Following the govts. confirmation that the UK is moving from the Containment to Delay phase, we’ve decided to postpone all of our landlord training courses until further notice. We hope to resume normal operation from May/June but we will keep our members & subscribers updated….
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North Somerset Council takes a positive approach to improving housing standards
Letter sent out to local landlords within the defined area on 02.01.19: Are you a private landlord? • Are you currently renting your property to a tenant or propose to in the future? • Is your property located within Weston super Mare? – Full details…
Selective Licensing Scheme ‘Additional Powers’ Ruled Illegal By Court of Appeal
This week, 24Housing and Property118 have reported that the Court of Appeal has ruled that councils cannot use selective licensing conditions to impose new standards on private rented homes. Paul Brown, a private landlord in Accrington, is challenging Hyndburn Council which sought to use its…
Funding available to upgrade properties in North Somerset
DO YOU HAVE SOLID WALL PROPERTIES WITH ELECTRIC HEATING, IN NEED OF INSULATION MEASURES? … WELL, funding is currently available in North Somerset to upgrade your properties, so now is the time to do it – what with the new EPC rules coming into force…
Rent with Confidence – relaunch of rental standard across the West of England
Posted 06/07/2017: Incorporated less than a year ago, with 56 accredited landlords representing over 1,339 buy to let properties, we are very happy to announce that the NLCE UK has been officially licensed to be an accredited provider of the Rent with Confidence Rental Standard…
West of England Partnership Landlord Manual – Third Edition
Please have a look at this very useful manual for all landlords. (click on the image below) Endorsed and produced by North Somerset Council along with Bristol City Council, Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire Councils.
West of England Landlord Expo – Vital Information for BTL Landlords
The West of England Landlord Expo is celebrating it’s seventeenth annual event on Thursday 25th May at the WoE, Exhibition and Conference Centre (UWE Bristol). Private landlords are facing an ever increasing list of legal requirements that they need to comply with and in addition recent…
NLCE UK accredits 56 landlords, representing over 1,000 BTL homes in Somerset & Bristol
Over the last 6 months 51 landlords from Somerset & Bristol have completed the NLCE UK training and accreditation scheme, firm in the belief that this will protect good tenants and enable their local authority to effectively target ‘rogue’ landlords across these areas. Since the first National Landlords Code of Excellence…
Section 24 policy will bankrupt buy to let and increase homelessness
So I booked in to see Gavin Barwell yesterday in Taunton to raise the issue of Section 24 aka ‘The Tenant Tax.’ There were over 150 people in the room and I got my hand up but sadly we weren’t allowed a lot of time…
MINUTES OF THE NSC PRIVATE SECTOR HOUSING FORUM HELD ON 25 January 2017
PRESENT: The following members signed the attendance record for the meeting. Leslie Green Landlord Robert Reading Landlord Neil Turner NLCE Accredited Landlord Drew Elkins Hilton Properties Grahame Middle Landlord K Bennett Landlord Sam Jackson NLCE Accredited Landlord D Swords NLCE Accredited Landlord S Swords NLCE Accredited…