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Letting agent some advice as a new landlord
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Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »The perfect tenants are working adults - they just sleep/shower there and boil a kettle in the morning because they eat out or bring in a takeaway and send their clothes to the cleaners. Such people do not cause a great deal of wear and tear.
I just chocked on my toast.
(the toaster was not included in my furnished rented flat)0 -
The are very good reasons not to welcome HB recipients as tenants. Firstly the insurance premium is higher. Next and this is the most important if later on it is found that the tenant was not entitled to the HB then the landlord has to repay it even though the landlord never claimed it directly. The fact that the landlord received it and the tenant was not entitled to it is all that matters.0
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There may be both insurance and mortgage issues with benefit tenants, entitlement to benefits may change, etc.Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »Next and this is the most important if later on it is found that the tenant was not entitled to the HB then the landlord has to repay it even though the landlord never claimed it directly.
If the landlord received payments directly from the council then he may have to pay it back. Quite different.I used to rent out property's as part of family investmens.
Looks like an Apprentice candidate's CV.
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If HB is paid direct to the tenant ,the council will go back to the tenant to claim back any overpayment .Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »The are very good reasons not to welcome HB recipients as tenants. Firstly the insurance premium is higher. Next and this is the most important if later on it is found that the tenant was not entitled to the HB then the landlord has to repay it even though the landlord never claimed it directly. The fact that the landlord received it and the tenant was not entitled to it is all that matters.
The council may also write to the landlord requesting it back but the landlord does not have to pay .My council told me that .The landlord would only have to repay if the HB was paid direct to the landlord .
My last tenant was working when he moved in ,then claiming HB ,then working again .When he left he owed the council £89 .They wrote to him not me as it was paid to him.
The insurance premium may be higher ,but how much higher ?
My tenants use a washing machine and don't bring their clothes to the cleaners should I stipulate that the next time I advertise ."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0 -
Marktheshark wrote: »
Someone already lost a few hundred quid in fees for a property the agent knew they could not let to them and you think they are going to be fair and above board with you as well ?
hmmm... You are now making things up nobody has been charged anything the house isn't up for rent yet, I was only asked an if I would consider them0 -
I thought it was a standard clause in tenancy agreements prohibitting washing and drying of clothes in the property?
What is the point in giving someone a perfectly good house and getting a good rent to match and not allowing washing and drying of clothes .
Yes I do understand the condensation bit ,but I dry clothes in my kitchen or use the tumble dryer sometimes I dry them outside .I don't have condensation and to date neither do my tenants .These are peoples homes not show houses ."Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"0 -
What is the point in giving someone a perfectly good house and getting a good rent to match and not allowing washing and drying of clothes .
Yes I do understand the condensation bit ,but I dry clothes in my kitchen or use the tumble dryer sometimes I dry them outside .I don't have condensation and to date neither do my tenants .These are peoples homes not show houses .
I think he was being sarcastic.0 -
I am confused.., the world has shifted or something, I'm finding I am agreeing with things Guest101 has been saying lately.0
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