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We tried Holiday lets in Weymouth for 8 years on a sleep 8 property, when we did the figures for our tax return on this property last year, Dream Cottages commission, electricity, and gas (it was rated exempt as it was a small business) cleaners and laundry costs made it better to go back into residential letting, a 2 bed Flat in Dorchester with Booking .com. did not fare well either, with all the above costs made a profit £3000, without the hassle of change over days I sold all the furniture( in a Week), put it on the rental market again for £1200 pcm and let in a day to a married couple, both GP,s. The other property is a studio that sleeps 2 , my wife cleans and does the laundry on this one, so very few outgoings. We would not venture into holiday lets again apart from the studio

I was watching the Breakfast news yesterday and they said to charge an EV from a home supply costs10p per mile and from a fast supermarket charger 20 p per mile, think I will stick with petrol thanks.

In the end I settled for Alan Boswell @£215, but I have another coming up on 1/2 so will look at Saga.I insure 4 properties (Buildings Insurance ) through Saga and they cut their cost from the previous year, but went for a car quote and they were 50% more than LV.

I increased one this year by £200 pcm ., the first rent rise for that tenant for 20 years , his reply" thats fine "

Who is every one using these days , I have used Alan Boswell and PIB via Netrent for several years ,but their pricing has got really high (like everything else)

Hot air , we still heater water with Gas at night, yes they are inverter ones that double up as air con.

We are now running our house on 3 heat source heat pumps , at present impressed, instant heat etc, we now only use the gas boiler for hot water

Why does this site get so many bloody Yanks putting in their 5 eggs.

Yes but in the UK we use £ not $

I think B&Q have an offer on spades to dig up old posts.

Thanks , I am with mydeposits on a similar scheme , I have renewed the protection at no cost to me .

I am having a discussion tonight re protecting a tenants deposit ( I use mydeposits insured scheme ) , I say you have to reprotect it and give the tenant the prescribed information again , the other person says you dont have to reprotect it. Am I right or wrong?

OH, good

Only one good swimming pool, someone else,s , the rest are hard work

I really must do the same , I was doing my books this morning , as I number every purchase invoice in my filing system I entered number 7809 , I have never cleared my files for 25 years! Maybe a big shredding /bomb fire session soon.