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#AskTDS: My Dad manages my property for me, is he an agent?
This week, Kelly Wallace, Senior Business Development Executive at Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), answers a landlord’s question: “My dad manages my property for me, is he an agent?”
#ExpertView: Landlord TAP making a splash in simplifying lettings water bills
#ExpertView this week looks at water charges across Wales, and Gareth Williams, Collections Transformation Manager, at Dŵr Cymru (Welsh Water), tells us how and why landlords need to let water companies know who their tenants are.
Lifecycle of a Deposit Week with Property Tribes
Last week, Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS) featured in six articles spanning the majority of the week. Each day a new article was uploaded to show the full lifecycle of a deposit.
#AskTDS: "How can changes to the parties of a tenancy affect the deposit?"
This week, Kelly Wallace, Senior Business Development Executive at Tenancy Deposit Scheme (TDS), answers an agent’s question: “How can changes to the parties of a tenancy affect the deposit?”
#ExpertView: Landlords should be better informed of rights and responsibilities
In this week’s #ExpertView, property expert Kate Faulkner calls for better communication from Governments to landlords and agents on the benefits and practical implications of legislative changes.
#AskTDS: The importance of keeping tenants' contact information up-to-date
The duration of a tenancy in the private rented sector can vary from several months to years. Longer tenancies can benefit both landlords and tenants alike as they can offer a stable home to the tenant and a secure income to the landlord. With these longer term tenancies, it is important to ensure that landlords and agents have a process in place to regularly update their tenants’ contact information as the longer the term of the tenancy, the more chance there is of tenants changing their phone numbers and email addresses.
#ExpertView: Landlord Legal Changes Coming in 2018 - Banning Orders - what they are and how they work
In this week’s instalment of #ExpertView, Tessa Shepperson of LandlordLaw continues her legal series, focusing on banning orders.
#ExpertView: Demand for rental homes means the PRS landlord is here to stay
In this week’s #ExpertView blog, Alan Ward, Chairman of the Residential Landlords Association (RLA) discusses the taxation requirements for landlords and the increasing demand for homes in the private rented sector (PRS).
#AskTDS: “Do I need to professionally clean the property at the end of the tenancy?”
In this week’s #AskTDS, Alison MacDougall, our Director of Dispute Operations, answers a tenant’s question, “Do I need to professionally clean the property at the end of the tenancy?”
#ExpertView: Claiming for antique items
In this week’s #ExpertView, TDS’ director of dispute resolution, Michael Morgan uses the recently published May Adjudication Digest to outline best practice when antique or sentimentally valuable items are damaged.