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Time to take gas safety seriously, urge AIIC

11 May, 20160 Comments
The Association of Independent Inventory Clerks have spoken out on the importance of the entire private rented sector taking gas safety alot more seriously, after a spike in fines for landlords who failed to meet key rules. Although the AIIC acknowledge that it’s only a minority of landlords who are offending, recent incidents include: A Plymouth
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When does your friend become your landlord?

25 November, 20130 Comments
The obvious answer is when they let property to you, be it a house, garage, flat or “just” a room. While in all of the above scenarios there is the potential for trouble as business is being mixed with friendship, when actual living space is shared, the problems often multiply by a factor of 10.
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When is a landlord not a landlord?

21 October, 20130 Comments
Answer – when they think they’re not as they’re letting a room, and not a whole property! Following the credit crunch, many of us, myself included, have found ourselves letting out either the whole or a part of our own homes. Some have been forced to do this rather than lose their home completely. The
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Landmark data protection case could have global implications…

26 February, 20130 Comments
Google will face Spain’s data protection authority in Europe’s high court, which could have significant implications for how personal information on the internet is managed. The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is to rule on whether Google is invading personal privacy after a referral from Spain’s high court, based on a complaint made by a
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Landlords incredible list of rules goes viral

11 January, 20131 Comments
A prospective tenant looking at a house had no idea what her landlord would be like, until she was handed a list of increasingly bizarre house rules, before even signing a contract. The 31 instructions posted on Twitter by Laura Evelyn include: No Pork EVER IN HOUSE or fridge, no showers to last more than
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Landlord fined for accepting false tenant references

12 July, 20122 Comments
A landlord from Leeds has been ordered to pay £3,462 after accepting false references from his tenants. Colin Harrison, of Gipton in East Leeds, was fined at Leeds Magistrates Court after admitting to six offences against the selective licensing rules; £1,000 with costs of £2,447, including a victim surcharge of £15. The issue of false
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