From January 22nd the government will impose significantly higher fines on landlords who fail to complete Right to Rent checks. To help you comply with the checks, The Lettings Hub offers a stress-free solution with Know Your Customer checks including facial biometrics and Identity Document Validation Technology.
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Landlords who rent out a property must comply with a range of regulations, procedures, and legislation. Some would suggest that being a landlord in the UK is like a full-time job with so many rules and regulations to navigate, however, the regulations exist to safeguard the interests of both landlords and tenants.
Case Study: When a court makes an example of poor behaviour Read More »
If a landlord wants to evict a tenant using a Section 21 notice, they must ensure they have complied with all the legal requirements before serving the notice. Otherwise, they could end up losing the case and paying the tenants’ legal costs, as one landlord recently found out.
Gas Safety Rulings all Landlords and Letting Agents Should Know Read More »
Before serving a Sections 21, a landlord must return the deposit to serve a valid notice. But if the tenant refuses communicate can the landlord send it via cheque?
Can landlords return a deposit by cheque? Read More »
The government has announced that it intends to invest at least one million pounds into modernising the court system for dealing with possession claims.
Digitisation of the court system – what will it look like? Read More »
The housing ombudsman service currently handles complaints from social housing tenants, but they will now take on the role of resolving disputes between private landlords and tenants. In this blog we look at how this will work.
The New Housing Ombudsman | How it will work Read More »
One of the biggest topics of conversations of Rental Reform has been the scrapping of Section 21, however in recent discussions this has been put on hold.
Delay in scrapping Section 21 Read More »
The government recently announced that it would stop requiring tenants of shared dwellings to pay hefty council tax bills by banding individual rooms in shared households individually for council tax reasons. The NRLA projects that this change will save landlords and their tenants up to £1,000 annually.
Landlords and Renters to Save on Council Tax Bills Read More »
With the autumn statement released last week, it is important to be aware of the measures and how they could affect landlords.
Autumn Statement – Impact on Landlords Read More »
With news of Paris being overrun by terrible bed bug infestations, the Mayor of London Sadiq Khan stated that reports of bed bugs on the London underground is cause for serious concern.
Don’t let the Bed Bugs Bite! Read More »
