Real stories. Simple fixes.
What's catching UK landlords out right now, told plainly, with a checklist at the end of every story so it doesn't happen to you.
The 25p that cost a landlord 13 months' rent
A tenant kept paying tiny amounts so the arrears never quite hit the legal line. Here's how it happened, and the simple record that stops it happening to you.
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Thrown out over a link: the EPC that sank a possession claim
The tenant owed rent. The landlord had done the work. The case still stopped, because of how one document was sent. The lesson matters even more now.
Read the story →The missing leaflet: how one deposit form undid a strong case
The deposit was in a scheme. The rent was owed. But one form hadn't reached the tenant, and that was the end of it. Since May, this matters more than ever.
Read the story →£65 a property and 28 days to update: the landlord register is coming
One landlord-group post about the new register drew more than 300 comments. Here's what it is, when your area starts, and how to be ready in an evening.
Read the story →'Photos don't lie': how landlords are winning deposit disputes
In the deposit threads, the landlords who got their money back nearly all said the same thing. Here's the 20-minute routine behind it.
Read the story →The tenant paid £2,600. The landlord got £1,800.
One landlord discovered the gap by accident. Others found fees they never agreed to. Here are five things to check on every agent statement.
Read the story →The repair request that turned up at the hearing
The landlord went to court about arrears. The tenant came with a list of repairs and a counterclaim. A dated repair log is the best defence.
Read the story →Taxed on money you never made
Landlords call it 'phantom income'. Add Making Tax Digital, which started in April, and tax is now a year-round job. Here's how to keep it calm.
Read the story →Asked for more, got less: the new rent rise rules
Since May, there's one way to raise rent, once a year. And if the tenant challenges it, the tribunal can set a rent lower than you asked for. Here's how to get it right.
Read the story →'Hanging on until it breaks me': why 1 in 6 have already sold, and what the stayers do differently
A poll in a large UK landlord group asked who's selling up. The answers were honest. So were the habits of the ones staying in.
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