August 2016
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Legal eagle<br />
Finding and keeping<br />
accommodation in London is a<br />
daunting task for many.<br />
Advertorial<br />
The demand for rental<br />
properties is at an all-time<br />
high so the potential reward of<br />
renting your property or a room<br />
in it has never been so great.<br />
The risks associated with letting<br />
people live in your property,<br />
however, put many people off.<br />
It’s one thing to let someone<br />
in but a different matter to get<br />
them out or make them pay.<br />
The risks are compounded by<br />
the ever-increasing burden<br />
of regulation and legal<br />
requirements.<br />
Many properties need licensing<br />
by the local authority for all<br />
tenancy agreements, with<br />
harsh penalties and criminal<br />
convictions for breaches.<br />
Tenants and lodgers can find<br />
themselves in difficulties and<br />
obtaining a court order to<br />
regain your accommodation<br />
can be time-consuming and<br />
expensive.<br />
Property lawyer Anthony Owen offers<br />
LoveEast readers advice on making<br />
money from your home<br />
Even renting rooms with<br />
internationally famous agencies<br />
such as Airbnb can turn sour.<br />
In these times there<br />
is no substitute for<br />
obtaining legal advice<br />
before embarking on<br />
such a project. For a<br />
few hundred pounds<br />
it is possible to obtain<br />
advice on tenancies, lodgers,<br />
agents, licensing, deposits and<br />
evictions.<br />
It is perfectly possible to<br />
enter into such arrangements<br />
carefully and with good<br />
common sense augmented with<br />
appropriate Google searches.<br />
For those who want to go<br />
it alone, the following<br />
topics are worthy of<br />
careful consideration:<br />
dealing with deposits,<br />
licensing, eliminating<br />
hazards, using agents,<br />
termination clauses,<br />
lodgers or tenants, contracts,<br />
certificates and repairs.<br />
For those who would like to<br />
chat through these issues and<br />
potentially pay for sound advice,<br />
we are only an email away.<br />
Anthony Owen is an<br />
experienced property<br />
lawyer at TV Edwards. He<br />
will be happy to discuss<br />
any requirements you may<br />
have in this area on an<br />
informal basis, and with<br />
no commitment.<br />
Email anthony.owen@<br />
tvedwards.com for more<br />
information.<br />
tvedwards.com, 35-37 Mile<br />
End Road, E1 4TP. 020<br />
3282 3709<br />
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