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Comment on Rental survey reveals missed opportunity by Sean Samuels

Sean Samuels — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 20:14:33 +0000

I have let to tenants on Housing Benefit and I have never had any problems, they have always been as good as gold! My last tenant was a single mum of 2 and she was in my property for 3 years and she never missed a payment.

Comment on TDS price hike for Letting Agents by Ed Fold

Ed Fold — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:18:53 +0000

TDS fees are a good thing but hiking up letting agent member fees to counter-act the cost of handling is completely unjustified.

Comment on Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing by Nick Morgan

Nick Morgan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:01:17 +0000

My landlord is trying to say that the fact a pipe froze in my flat and burst is my fault. there is no central heating in the flat to have been left on and i was only gone for 3 days. how liable am i with this damage?

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Jane — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 10:39:47 +0000

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Comment on Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing by Roger

Roger — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:46:31 +0000

2 years ago , i had a tenant who went out for the day without turning on the heating in sub zero temperatures. Consequently, the pipe burst in the loft causing over £5000 worth of damage… this took over 4 month to repair and dry out… if you are a landlord, i urge you to check your insurance carefully for cover in this situation (especially the excess for burst pipes), check lagging around pipes is the best you can buy etc… don’t let this happen to you… it is one of the worst things i have had to deal with as a landlord…

PS. please could i have a copy of your letter.. thanks

Comment on Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing by Claude

Claude — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:01:05 +0000

thank you for the advice

Comment on Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing by Katy Martin

Katy Martin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:33:13 +0000

My tennants did not tell me they had no water from last night. I have another property in the building which I checked last night and the pipes have frozen - seemingly for the whole building with the current sub zero temp. I contacted my other tennants today at which point they said they had no water since last night. I arranged a plumber to come out tonight through the property factor and he has said that nothing can be done now that the pipes have frozen and we will have to wait. Tennants are now saying they are moving out for good in one week as they can’t live without water. This was after I offered showers at my place and bottles of water to use in the flat. Where do I as the landlord stand with this?

Comment on Landlords, protect your pipes from freezing by denise

denise — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:54:35 +0000

Experiencing the coldest weather in N Ireland for 50 years so I would appreciate a copy of the letter for my tenants.