Suing your landlord is like buying a lottery ticket – but with better odds Where there’s blame, there’s a claim, and all misfortunes, from a stubbed toe to accidental autoerotic asphyxiation are probably someone...
Britain isn’t an especially friendly place to foreigners, We go through waves of inviting them into our country, and kicking them out again when they’re no longer useful. Later this month, assuming Brexit actually happens, we’ll...
London is set to build 80 rooftop shacks, edging the capital ever closer to a dystopian cyberpunk fantasy. Who doesn’t love cyberpunk as a literary and film genre? There’s something special about the gritty realism of rain...
Mandatory electrical tests for PRS properties will be pointless and unfair No landlord wants their tenants to die in a house fire. Well, they might, but we would imagine most landlords would prefer troublesome tenants moved out...
Landlords and MPs are feeling inSecure about new deposit rules. In some cases, they’re the same person It must be horrible to wake up every day as Bob Blackman, Member of Parliament for Harrow East, who is currently serving...
Bristol’s so-called solution to the housing crisis is insulting and will only add to renting woes Think back to the size of Mars bars when you were a kid. Or Cadbury’s Creme Eggs. Or Roses chocolate tins. Bigger, weren’t...
With most landlords refusing to let to the previously homeless, the only way forward is to lie. Truth and honesty are necessary for a society to function. If you can’t trust your neighbours, or the bank, or your mechanic, then...
Germany is showing the world how fair rents can make everybody happy. Could it take off in the UK? Imagine in a world...
This Festive season, landlords need to embrace their inner Scrooge. Go on – treat yourself, Ebenezer. It’s that...
Mark Carney says house prices will soon drop by a third, whether that spells disaster for the PRS is up to you
Flintons practice of taking (and keeping) holding deposits has been described as "legally questionable." It's a bit...
Exploitative landlords can always dodge rules aimed at helping tenants. It's time for a new approach.
A charity calling for landlords to allow moggies could be a cat-astrophe
Many landlords STILL won't let to DSS claimants. Pushes for change threaten to crush the PRS between their lenders and...
Tenants are being given the right to sue their landlords directly. Say hello to a new wave of robo calls.
Fergus Wilson is throwing his toys out of the pram, says he's selling up (again). We're not sure that we believe him.
Lengthy terms and conditions are a pain. Failing to read them can be agony.
Tory think tank proposals could see capital gains tax axed when landlords sell to their tenants.
Fairer alternatives to the upcoming three year minimum tenancy rules have been proposed. But landlords don't seem to be...
