Landlords: Are you ready for the new Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm Regulations?
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> Landlords will be required by law to install working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms in their properties, under measures announced earlier this year.
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Looking to expand your property portfolio? Why you should consider the Furness Peninsula.
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The Furness area is about to experience a huge scale of new infrastructure and large scale manufacturing investment projects worth between £20bn and £43bn over the next 7 years. Current estimates suggest this growth and investment planned for the Furness area will lead to at least 4,350 permanent high value jobs.
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Election 2015
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Following the recent release of the 2015 Election manifestos, landlord insurance provider, Simply Business, has released a visual guide to explain how the six main political parties’ policies will impact landlords and tenants, if implemented.
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Tenant Responsibilities
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Following the popularity of our recent ‘Top 10’ landlord responsibilities article, we thought it would be a good idea to also feature a list of tenant responsibilities.
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Dealing With Squatters
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Squatting is when someone deliberately enters property without permission and lives there, or intends to live there. However, anyone who originally enters a property with the permission of the landlord is not a squatter.
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Immigration Act 2014
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As well as being a hot topic in the forthcoming general election, immigration is also an issue that will affect both landlords and letting agents. In future, all private landlords and letting agents will be required to make simple checks on the migration status of new tenants in order to make it more difficult for ...
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Top 10 Landlord Responsibilities
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Being a landlord comes with its fair share of legal obligations. Here’s our quick reference guide to ensure you’re meeting all your responsibilities.
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Universal Credit
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Universal Credit will change the way in which landlords deal with tenants in receipt of benefits. Universal Credit is a complete overhaul of the benefits system. Under Universal Credit, six separate benefits will be rolled into one monthly payment.
