Waltham Forest has after consultation and cabinet approval decided to go ahead with licensing all private let properties as of 24th June 2014.   What does this mean for you as a landlord?   Well from 1st January 2015 you will need to apply to the council to license you property at a discounted fee […]

Waltham Forest Council is the next borough after taking note of Newham and Barking & Dagenham Council to look at licensing all private properties. This would mean that any private property to be let in the Waltham Forest area would need to be licensed with the council. A cabinet meeting is to take place on […]

Barking and Dagenham Council have introduced the licensing scheme. From 1st September 2014 the scheme will go live. Please be aware that from now until 1st September 2014 the cost to license your property in the Barking and Dagenham area is £180 per property for a normal license.  From 1st September 2014 it will be […]

As most residents in the Newham area are aware or maybe not Newham Council had introduced the licensing scheme which is mandatory on all private properties from 1st February 2013. It is against the law to rent any private properties with out a license with fines upto £20,000 for any unlicensed properties. The cost to […]