tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post4156049013094369430..comments2024-03-06T18:07:22.993+00:00Comments on Landlord and BTL Blog: Dianne Abbott's rent control proposalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-54392838051845899182014-12-23T13:55:48.642+00:002014-12-23T13:55:48.642+00:00This just doesn't make sense. I must be missi...This just doesn't make sense. I must be missing something. The example I will use is the house I rent:<br /><br />Council tax = £180 per month for a 4 bedroom detached house. Current rent is £860 which is below market vale.<br /><br />Surely she cannot be saying the rent would become £90 per month?<br />or is she saying monthly rent should be 50% of the annual rent council tax liability soAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-10309666384823610602014-12-15T18:00:28.801+00:002014-12-15T18:00:28.801+00:00Insanity in all its gloryInsanity in all its gloryAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16773748984796860544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-81710728865369632632014-12-13T19:10:38.381+00:002014-12-13T19:10:38.381+00:00Please do not let this woman become a candidate! ...Please do not let this woman become a candidate! If she is publishing this rubbish what is she thinking privately? and planning to put into action in the future. This woman is reckless and dangerous. As a woman I am all for women in business and politics but not this one! with thoughts and possible policies like this. I am not greedy just want to have the money to maintain my properties when Natalie Maynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-3028618987902315052014-12-13T19:04:51.736+00:002014-12-13T19:04:51.736+00:00Well guess she is looking for votes from the rente...Well guess she is looking for votes from the renters because the landlords will not vote for her and she will not get a second term as the evicted homeless tenants will not vote for her. Never heard anything so silly. It is a free market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-84398333030472554912014-12-13T12:05:13.192+00:002014-12-13T12:05:13.192+00:00Its a free market! trying to control rents will no...Its a free market! trying to control rents will not work!<br />if this does happen,they will need to control ALL costs landlords suffer,like interest rates,vat on repairs etc insurance,The idiots that run this country into the ground ! and tax us to death !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-53753336172093412682014-12-13T10:38:02.766+00:002014-12-13T10:38:02.766+00:00This really did make me lol!
How about limiting C...This really did make me lol!<br /><br />How about limiting Council Tax to the same as rent?<br /><br />That would put a spoke in the wheels of all these tax & spend politcians!<br /><br />Ian Price, LandlordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-57620790113923580402014-12-13T08:43:04.671+00:002014-12-13T08:43:04.671+00:00I am old enough to remember domestic rates which w...I am old enough to remember domestic rates which were based on perceived rental income. Have we come full circle?David Pricenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-87864753325895358982014-12-12T21:00:54.297+00:002014-12-12T21:00:54.297+00:00Diane talks about rent spiraling out of people'...Diane talks about rent spiraling out of people's reach. If that happened we'd have voids and no tenants; of course rents can't rise beyond people's ability to pay. Typical politician's comment away from the real world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-22669842621471038332014-12-12T19:38:40.546+00:002014-12-12T19:38:40.546+00:0065 - 75% of the total yearly council tax bill woul...65 - 75% of the total yearly council tax bill would be more reasonable and workable. This would mean rents couldn't get any higher, and might have to be lowered, but not by so much it puts landlords out of business.<br />As her proposal stands it is unreasonable and unworkable - for an educated, responsible top politician to suggest such a thing to the public is nothing short of ridiculous -Mandy Thomsonhttp://lodgersite.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-13841234998199617292014-12-12T19:03:07.577+00:002014-12-12T19:03:07.577+00:00Wow! Someone with such short-sighted visions is ac...Wow! Someone with such short-sighted visions is actually allowed to run for Mayor of London?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-38048067988136453062014-12-12T18:50:13.385+00:002014-12-12T18:50:13.385+00:00Hear hear... I thought all landlords did this on a...Hear hear... I thought all landlords did this on a Friday night!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-84239754379290613182014-12-12T16:22:02.588+00:002014-12-12T16:22:02.588+00:00Presume she has thought this through and will be a...Presume she has thought this through and will be able to find accommodation for all those tenants that are left homeless after the landlords sell up? There is no problem that a socalist political cannot make a lot worse. Have they really leaned nothing from the days of rent control and regulation that killed the rental market - clearly they have not.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-15747718391691415402014-12-12T15:12:48.659+00:002014-12-12T15:12:48.659+00:00I am a landlord in the north east. My rents would ...I am a landlord in the north east. My rents would all go up if this was the case! Pretty much like the last time Labour meddled with the rent system. All rents rose dramatically.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-44467615005458226262014-12-12T13:24:08.034+00:002014-12-12T13:24:08.034+00:00There is a presumption that all landlords are mult...There is a presumption that all landlords are multi-millionaires who quaff champagne whilst bathing in asses' milk.... well that's my Friday evening planned. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-18600434564988029492014-12-12T12:01:41.031+00:002014-12-12T12:01:41.031+00:00Definately politicians have gone potty and think l...Definately politicians have gone potty and think landlords have deep pockets.<br /><br />They should do a survey on the damage the cil levy has done to deter property developers refurbishing and adding value to properties ,creating new homes for tenants.<br /><br />I for one have shelved projects as I don't want to pay into their coffers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37476956.post-32163709808188580562014-12-12T10:58:39.776+00:002014-12-12T10:58:39.776+00:00She's mad! Most Landlords are Private Individu...She's mad! Most Landlords are Private Individuals who would be broke by such a stupid scheme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com