Electrical Safety for Tenants

March 28, 2008 in Landlord
Tags: electrical safety, good working appliances, Landlord, safety measures, safety regulations, tenant safety

We all know that these days tenancy or letting of houses on rent are popular. Tenancy is not as simple as it seems to be, it has a lot of complications that are to be dealt with. The landlord has to keep in mind all the legal aspects and formalities for keeping a tenant. He [...]

Trouble with Landlord

March 25, 2008 in Landlord
Tags: problems with landlord

I absolutely LOVE where I am living. Its half an hours walk away from uni, has an enormous garden, the people I’m living with are great, my room is quite big and comfortable, but……
Oh yes there’s always a but.
At the moment we’re having problems with our landlord. He has blocked our driveway and that [...]

About Housing Benefit

March 20, 2008 in Landlord
Tags: about housing benefit, area of the premises, rent, rent officer, size

About Housing Benefit
If a person is a tenant and also has a low income than he/she can claim for the housing benefit. This is sometimes called rent rebate or rent allowance, and it is paid the local council.
There are certain criteria that are followed in order to calculate how much housing benefit a person might [...]