Landlord News Category

Heat and hot water are two things a landlord must provide. Bedrooms should be at least 18 degrees Celsius and living areas 21 degrees Celsius when it’s near freezing outside. Most tenants expect to have control over when the heating comes on, for how long, and also whether there is any hot water…

A leading alternative deposit provider is calling on the government to incentivise deposit reforms by offering landlords tax breaks if they move away from traditional upfront deposits.

An Edinburgh landlord has been fined after claiming his flat was a holiday let when it clearly wasn’t. He told the tribunal the property was owned by an overseas relative and he was only the manager rather than the legal owner, and as such he was ignorant of his duties. However, this defence was firmly rejected by the court and the landlord was told to cough up £7,500.

Around 7% of landlords in the UK are “accidental”. They are the landlords who never intended to let out properties. Some are forced into the sector when they can’t sell their home but have to move anyway; others inherited a property and are not yet ready to relinquish it.

A famous pop singer and former X-Factor judge has been ordered to pay a landlord nearly £70k, which includes interest and costs, after allegedly trashing his rental flat. Tulisa Contostavlos denies damaging the £1 million flat, but the judge still told her to pay up.