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The police have issued a 16-point guide for landlords to identify and guard against their properties being used as cannabis farms. This...

Media outlets in Scotland are reporting that Edinburgh council is considering charging short let landlords for bin collections. The plans are to be...

Landlords need to work “proactively” with tenants if and when bed bug cases emerge, an industry figure claims. Jonathan Rolande of the...

A public complaint about rubbish being dumped in a remote country lane started a trail that eventually led to a landlord...

On occasion, a landlord may find that they need to clear a property after a tenant has left unexpectedly. It might...

An angry reader has contacted Landlord Today with a letter from housing minister Rachel Maclean - which the recipient has branded...

A prominent Labour councillor in Liverpool has told the local media: “Parts of Liverpool are blighted by landlords who treat the...

A city council has slammed what it calls ‘neglectful landlords’ as part of an illegal dumping crackdown. Stoke-on-Trent’s Labour authority has declared...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cambridgeshire. The dumped rubbish...

A landlord has been prosecuted after construction and renovation waste from his rental property was found dumped in Cottenham. The dumped rubbish...

The government will this week announce a new consultation on private rental sector energy efficiency - in particular, insulation. This will be...

We’re used to councils having a pop at private landlords - but now one has praised a landlord for helping to...

A landlord has been fined after pleading guilty to breaching a prohibition order preventing him from letting a property. The Isle of...

A landlord has been landed with a bill of almost £2,800 for failing to clear rubbish and maintain his vacant property. Alex...

A landlord has been found guilty of three housing offences after it was discovered a property he let out posed a...

Landlords who rent out HMOs in parts of the Midlands are urged to act now so they don’t get hit with...

A council has launched a best practice charter for operating “considerate holiday lets” in partnership with a property industry trade body. The...

Landlords have been warned they risk fixed penalty notices and the loss of HMO licences if students leave rubbish in public...

A review into the way a council deals with HMOs has been launched in response to concerns about the concentration of...

Complaints from the public about rubbish left in front of a house have led to a landlord being hit with a...

Two married landlords from Southall have been ordered to pay over £290,000 after failing to comply with a planning enforcement notice. Kartar and...

There’s been another report of a council targeting landlords over rubbish. A Community Protection Warning was served on an empty house in...

A local authority admits it is using covert cameras to spot landlords illegally fly-tipping. Darlington council claims there have been several incidents...

A landlord in the north of England has received the largest fine that his local council has ever secured for a...

An agency says its bizarre list of items left behind by departing tenants shows how many renters actually appear to keep pets...

A landlord who fly-tipped the contents of a flat so another tenant could move in has been ordered to pay thousands...

An interiors company claims a 10 point guide for private tenants will ensure they get all of their deposit back when...

A Midlands council says it’s sent thousands of letters to landlords in the last 12 months in response to complaints from...

A landlord has been handed nearly £30,000 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to maintenance and safety failures at three...

A landlord’s firm has been fined after waste accumulated in the rear yard of a tenanted property. Elahi Properties of Blackburn was...

The latest attack on landlords by the Generation Rent group of activists is from its deputy director and concerns mould. It comes in...

A leading officer in a Labour council which has in the past taken landlords to court says this process is so...

Periodic inspections of your property are just as important for landlords as the inventory check at the start of the tenancy....

A council has prosecuted a landlord who failed to ensure waste from his property was properly disposed of. Mohammed Hussain from Leeds...

Landlords are being urged to vet tenants carefully and watch out for the tell-tale signs that a property is being used as...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a major clean-up bill after a tenant from hell trashed his rental property in...

An unscrupulous landlord has been ordered to pay almost £4,000 after tenants were discovered living in an appalling and unsafe property.  Officers...

Damage caused by water, fire, explosion and theft have been identified as the primary reasons that buy-to-let landlords make insurance claims, but there...

An unscrupulous landlord who housed at least 25 tenants in a rundown property in north-west London has been ordered to pay...

Vulnerable tenants and those at higher risk of rent arrears are likely to suffer most as a result of the government’s...

A landlord in Cardiff was reduced to tears after discovering her house in a shockingly dire state. The tenant is said to...

A private landlord in the Staffordshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants trashed her property and turned it into a drugs...

Plans to introduce a new licensing scheme for privately rented homes in Barking and Dagenham has been approved by the government. Under...

A tenant left a three-bedroom house in Birmingham “completely destroyed” after piling rubbish in every single room and dumping mattresses in...

A husband and wife have been issued with fines, penalties and costs totalling more than £8,000 after showing a complete disregard...

Property expert and entrepreneur Gill Fielding has been investing in property for several decades; long before the term ‘property investor’ was...

Property management company Titlecroft Limited has been fined £5,000 for failing to join a government-approved property redress scheme, which is a...

A private landlord in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire was left horrified after nightmare tenants left his property in a...

The new regulations introduced last month to bring mandatory licensing to all Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) was designed to better...

A rogue landlord whose tenants were living in degrading conditions has been ordered to pay £9,000. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow Council...

A landlord was handed a huge cleaning bill after his house was left in a horrific and disgusting state. The landlord was...

Changes to mandatory Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing come into force in England today, requiring properties with five or more...

A buy-to-let landlord has been left with a major clean-up bill after ‘tenants from hell’ whose rent had fallen into severe...

A landlord who infuriated neighbours by using a back garden at one of his rental properties to dump rubbish has been...

New guidance for landlords to further protect tenants from poor living conditions has been published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities...

When ex-social worker and professional landlord Leslie-Ann acquired the 18th century two-bedroom cottage she lives next door to four years ago,...

A new licensing system in the West London neighbourhoods of Hammersmith, Shepherd’s Bush, Fulham, Chiswick and Ealing aims to protect landlords...

Two landlords have been fined more than £85,000 for illegally cramming tenants into a rental property in Leytonstone, east London, and...

A BBC TV show challenging landlords to spend a week living in one of their own rentals, on their tenant's budget,...

A rogue landlord who rented out filthy and dangerous flats in Bradford likened to slums has been ordered to pay close...

A landlord has been fined almost £1,300 for dumping rubbish at the rear of his rental property in Grays. Ardon Jardine, who...

Landlords Dan and Jamie started building their property portfolio at the age of 19. Still in their early 20s, they now...

As a buy-to-let property owner, the last thing you want is for your investment to be sitting empty. But it’s not...

Buy-to-let investors are being warned not to leave their properties to fall into disrepair after a landlord was found guilty of...

The first thing they see Whether you have an extravagant front garden or a front door in an apartment building, make sure...

A landlord was left with a £2,000 cleaning bill after a group of tenants left his property in a state of...

A rogue landlord has been ordered to pay £5,600 after rubbish from three of his rental properties was found fly-tipped in...

A leading tax expert has slammed claims made recently that buy-to-let landlords face the risk of double taxation if they choose...

A landlord has been accused of hurling homophobic abuse at his gay tenants, even after they moved out of his property.  The...

Over-extended student homes are not just an eyesore, but they are also ‘destroying family homes’ and creating ‘misery for local residents’, according...

A private landlord in north London has been sentenced to four months imprisonment and fined £20,000 after pleading guilty to intimidating his...

Around a third of private rented sector tenants in the UK admit that they are currently subletting their rented accommodation without...

A Birmingham landlord has been handed a fine of more than £24,000 after being prosecuted for a string of offences. Salih Mahfood...

In a welcome change to rogue landlord stories, a number of national newspapers have run a story about tenants trashing a...