Many landlords let properties through an agent, as they hope to achieve peace of mind that all legal requirements are fulfilled, a tenant is found quickly and rent is collected on time. They are, however, expensive. The first thing to consider is that letting agents are unregulated. Most are good, Read more…
There has been a flurry of prosecutions at Sheffield Magistrates Court recently of landlords carrying out unlawful evictions. This comes almost 40 years to the day the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 came into force. One offender told his tenant to vacate the property, then changed the locks while he Read more…
Further changes have hit the private rented sector this week and the government has issued a press release announcing an intention that, from 1 February 2016, all private landlords in England will have to check that new tenants have the right to be in the UK before renting out their Read more…