General: Powers available to deal with illegal and unauthorised encampments
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has called on councils to clamp down on illegal encampments and to stop unauthorised traveller sites being set up.
Housing: New guidance for dealing with rogue landlords
Ministers have launched a major clampdown on rogue landlords to bring an end to suburban shanty towns that trap vulnerable people in dangerous living conditions.
Risk Management of Machinery and Work Equipment
If you are not sure what the new responsibilities are, this book deals with the key changes brought about by the Machinery Directive in a clear and straightforward question and answer format. It gives guidance on the steps to take and the standards to use to help meet the responsibilities.
Renting HMOs SUSSED: 100 Pages of Personal Experience
This Guide is for anyone considering investing in, or who already owns Houses of Multiple Occupation – whether they need to be licenced or not. It draws on five years’ worth of experience as an HMO Landlady with the added benefit of advice on how not to fall foul of the law from Ben Reeve-Lewis (tenant/landlord dispute negotiator, housing law trainer and consultant, property journalist and broadcaster).
Spareroom: Landlords’ guide to renting by the room
With no sign of the current love affair with buy to let slowing down many rental markets are becoming saturated, so rents are being kept down by a high level of competition. By-the-room lets are one way of avoiding this and there are several reasons why you should consider renting by the room.
Spareroom: Lodgers, isn’t that all a bit 1970s?
If you’ve got an empty spare room you can earn up to £4,250 a year tax free by renting it out. Lodgers these days are often young professionals who can’t afford their own place but want somewhere comfortable to live along with a decent flatmate to share with.
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