PROJECT UPDATE: Throstle Lane. It’s been a few weeks since I posted, because I’ve been busy entertaining myself with the latest refurbishment project in Leeds. This is a residential house in my area, an 8 minute drive from my front door, and a prime property for a family, a large, roomy ex-council end terrace withContinue reading “PROJECT UPDATE: Throstle Lane”
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Don’t Ever Give Up Hope… A Tale of Some Little Piggies!
Today I’m going to tell you a story that spans more than thirty years. A story of a child’s unfulfilled frustration and disappointment. A tale of never-ending hope. But to begin our story, let me take you back to the mid-1980s… Our story begins in Leeds, with an only child, a shy little poor girlContinue reading “Don’t Ever Give Up Hope… A Tale of Some Little Piggies!”
FAIR PRICE OR A FLEECING?
FAIR PRICE OR A FLEECING? CHRISTMAS – WEDDING – NEW YEAR’S EVE – LANDLORD What do all these words have in common? I’ll tell you: they make the sellers bump up the price of items and services unnecessarily! I’ve seen it this week in the local shopping centre. We’re a few days before Christmas andContinue reading “FAIR PRICE OR A FLEECING?”
Why We Should All Love a Council House
Why we should all love a council house! Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin… Back in the misty depths of time, not quite as far back as ancient Babylon, but a few decades back to that awesome period known as the 1980s… In this era there lived in mythical beast: Margaret Thatcher. Love orContinue reading “Why We Should All Love a Council House”
My Top Five Reasons Why Being in Property is Great
Here are my top five reasons why being in property is great! Here we go… Number 1: You get to help people. First and foremost, you are providing homes for tenants. There’s a real shortage of rental accommodation, and if you can help provide that service, it benefits both parties. A great reason to startContinue reading “My Top Five Reasons Why Being in Property is Great”
HALLOWEEN HORRORS… of Property!
I love Halloween! 🎃 👻 So as it’s October 31st, I will share with you some Halloween Horrors… of Property! There are many scary things about property that keep us terrified and awake at night… and some are just downright horrors! First one: mysterious happenings in the middle of the night! 😱 During a property’sContinue reading “HALLOWEEN HORRORS… of Property!”
How Do You Know Who To Trust With Your Money?
How do you know who to trust with your money? I’m writing this because of a little occurrence that happened yesterday, which I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. I had put my car in for the MOT in the morning and so had to get the bus into Leeds. I was booked inContinue reading “How Do You Know Who To Trust With Your Money?”
Who Surveys the Surveyors?!
Who Surveys the Surveyors? Who invests in property? And of those, who has ever had a surveyor make an absolutely ridiculous valuation on the property? Hmmm, that’ll be every property investor then! Despite our best due diligence, our most recent sold and for sale comparables, our best work, time and money spent in refurbishment… thereContinue reading “Who Surveys the Surveyors?!”
10 YEARS OF LANDLORDING – and Ten Things I’ve Learned About Being a Landlord!
10 YEARS OF LANDLORDING – …and Ten Things I’ve learned about being a Landlord in the that time! Somehow, somewhere, a full decade has passed since I first rented out a property! In late 2008, I moved into a house, and kept my little cheap cheerful flat I’d lived in since 2001. I rentedContinue reading “10 YEARS OF LANDLORDING – and Ten Things I’ve Learned About Being a Landlord!”
ENERGY?! EPC!!!!!
EEEEEH – PEEEE – CEEEE?!? What you talkin’ about, Willis?! Well landlords and property investors, just in case you missed the new Government legislation that came into force this year, here is what you need to know! “From April 2018, landlords of privately rented domestic and non-domestic property in England or Wales must ensure that theirContinue reading “ENERGY?! EPC!!!!!”
