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Tenant Absconds and Sets Booby Trap 29 Apr 2012 | 07:59 am
Just when I think that everything is going well, I get the news that a tenant has absconded over the weekend. What the news bearer does not know is that this tenant owes me two months rent. It is not ...
President Barack Obama gets locked out of White House! 25 Mar 2011 | 04:47 am
I picked this off the newswire just now ….. the headlines compelled me to have a look at the item. The question that came to mind immediately was “How could the President of the United States, Barack...
Warmfront scheme closes temporarily 25 Jan 2011 | 06:01 am
The Warm Front Scheme is a Government funded project which installs insulation and heating measures in homes, where oil central heating or alternative low carbon technologies are recommended. Many hom...
Landlords suffer as Court backlog results in delays in issuing possession orders 25 Jan 2011 | 02:30 am
Evidence coming through from some courts in the Eastern region is that cases are taking longer to handle and the paperwork is taking weeks to be sent out after judgement is given. I was in court on 4...
Rise in Tenants having Problems Paying Rent 13 Jan 2011 | 04:25 am
Its official – that increasing numbers of tenants appear to be struggling to make rental payments. According to latest research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) in the fourth...
UK Property Landlord gets back £90,000 owed by rogue tenant 27 Dec 2010 | 11:49 pm
Not very often does one hear a good news story when it comes to Landlords. But I heard one good story recently, one that gives honest Landlords everywhere, the hope that justice will prevail, and that...
Ex-tenant traced and gets surprise visit 12 Oct 2010 | 11:02 am
Back in August, I got a telephone call from my lettings assistant telling me that one of our tenants has done a runner. She in turn had got the alert from one of our other tenants on the same street, ...
Another attachment of earnings obtained 5 Oct 2010 | 12:51 am
After the stress of last week, I was not exactly looking forward to this week. But, as always, I approach the new week with some level of optimism. You might find that hard to believe, but it is so. ...
What a Week that was ….. 2 Oct 2010 | 05:55 am
A week can sometimes feel like a year or more, and this week just gone was one of those. As always, I’m full of the greatest optimism that all will go well, and get into the right frame of mind. Somet...
Has LibDem Housing Policies fallen by the wayside? 23 Sep 2010 | 02:10 am
From time to time, I come across interesting articles by fellow landlords. I found one earlier today, and the title piqued my interest because it had “lib-dem” in it. Anything with that phrase catches...
