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Informed Landlords Glossary: CCJ
A County Court Judgement is used when a person/company is found by Court to owe another person/company money and has either refused to pay or cannot pay. The Court wi...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Consumer Protection Act:
Everyday actions can cause us to agree by contract to do something such as when we take out a buy to let mortgage or organise land...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: CORGI
CORGI lost the contract to Capita in 2009, for registering Gas Engineers. Many companies have still not registered with Capita, but it is imperative you have your w...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Deposit
A deposit is a sum of money paid by the tenant to the landlord prior to moving into the property. This deposit is held until the end of the term when some or all ...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: EPC
EPC’s give information to the perspective tenant regarding the amount it will cost to run a house, in the form of energy use, such as gas and electricity.
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Gas Installer
Gas engineers must be registered. The Government issued a ten year contract to Capita Group to register all gas installers; this started on 1st April 2...
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Glossary - HMO / Houses of Multiple Occupancy
A HMO or houses of multiple occupancy is a let property where the tenancy consists of a number of individual agreements. This type of rental a...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: HSE
The Health and Safety Executive are responsible for H & S throughout the United Kingdom and make sure that any issues relating to either Health and/or Safety are ...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Landlord and Tenant Act
This Act was designed to look after the interests of both the Landlord and Tenant and sets out responsibilities for both parties. It is very impor...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Lender
The lender can be described as the institution or person that gives finance to a buyer to purchase a certain good. The lender within property is usually a bank or ...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: TDS
TDS stands for tenancy deposit scheme. More information can be gained by following the link to our tenancy deposit page.
It is the scheme which prot...
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Informed Landlords Glossary: Tenancy
Tenancy can describe the person/s living in your property are in tenancy, as they are tenants. Tenants are persons that are paying rent to a landlord. You should ...
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