News - August 2011

Landlord's newly renovated four bedroom house is trashed by tenants

A landlord renovated his four bedroom house to rent out, only for his tenants to completely trash it.

The tenants lived in squalor with an overflowing toilet blocked with used sanitary towels and faeces, they ripped the carpets up, smashed t...
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Potential ban for energy deficient properties

Several organisations, including charities such as Child Poverty Action Group, local authorities, consumer groups and environmental campaigners, have called for a new law to be introduced requiring a minimum energy efficiency standard for all private...
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Quicker eviction for anti-social tenants

Housing minister Grant Shapps is proposing a faster procedure to evict tenants with a record of anti-social behaviour. The proposal will be available to both private and social landlords and will add a new mandatory ground for possession to the...
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