Personalising a property When the Scottish Government announced plans for ‘A New Deal for Tenants’ in late 2021, one of the proposals concerned giving tenants greater flexibility to personalise their homes and keep pets. In August 2022 the government published an analysis of responses to this Draft Rented Sector Strategy, which contained a variety of …
Read more >The rental market is changing and buy-to-let landlords have noticed the growing demand for eco-friendly properties. The green credentials of a property are increasingly important to tenants and when you’re making an investment decision, it should be taken into consideration. Higher rental yields With more people returning to city centres, there’s competition among tenants to …
Read more >When the Private Residential Tenancy (PRT) was introduced, one of the main concerns landlords had was the loss of section 33 – the wrongly described “no fault ground”. This created a desire for landlords, where they could, to preserve existing short-assured tenancies (SATs) beyond 1 December 2017 (the date after which no new short-assured tenancies …
Read more >With the recent coalition formed by Scottish Land and Estates (SLE), Scottish Association of Landlords and Propertymark, in response to the Cost of Living (Tenant Protection)(Scotland) Act 2022, Lets Talk host, Gillian Semmler, invites SLE’s Policy Advisor for Rural Property, Anna Gardiner, for episode 67 to discuss the concerns of the legislation on rural communities. …
Read more >For those with lower disposable incomes or who are saving up, houses of multiple occupancy (HMOs) have long been a desirable housing option. This mode of living is especially popular among students and young professionals since it offers cheaper rent per bedroom. In the past, HMOs have been an appealing option for many investors due …
Read more >What is the best way to disprove this defence? A recent increase in repairs defences to actions for eviction and payment applications based on arrears has been reported. There are generally three arguments made by tenants in these circumstances: withholding rent in order to compel the landlord to effect a repair; they are due an …
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