OT Renting Out a Flat

[Doctor Drivel]

Matt, you have blown it man. Blown it. Pull yourself together.

[Ed Sirett]

Quite so. If you look at a typical Shorthold Assured Tenancy agreement it says something like .... to pay or indemnify the Landlord against.... Gas Water Electric Council Tax Telephone

AIUI this means that however much the Tenants owe on those bills the landlord is never responsible for those debts. I had a couple who owed the London Borough of Barnet some 1500+ (they kept claiming they were students but failed to produce the correct paperwork - frankly because they weren't). The went abroad just before the bailiffs came so I presume this debt was never collected. Likewise they owed BT about 500. I have not even been approached for this and if I were I would take advice which I'm fairly sure would show I was indemnified against the debts.

[Ed Sirett]

Indeed so. However the two days are charged at a 50% discount for empty but furnished.

[Roland Perry]

In message , at

19:48:46 on Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Ed Sirett remarked:

So even more complications. (And the discounts like that are not universal, LA's can decide whether or not to have them).

[Roland Perry]

In message , at

19:44:45 on Wed, 22 Mar 2006, Ed Sirett remarked:

No, it means the tenant is saying he'll pay if the landlord gets the bill. However, if the tenant has defaulted...

[Lobster]

Or 100% discount (for 6 months) if unfurnished! - at least round my way.

David

[Owain]

:-)

A complaint possibly best left unvoiced in the presence of SWMBO

Owain

[Richard Faulkner]

In message , John writes

Yes they can

[Mark]

Unfurnished and uninhabitable i.e. no cooking/kitchen/bathroom facilities round my way.

[Lobster]

Yes we have that one too, but it's a different 'class' of discount - that is specifically for builders etc renovating a property and you have to jump through a few hoops to get; whereas the 100% discount for unfurnished kicks in almost automatically, ie as a landlord you just ring them up and tell them your tenant's moved out. But as has been said, these things vary by council.

David

[Dave Plowman (News)]

I'd say he needs to try and leave the bottle alone.

[Chris Bacon]

Isn't it general knowledge that you either let a flat and are a landlord, or you pay rent and are a tenant?

[Doctor Drivel]

Mr Cranium, with your level of senility you should kept away from glass. I'm sure they give you plastic cups in the homes.

[Mark]

Yes this is the one I normally (try to) claim and the property has to be inspected before Exemption is granted.

vacant between lets only qualifies for a 10% reduction here. As you say, different councils different rules. ;-(

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[Ed Sirett]

True, but such tenancies are unlikely to be out and in over a weekend.

[Ed Sirett]

That also. I got a 6 month exemption last year. Timed it nicely so that when the officier arrived the kitchen was gutted back to the bricks and the WC was missing.

He also told me of the people who tried to gain an exemption on their council tax whilst having the guttering replaced. They were not successful in their application.