Try and give it back! However, officially, if your tenant has officially handed possession of the property back to you, but left anything of theirs in your property, you do have a legal obligation to take care of their possessions until you can get them back to them or you have disposed of them safely …
Stress fractures We live in an era of ever-increasing stress. Even before the pandemic, most of us were burning the candle at both ends, trying to fit in self-care as well as work, socialising and family commitments. During the pandemic, stress levels intensified, as we worried about keeping our jobs and paying our bills. If …
When you become a landlord, you understand and accept that you are taking on a responsibility to ensure the safety of your tenants. However, most would assume that this responsibility would extend only to the key property-based safety measures – electrics, gas, supply of safe water and heating etc. However, calls have been made by …
Ultimately, this because until a tenant is made involuntarily homeless, a council do not have a duty to house them. Frankly, as a decision-making process, it sucks. If the tenant is not physically removed from the property, the locks changed, and they are left stood on the streets with their belongings – they are not …
The Scottish Government has announced that unlike England and Wales, October 1st will not see a return to pre-pandemic notice periods. As restrictions in England and Wales ease, landlords in Scotland gear up for a further six months of lengthy notice periods, with a six-month notice extended until 31st March 2022. Aileen Campbell, the Communities …
Concerns are growing among tenants as the furlough scheme comes to an end, just as restrictions on evictions fall away. The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, or furlough, ended on 30th September 2021, leaving some tenants facing potential redundancies as businesses struggle to regain their footing after the pandemic. Falisha is a young graphic designer and …
Owners of electric cars are probably feeling quietly triumphant at the moment, as the fuel crisis looks set to rumble on to another weekend. But as the nation scrambles for fuel, is there soon going to be a new pressure on residential lettings… the need for changing points in all properties? Some savvy landlords may …
Young peoples hopes of getting on the property ladder without turning to the Bank of Mum and Dad took another hit recently, after a proposed government policy change. Changes to the threshold at which students start repaying their student loans are set to lower, so many will find themselves paying back student debts through the …
A world apart Long before we left the European Union, the UK stood apart. Not just in our love of milky tea over frothy cappuccinos, or our short lunches over sun-drenched siestas, the way we rent has long separated us from our European cousins. We are a country obsessed with home ownership. Barely a week …
I think my tenant has left… can I enter the property to check? Ah, what a tricky situation. And very frustrating. If you have good reason to believe that your tenant has abandoned the property, it can be tempting to let yourself in to see if there are any clues as to what is going …
