March 2018

Today marks just a month until new rules concerning Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards come into force. From April 1, any properties rented out in the private rented sector will need a minimum energy performance rating of E on an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC). The new rules cover all new lets and renewals and will be […]

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The Government has confirmed it has no plans to introduce a mandatory register of private landlords, branding plans ‘an unnecessary and costly additional layer of bureaucracy’. Minister for the PRS, Heather Wheeler MP, made the comments in response to a written question by Paul Blomfield MP (Labour, Sheffield Central) asking what assessment the Government has made of […]

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When two tenants in a HMO don’t get on, it can leave a landlord feeling like they are stuck in the middle, and in a dilemma about how to deal with the problem. This was the situation that a landlord that posted on our forum recently was faced with. They had recently purchased two flats, […]

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The Government has confirmed that the extension of mandatory HMO licensing is due to come into force form 1st October 2018, subject to Parliamentary approval. The regulations bring purpose built flats where there are up to two flats in the block, into the scope of mandatory licensing. They also remove the three storey rule -at […]

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