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Renters' Rights

Section 13 Four Months On — What the First Tribunal Decisions Actually Show, and Why "Shaving, Not Slashing" Is the Pattern to Know

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Sep 15, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Holiday Lets and Airbnb — Why Genuine Short-Term Lets Sit Completely Outside Everything This Newsletter Has Covered All Year, and the C5 Planning Trap That Catches Landlords Trying to Switch

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Sep 10, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Landlord Insurance — Standard Cover Voids After 30 Days Empty, HMOs Are Often Excluded Entirely, and Rent Guarantee Is Not the Same as Loss of Rent

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Sep 8, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Student Lets and Ground 4A — Why a 2-Bedroom Student Flat Now Has No Route to Recover Possession at All

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Sep 3, 2026

Plain English

Council Tax on Empty Properties — Why 13 Months Void Now Costs Double, and the Second Homes Premium Most Landlords Have Never Heard Of

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Sep 1, 2026

Regulation Updates

The 1 August Deadline Just Passed — If You Served an Old Notice Before 1 May and Didn't Get to Court by 31 July, It's Now Dead

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Aug 27, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Ending a Tenancy Properly — Why "No Fixed End Date" Means Your Check-In Photos From Three Years Ago Are No Longer Enough

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Aug 25, 2026

Plain English

Ground 1 and Ground 1A — Selling Up or Moving In Now Comes With a 12-Month Re-Letting Ban, and Getting the Timing Wrong Is a Criminal Offence

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Aug 20, 2026

Renters' Rights

Pets in Rentals — Blanket Bans Are Dead, You Can't Require Insurance, and "Reasonable Refusal" Means Something Specific

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Aug 18, 2026

Tenancy & Rent

Ground 8 — The Rent Arrears Threshold Just Rose From Two Months to Three, and Why "The Tenant Paid Just Enough" Trick Still Works Against You

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Aug 13, 2026

Property Safety

Electrical Safety — The EICR, the 28-Day Remedial Window, and the C1/C2/C3 Codes That Actually Decide How Urgent Your Problem Is

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Aug 11, 2026

Property Safety

Gas Safety — The One Compliance Obligation That's a Criminal Offence, Not a Civil One, and Why That Changes Everything

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Aug 6, 2026