Jonathan Daines

Reading Time: 5 minutes [kc_row use_container=”yes” force=”no” column_align=”middle” video_mute=”no” _id=”793269″][kc_column width=”12/12″ video_mute=”no” _id=”768561″][kc_column_text _id=”792493″] On the 3rd March, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the Spring Budget for 2021. The Budget unveiled the government's tax and […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes On Thursday 8th January, the government announced a 6-week extension to the existing ban on bailiff-enforced evictions. The ban – brought in to support renters during the pandemic – continues […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes According to our rental data, 9% of tenants have experienced financial difficulties during these uncertain times and are looking to their landlords for either a rent payment holiday, a revised […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes On 30th March 2020, the government announced some temporary changes to the rules of Right to Rent checks. These changes aim to make it easier for landlords to carry them […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes Landlords and tenants have a lot of questions about how the current pandemic is impacting the private rental sector and what support is available. To help you as best we […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes As we’re half way into the first month of 2020, it’s vital that landlords and investors know what this year has in store for the property sector. To keep you […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes The past twelve months have been a whirlwind for the private rental sector. With many new laws making an appearance and 2018’s legislation taking full swing, 2019 has kept landlords […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes As Thursday 12th December draws closer, we’re keen to find out which parties our landlords are backing in the General Election. If you’re unsure on who to vote for, we’ve […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous article ‘Tenancy or Licence’, we saw in the case of Street v Mountford 1985 that a court will look at the facts to establish what type of […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Tenancy or Licence? There is so much legislation with which both landlords and agents find that they now need to comply. It would be unusual if we did not see […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes The problem At the point a Section 21 is served, there is a potential for a tenant to find themselves homeless. People in employment or not in receipt of benefits […]

Reading Time: 7 minutes A landlord’s right to access property is a contentious topic. It’s not unusual to hear about landlords being accused of trespassing or sued for unlawful entry by a disgruntled tenant.  […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes The Autumn Budget Statement in 2016 said that Westminster intended to ban tenant fees. This ban came into effect in England from 1 June 2019. Wales, with its devolved housing […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Mandatory electrical safety checks for all landlords have been on the horizon for a long while. Currently, though there is a legal requirement for landlords to carry out fixed electrical […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes Usually complaints about noisy neighbours are limited to one off or occasional events and are ordinarily related to teenage parties whilst parents or guardians are away or over enthusiastic house […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Here at Lettingaproperty.com, we’re putting a spring into our step as we head closer to the summer months…and with some exciting new announcements – like entering the Welsh rental market. […]

Reading Time: 16 minutes The new Tenant Fee Ban legislation, over two years in the gestation, has finally received Royal Assent with the majority coming into force on the 1 June 2019. Although the […]

Reading Time: 3 minutes According to the Office for National Statistics, around 60 people are killed every year in Great Britain as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning. Landlords legal obligations when it comes […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes What is a Section 21 notice? Serving a Section 21 notice is currently the only way for a landlord to seek possession where the tenant is either not in breach of […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes It is unusual for a Private Members’ bill to become law, but this is what has happened in 2019 to MP Karen Buck’s bill, the Fitness for Human Habitation Act […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Across the UK today, approximately 889,000 tenants in England receive housing benefit to help pay their rent and get by. And whilst the vast majority of these ‘housing-benefit’ tenants are […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes You have completed your Right to Rent checks, all the adults in the property have passed the checks and moved into the property, however, you receive a fine from The […]

Reading Time: 12 minutes For many landlords across the UK, tenant abandonment is a serious and vulnerable area of letting a property. At the current time, the law does not recognise any form of […]

Reading Time: 5 minutes The requirement to provide an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is now over 10 years old and an increase in energy efficiency standards is on the horizon. EPCs for listed buildings […]