Rob Crawford
Rob Crawford is the chairman of the Association of Local Landlords (Wessex). Rob is a practicing landlord with a property portfolio that includes small private residential properties and HMO's. Rob is a qualified letting agent and former owner of Kingfisher Lettings & Management. He is now a share holder of the successful online lettings company Lettingsupermarket.com.
Rob Crawford's Latest Posts
HMRC’s MTD – Making Tax Difficult for Landlords!
MTD – Making Tax Difficult for Landlords! Actually, MTD means “Making Tax Digital” HMRC has changed it’s position on a number of occasions with regard to when it will require landlords to adopt MTD for income tax reporting. As things currently stand, the 2019 start date has been delayed, landlords now need to prepare for […]
Requirement for Letting Agents to belong to a Client Money Protection Scheme
“The Client Money Protection (CMP) Schemes for Property Agents (Req’t to belong to a Scheme etc.) Regulations 2018” comes into force in 1st April 2019. The act requires that all Letting and Property Management Agents join a Government approved CMP Scheme. Approximately 60% of agents are already registered with a CMP scheme provider, however, some […]
New tougher electrical safety standards to protect private tenants
According to the most recent data tenants in the private rented sector face a higher risk of electrical shock and fires caused by electrical faults in their homes compared to social housing tenants. To address this the government introduced new powers in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to set and enforce tougher electrical safety […]
Landlords will be required to join a Housing Redress Scheme (updated)
For first time ever, private landlords will be legally required to join a housing redress scheme – boosting protection for millions of renters across the country. Announced today by Ministry of Housing Communities & Local Government, The Rt Hon James Brokenshire MP. For further details click here. Scope of mandatory private landlord redress, “There is […]
West of England Landlord Expo 2019
The next Bristol Landlord Expo will take place on Tuesday 2nd April 2019. For more details or to register as an exhibitor click here.
Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 is now Law!
The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 is now Law! The Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government has released its official guide for landlords to the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018, which comes into force on the 20th March 2019. Click here to access the guide. Following agreement by both Houses […]
Housing Court Consideration: Call for Evidence!
New Housing Court – call for evidence: Open Consultation To access the consultation paper click here. Description If you are a landlord or property professional that has suffered from the current inefficient and costly court process whilst, for example, evicting tenants or making deposit claims etc, then please do share your experience and complete the consultation […]
General Data Protection Regulation Check List
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have released a compliance check list. The check list is designed for sole traders, however, it is also relevant to private landlords. Going through the check list will help you understand what is required of you by the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and whether […]
Private Tenant – Right to Buy Report
The Government is considering the introduction of a private sector “right-to-buy” scheme for private rented sector tenants who have rented the same property for a minimum term of three years. Proposed by think tank “Onward”, their “Make a House a Home Report” suggests that Capital Gains Tax is scrapped and a gain share scheme is […]
Gas Safe Checks – Boilers & Flues Amendments
On 6th April 2018 amendments to The Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 came into force. Of interest to landlords is the provision under section 6 Article 36(A)(1) relating to boiler and flues annual checks. The amendment provides flexibility to landlords in permitting gas boiler and flue annual checks to be conducted two months in […]
