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What to do if you discover your tenant is illegally subletting your property

Unless you have stated in your tenancy agreement that your tenant may sublet all or part of the property, subletting without your permission is against the law. There are many reasons why a landlord may not want their tenants to sublet. When a tenant sublets the landlord loses control over…

Posted on August 25, 2019August 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Tenant

Landlords increase rent in response to tenant fees ban

Since the Tenants Fees Act was introduced, many landlords have increased the price of rent to recoup their losses. The new Tenants Fees Act came into effect on 1 June 2019, preventing landlords from charging up-front admin fees and end of tenancy fees. Landlords found to be breaching the new…

Posted on August 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Property Landlords

How can landlords ensure that service charges are fair and ‘reasonably incurred’?

Landlords should protect themselves from service charge disputes by using the tips and advice in this blog to ensure that their requests are fair and ‘reasonably incurred’. When tenants fall into arrears with their service charge payments it is often because they are unhappy with a service that is being…

Posted on July 15, 2019July 8, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Property Landlords

Avoid making these common service charge errors

Landlords should take care to avoid these common service charge errors to prevent non-payment and disputes with leaseholders. If you want to avoid time-consuming disputes it’s important to ensure that you are issuing service charge demands that are fair, ‘reasonably incurred’, legally recoverable and good value for money. Here are…

Posted on June 6, 2019 by admin by admin

Burglary

Steps to take after a burglary at your business

Discovering that your business has been burgled is very distressing, make sure that you know how to handle the situation safely and efficiently. If you discover that your commercial property has been broken into, take the following five steps to safely report the burglary, start your insurance claim, and minimise…

Posted on May 16, 2019May 7, 2019 by admin by admin

Administration

Top reasons service charge arrears occur

Getting to the bottom of why your leaseholder is in service charge arrears can help you to decide on the best course of action. If you’re a landlord or property management company, receiving your service charge payments on time is important to your cash flow. And retaining good cash flow…

Posted on March 15, 2019March 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Debt Collection

3 simple steps to reducing service charge non-payment

Some instances of service charge non-payment can easily be avoided by following these three simple steps. Non-payment of service charge by leaseholders can cause serious cash flow problems for landlords, which could ultimately impact on the level of service that they are able to provide. Taking preventative measures is key…

Posted on March 5, 2019March 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Debt Collection

How Long Does It Take to Remove Squatters?

There is an enduring myth that removing squatters is a long painful and expensive process. This isn’t necessarily true and if you use a specialist eviction services company you can outsource the problem rather than have it take a toll on your time and possibly your health too. The main…

Posted on December 21, 2018December 6, 2018 by admin by admin

Commercial Landlord

New Rules Mean More HMOs Will Require Licenses

The number of HMOs that need to be licensed by local authorities has tripled this month as the government aims to raise standards in the sector. Prior to the new rules being introduced only those HMOs that had three storeys or above occupied by 5 plus people living in a…

Posted on October 28, 2018October 11, 2018 by admin by admin

Commercial Landlord

Why Landlords Should Take Care When Communicating With Tenants

If you become a landlord you are effectively running a business and you tenants are your customers. Most business experts will tell you that good communication is important when dealing with any of your customers and the same is true when it comes to tenants but there are certain ways…

Category: Service Charges

Debt Collection

What to do if you discover your tenant is illegally subletting your property

Posted on August 25, 2019August 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Tenant

Landlords increase rent in response to tenant fees ban

Posted on August 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Property Landlords

How can landlords ensure that service charges are fair and ‘reasonably incurred’?

Posted on July 15, 2019July 8, 2019 by admin by admin

Commercial Property Landlords

Avoid making these common service charge errors

Posted on June 6, 2019 by admin by admin

Burglary

Steps to take after a burglary at your business

Posted on May 16, 2019May 7, 2019 by admin by admin

Administration

Top reasons service charge arrears occur

Posted on March 15, 2019March 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Debt Collection

3 simple steps to reducing service charge non-payment

Posted on March 5, 2019March 12, 2019 by admin by admin

Debt Collection

How Long Does It Take to Remove Squatters?

Posted on December 21, 2018December 6, 2018 by admin by admin

Commercial Landlord

New Rules Mean More HMOs Will Require Licenses

Posted on October 28, 2018October 11, 2018 by admin by admin

Commercial Landlord

Why Landlords Should Take Care When Communicating With Tenants

Posted on October 22, 2018October 8, 2018 by admin by admin