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The 'D' day landings were unbelievable when 150,000 troops landed in France.

Rommel was away at a family celebration in Berlin and Hitler had taken sleeping pills and his generals were afraid to wake him.  All this was unknown to the allies and with limited time awaiting the right weather for the crossing, they attempted the cross.

Unbelievable.

Are you the new moderator, or even a solicitor?

No, thought not.

A private buyer is hoping to sell their middle flat which is in a three story house.
The housing association tenant that lives downstairs, constantly complains because there is no sound proofing anywhere in the building and the private buyer above has removed the carpets and opted for bare polished floorboards.
Can the freeholder, who is a housing association, amend the lease agreement to prevent future leaseholders from removing carpets and using wooden flooring?

The tenant is in arrears by two months. But if I issue a section 21 or S8 and the tenant then starts paying the rent, does that make the S21 or S8 invalid, meaning I wouldn't have to take legal action? Ideally I would like them to leave as this could continue for the rest of the tenancy.

I just wondered what landlords experiences were when giving tenants notice to leave, issuing either of these two documents. I mean either way if a tenant refuses to leave, could the issuing of a section 8, as a result of the landlord wanting to move into the property, make it easier for the court to fast track the case, allowing the tenant  no excuse to remain in the property?

Thanks everyone for your replies and also Mr Bloke for the link that states you are tax exempt if on the way to a pre-arranged MOT.

Eh, have you ever applied for car insurance before? 

I will be driving my sorn car to a pre arranged MOT next week. When it passes the MOT, I can get it taxed the same day. I will get the car insured before it goes to the MOT.

However, my dilemma is, could I get fined for driving an untaxed car to the MOT station?

Well as things currently stand, landlords with an EPC of F or lower, should not be renting any accommodation. 

What happens if you are a protective tenant and the landlord refuses to upgrade your accommodation? The biggest fear for a tenant is to inform the council, only for the landlord to refuse to upgrade, then tell the tenants to leave. I am talking about protective 1977 Rent Act and Assured tenants here, not your average AST's.

On 02/05/2020 at 18:24, Crzy J said:

Also, make sure that when you come to buy, you take SDLT advice from a tax solicitor or at least a decent accountant. Because of the botched advice we got, we overpaid SDLT by about 60%.... 

How on earth could a solicitor make a mistake like that?

I hope you retrieved your money once the solicitor realised the mistake that was made.

The SDLT details are even published on the government website.

EPCs have to be a grade C from 2028. What will happen to tenants if a landlord refuses to upgrade his properties, especially if the tenants are protected 1977 Rent Act tenants and 1988 Assured  tenants, rather than your usual Assured shorthold tenants?

Surely they can't evict these tenants, just because landlords can't afford to upgrade these properties or even refuse to sell them?

If the law states that landlords can't rent their properties until the upgrade is done, does that mean the tenants can live there rent free until this is completed?

Are these needed if you are going to sell a property?

Suppose you want to flip a property in a few months and don't have the deeds because it takes HM land registry around six months to prepare them. Is it possible to sell a property without the deeds?

Ive just thought, maybe disconnecting all the utilities would do it.

But it's not your house until you've fully paid your mortgage for every piece of brick and mortar.

Until then, it still  remains the property of the lender.

Also, some houses are leasehold.

Someone puts a deposit on a property. Meanwhile, they are waiting for their own property to be sold before they can complete. If it takes too long for them to sell their property, can the original vendor pull out  without consequences? After all,  no one can predict how long it will take to sell a property, but meanwhile the original vendor who they paid a deposit to, could be missing out on other offers.

Thank-you all, really useful information.

On 02/01/2023 at 13:59, Jeffrey Shaw said:

The seven-year rule is subject to a sliding scale of amounts disregarded ("Taper Relief").

As far as I know- the rule does change from time to time!- Taper Relief exempts certain proportions of lifetime gifts which are Potentially Exempt Transfers. If one survives:

more than 6yrs but less than 7yrs: relief 80%

more than 5yrs but less than 6yrs: relief 60%

more than 4yrs but less than 5yrs: relief 40%

more than 3yrs but less than 4yrs: relief 20%.

Now that is interesting. But if you do survive the 7 years, no doubt you can start all over again and hope you live another 6 or 7 years so that your family don't have to pay the 40% inheritance tax.

24 minutes ago, Annie Bynnol said:

 

The Inheritance tax allowances are £325 000 to anybody and £500 000 if the house is left to your children and nothing to pay if the children lived there before continued to live their for seven years.

 

But would all the children who inherited, have to live there, both before a parent's death and then 7 years after?

2 minutes ago, ab6262 said:

set up a trust with a solicitor it safeguards, money  property and assets up 1 million.

Does this allow you to ignore the 7 year rule?

Wouldn't that be the easiest solution to just give your loved ones their share of your inheritance before you die?

Surely that way, those who you leave your inheritance to, would avoid the 40% death duties.

There is a new government awareness advert, showing us how to save electricity etc. by switching off at the mains every night. Does this really make any difference? Is electricity going to seep out if we don't? This is nothing to do with standby, mind.

Am I right in thinking that if a lodger won’t leave after four weeks notice, they would have to be taken to court for a court order to evict them, which is the same procedure as a tenant? If so that could take months and is enough to prevent anyone from allowing a lodger into their home. 
Also, would it be wrong to accept any money, ie money for bills etc. from the lodger, while waiting for the court order to take place?

Firethorn1

Are you, or is there anyone in your household on any benefits?

Do you rent or own your own house?

I only put mine on just for an hour, usually in the evening, just to take the chill off.