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PlanetRent LANDLORDS: Take the pain out of compliance

We all understand how important it is to keep tenants safe in their homes. A useful article in Landlord Today, written by a health & safety consultant, points to the key issues for landlords. With the Grenfell inquiry on-going, fire safety is top of the list, fol...

Read    01/11/2019

Why deposit reform is so badly needed

The average deposit costs renters around £1,110. And this sum is often doubled due to delays while tenants try to get their previous deposit back. This leaves a third of renters having to pay a new deposit before they had received their previous one.According to Whic...

Read    31/10/2019

Five reasons to love co-living

The Collective is one of the UK's first co-living providers with schemes in Canary Wharf and West London.Co-living schemes are popular in the US, China and Scandinavia. Renters live in small bedrooms but they have access to communal kitchens and living space as well ...

Read    24/10/2019

PlanetRent takes the hassle out of deposit payments

According to a story in the press this week, more than 2,000 tenants in Scotland appear to have forgotten to claim back their deposits at the end of their tenancies. SafeDeposits Scotland thinks this could add up to more than £500,000.Understandably, most landlords t...

Read    16/10/2019

BREXIT & Right to Rent Border force still run by UK landlords

No change to Right to Rent - yet. The government announced last week that there will be no changes to the right to rent for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their family members living in the UK until 31 December 2020 if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. Landlords s...

Read    14/10/2019

Would you buy a BTL property now?

ough new regulations and tax changes plus the spectre of Brexit uncertainty aren’t doing much for the popularity of the sector with investors. So we’re now seeing a major sell-off, with small landlords quitting the market to the tune of an estimated 4000 properties a...

Read    11/10/2019

Flooding: is your home at risk?

Dozens of flood warnings are in place across England today, with the Environment Agency issuing 60 flood warnings and nearly 160 alerts for coastal areas from Mount's Bay in Cornwall to Seahouses, Northumberland.With many rivers already swollen to bursting point afte...

Read    30/09/2019

Could you make money from corporate rentals?

Have you ever thought about company lets? If not, maybe you should.Corporate tenants work for companies that have agreed to cover the costs of renting a home for their employees. This is usually because they are moving to a new part of the country or are on secondmen...

Read    27/09/2019

Are you content to rent?

Are you a long-term renter. Alterbatively would you prefer to buy the home you live in?Do you rent and would you like to buy your rented home? If so, you’re in the minority according to Landbay which has carried out a tenant survey just as the Labour party is conside...

Read    26/09/2019

How landlords are driving up the quality of rented homes

Refurbishment is big business in the rental sector - and is helping drive up quality Despite recent attempts by politicians to colour the PRS as sub-standard and riddled with rogue landlords. In fact, the quality of rented accommodation is on an upward trend.The proo...

Read    25/09/2019

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