James Durston Cartridges Law’s Housing Law specialist will be talking at “The Renting Minefield – what’s new for 2016?” a free event which has been organised in conjunction with Exeter City Council for private landlords, letting agents and anyone interested in letting a property.
There will be the chance to talk with other landlords and agents through the evening and “bite size” talks as follows:
Right to rent - The Home Office Taking Notice: Pitfalls with Section 21 - Cartridges Law How letting agents can help - NLA and ARLA New detector regulations: what they don’t tell...
Landlords in Devon will need to carry out thorough immigration status checks on their prospective tenants before granting tenancies in the future – or face stiff penalties including the possibility of imprisonment, warns leading law firm Stephens Scown LLP.
The government is expected to include a new penalty of up to five years in prison for landlords who fail to carry out the necessary ‘right to rent’ checks on their tenants, while a fine of up to £3,000 per tenant is also possible. The changes are likely to be included in the Immigration Bill this autumn.
Landlords of Houses of Multiple Occupation (HMOs) are being offered £125 discounts for a licensing their properties if they sign up to an accreditation scheme.
The incentive comes as Exeter City Council and the University of Exeter actively attempt to drive up the standards of properties in the city for tenants.
Both the University of Exeter and the Students’ Guild are committed to promoting the AfS/Unipol Accreditation Scheme within the private sector housing market in Exeter.
The University of Exeter is working with AfS/Unipol to ensure that landlords are made...
In this In a nutshell video, Tim Wadsworth from Space discusses why you should plan your lease renewal early.
Tim explains what could happen if you leave it too late and gives tips on what you should do to renew your commercial property lease. “Ideally you should start making plans eighteen months before your lease expires.
Business tenants normally don't have the right to renew the tenancy of their business premises when it comes to an end. In this case your landlord can ask you to leave.
A landlord in Dawlish has been fined £4,000 for renting out an unsafe property.
Curtis Betteridge was prosecuted by Teignbridge District Council after ignoring warnings to make a flat on Iddesleigh terrace meet fire and safety regulations.
It is the first time Teignbridge has taken court action against a landlord.
The case was heard before South Devon Magistrates, sitting in Torquay, on Tuesday December 2. Mr Betteridge and the case has tried in his absence.
Mr Betteridge is the leaseholder of Flat 2, 2 Iddesleigh Terrace, Dawlish. The flat is in an older...
