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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 />

LOVEEAST AUGUST <strong>2016</strong> 31

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