War Room
Advice for anyone who lets or runs property, and examples of difficult property deals and how they were sorted out.
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End of Tenancy Cleaning Checklist: Room by Room
Cleaning is the most common reason deposits are disputed. A full room-by-room checklist, what the check-out looks at and how long each size of home takes.
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End of Tenancy Cleaning Cost in London
What an end of tenancy clean costs in London by flat size, what the extras cost, what cheap quotes leave out and who has to pay.
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How to Cut Void Periods Between Tenancies
Tenants can now leave on two months' notice. How to use that time to find the next tenant, set the right rent and keep good tenants longer.
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How to Write an Airbnb Listing That Gets Booked
Guests decide from the first photo and the title. How to find out what is putting them off, and fix the photos, title and description.
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The Renters' Rights Act: What Changed and What Is Coming
Section 21 has gone and every tenancy is now rolling. What is in force in October 2026, what comes next, and what to do about it.
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How to Price an Airbnb or Short Let
One nightly rate is too cheap at weekends and too dear midweek. How to set a minimum price, weekend and event rates, minimum stays and gap-night rules.
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London's 90-Day Rule for Airbnb and Short Lets
A whole home in Greater London can only be let for short stays for 90 nights a year without planning permission. The full rules, and how to let it for the rest of the year.
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Landlord Maintenance Checklist: Safety Checks, Damp and Mould
The safety checks the law requires, what to do about damp and mould now and under Awaab's Law, and the jobs to do each month to avoid big bills.
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Airbnb Cleaning Fees in the UK: What to Charge and What to Pay
What to charge guests as a cleaning fee, what a changeover cleaner costs in London and the UK, and how Airbnb shows the fee to guests.
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Can a Landlord Charge for Cleaning? Deposit Deductions at the End of a Tenancy
A landlord can't make a tenant pay for a professional clean, but can deduct the cost of getting the home as clean as at check-in. The rules and the evidence.
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Airbnb Cleaning Checklist for Short-Let Changeovers
Most bad short-let reviews come from a few things a rushed clean missed. The routine, stock list and photos that keep your rating up and your damage claims paid.
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Can a Joint Owner Force a Sale? Selling in a Divorce with Mortgage Arrears
How the court can order a sale, married or not, what it costs and how long it takes. Then a case where agreeing first beat repossession by £27,000.
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Unlicensed HMO Penalties: Selling a Shared House Over Its Licence Limit
HMO fines now reach £40,000 and rent repayment orders two years' rent. How one landlord made his shared house legal for six and sold it on its real income.
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EWS1 Form: Selling a Flat in a Block with Cladding Problems
What an EWS1 form is, when lenders still ask for one, who pays for cladding repairs, and how one couple sold their flat after two mortgages fell through.
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Selling a Flat with a Short Lease When the Freeholder Can't Be Found
Why a lease under 80 years costs so much, what lenders accept, whether to extend first or sell as is, and how the court gives a new lease.
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Selling a House with Mortgage Arrears Before Repossession
Yes, you can sell with arrears, and selling first usually leaves you better off. The rules, the timings and a worked London example.
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Selling a House with No Deeds and No Registered Title
The house had never been registered and the paper deeds were lost. Care fees were £6,300 a month. How the family sold in seven weeks.
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Inherited a House with Siblings When One of You Lives There
Who decides, whether you can buy a sibling out, rent for the one living there, court orders for sale, and a case settled in five months without court.
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Selling an Unmortgageable Property: Who Buys It and at What Price
What makes a home unmortgageable, which problems you can fix before you sell, and how cash and bridging buyers work out their price.
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Selling a House with No Building Regulations Sign-Off for the Loft
The buyer's lender wanted a building regulations certificate that did not exist, and a call to the council had ruled out insurance. How the work was signed off and the house sold.
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Selling a House with a Sitting Tenant on a Regulated Tenancy
You can sell a home with a sitting tenant, but at a discount. Who buys, what they pay, offering the tenant a move, and one owner who sold in seven weeks.
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Can You Sell a House Before Probate? Selling a Probate House That Needs Work
You can market and agree a sale before probate, but not exchange. A worked case: three executors, one abroad, a house no lender would touch.
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