A good rule in life is to not bang your head against a brick wall.
I remember the days before ASTs - when the Rent Acts made owning residential property a mug’s game for anyone except the specialists who bought at huge discounts, waited for the tenants to die, then sold with vacant possession. All politicians were against the PRS (Private Rented Sector). They thought all landlords were like Rachman.
I remember when the politicians realised there weren’t enough rental houses available, ASTs came in, then buy-to-let mortgages, and gradually the PRS grew again, providing homes for those who wanted or needed to rent and couldn’t get a council house.
I have watched political trends swing back and forth and one thing I have learned is that when a political trend gets going there is no stopping it until it runs out of energy. If you try and stop it you are banging your head against a brick wall.
Those who do well in this world are those who don’t fight trends, they don’t bang their heads against brick walls.
The politicians aren’t going to change their minds. Petitions are a waste of time. Consultations are always phony.
Sell. Get out. Do it now. Serve the s21s tomorrow. Get them right first time.
Or live to regret that you didn’t, and curse yourself for banging your head against a brick wall.
@perrygrovefarm i am thinking this is good advice the politicians aren’t going to change their mind the housing stock will be more decimated and then what? It’s a terribly situation for tenants like mine who have been in my properties for years
One thing is common amongst landlord is apathy. It every landlord wrote one letter a month to their MP, there would be enough momentum to start a fair debate. The letters/ emails have to be replied to and the LL should always ask their MP to do something or raise a question on their behalf.
We have seen where groups of bodies, not NRLA but individuals take time to blast their MP with loads of communications. Something is done or decisions are swayed.
So if you want change, get off yer bum and write write write to your M.P, quote real life situations, if you’re selling up why, impact to private housing stock, bad tenants, financial implications. The list goes on. Keep it factual and polite
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I am a landlord and am frustrated with the way government has levied extra stamp duty on us and taxing us, wherever they can. Safety measures were necessary and I am pleased they were brought in. I always carried out the electricity test and any remedial work necessary to gain an electrical certificate, so I was please about the various safety measures introduced. However, it should not just be landlords coughing up everywhere. Maintenance issues are fine to ensure the property holds value. But when the tenant does not pay rent for 2 months and then procedures to take them to court and then getting a bailiff to remove the non-paying tenants is very time consuming, arduous and a loss of rent for bout 8 to 9 months before you get your property returned to you is just not a fair system. Those people should be provided by government, indirectly from our taxes. The government seems to pass this buck to the landlords which is not a fair or justified system.We are providing a great service by renting and giving a home in return for a fair rent. Also when the tenant removes all your furniture and lamps, mirrors, paintings and destroying the fitted wardrobes and damaging the wood floor by burning it, you have to get recourse through courts. This is after getting their current addresses and following the procedures of writing to them and give them an opportunity of moving again and getting them to court is a lot of hassle and time consuming process, then even you do not know whether we would get any money refunded. This is the advice I got from the Citizen Advice B.
what do we do, are we the majority no, are we seen as sharks yes, do we have a voice no. I am thinking how do property moguls manage? especially who have lots of properties and make a living as their main earning from rentals, can we collectively do anything about it, probably yes. Please sign the petition prafula has started.
The Scottish Association of Landlords has been very good at representing our interest with the Scottish Government, and we’re able to make significant improvement to the Private Residential Tenancy
Muriel - that petition has nothing whatsoever to do with residential tenancies. It refers to the grounds on which a landlord can oppose the grant of a new lease of business premises to which the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 applies. Totally irrelevant to this topic I’m afraid.
Thank you @perrygrovefarm, you are absolutely right, and I deleted the link so that others do not click and sign something unrelated to our issue, I was in fact trying to google search the one mentioned by Shantala but I obviously found the wrong one.
You need to write to your MP and copy the letter to Housing Minister in Parliament. Excuse the pun but throw enough S"!t at them then hopefully some of it will stick. Ask your MP why Shelter doesn’t provide any housing when they’ve got millions in their bank account.