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Letting out our house

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  • Durban
    Durban Posts: 478
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    edited 13 June 2019 at 3:56PM
    If you leave all of your white goods and they break down you are liable to have them fixed.


    No you are not.


    OP - yes it definitely can be done but not plain sailing. We did the same 6 years ago and it was the right thing for us to do and worked out well although we did have to evict a tenant for turning property into a drug den.

    Do your research, comply with the law, be a good landlord, get rent guarantee insurance, save any profit for void periods and maintenance.
  • Durban
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    Comms69 wrote: »
    So hypothetical, what happens if the tenant stops paying rent? You're going to be significantly in the red by the sounds of it.


    Rent guarantee insurance which will cover eviction costs for non payment of rent
  • Mayfair321
    Mayfair321 Posts: 10 Forumite
    Thanks everyone for your input. We know it will not be plain sailing and we know lots of people who have rented out properties so we are not going in blind! (In fact we were landlords 12 years ago) Yes the easier option would have been to sell but we would have lost our dream house. We are lucky we can afford the two mortgages if need be and if we struggle to rent it we can always sell at a later date.
    My main concerns were whether to redecorate - I have decided to just do our kitchen/diner and hallway - and if there was any way to claim expenses on having to buy new white goods. All sorted now!
    Thanks @Durban for saying it is possible ��
  • Durban - if you are going to say that the landlord isn't responsible for white goods, then you need to explain contractual and safety obligations, which is only fair.
  • Durban
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    edited 13 June 2019 at 7:37PM
    Durban - if you are going to say that the landlord isn't responsible for white goods, then you need to explain contractual and safety obligations, which is only fair.

    https://www.complete-ltd.com/blog/white-goods-landlords-responsibility/

    I didn't say that the landlord was not responsible for them , I said that they were not responsible for getting them fixed if they break down which is what you said
  • Fire_Fox
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    Mayfair321 wrote: »
    I may try and do some of the decorating myself but am short on time as I have lots to sort out before the house move, plus our high ceilings are putting me off doing it myself!!

    Do the ceilings need repainting? Should not be damaged. If it is grubby it will need 'deep cleaning' before decorating, it may come up good enough not to need painting.

    Use sugar soap (yellow luminous liquid from Home Bargains, other discounters or the decorating section of Wilko) and a large flat-pad microfibre mop. This stuff will remove all sorts of marks that other cleaning products cannot shift.
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  • G_M
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    Originally Posted by lookstraightahead viewpost.gif
    If you leave all of your white goods and they break down you are liable to have them fixed.

    Durban wrote: »
    No you are not.
    That categorical response is misleading. As your own link in your later post makes clear
    * the LL is not statutorially responsible
    * the LL may be contractually responsible


    So the tenancy agreement should be referred to. Any responsible LL should make it contractually clear in the TA which party is responsible for white goods maintenance, repair or replacement.
  • chunkytfg
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    Mayfair321 wrote: »
    Thanks everyone for your input. We know it will not be plain sailing and we know lots of people who have rented out properties so we are not going in blind! (In fact we were landlords 12 years ago) Yes the easier option would have been to sell but we would have lost our dream house. We are lucky we can afford the two mortgages if need be and if we struggle to rent it we can always sell at a later date.
    My main concerns were whether to redecorate - I have decided to just do our kitchen/diner and hallway - and if there was any way to claim expenses on having to buy new white goods. All sorted now!
    Thanks @Durban for saying it is possible ��


    If you can afford both mortgages then Sell it outside of the chain? Clearly you're not wanting to be a LL for the money so why put yourself through all the hassle when you could just sell it and move on?
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  • chunkytfg wrote: »
    If you can afford both mortgages then Sell it outside of the chain? Clearly you're not wanting to be a LL for the money so why put yourself through all the hassle when you could just sell it and move on?

    I don't think the op believes it will be any hassle. The impression I get is that they believe tenants don't require the same standard accommodation as she/he would. In my opinion a landlord needs to operate a rental as a business, not just getting someone in and making do.
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