Suzy Butler the Landlord: "£1,200 per month. Private Letting Is Not A Business"

(Best watched in HD = use button to set to 720p, and button to expand page to full-screen): Suzy Butler as a landlord was happy to charge her tenant a rate of £1,200 per month in the AST (which also included clauses "allowing" her to charge £15 per day late rent fees - see one of my separate videos for evidence)....... but she claims it's "not a business"... but a "private let." [See video] Creaming off £1,200 a month but not a business lol.

Very convenient. I wonder if HM Customs & Excise would applaud and champion this "not a business but a private let" approach by the hordes of ignorant landlords out there.

Especially if that means not only can ignorant landlords desire and campaign to have tenants' rights watered down... but perhaps that the landlord can use all the incoming rent for their own purposes, "to create a better life for yourself/son/whoever" [see video] without £1,200 pm rent (or whatever any ignorant landlord may be charging) being declared whilst landlords are out in Peru / Spain / wherever... because it's a private let and "not a business" !!!!!!

I notice Suzy Butler, the landlord, was very happy to charge a rental rate which was the approximate full market rate for that type of house in that area - as any professional with multiple BTLs would charge ..... but that she wants special powers when landlords rent their "main home" out to tenants.

So charge full market rate by ignorant landlords who get special powers to quickly remove tenants who displease them... but other landlords have to go through the orderly lawful process which has developed (with good reasons) over decades to get possession if they decide they want it.

Convenient to forget that the tenant, in most instances, are renting it to be the tenant's PRIMARY HOMES during their lawful tenancy! The tenant's home.. not the landlords, during the tenancy. All you ignorant landlords can't have it all ways to suit you. If it's your primary home.. then where are you living? Maybe landlords should be able to switch primary home status to different properties when it suits them ect.

Already there are now posts on forums, following Suzy Butler's campaign, from more experienced landlords who also want the same "fast-track process" for dealing with tenants they want out. Whether it be for arrears, or because landlord changed their mind and feels like having a property back from a tenant to use as their own from next week... or tenant prevented letting them into the tenant's home on their demand ("the cheek of the tenant - they might be stupidly paying me £1,200 per month... but that's my property to do with as I please.")

Renting out property, even when it's your main home, is usually a free-will decision by the owner, and from all perspectives, should be treated as a business. From getting a well drawn up contract (AST ect), to vetting prospective tenants, to setting, from getting gas boiler checked (ect) and complying with lots of rules, including properly protecting any deposit. It's usually an asset of great value, so a lot of research and planning should go in to making the renting process go smoothly - in advance of renting it out.

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