April 1st big day for this landlord

Most experienced landlords are pretty aware that things always come together.  Life rarely comes in bite size chunks especially when you are a property entrepreneur.  You tend to find the boiler blows up, just as a tenant decides to move out and another stops paying their rent, then there is a leak!

This very much mirrors my experience at the moment.  It's no exaggeration to say that for me the 1st of April is D day.

D Day for this landlord

Currently, I've got one sale going though.  This is not just a sale; it's the third time the sale has been agreed on this property since I first put it on the market about a year ago.  This time it's a cash buyer looking for a buy-to-let and so is desperate to avoid the additional 3% stamp duty surcharge that the Chancellor in his wisdom has decided to slap on landlords.  Just to throw an added complication into the mix I have a predatory freeholder Southern Land Securities and there managing agent Hamilton King who are trying to extract their pound of flesh by getting me to sign a deed of variation ramping up the ground rent and clobbering me with a range of disbursement charges and legal fees at the same time (more on this shortly).

On top of the above I am frantically trying to agree the purchase of a Peak District holiday home.  Not just a holiday home but also a property that will help secure the long-term viability of my rapidly expanding food and drink business.

Freeholder threatening  legal action

Added into this mix I have the freeholder of my Penthouse bearing down on me threatening legal action because I have not reinstated a 'bloomin' spiral staircase within the allotted 3 month time period.

April fools - could this landlord end up with egg on his face

Added to all this it's April fools day.  I suspect somebody 'up there' is having a massive laugh at my expense.  So this Easter I will be either celebrating big style or will be wearing a proverbial Easter egg all over my face!

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