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The Property Podcast

TPP348: Landlord Licensing: Everything you need to know

The Property Podcast

Rob Bence & Rob Dix

News, Education, Business, Investing, Business News

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

This week on The Property Podcast, Rob & Rob are talking about landlord licensing. We know it’s not the most exciting of topics but it’s up there with one of the most important as a property investor. And luckily for you, The Robs will be talking you through exactly what licensing is and what you need to do.  You may have ignored this topic in the past because it only ever applied to HMO’s - and maybe you’ve thought that this is still the case. But now, depending on where you are, even with single let properties, landlord licensing is something you might need to know about.  Here’s what The Robs will cover in today’s episode: What are the requirements? How much does it cost? Will they inspect the property? What should you do? What if you should have a licence but don’t?  This is a full-on episode, full of regulatory need-to-knows. If there’s one episode of The Property Podcast you need to listen to… this is it. By the end of the episode, you should be completely clued up on whether you need landlord licensing or not.   And in the news this week, Rob B’s home city of Liverpool back in the press: ‘Liverpool endorses 2m sq ft office masterplan’. The article from Place North West says that the council has signed off on helping to build a world class commercial business district in the heart of Liverpool to tackle the shortfall of offices in the city. So once again, even more positivity and investment being ploughed into the city, which will bolster the number of investment plans already in motion, such as Liverpool Waters and the high number of property developments that are in the pipeline throughout the city and the wider areas.    If you haven’t seen it already, we launched a new YouTube video yesterday and this one is all about tax! Some people love it, some people hate it and some just don’t understand it. In this video, Rob & Rob explain everything you need to know about tax and cover all the different types of tax that you may have to pay as a property investor.  So go and check it out, let us know what you think or ask us any questions in the comments section, and don’t forget to hit that subscribe button!    This week for our Hub Extra, we’re wanting to help make a difference to the planet and this week it’s a website called Team Trees. It’s all about helping to make the world that little bit greener. Maybe you’ve always considered planting a tree but you don’t want to get covered in mud or you just don’t have the spare time.  Well this is the easiest option you’ll come across. Donating just $1 will plant one tree and Team Trees are aiming to have planted 20 million trees around the world by the 1st of January 2020. So go and do your bit for the planet and donate a dollar.    We’d love to hear what you think of this week’s Property Podcast over on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram. You might even have a topic you’d like us to cover in the future - if so, pop us a message on social and we’ll see what we can do.   Make sure you’ve liked and subscribed to our YouTube channel where we upload new content every week! If that wasn’t enough, you can also join our friendly property community on the Property Hub forum. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

This week on the property

0:03.6

podcast we've got a license to educate because we're talking about

0:07.3

Landlord Licensing. It may not sound like the most exciting topic in the

0:11.0

world but it is crucial as a property investor.

0:14.6

You understand what it is and what you need to do.

0:17.2

But don't worry, this week we tell you just that. Welcome to the Property Podcast where every Thursday morning Property Investors come to

0:29.6

be informed and inspired. Thank you for joining us. We've got loads of good stuff for you this week.

0:34.0

Our main discussion is around landlord licensing. Something that you may have heard of, thought doesn't apply to you,

0:38.6

or put to the back of your mind because it's so difficult to understand. But we are going to be fixing that for you today

0:44.0

and to stick around to the end because in Hub Extra we're sharing a resource that makes it really easy to do

0:48.8

your bit to make the planet a little bit better.

0:51.2

Okay so this week's news story Robert seems something to do with the world's greatest city.

0:56.2

What's the report?

0:57.2

Yeah, Watford is in the press, because no,

0:59.4

Liverpool has endorsed a 2 million square foot office master plan.

1:04.3

So this is a story from Place Northwest.

1:06.9

It says that the City Council has signed off plans

1:09.1

to help build a world-class commercial business district

1:12.2

in the heart of Liverpool to tackle a

1:14.4

shortfall of offices in the city. So Rob this seems like more really positive news for

1:18.7

Liverpool. It is but the reason why we pick this new story out is there's so much

1:22.3

positivity around

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