Insights

My colleague, Robin Stewart, has previously written about the substantially extended eviction powers to be found under the upgraded Right to Rent provisions. These were introduced by the Immigration A...

What is a Rent Repayment Order? Rent Repayment Orders (RROs) have been around since their introduction under the Housing Act 2004 (HA 2004). Previously, RROs were very limited in scope and allowed...

The shocking events at Grenfell Tower have rightly brought renewed attention to fire safety in residential property. Over the following weeks, months and years there will be a forensic examination of...

Most tenancies granted in the private rented sector are ‘assured shorthold tenancies’ and this had led to the “AST” becoming the default tenancy agreement for many letting agents and landlords...

Knowing what it should cost to extend your flat's lease was until May/June 2016 fairly simple for the experts. The valuation approach was based off averaging the established relativity graphs. This pu...

The Grenfell Tower disaster raises many questions in the light of apocalyptic messages posted by the Grenfell Action Group. Residents blogged that ‘only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitu...

There are sometimes situations where a landlord, through no fault of their own, finds themselves falling foul of one of the property licensing schemes created by Part 2 or Part 3, Housing Act 2004. Th...

In a reduced legislative programme, housing still made it into the Queen’s speech as follows: A draft Bill will be brought forward to ban letting agents charging fees to tenants.  This will me...