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Pages tagged "HMOs"


Property guardians speak out about Wild West sector

Posted on Latest news by Rex Duis · November 25, 2016 4:12 PM

Some of you will have read stories in the past year or two about property guardians. Originally a low cost way of beating extortionate private rental prices, the scheme has been coming under fire for rent hikes, poor living conditions and a lack of regulation.

I run a Facebook-based campaign and support group called Property Guardians UK. Over the past 2 years I have collected stories and information from those who came to my site and provided some with legal advice on problems they had with their agencies. I am also a guardian myself, currently in my 8th year in the scheme.

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55 people living in 3 homes. Fifty five.

Posted on Latest news by Dan Wilson Craw · August 14, 2015 2:49 PM

Just when you thought you'd heard all the horror stories that the housing crisis had to offer, Barking & Dagenham Council raises the stakes. In raids yesterday morning with police, council officers found 55 people living in three houses, including 11 children.

Two of the homes had three bedrooms, but residents were crammed into every space possible, including a loft and a shed at the third property.

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Renters left behind by attempts to fix the housing crisis

Posted on Latest news by Tom Bowers · April 01, 2015 9:44 AM

Serial renter and Splittable contributor Tom Bowers explains what motivated him to make renting better.

I am, among many things, a member of generation rent. With my A levels burning a hole in my back pocket I took the logical step out of my family home on the outskirts of Liverpool and took up residence at university. I moved into a three-storey halls of residence, which was heated by a gas oil burner that made all of my belongings smell of paraffin. "All your clothes stink", my mum would say whenever I came home, "even your laptop smells".  I took no notice; all I could smell was freedom. 

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A new tool that makes housesharing that little more bearable

Posted on Latest news by Jenny Luckett · December 15, 2014 12:12 PM

Our friends at Splittable have launched a new free tool for renters – CEO Nick Katz explains

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