Insights

It’s often the first question asked by tenants, landlords, or sometimes the nervous letting agent who served the notice: Is my section 21 notice valid? Section 21 notices are the ‘no fault’ n...

The Tenant Fees Act 2019 limits the fees which landlord and agents can charge to residential tenants. Some fees are banned entirely, and others are restricted to a ‘reasonable amount’. The legisla...

When a tenant discovers that they are living in an unlicensed HMO it is usually not long before they realise that they can make an application to the First-tier Tribunal for a rent repayment order (RR...

The Supreme Court has refused to grant permission to appeal to the tenant in the important section 21 notice case Trecarrell House Limited v Rouncefield. In June 2020 the Court of Appeal ruled in a...

Fixed penalty notices are all over the news at the moment as reports emerge that the Metropolitan Police expect to impose penalties on several individuals who attended parties at 10 Downing Street dur...

Can residents compel council officers to use their enforcement powers against landlords and freeholders, and force councils to carry out inspections? During ‘Housing Week’ at Anthony Gold my co...

Welcome to the winter edition of the newsletter from the property team at Anthony Gold Solicitors. This edition of the newsletter brings you a mix of interesting developments in relation to Houses...

From a legal perspective in many ways 2021 has been a year of ‘more of the same’ for the private rented sector: more delays to abolition of section 21 notices, an extension for most of the year to...