This week the Property Poser experts field a query from a reader who rents out her second property for a minimal monthly amount, provided that the tenant maintains it to a habitable standard. Despite the negligible rental, the reader says the tenant pays irregularly and has made changes to the property without her consent. The tenant is now claiming that the owner owes … [Read more...] about Tenant’s Property Repair Claims Speak to Unjustifiable Enrichment
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Rental Arrears Eviction Advice
This week the Property Poser panel clarifies a situation in which a reader is being threatened with early eviction due to outstanding rental payments. The tenant is two months in arrears but has offered to repay the money in instalments. However, the landlord is not satisfied with his offer and has demanded, via the rental agency, that the reader vacate the property … [Read more...] about Rental Arrears Eviction Advice
Choose Your Property Management Company Carefully
This week the Property Poser panel addresses a reader's issue with a property (mis)management company. He writes that he ended his homeowners' association's (HOA) mandate with the company, which was responsible for administration and accounting services. The HOA had become dissatisfied with the service provider and, despite efforts by the company to improve, the situation … [Read more...] about Choose Your Property Management Company Carefully
Property Partnership Pitfalls
Co-ownership of property, or partnerships, is a cause of concern for many Property Poser readers. The situation before our panel this week involves two partners, one of whom lives on the property. The latter is also the one who makes the bond repayments. Our reader is however concerned that the resident partner is "abusing the bond", which places him as co-owner at … [Read more...] about Property Partnership Pitfalls
Right to Habitatio Hinders Sale
This week, the Property Poser panel contemplates the legal rights concerned with granting the use, or habitatio, of a property. A reader granted her pensioner father the right to stay in her house, a property separate from her residence, but now wishes to sell it in order to use the proceeds elsewhere. Her father is not willing to leave or seek alternative accommodation. … [Read more...] about Right to Habitatio Hinders Sale
