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The PDPLA is an association of local landlords which aims to represent, educate and inform its members. We meet monthly to learn and share information important to local landlords and we represent our members needs and their concerns to local and national government. There are approximately 4,000 private landlords in Portsmouth and this doubles when you add in the surrounding area – this is a large group of people, yet historically we are an easy target for the press, for regulation and for taxation. We cannot promise to change that, but together, we can try.
Martin Silman
Chairman, PDPLA
Chairman, PDPLA
Latest News
Leasehold Property Insurance
What was the question? In a leasehold flat the building insurance is included with the service charge so when I let leasehold properties unfurnished that policy seems to cover everything. However - if the plumbing fails and floods the flats bel...
Can you tell your RHI from your elbow?
What is RHI? RHI stands for 'Renewable Heat Incentive' and that is exactly what it is, an incentive to get people to use renewable heat now, rather than wait until it all becomes cheaper. It is a payment, paid quarterly or annually for a perio...
Green Deserts and Forests
What is MCS? Lets start with MCS – that is the Micro Generation Certification Scheme – if you have any 'green' improvements on your properties it is best to use an MCS certified installer and get the appropriate MCS documentation. Apart from gi...
All petrol / diesel / hybrid drivers need to see this..
If you drive any vehicle with an internal combustion engine, whether it be petrol, diesel or one of those hybrids that pretends to be green but still hides an ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) under the bonnet - you really need to watch this...
A Tale Of Two Cities/Towns
This month, the differences between authorities appears to have reached extremes. In Portsmouth, we hear of a letting agent served with a £10,000 penalty for rubbish outside a property which they no longer manage whereas in Havant, we see yet m...
Create An HMO Without Planning Or Licensing
What Are The Rules On HMO's? Portsmouth has an 'article 4' direction which means no one can create an HMO without planning approval. For the purpose of this explanation, an HMO is any dwelling occupied by 3 or more unrelated people and 'c...
Local Landlords Request Changes to Universal Credit
Specifically, we have asked for the following changes: 1. A review of the guidance to DWP Universal Credit (UC) staff to ensure they are permitting 'Managed Payments To Landlords' (MPTL) where it appears to be in the tenants interests if not th...
PCC Continues To Hound Good Landlords
We have a steady stream of landlords asking for advice as they are perplexed by the PCC team requesting production of written testing logs showing weekly or monthly testing of fire alarms. The 'rules' which PCC appear to rely upon are the LACOR...
Will New Zealand Solve Our House Price Problem?
Would It Work? NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has "ordered the central bank to add stabilising house prices to its remit". Decades of loose central-bank policy have done less to generate growth in the real economy than in housing and stocks. ...
Portsmouth Planning Update
Other Developments A similar conversion is planned at the RNOC (Royal Naval Officers Club) in Queen Street where 2nd floor offices will become three 2-bed apartments. Elsewhere, we have seen 6 applications for new HMO's and 2 applications for a...
