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An 81-year-old veteran was forced to spend £15,000 evicting a group of squatters from the plot of land he bought as a nest egg for his retirement. Ex-army officer Jonathan Price, from Stokes Cross in Bristol, called in eviction lawyer Chris Sharpe to help him remove a group of people living on his property in caravans on Channel … Read more
Tenants on Price Charles’ private estate are banned from buying freehold under laws ‘vetted by the heir to the throne’ Duchy of Cornwall is a £1 billion portfolio of land, property and investments It is exempt from property laws which give families right to buy homes outright Exemptions were passed after Charles was given sight over … Read more
Charities have called on the Government to make sure people can’t be evicted from their homes during the latest coronavirus lockdown. Generation Rent said the eviction ban introduced in March 2020 ahead of the first national lockdown should be reinstated to protect renters. The six-month ban, which expired in September, meant that landlords could not … Read more
The housing market has been on a rollercoaster in the pandemic this year, even briefly closing amid the first lockdown. It has been particularly tough on landlords and tenants, who were already facing increasing amounts of pressure due to tighter regulation and costs. The Government stepped in during March with a ban on tenant evictions … Read more
No pronouncement by any politician – here today and gone tomorrow – and no referendum on this or that issue of the day will have any effect on my understanding of myself and where I belong. It makes me feel better just to put those words down on the page. The Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis … Read more
For many years the Government has indicated it would like to see the UK’s private rented sector ‘professionalised’. That meant more, large scale landlords funded by pension scheme money and companies with a long-term view providing consistent service to tenants, and fewer private landlords with just one or two properties in their ownership. The reduction … Read more
Tenants in social housing will now have the legal right to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for the first time following the Grenfell Tower fire. Government ministers are set to announce the plans in order to put a stop to a law which sees tenants living in council housing given less protection than those living … Read more
Landlords from hell! Horrified tenants share photos of their disastrous rental properties – from a resident slug called ‘Slimon’ to a rat-infested kitchen New BBC Three show Rent Like A Boss speaks to young renters across Britain Features segment where people share horrendous past experiences with renting One reveals their landlord refused to address a … Read more
Two female ‘tenants from hell’ trashed a grandfather’s home by smearing cat faeces all over the walls and floors and left him with a £21,500 bill. Landlord Tommy Lappin, 68, wasn’t even able to gain entry to his home for 10 months but was revolted by what he eventually discovered. He had expected to give … Read more
Landlords offering bigger rental properties in the countryside have become more sought after as tenants are now increasingly seeking to upsize properties in quieter neighbourhoods. Between May and August, just over a third (34 per cent) of tenants moving home demanded at least one extra bedroom to their property. This is sharply up from the … Read more