Having good indemnity insurance (and most importantly the right insurance!) is an essential part of any property transaction, but you probably don’t realise how many aspects of your transaction might include (or perhaps should include!) an insurance policy. Contents insurance This is the obvious one. If you...
It’s a common phrase these days. The younger generations are struggling to get on the property ladder much more than was the case a few years ago, and their parents and often keen to help them. If you are fortunate enough to be in a position...
If you’ve made the decision that it’s time to put your property on the market and move on, you may focus on the obvious things like picking the estate agent, deciding on the price, and thinking about where you’re going to move to. Picking your conveyancing...
There are lots of different ways in which you can own property, so we thought it might be useful if we set out some of the most common property ownership terms, which might help you understand the process. Residential Property A residential property is usually either freehold...
We often have clients complaining about their landlords and how unreasonably they behave. They tell us about how their landlords put in unreasonable charges, enforce the terms of their lease in unreasonable ways, and are generally unyielding and difficult. Often our clients are completely in the right...
Saving on Inheritance Tax can cost you much more money in the long run! It’s not uncommon for us to be asked to transfer a property into the name of our client’s family (usually their children or grandchildren) without money actually changing hands. When we ask why...
When you are looking at properties to buy, you’ll look at all the things that are important. Does the kitchen have room for all the equipment you need? Do you have enough cupboard space? Does it have enough bedrooms? Can you fit your king sized...
You only have to type the word “Rachman” into Google to see the number of complaints there are about landlords. The word has become synonymous with high rents and low service, and they are not alone in this category. Being as Express Conveyancing acts for hundreds of Landlords with their Conveyancing, we have decided to write about the topic on how to be a good landlord.
There is an endless list of cases involving unscrupulous landlords who overcharge their tenants on the grounds that tenants are unlikely to do much about it.
If you have 100 tenants, and you overcharge them all by £100, on their own it’s not worth their while arguing, but cumulatively the landlord is £1,000 better off. Of course if the tenant refuses to pay, the landlord probably won’t chase them, but at some point the tenant might want a reference from the landlord and so might pay up.
If it’s a long term lease, the tenant will want to sell, and won’t want the new owner to know that their landlord is difficult, and so are likely to pay up to ensure the smooth sale of the property.
Landlords have a great deal of power, but with great power comes great responsibility. Courts are willing to sanction landlords who do not honour their obligations.
There are, of course, plenty of good, reliable, honourable and trustworthy landlords, some of whom probably feel that they are the ones that get the raw deal.
When a client comes in wanting to sell a property (and naturally wanting us to do the Conveyancing), it’s reasonable for us to assume that they own that property. You, as the seller, may assume that too. However sometimes it’s not that straightforward. There are...
Overage isn’t a word that many people in property come across, but if you’re buying or selling a property that has future potential, it’s something that you shouldn’t overlook. Let’s say that you’re selling a house that is on a large plot of land. You have...
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