October 2015

Raising some awkward questions…

Last week's report on BBC News did not do anything to improve the opinion of letting agents held by the vast majority of the British public.  It focused on House(s) in Multiple Occupation (HMO) and the agents that oversee their being occupied.  HMO's fill an essential role in the housing system and are a classic example of a good deal benefitting all parties.  Those who cannot afford an individual...

Three is a magic number…

A report this week stated that sex is good for you three times a week; no more.  Sorry ladies, perhaps if you would like to enter the monthly prize draw?  I did wonder whether one's allocation would have to be used on a scheduled weekly basis or could be stockpiled until the end of the month/financial quarter.  The latter could of course be extremely dangerous (just ask Lamar Odom of Kardashian infamy),...

Putting the right foot forward…

Well, that's it all over then.  The Rugby World Cup that is.  There will of course be 3 further games of what could be some of the most exhilarating play ever seen, but for the Home Nations it is acknowledgement that yet again, no one was good enough.  Be it 1 point or a yawning margin of defeat it reads the same; close, but no cigar, not even a cheroot.  There is an irony that a nation with a...

A whole new experience…

In a week that saw Wales undertaking victory celebrations as a result of losing... and Anton falling foul of not having to choreograph a novelty show for a naff dancer with all the grace of a galumphing hippo... I also found myself facing a new one that will feature in my forthcoming bestseller, 'The life and times of a (devilishly good-looking) estate agent in South Wales'.  I have already written to...

Is it now easier to remove a tenant?

Well, possibly. That should not be interpreted as agents wanting to chuck out respectable tenants who meet and frequently surpass all the criteria in the 'Ideal Tenant' list being given far greater liberty to do just that. Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 lies at the very heart of modern tenancy law in England and Wales.  A notice validly served under section 21 will force a court of law to grant a...

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