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Housing minister cuts planning application requirements
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has announced new regulations on shared houses which could cut as many as 8,500 planning applications from the system, freeing up councils to focus on other priorities. www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net – 7 Sept 2010 Currently landlords have to submit a planning application to rent their properties to unrelated tenants – known as Houses [...]
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A landlord has been fined today for putting the lives of his tenants and others at risk by illegally fitting a gas boiler. Richard Elliot, of Pennsylvania Road, Exeter pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (1998) when he appeared before Honiton Magistrates’ Court. The Health and Safety Executive [...]
Exeter landlord put lives at risk with faulty gas boiler Date: 25 August 2010 Release No: 900/SWW/10A landlord has been fined today for putting the lives of his tenants and others at risk by illegally fitting a gas boiler. Richard Elliot, of Pennsylvania
A landlord has been fined today for putting the lives of his tenants and others at risk by illegally fitting a gas boiler. Richard Elliot, of Pennsylvania Road, Exeter pleaded guilty to two breaches of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations (1998) when he appeared before Honiton Magistrates’ Court. The Health and Safety Executive [...]
Dilapidations & VAT: The Taxing Truth
James McAllister, Director of The Dilapidations Consultancy, sets the record straight on VAT in dilapidation claims. Introduction Let’s start with a fact: Dilapidations is outside the scope of VAT as far as HM Revenue & Customs are concerned. So there we have it, VAT need not feature in dilapidation claims and settlement agreements. If only [...]
The Golden age of home ownership comes to an end
The Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) is calling on housing providers and government to focus attention on developing a wider range of rented housing options that better meet demand for good quality homes. The CIH report ‘Widening the rental housing market’ found that help is needed in particular for the “in-betweens”, people who aren’t in [...]
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