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Why We Need a New Housing Court

We have previously blogged about the idea of setting up a new housing court. This has already begun to work well in Scotland, where landlords are able to take action quickly and efficiently when faced with rogue tenants. According to one of the biggest-ever surveys o...

Read    23/01/2024

Why we need to retain Section 21

At Ringley we feel that scrapping this system is not good for landlords or, ultimately, for tenants. Here’s why:1) Section 21 has been arouind for some time and it works. The system is known by landlords and by tenants, as it has been in place since the Housing Act 1...

Read    23/01/2024

Does your Insurance Cover You Fully?

Your landlord will be insured for this kind of damage, but are the contents of your flat also insured?Insurance is a necessary evil. It is something that everybody has to have.We want to share some research from Aviva with you. According to the insurer, which provide...

Read    23/01/2024

As a Tenant Check Your Lease before Thinking of Short Term lets

Numerous home owners now use short-term lets as a source of income. You too may be tempted to give it a go. But before you do, and if you are renting your property, rather than owning it, then please think again.This shows why!Toby Harman was taken to court by Westmi...

Read    23/01/2024

How Planet Rent is Future Proofing Buy to Rent

Every year buy-to-let investors find it more difficult to make a return on their investment. They have faced reduced mortgage relief, additioanl stamp duty and huge changes to the tax rules.This hasn't sopped them being blamed for inflating house prices and making it...

Read    23/01/2024

How to find the right letting agent

On X, formerly known as Twitter there have often been posts referring to eviction notices.It is difficult to know if these are merely fake news, but if they are genuine notices from a letting agent to their tenant, then there are so many reasons why it is completely ...

Read    23/01/2024

Does Right to Rent Breach Human Rights?

The High Court has recently passed judgement that the Government’s controversial Right to Rent scheme is in breach of Human Rights Law.Right to Rent was introduced by Theresa May, whilst she was Home Secretary. This was an important part in what has been seen as the ...

Read    23/01/2024

Is noise a problem?

Noise levels in blocks of flats around the country are often higher during the school holidays for obvious reasons.In saying that, for most people living in apartments, noise levels that cause nuisance are an unwelcome, but rare occurrence. Almost all residential lea...

Read    23/01/2024

Don't Omit an Inventory

This is a very good question. Recent legislation has resulted in check-out fees and charges for services, such as a thorough and professional clean at the end of your tenancy, have now been outlawed unless there are very good reasons to have them. Surprisingly, depso...

Read    23/01/2024

Cannabis or Tomatoes?!!

A letting agent was mistaken when she found one of her client's tenants growing what she thought was cannabis. This was in the bedroom of a rented property in West Lothian, in Scotland. The letting agent, however, wasmost embarassed when these plants turned out to be...

Read    23/01/2024

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