New Guide to Tenancy Deposit Disputes
A new guide has been produced to help landlords, agents and tenants deal with deposit disputes. It suggests ways in which disputes can be avoided and gives examples of evidence that an adjudicator might look for when considering a dispute. The guide has been published by The Deposit Protection Society, The Tenancy Deposit Scheme and My Deposits, [...]
Courts Back Landlords over Tenant Deposit Schemes!
A review of the courts decision over Landlord’s failure to comply [...]
Fighting Back Against Squatters
What is Squatting? Squatting occurs when someone occupies an empty property without the owner’s knowledge and without their permission. Squatting does therefore not include tenants who remain in the property after their tenancy has ended or those with other rights occupation, there should also be no record of rent being paid to the owner. How [...]
Tenant Deposit Schemes stop Landlords evicting
Section 21 Notices and Deposits As a prelude to the launch of our comprehensive free e-book for dealing with problem tenants here are some great tips on how to get tenants out of your property. At MS Law Solicitors we help clients deal with problem tenants from simple scenarios to the complex. A situation we often [...]
Landlords You Need Our Help
A recent survey by the RLA (Residential Landlords Association) has shown that 6 out 10 Landlords who contact them do so because they are having problems obtaining possession of their property. Could that be you? Are you struggling to work through the minefield that is repossession, a task which is going to become even harder [...]
Evicting Problem Tenants
When you have tried all efforts to protect the income from your property investment without success, you will eventually need to evict your tenants. Our service allows you to: Deal with legal professionals – not third party companies who are not Solicitors and who are not legally qualified. We are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation [...]
Deposits: Common Mistakes
Landlords are sometimes getting it wrong when it comes to the issue of holding deposits, according to the Office of Fair Trading. When a prospective tenant makes an offer in principle to rent a property, he or she will usually pay a holding deposit of perhaps one third or one half of a month’s rent. [...]
Landlords Prevented from Serving Section 21 Notices
Landlords may not be able to serve Section 21 Notice in certian circumstances. So, if you can’t serve a Section 21 Notice, how can you end a Tenancy. How can you get your property back? As part of the Housing Act 2004 the Government introduced tenancy deposit protection for all Assured Shorthold Tenancies (ASTs) in [...]
HIT THE ROAD JACK – SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR PROBLEM TENANTS
How Landlords can get rid of their problem tenants- quickly, effectively and cheaply.
PROBLEM TENANTS ? SOLVED!
Good day today. Problem tenant out. Landlord back on track! Many of us at M S Law are investors and realise the distress a problem tenant can cause and the cash flow problems too. But you can get your tenant out AT ANY TIME if the tenant is 8 weeks or 2 months in arrears, [...]
