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Repair obligations are often a bone of contention between landlord and tenant. Various overlapping UK laws set out landlords' repair responsibilities. As these obligations are set in law any attempt to alter these responsibilities within a lease is automatically null and void. 3 pieces of law set out these repairing obligations: s 11 Landlord & Tenant Act 1985Housing Act 2004Homes (Fit for Human habitation) Act 2018 Technically a Landlords re...

20 September 2024 / By Suzanne Smith   How can landlords handle rent increases in a fair way that balances their needs with those of their renters, as well as complying with the law in England? This is the approach of a good landlord, which recognises that private landlords are running a business, and not providing social housing. In writing this post, I draw on both my experience as a lawyer, and as a self-managing landlord w...

Article published by Landlord Zone 14th march 2018 Assured Shorthold Tenancy: Under new rules introduced over the last couple of years, setting up a “bullet-proof” AST in 2018 is a bigger challenge that in the past, but it need not be all that difficult if you know exactly what’s required. Get it wrong though, and you could be permanently lumbered with a bad tenant if you have problems, and in the unfortunate event that you need to...