List of laws known to affect landlords Landlord and Tenant Act 1730 Distress for Rent Act 1737 Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 Assured Tenancies and Agricultural...
Landlords
Help and support for landlords from the HMRC
HMRC will be running webinars designed to help landlords. See here to signup.
Past ‘How to Rent’ Guides
Before you serve a Section 21 notice, you must ensure you serve:- - Energy Performance Certificate – check the register for a copy. - Right to Remain on all prospective occupants of the property - gas inspection report – CP12 - ‘How to Rent’ booklet. Note –...
How mortgages can help the Green agenda
Jeni Browne, Business Development Director, Mortgages for Business, has contributed the following to the debate:- Every year, energy-inefficient housing emits 64 million tonnes of CO2, accounting for almost 14% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Besides Government...
iHowz CPD Courses & Workshops 2021
iHowz CPD Courses & Workshops 2021 Breathing Space – how will it affect landlords and tenants? Course for: all landlords Content: If your tenants appear to be unsure of what they are doing, and even worse, if they are building up arrears, they might be able...
Landlord Accreditation
The iHow Accreditation Scheme Summary The scheme provides appropriate training for landlords and agents to ensure they are cognisant of the major rules and regulations applying to letting property in England - note that the other parts of the UK have different...
Right to rent check
Right to Rent Must check all occupiers have the right to remain:- Before allowing an adult to live in your property, check that they have document(s) that show they have the right to be in the UK. – Where a person’s right to be in the UK will expire during the...
Tenancy agreements
The majority of lets will conform to the requirements of an Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST). Some will not and will be Common Law Tenancies. A few old ones (before 15 Jan 1989) are Regulated Tenancies. AST An Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST is automatically in place...
Documents to be served before occupation
Documents that must be served on all tenants prior to occupation:- – Energy Performance Certificate – check the register for a copy.– Right to Remain on all prospective occupants of the property;– gas inspection report – CP12;– ‘How to Rent’ booklet. Note – be...
Setting the rent
When setting the initial rent it can be useful to look at the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates for similar properties. Go to the Valuation Officer (VOA) site (used to the Rent Officer). Put in the post code, and submit. Then click on ‘List of Rents’ to view a graph...
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Known laws affecting rentals.
List of laws known to affect landlords Landlord and Tenant Act 1730 Distress for Rent Act 1737 Anti-terrorism,...
Help and support for landlords from the HMRC
HMRC will be running webinars designed to help landlords. See here to signup.
Past ‘How to Rent’ Guides
Before you serve a Section 21 notice, you must ensure you serve:- - Energy Performance Certificate – check...