefits where ever possible , the chances of getting the rent paid are slim .
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 08:37 AM
There is a saying in Norfolk '' the fool of the family should always go into the church or on the land'' certainly true where the church is concerned.
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 08:31 AM
No UC, no single mums, and they wounder why not !
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Andrew townshend
22 January 2021 08:22 AM
I did do so 25 yrs ago, bought a property (cheaply) tenanted, cost me £1000 then, and was worth every last penny to get rid of the low life.
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Andrew townshend
21 January 2021 09:59 AM
''Rogue landlords register'' so is there any reason not to have a ''rogue tenants register'' as well ?
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Andrew townshend
21 January 2021 09:51 AM
Once again the landlord was given the chance to carry out the works, maybe this is another example of ''the law doesn't apply to me''.
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Andrew townshend
21 January 2021 09:47 AM
The green homes deal was a complete non starter, getting Victorian terraced houses up to band C just isn't going to happen, I've got one that is still just an F, as it would cost around £14k to get it up to an E I've got an exemption on it, so what's going to happen when we get this minimum C come into force, are all these properties going to get exemptions also, are we just going to carry on and rent them illegally, do we tidy them up and sell them to home owners, or do we get the demolition boys in and build ugly new rabbit hutches in their place.
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Andrew townshend
21 January 2021 09:37 AM
I don't know of this kind of thing in my area, it would be sheer madness to have a relationship with a tenant, be like a teacher having a relationship with a school girl, and that has gone on locally.
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Andrew townshend
20 January 2021 14:06 PM
We used to have a collective insurance with our local landlord assoc, but as certain landlords were having multiple claims the premiums increased, there is no point in claiming for every little thing where they can be rectified simply and cheaply.
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Andrew townshend
20 January 2021 10:34 AM
And the thing is David most of them know that they are idiots, that's why they work in the public sector.
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Andrew townshend
20 January 2021 09:05 AM
I would rather have the money than sex with a scrubber that's been around the block a good few times.
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Andrew townshend
20 January 2021 09:02 AM
Now that is interesting so a tenant would need to pay any rent that became due but not the past arrears, bet a good few tenants that try it on will fall foul of that one, maybe we will need to issue a money claim online as soon as the rent is 2 wks late to force the issue early.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 19:36 PM
Agreed, and I've been guilty of running up the price of property at auction, my solicitor's legal secretary was selling her deceased parents house and I made sure it got up to reserve for her, and in another case an idiot landlord here in Norwich ran up the price of a property belonging to his father, only the fool ran it up to over reserve and the hammer came down on his bid, now that was funny.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 19:14 PM
I'm agreeing with Peter on this one, when ever I have asked my accountant about LTD company status he has always advised against it, like Peter I buy most things at auction including cars, I was in the motor trade for 30 yrs so I do know what I'm doing at a car auction, ie which ones not to bid on, I also set a max of £10k for a car because I've seen how fast expensive cars lose money, I'm not mortgaged and own my properties jointly with my wife, so we both keep just below 40% tax, I did pay 40% tax up to 13 yrs ago though while still in the motor trade, and that hurt every time I paid a tax bill.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 16:28 PM
Yes George so did I , 7 likes so far, that must be a record for our friend Mr W
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 15:46 PM
A lot of tenants don't know this until the bailiffs turn up unexpectedly and they are out same day.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 09:25 AM
Waste of time Frances, they are not interested, we just get fobbed off.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 08:51 AM
The only time that I pay utility bills is on an empty property, when a new tenant moves in I take meter readings and email them to the suppliers, I also print off hard copies and post with a certificate of posting, many a time a utility company has tried it on with me but I've always got the evidence.
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Andrew townshend
19 January 2021 08:47 AM
@ Terry, the leader of Norwich City Council, £60k+ and lives in a council house on a subsidized rent blocking that home from a young family that needs it, and yes David W he is a Labour councilor, stinks doesn't it, hippocrate.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 21:19 PM
But how long before we return to the good old days when the heavies turn up and physically throw the non payers out ? cannot happen in the 21st century ? watch this space, and when it does happen, government, shelter, GR, etc only have themselves to blame
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 19:02 PM
That's a difficult one, insurance companies ask many questions, if someone answers yes to having mental health issues they likely will refuse to insure them, or at the very least load the premiums, is that discrimination ? no reason why we cannot do the same is there ?
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 17:41 PM
But it would seem we can go after the guarantor if we have one, so that looks like a must have now.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 16:25 PM
Don't worry about the spelling Adrian, I 'm the product of a sh*t secondary modern education of the 60s, even the spell checks struggles with some of my words, poor spelling and grammar has never held me back in the real world.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 16:22 PM
He's good for a laugh though George.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 15:48 PM
I have to say that I was thinking just the same thing, so now we need to add to our list of unsuitable tenants the vulnerable with mental health issues.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 11:42 AM
Totally agree there James, no suitable guarantor, no tenancy.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 10:46 AM
Does it matter ? we all knew what he meant , maybe you are dimwit for bring it up ?
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 10:42 AM
Not wrong though is he David W ?
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 10:39 AM
Will he pay the fine, or return the rent ? of course he will not, good luck trying to make him do so, he'll claim mental health issues and get his extended '' breathing space ''
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 09:08 AM
What do they know ?
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 09:02 AM
Seems madness to me, so not only can tenants now rent for free they can have their car repaired for free at the local garage with no come back on them.
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Andrew townshend
18 January 2021 08:55 AM
Do it properly and get a guarantor signed up, other wise keep that flat empty.
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2021 22:16 PM
I have been known to evict tenants the illegal way in the 90s, needs must sometimes, these days I am very careful who I rent to, and going forward I think it is going to have to be a suitable guarantor or no tenancy with this '' breathing space'' law coming in May
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Andrew townshend
17 January 2021 13:58 PM
James B, goings forward I think all new lets will have to be supported by a cast iron guarantor, no suitable guarantor no tenancy
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2021 22:29 PM
What use is cash George, sitting in a bank account earning 0.01%, give me assets and an income from them any day, my Properties are in and around Norwich, never have a problem renting them, in fact when they come available there is normally 3 or 4 people all wanting them.
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2021 12:36 PM
James B, up to a point I agree, but is sec 21 a vote winner for the tories ? how many tenants would vote tory with or without sec 21 ?
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Andrew townshend
16 January 2021 09:12 AM
@ Robert Brown, didn't you just do the right thing, life isn't all about money and certainly not being a high flyer that really is a mugs game, not that I was ever going to be a high flyer, B stream at the local Secondary Modern in the 60s, hated school, started work 3 days after my 15th birthday apprentice HGV fitter, self employed since 23 and a landlord for the past 30 yrs, 3 children and 3 grand children, 16 properties, all bought and paid for and more income than I need, no regrets, you can keep the high flyer life styles
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 19:28 PM
Well yes Michael that's my point the yield back then would likely have been around 6-7% similarly if we look at at the value of that property to day the yield would likely be the same
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 17:09 PM
Mark W , it would seem as normal you are the odd one out on here, but then with your uni degree and letters after your name you must know best ??
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:33 AM
Some of mine are retired and they all pay in full, maybe I haven't always fully increased the rent when I could have done so, but with good long term tenants like these so what.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:28 AM
And it's not really a loan is it ? 90% of them will never pay it off.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:20 AM
Depends how you work out the yield, if it's on purchase price then most of mine are through the roof, even my latest purchase is 6.3%, where else would I get a return like on £80k, my top yield is 40%, but I did buy that property more than 25 yrs ago for peanuts.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:16 AM
I have tenants in this bracket, they're great, keep the property and gardens nice, long term and no bother, plus as I'm 67 myself we get on great.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:04 AM
Not interested.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 10:00 AM
As I have pointed out before I had enough of renting to students in the 90 so don't do so now, however uni students are generally over 18, so in the eyes of the law, and no doubt their eyes as well, are adults, so welcome to the big, wide open and often unfair world snowflakes, put your big boy pants on and man up.
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Andrew townshend
15 January 2021 09:58 AM
Yes James this is the way forward for most of us now, rogue tenants can go to hell, and we will know who they are, the government, shelter, generation rent etc have brought this on, looks like they have shot themselves in the foot
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2021 21:21 PM
I've not received or been offered any grants, are we missing something here ?
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2021 19:24 PM
The insurance scheme might work for good tenants, but what happens when a tenant has a record of claims, insurance works on risk, so will they increase cost for these tenants or maybe refuse to cover them, then they really will be homeless.
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2021 13:55 PM
I doubt it will affect us oldies too much, but it's sure going to hurt the under 50s and as for the snowflakes, so glad I'm not young in this present day world.
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Andrew townshend
14 January 2021 10:50 AM
@ Paul Hart, agreed, I have 2 quotes tonight for the same roof overhaul, one at £8400+ vat the other for £4200+vat, some one trying to take me for a c*** ??
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 22:39 PM
Robert, I have been having that problem also , carpenter died ,but he was 94, solicitor and plumber retired, all 3 I had used for the past 30 yrs +, that's the problem of getting old everyone else does as well.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 17:29 PM
And I also don't have either, give me sensible, mature, working tenants any day of the week.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 15:52 PM
The courts work at one speed, dead slow, and you will never change that.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 15:41 PM
A tenant receiving LHA then not paying his rent must be guilty of either fraud or theft, or even both, I fail to see how they cannot be, best way is to avoid tenants on LHA.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 15:33 PM
There will always be those out there that will rip their customers off, I have been using the same electrician for 10 yrs now and trust him 100% in return I pay him the same day that I receive his invoice
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 15:24 PM
I'm sure you are correct about London Michael, you have just explained perfectly why I have zero intention of coming anywhere near London far less investing there , I think a lot of areas outside London are holding their own and will continue to do so.
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 10:03 AM
The guy was given the chance to correct matters, so why didn't he, I expect our laws don't apply to him ?
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 08:48 AM
I've been steadily working through mine and am down to 3 to be done by April, so should be there okay
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 08:44 AM
Lack of supply maybe ?
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 08:40 AM
I wouldn't say that rents are booming in Norwich but they would certainly seem to be increasing rather than decreasing .
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Andrew townshend
13 January 2021 08:39 AM
Agreed, however, the law states they they are adult at 18, but how many students could you truly describe as adult ??
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 17:21 PM
I had a commercial tenant who's business stopped at first lock down, the lady had been an excellent tenant for the previous 24 yrs so we went rent free expecting her to restart in August , by November it hadn't happen, put it up to rent not expecting to get much interest , 4 people fighting over it, I now have a good honest hard working tenant on a 5 yr lease, so it's not all doom and gloom out there , oh and no problems thus far with residential tenants either.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 15:17 PM
Total common sense Tricia, but this is why us landlords, and the self employed generally succeed in business, where as those with the Eton education really haven't got a clue in a crisis .
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 12:48 PM
Spot on Michael.
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 12:40 PM
I wouldn't put it quite so harshly David, but other than that I agree with you
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 12:38 PM
So we are in January and students leave expecting not to pay any further rent, that property remains empty until September with the landlord picking up all the costs, turn it back into a family let , bit less rent , but better long term tenants, has to make sense doesn't it ?
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Andrew townshend
12 January 2021 10:43 AM
So if I was to lease a car, then lose my licence could I stop paying the lease payments until my driving ban was over ? same thing applies.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 15:04 PM
It's a big hard world out there, and one day even snowflakes will have to wake up to that one.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 12:09 PM
Not a very clever post Mark, I thought you were supposed to be an intelligent man, but then as I have always said intelligence and common sense rarely go together.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 10:21 AM
Kicking the can down the road, at some point, maybe this year, maybe next year the non payers will lose their homes, very few landlords will want to rent to them then, better an empty property than one with a rogue tenant in it.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 09:19 AM
I got choked off students in the 90s, don't want them as tenants, they might pay a little more but they really aren't worth the bother, leave them to the universities to house, their problem
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 09:13 AM
Perhaps we should add a term to our advertising ''no vulnerable tenants''.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 09:07 AM
What about the landlords mental health while he has a non paying tenant wrecking his property ?
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 09:03 AM
So the rent guarantee lasts 12 or 24 months, then what, a tenant that is likely to stop paying and a long drawn out court process to get them out, don't trust councils or their employees no further than i can spit, sounds like a big con to me to get rogue tenants housed.
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Andrew townshend
11 January 2021 09:01 AM
My guess would be little and no chance, sorry but that's the likely hood at present.
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2021 14:27 PM
And we all know printing money = inflation, which in tern = increased rents
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2021 14:23 PM
The government and councils are going to have one hell of a problem with mass homelessness, at present they are just kicking that can down the road, but it's going to happen, prospective tenants that cannot tick all the boxes will be out in the cold, very few landlords will be taking any risks with dodgy tenants now, and responsibility lays firmly at the door of number ten.
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2021 14:20 PM
In an ideal world Lia, but I've not found one of those yet.
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Andrew townshend
10 January 2021 13:21 PM
Seb,'' kettle pot black'' I think.
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Andrew townshend
09 January 2021 20:35 PM
I have no worries, but then I have no borrowings and the rental market in and around Norwich is strong, when ever I have a property become available I have a choice of tenants, I also have an excellent local independent agent working for me.
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Andrew townshend
09 January 2021 20:33 PM
I'm not a member of the NRLA and have no intention of joining, they seem like a total waste of time, I am however a member of Eastern Landlords Assoc since the early 90s , okay they don't have much clout against government, but they are never more than a phone call away and very helpful, we need something powerful to represent us, but what and who ?
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Andrew townshend
09 January 2021 20:20 PM
But at some point, maybe in a years time, they will be evicted, I would hope that for the sake of around just £60 that any landlord with a tenant like this will issue a money claim online, then these '' basterds'' will have get a CCJ flag up every time that they are checked out for the next 6 yrs, and we will all know not to touch them with a barge pole.
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Andrew townshend
09 January 2021 19:17 PM
A very good question Lia, I would lay money on the latter .
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Andrew townshend
09 January 2021 19:10 PM
Come on George, this sad guy cannot even post under his real name, what does that tell you about him, or even her?
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 21:30 PM
Come on Leics Landlord, lets be having your real name so we can check you out, why do you need to hide?
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 21:26 PM
Leics Landlord, are you really a landlord ? I doubt it, what is your real name? why are you hiding behind ''Leics Landlord'' real people put their real name, feel free to check me out, my real name and I live in Norfolk.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 21:19 PM
Some sort of a Pratt sums him / her up.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 20:22 PM
@Daniela, I do miss Paul Barrett's comments on here , they did go on a bit but were generally spot on.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 20:21 PM
John you have reported Rajeev to the council and police for what exactly ?? I expect that they will laugh at you, as the rest of us are.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 18:46 PM
I was, I did a couple of months ago, and I told them why, but would likely vote for them in the future as we cannot allow Labour anywhere near power
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 14:43 PM
My wife takes charge of the TV remote , she hates the BBC so very rarely watch it.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 14:29 PM
Seb, I don't think I ever said an eviction could be done in less than a month, it would be good if we could though, the last one that I did, 3-4 yrs ago now, I put the paper work into the court just after Christmas and the tenant left just before the High Court Bailiff was due to turn up at the end March, so 12 wks.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 14:22 PM
Agreed Seb, I insure my cars with Aviva, might try them for a quote on my properties. always pays to use a proper insurance company because they normally pay out in the event of a claim, Micky mouse insurance companies try to wriggle out of paying
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 11:52 AM
Planning departments, in Breckland (norfolk) it's not about what you want to do, it's all about who you are, I pointed that FACT out to them in a planning meeting once, it didn't go down too well.
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Andrew townshend
08 January 2021 10:22 AM
Jackie, where the under 30s live really isn't our problem, and why would it be? but generally its the younger tenants that give us the most problems, a lot of car insurance companies don't want young drivers, it's all about risk, and keeping that risk to a minimum, that's good business sense.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2021 17:36 PM
I hope you have issued a ''money claim online'' at least then when you do evict her the CCJ will come up every time she applies to rent, apply for a credit card , bank account or loan, you may or may not get your money but revenge is sweet.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2021 15:13 PM
Renting to students is a nightmare, and their stuck up snob parents are worse, I stopped renting to students in the early 90s give me good working tenants 25+ any day.
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Andrew townshend
07 January 2021 09:09 AM
Trouble is Bill they just won't listen, or don't want to, I had the same problem with my daughter in a 70s bungalow, now got two ladies in their 30s in there and no mould or damp problems, this is one of the reasons why I prefer tenants 30 +
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2021 10:14 AM
Sounds like it will be very expensive.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2021 10:07 AM
All about heating and ventilating correctly, same property, different tenants , one set of tenants experience mould, the others do not, how often does that happen.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2021 08:46 AM
A cool and hassle free way of life has a cost attached to it, each to their own.
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Andrew townshend
06 January 2021 08:38 AM
I think we have to learn to live with the pressures of those unjust regs, they are there and they ain't going away, as the saying goes '' it ain't over until the fat lady sings''.
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2021 19:08 PM
I'm still optimistic, but then I'm not in London and not mortgaged .
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2021 06:43 AM
Maybe they need to up the money.
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2021 06:39 AM
No matter what these people say there is no such thing as a '' no fault eviction'' most evictions take place because of non payment of rent, I can see no good reason to wait 2 months before serving eviction notices, I would have thought 2 weeks would be more than fair.
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Andrew townshend
05 January 2021 06:35 AM
They want to run before they can walk and expect expect expect, if they won't help themselves then why should anyone else help them ?
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 18:18 PM
Jahan, agreed, I've lived in 3 houses since I moved out of mum and dads house, the first 2 were total renovations (no bathrooms or kitchens) and lived in caravans on site, the last one was a near total rebuild and lived 2 yrs onsite in 2 very old mobile homes linked together with a 4 yr old and a new born, I not a builder by trade, but I not afraid to roll up my sleeves and do what I can, not complaining, I loved it all, the whining ''entitled'' generation really P me off big time
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 15:50 PM
I was thinking just the same Tricia, the abuser is very likely to come round, break in and wreck our property, asking for trouble, leave these problems to the council, their responsibility and their problem.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 14:18 PM
I agree with you on that one Matthew, I've not had any problems with my residential tenants, nor have any other landlords that I speak to locally (Norfolk) I have sadly lost a commercial tenant (of 24 yrs) but re advertised the property and had 4 people all wanting it, so where are these 1000s of landlords ?
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 14:12 PM
£60 per wk, my word Michael you were earning well, I was a HGV fitter in those days, the most I was earning then was £40 per wk, £32 take home, yes and I still managed to save.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 11:22 AM
I'm all for naming and shaming , we often have articles in our local paper about fly tipping, but they are never named.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 11:06 AM
Landlords don't want cash hand outs, just the rent paid, in full and on time.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 10:42 AM
Well Mark I clicked on the last one above, they should stand on their own two feet just as us baby boomers did when we were young, if the young of today want to get on the property ladder they need to adjust their excessive life styles, work harder and save.
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 10:39 AM
So what do you do for a living Mr Williamson ? or do you just sponge off the tax payer ?
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Andrew townshend
04 January 2021 10:32 AM
No more risk taking with tenants now, if they don't check out or even the gut feeling isn't right then the answer has to be no.
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Andrew townshend
01 January 2021 09:39 AM
Cannot answer that one, I don't know whether any of my tenants are furloughed , I do know that they have all been paying in full and on time all through so far, the only tenant I've lost is a commercial tenant of 24 yrs sadly, however I have re let that property, and had 4 people fighting over it, all the landlords I speak to here in Norwich aren't having any problems either, so it's not all bad news, well so far anyway.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 21:03 PM
@ Robert, 22, great times, that was the long hot summer of 1976 for we, a white XJ6 and a BSA Super Rocket, and no shortage of ladies, we were all young once.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 17:44 PM
Exactly David, the freehold owners of Grenfell are the council, the landlord was the council and the building control officer who inspected and signed off the works as safe was the same council's employee, yet no arrests, no prosecution and no jail, just think of the poor private owner / landlord in a similar situation, stinks, one law for them, another for us.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 13:41 PM
All those are too far distant for me, however I did buy a property in Lowestoft a few yrs ago, a regeneration area around 30 miles from me, sitting tenant having lived there since 1958, nice terraced house, close to a modern collage and big leisure centre , little old lady, every one's favorite granny type, rent always paid, even in lock down when her grandson went into the town center once a month to pay it. Lowestoft was lovely in the 50s and 60s and it could be again.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 09:49 AM
Well personally I don't do HMOs, however yes I can see the theory behind all this but everything comes with a cost attached to it, bedsits with en suite bathrooms = much increased rents which means they are un affordable to the very kind of tenants that live in HMOs.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 09:32 AM
Well George these people are all fresh out of uni, wet behind the ears and think they know the lot, where as they know F all.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 09:23 AM
The strong will survive, yes all kinds of rules and red tape being forced upon us, but for me it's the best use for my cash, being a landlord is all about experience in the real world, along the way I've made mistakes, been there and got the tee shirt, but in life we learn from our mistakes which makes us wise the next time, hence only working tenants and no single mums, having had my fingers burnt over the yrs those are my rules now.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 09:19 AM
The first few properties that I purchased came tenanted from an elderly landlord, it all started one day when my landlord came to see me to negotiate a rent increase on a small workshop that I rented from him, I asked him to sell it to me, over the next few yrs I bought 4 further properties from him, that was the mid to late 80s, and so the rest is history. I can see many landlord deals going forward as cash rich landlords buy stock from landlords having to reduce their debt .
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 09:07 AM
David, I had another single mum who announced one Sept that she couldn't pay her rent because she had to buy her 4 yr old's school uniform, she went also, they consider themselves the entitled, these days I avoid single mums, leave them to the council to home.
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Andrew townshend
31 December 2020 08:55 AM
A single mum once told me she could not pay her rent because her daughter's Christmas was more important, by Easter she was out.
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2020 17:01 PM
It's up to people how they chose to live and work.
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Andrew townshend
30 December 2020 08:38 AM
There will be very few Victorian houses that will get up to a 'c' we might be able to get an exemption as I have on a 'F' , If not they will all be going into property auctions, that we will just have to wait and see.
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Andrew townshend
29 December 2020 15:55 PM
Sounds to me our friend Sed is some what the worse for drink
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Andrew townshend
28 December 2020 22:17 PM
Sad sad man Seb.
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Andrew townshend
28 December 2020 20:12 PM
You're a sad man Seb , you have my symperthy .
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Andrew townshend
28 December 2020 20:10 PM
I agree, they were never going to consider 14 days.
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Andrew townshend
26 December 2020 09:55 AM
Never had much to do with ''the smoke'' and have no wish to visit, I'm just a simple Norfolk boy at heart, I started in BTL more than 30 yrs ago, as a pension scheme, it's been my maim sourse of income for the past 13 yrs, I do my owm repairs, clean ups and decorating, I enjoy what I do and I earn more money out of it than I need, will London ways spread up to Norfolk, I hope not, but I expect you are right they will over time.
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Andrew townshend
25 December 2020 09:57 AM
Merry Christmas to all, p s anyone know what's happend to Paul Barrett, I am missing his long posts
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2020 14:43 PM
Norwich City Council have also lost millions on mad cap schemes, but those responcible are still in their £100k + jobs, left wing council ofcourse, sorry David W but that is a fact.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2020 13:26 PM
I agree David, we won't get any grant money, the money will come from tenants by means of increased rent, ''the end user always pays''.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2020 09:48 AM
So Vincent, you are one of these that think landlords sit on their backsides just watching the money flow into their bank accounts ? I wounder what sort of work that you do, or do you watch daytime TV watching the UC flow into your bank account.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2020 09:36 AM
I have one old property that just managed an F , I had a MEES report done and it was decided that it would cost £14k to bring it up to an E, I now have an exsemption on it, I paid £13.5 k for it over 25 yrs ago and have had that money back many times over, what will happen in 2025 ? if I can nolonger rent it will simply go into auction and take what ever it makes.
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Andrew townshend
24 December 2020 09:31 AM
I have written to my MP , George Freeman, sympathy, empty promisses and bull s***.
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2020 19:20 PM
I wouldn't pay anything like that, but then I don't own property in London
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2020 10:04 AM
I don't think there is any doubt about it sec 21 is going we may as well get used to that one, but we need something fair to both landlord and tenant to replace it.
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Andrew townshend
23 December 2020 10:01 AM
It amazes me the people (and not just tenants) that sign contracts without reading and understanding them first.
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 16:27 PM
@ Yonnette, I use sec 21 to evict non payers, I could use sec 8, but sec 21 is quicker and cheaper, we know we will be losing sec 21, so new tenant selection now has to be very selective, no risk taking from here on in, no one under 25, no one on benefits, and no single mums, because from 30 yrs experience these are normally the problem areas.
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 15:13 PM
@ Yannette, careful what you wish for, in my area the largest landlord is Norwich City Council, good luck trying to get any repairs done with them, and the standard of their housing stock is dreadful , most of my properties are now managed by a good local independent agent, however all tenants have my phone number and email address, they are welcome to contact me directly 24 / 7
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 15:03 PM
I do agree with you there David, bad and unnecessary headline .
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:24 AM
In 30 yrs the only tenants I've evicted have been the non payers.
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:20 AM
Some yrs ago a friend of mine changed the locks on a flat, the police turned up and gave him 1 hr to change them back or face arrest , I've changed locks on commercial properties in the past with the relevant notice in the window, one tenant did call the police, they laughed at him and told him I was within my rights to do so.
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:16 AM
Increased costs = increased rent, market forces as in any other business
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:07 AM
Tenants have rights now and are perfectly able to stand up for them
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:03 AM
I've lost a commercial tenant of 25 yrs through this covid, however I did last week re let the property, other than that everyone has been paying, I don't rent to anyone under 25 and prefer over 30s, youngsters are generally a nightmare.
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Andrew townshend
22 December 2020 09:00 AM
Another bright idea that will end up as a complete failure just like help to buy and shared ownership, laughable
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2020 20:41 PM
You're a funny man Mark, keep it up, a laugh a day, merry Christmas mate.
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2020 09:40 AM
Fine so we cannot put NO DSS or similar statements in adds, still will not be renting to them without a cast iron home owning guarantor, we may be the scum of the earth in some peoples eyes, I can live with that, but don't take us for mugs .
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Andrew townshend
21 December 2020 09:02 AM
Robert, I hope you would invite Mr T , there's still life in this old dog yet
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Andrew townshend
19 December 2020 20:03 PM
I think you will find most if not all on here pay their tax properly and honestly David.
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2020 17:25 PM
Well hopefully it will happen at some point in the next 12 months, then he will have that record of an S8, personally I would also go the money claim online route as well, not expensive and dead easy to do, then he'll have a CCJ which will screw his self employed business up , no landlord is going to want to touch him in the future
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2020 17:19 PM
Commercial properties are totally different, I still have a couple however I will not rent to a LTD company I will only rent to named individuals, The government can write off debts owed to it's self but not to others they would need to get a law passed to do that, it would never get through parliament.
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2020 09:22 AM
As in all trades some might, all rents that I receive are recorded, as are all costs, my accountant checks them, then files them with HMRC on my behalf, it pays to use a good established firm of accountants that are trusted by HMRC , I also have tax investigation insurance, £60 per yr each for my wife and myself, not had to claim on it yet, however a friend of mine did a couple of yrs ago and it was invaluable.
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2020 09:13 AM
Cannot be done, the debt is owed to private landlords, not to the government, I have a tax bill coming due at the end of Jan, will the government be telling HMRC to write that off ?
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Andrew townshend
18 December 2020 08:33 AM
That's just too much like common sense for today's world
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2020 19:25 PM
I used to get that problem from students when I rented to them in the 90s, ''the heating is too expensive to switch on'' but they could go out nights and get P****ed, haven't rented to students since and my mental health is much better for it.
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2020 16:26 PM
I have an old house that had suffered damp, present tenants been there 5 yrs now and no damp issues, come rain or shine, summer and winter bedroom windows are open in day time
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2020 14:24 PM
Well David I am one of very few landlords in my area that will ''consider'' tenants with pets, I have in fact picked up some very good long term tenants with pets because other landlords have a blanket ban on them, it used to be that I asked for an extra deposit but as I can no longer do that it now has to be a bit extra on the rent
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Andrew townshend
17 December 2020 14:14 PM
@ David Price, you're not wrong there mate, we have 2 looney left parties now
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2020 15:59 PM
David W , we don't have to give a reason for turning down a tenant, when I have a property become available I normally have 3 or 4 people apply, I'm always going to pick the one that I think can afford the rent, will pay the rent, and will be the leased trouble, if I have some one apply who is on benefits I ask for a guarantor, normally they cannot offer one, so that is the end of that.
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2020 13:20 PM
Rather than fining landlords with poor quality housing councils could carry out the improvements themselves then bankrupt the landlords if they don't pay up and taking ownership of the property if needed.
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Andrew townshend
16 December 2020 13:10 PM
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