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A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...
16 December 2020
From: Breaking News

Periodic inspections of your property are just as important for landlords as the inventory check at the start of the tenancy....
29 October 2020
From: Legislation, Regulation & Compliance

A council has prosecuted a landlord who failed to ensure waste from his property was properly disposed of. Mohammed Hussain from Leeds...
29 October 2020
From: Breaking News

Landlords are being urged to vet tenants carefully and watch out for the tell-tale signs that a property is being used as...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a major clean-up bill after a tenant from hell trashed his rental property in...
12 November 2019
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after tenants were discovered living in an appalling and unsafe property. Officers...
09 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Damage caused by water, fire, explosion and theft have been identified as the primary reasons that buy-to-let landlords make insurance claims, but there...
09 August 2019
From: Breaking News

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...
01 August 2019
From: Breaking News

Vulnerable tenants and those at higher risk of rent arrears are likely to suffer most as a result of the government’s...
19 July 2019
From: Breaking News

A landlord in Cardiff was reduced to tears after discovering her house in a shockingly dire state. The tenant is said to...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord in the Staffordshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants trashed her property and turned it into a drugs...
21 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...
31 May 2019
From: Breaking News

A tenant left a three-bedroom house in Birmingham “completely destroyed” after piling rubbish in every single room and dumping mattresses in...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News

A husband and wife have been issued with fines, penalties and costs totalling more than £8,000 after showing a complete disregard...
23 April 2019
From: Breaking News

Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...
26 March 2019
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Property management company Titlecroft Limited has been fined £5,000 for failing to join a government-approved property redress scheme, which is a...
11 January 2019
From: Breaking News

A private landlord in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants left his property in a...
10 January 2019
From: Breaking News

The new regulations introduced last month to bring mandatory licensing to all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) was designed to better...
06 December 2018
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...
26 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord was handed a huge cleaning bill after his house was left in a horrific and disgusting state. The landlord was...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News

Changes to mandatory Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing come into force in England today, requiring properties with five or more...
01 October 2018
From: Breaking News

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a major clean-up bill after ‘tenants from hell’ whose rent had fallen into severe...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News

A landlord who infuriated neighbours by using a back garden at one of his rental properties to dump rubbish has been...
26 July 2018
From: Breaking News

New guidance for landlords to further protect tenants from poor living conditions has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...
21 June 2018
From: Breaking News

When ex-social worker and professional landlord Leslie-Ann acquired the 18th century two-bedroom cottage she lives next door to four years ago,...
03 May 2018
From: Breaking News

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...
12 October 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Two landlords have been fined more than £85,000 for illegally cramming tenants into a rental property in Leytonstone, east London, and...
28 September 2017
From: Breaking News

A BBC TV show challenging landlords to spend a week living in one of their own rentals, on their tenant's budget,...
20 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord who rented out filthy and dangerous flats in Bradford likened to slums has been ordered to pay close...
11 July 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been fined almost £1,300 for dumping rubbish at the rear of his rental property in Grays. Ardon Jardine, who...
10 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Landlords Dan and Jamie started building their property portfolio at the age of 19. Still in their early 20s, they now...
07 July 2017
From: Breaking News

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...
09 June 2017
From: Sponsored Content

Buy-to-let investors are being warned not to leave their properties to fall into disrepair after a landlord was found guilty of...
20 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The first thing they see Whether you have an extravagant front garden or a front door in an apartment building, make sure...
15 February 2017
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A landlord was left with a £2,000 cleaning bill after a group of tenants left his property in a state of...
10 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay £5,600 after rubbish from three of his rental properties was found fly-tipped in...
04 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A leading tax expert has slammed claims made recently that buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose...
03 October 2016
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been accused of hurling homophobic abuse at his gay tenants, even after they moved out of his property. The...
30 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Over-extended student homes are not just an eyesore, but they are also ‘destroying family homes’ and creating ‘misery for local residents’, according...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A private landlord in north London has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to intimidating his...
19 July 2016
From: Breaking News

Around a third of private rented sector tenants in the UK admit that they are currently subletting their rented accommodation without...
11 July 2016
From: Breaking News

A Birmingham landlord has been handed a fine of more than £24,000 after being prosecuted for a string of offences. Salih Mahfood...