Category: Advice

Landlords targeted by fuel and metal thieves

Posted on 13th April 2011

Having a good landlord insurance policy is the important message being issued by the police to landlords after a number of thefts both inside and outside rented properties have left their owners out of pocket.
Police in Lincolnshire and Northumbria have issued the warning after a spate of burglaries from empty homes, most of which carried “to let” signs. This type of theft is not uncommon in both counties, but the police think the recent increase in burglaries may be an indication that gangs of thieves […]

Legal loophole leaves landlord with a squatter nightmare

Posted on 21st March 2011

Squatting finally looks set to be made illegal in a victory for the “Stop the Squatters” campaign. Yet another case has highlighted how squatters are exploiting a legal loophole which allows them to remain in other people’s properties.
The latest case saw squatters take over Noel Kingsbury’s home as he was preparing to sell it, and this started a four month battle which exposed how the law is failing to protect homeowners. The illegal occupants refused to leave his property until he had gone through the […]

Radio DJ rents 12 garages as bedrooms

Posted on 21st February 2011

A radio DJ from Manchester has been criticised for renting out 12 garages as bedrooms. Planning officials who visited the residence were horrified at the conditions in which tenants were living.
Property owner Darren Parks built a wall behind the garage doors and has been renting them as rooms for the last six years. One of his tenants claims they pay him £450 per month for a room and use of a shared kitchen in one house in Greater Manchester. Mr Parks claims he was told […]

Go North is the advice for landlords looking for a bargain

Posted on 10th January 2011

As property prices in London and the South-East continue to escalate, buy-to-let investors are being advised to look further afield to optimise their profits.
With the housing market in the UK still stagnating, landlords looking to extend their property portfolio could do worse than investigate the possibilities of buying homes in the North of England. Here property prices have nosedived in certain towns and the prospect of job cuts in the public sector could conceivably make selling a house even more difficult. Bargains should be readily […]