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Telford & Wrekin Area Summer 2019 Property Matters The Official Newsletter of the Wrekin Landlords Association NEXT MEETING Tuesday July 9th at 7.00 p.m.. “The Venue” 15 Queen Street, Hills Lane, Madeley, Telford, TF7 4LA You are very welcome to come along. Our Vice Chair, Jackie Goodman, will be doing a review of the latest legislations that have affected our sector recently. Hear what the future has to hold and give your views. IN THIS ISSUE... SECTION 21 CHANGES. ACCREDITATION ASSOCIATE MEMBERS LANDLORDS FINED RECOVERING RENT ARREARS MANOR HEIGHTS AND MUCH MORE........ 20 My life in Property Needs your stories NOW! 20 1 IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS Housing Benefits (Landlords) 01952 383858 Benefits & Council Tax 01952 383838 Environmental Health 01952 381818 (including noisy neighbours) Domestic violence helpline 0808 2000 247 Highway Maintenance Team 01952 384384 Abandoned Vehicles 0300 333 3000 Environmental Maintenance 01952 384000 (Roads, signs, lighting, footpaths etc) Recyclefortelford.gov.uk (missed collection) Private Landlords/Tenants 01952 381877 Kathy Hawley 01952 381875 [email protected] [email protected] Police 0300 333 3000 or (Emergency ) 999 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Transco 0800111999 (if you smell Gas) To establish Gas suppliers 0870 608 1524 To establish Electricity suppliers 0345 601 5972 (Power Cuts) 0800 31 63 105 Princess Royal Hospital 01952 641222 or (Shropdoc in Emergencies) 0333 222 66 55 All information and advice in this newsletter is given in good faith. Wrekin Landlords Association accept no liability for actions or damages arising from its content. Always check with independent sources, like solicitors, accountants etc. 2019 meetings: All at “The Venue”, Queen Street, Madeley. July 9th 2019. Autumn Conference is 8th October 2020 Annual Dinner Friday 15th May 2020 Representatives of The Wrekin Landlords Association can be contacted on : TENANT REFERENCING CHECK 07931311612 (Paul Spiers) The Chairman: Mr. Bernie Lewis (01952 727322) Rewires, Faults, Electrical Inspections, PAT tests, additional sockets, E-mail [email protected] outside lights, burglar alarms, network cabling (IT) etc. Tony is a local Landlord, fellow member of the Wrekin Landlords Association and a Treasurer, Mr. Paul Spiers 07931311612 British Gas “Local Hero”. Found on the Internet – Search “Tony or write to WREKIN LANDLORDS ASSOCIATION, Sparks Electrics” or go to http://tony-sparks.co.uk The Cornerhouse, 57, High Street, Madeley TF7 5AT 2 19 Website www.wrekinlandlords.co.uk2 Website www.wrekinlandlords.co.uk19 CLASSIFIED ADS Chairman's Letter. ACCOUNTANTS GAS SERVICE CONTENTS Kew Associates 01952 216872 Keith Salter 07840464690 FRONT COVER Dear Members Neil Phillips 01952 522004 Gastec, 01952 246438 Meeting July 9th Summer is upon us and the Cabinet is in a BUILDING M.C. Services. 01952 248250 spin, well that could be any year I suppose. Rob 07812 346559 HOUSE CLEARANCE Section 21 changes 4 The best we can do is just get our heads CARPET SUPPLY & FITTING Mathew Owen 07938302402 down and concentrate on looking after our AST (Dawley) 01952 630143 Reviive 01952 217260 Doug 07813 848583 businesses, our properties, and our tenants INSURANCE Manor Heights. 5 CARPET CLEANING Alan Boswell Brokers 01603 216399 and hope that whatever the outcome of the Shropshire Carpet cleaners 01952 884171 INVENTORIES Government disruption that we will still be CLEANING Integris Property Solutions 01952 883561 Recovering arrears 6/7 here to look after our future. Make It Sparkle 07886199341 JOINERY MANUFACTURERS We all had a a great time at the Annual Vortex Cleaning 01952 506519 Christian Roussel 01743 159934 Dinner and we trust that many of you will CONDENSATION KITCHENS Did you know? 8 join us again next year (May 15th 2020), Enviro Vent 0845 2727807 Kitchen facelift Co.(Martin) 01694 722500 make a note in your diaries. I trust you like DECKING LAWN AND HEDGE CARE Members say. the new look Newsletter, we hope to Chetton Timber 01746 789340 or 07971 Danny 07706235099 10/11 256792 MAINTENANCE Laugh it off continue to improve it as time goes on, so DECORATING David Smith 07968 486845 any of your suggestions would be Williams Friendly Services 01952 244197 Jag of all trades (mobile) 07970 062970 Annual Dinner Report 12 welcome, as always. Cris Shepherd 07821128124 PEST CONTROL We have met with the Council and hope to DOUBLE GLAZING David Watkins 01952 540920 07947750299 have some favourable news for you with Safeway 01743 620329 or 07713152932 PLASTERING Form 6A 13 regard to “rogue tenants” or whatever it DRAINS GS Plastering.07967496222 01952 503907 AA Drains 01952 455443 PLASTIC is you like to call them. There is little ELECTRICIANS Plastic Centre 01952 299500 Meeting with Council 14 doubt that they are certainly spoiling the Tony Sparks 01952 912219 PLUMBERS business for some landlords and they get APS Electrical (Simon) 07882 345098 David Battye 07882 478894 01952 279459 away with it time and time again, they ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTS. Brian Tarr 07971 279249 Landlord Fined 15 must be stopped. (see page 14). Tim Gough 07778 758568 PLUMBING SUPPLIES Read the cautionary tales within this issue FENCING PH Boiler Spares 01952 200446 and avoid costly mistakes and even ending M.R Bathrooms & Fires 01952 582007 Members warning 16 up in Court. It is for this reason that we GARAGE DOORS ROOFING Steve Barratt 01952 872552 Dave Mathews 1952504596 or 07415036230 keep you updated with all the latest WILL MAKING Landlord Harassment 17 information and legislation. Our Vice Ian Halstead 07515 358189 Chair, Jackie Goodman, will also be addressing this at the next meeting on July Contacts 19 9th so pop along and give us your views. We ask for your recommended trades people to appear on this page. We look forward to seeing you all there. Regards please contact Bernie 01952 727322 or [email protected] 20 Alan Boswell insurance Bernie. You can’t see the problem unless you stick your head 18 over the parapet. For Newsletter info 01952 727322 or bpm.lewis @ btinternet.com 3 18 3 Government proposal to cease the section 21 Landlord Fined for Harassment The proposal by the Government to cease the use of Section 21 repossession action A Telford Landlord, Delbag Singh Fagura, (49) owned a house in, Hollinswood, is at the very least short sighted and in the extreme very dangerous to the PRS. T he divided into six studio apartments. In a long running case involving a number of changes which the Government intend to introduce will mean that, if the land- appearances, Shrewsbury Crown Court heard that Mr. Fagura sent two of his lord wants to regain possession of a property, they will need to use the Sec- tenants a string of threatening and abusive text messages. He initially denied the tion 8 process. which allows landlords to seek possession under certain offences, until in September 2018 when he pleaded guilty to two counts of harass- grounds, mainly where the tenant has breached the tenancy agreement. This ing the tenants. The Judge Anthony Lowe said Mr Fagura “has done his best to includes more than two months of rent arrears, damage to the property and manipulate the system in the hope that the local authority would not pursue the antisocial behaviour. The NLA report that : Many landlords lack faith in the matter and sought to achieve that end by bombarding the local authority and the current Section 8 process finding that those who used Section 8 have taken court with pages of documents and various legal submissions in an attempt to on average 145 days to regain possession, at an average cost of £5,730. This stop the case before it reached a jury.” The case was adjourned for sentencing compares with the average for Section 21 at 104 days, costing £3,525. on 1 April 2019 at which time during the sentencing hearing, witness impact statements of tenants said that they were driven out of their homes. Tenant Mr The Government has indicated that they will be seeking to bring in changes to Stokes said: “I started to get text messages from the landlord saying I would speed up the Section 8 process, as well as introducing new grounds such as have to leave my home. I was getting loads of messages a day, he accused me of when landlords want to sell or move into the property. There’s no guarantee being untrustworthy, a liar and a drunk etc and said he would be come round to that the Government’s proposals will have the intended effect. disconnect the toilet and remove the kitchen. He threatened me with the police Richard Lambert, CEO of the NLA, says: and bailiffs. He made a false report to the police that I had assaulted him, which “Landlords currently have little choice but to use Section 21. They after investigating was dismissed, he bombarded me with messages about false have no confidence in the courts to deal with possession claims quickly and rent arrears but when he took me to court for the arrears the claim was struck out by the judge who said the arrears weren’t due. He said I had a criminal re- surely, regardless of the strength of the landlord’s case. England’s model of cord and I would be sent to prison, I finally I moved out.” It was stated that Mr. tenancy was always intended to operate in a sector where Section 21 notice Fagura told his son not to allow an environmental health officer from Telford & exists. The proposed change makes the fixed term meaningless, and creates a Wrekin Council in to inspect the property. new system of indefinite tenancies by the back door. Mr. Fagura was fined £9,500 and ordered to pay £17,500 in costs and £1,000 The onus is on the Government to get this right.
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