The 90-night rule, in plain English
London caps short-term letting of a whole home at 90 nights a year. What counts, what does not, and what happens when a building has its own rules on top.
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Notes for people who own property here.
No market commentary and no press releases. Just the questions our landlords actually ask, answered the way we would answer them on the phone.
Non-resident landlords: how not to lose 20% at source
If you live abroad, HMRC expects tax to be deducted from your rent before you see it — unless you register. The form takes ten minutes and most owners have never heard of it.
Below 80 years: why a lease gets expensive quietly
Marriage value enters the calculation at eighty years and the premium jumps. Here is how to check where your lease stands and what waiting three years costs.
EPC C by 2030: what landlords should do this year
The rules keep moving, the work does not get cheaper. Which improvements actually shift a rating, and which are a waste of a weekend.
Choosing the tenant who stays two years
Referencing tells you whether someone can pay. It does not tell you whether they will stay. What we look at beyond the credit check.
Buying from abroad: the four routes to a London flat
Open market, off-market, new build and auction. Where each one is genuinely better, and where the yield in the brochure stops matching the yield in your account.
What a managed property actually costs to run
Service charge, ground rent, compliance certificates, void periods, repairs. The honest annual figure behind a rental yield.
Furnished or unfurnished in prime central London
It changes the tenant you attract, the rent you achieve and the deposit conversation at the end. When furnishing pays for itself.
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