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PDPLA Newsletter - May 2021

I hope you are enjoying the Spring Bank holiday – shame the weather is not better but at least the short term let market seems to be recovering fast. As a student landlord, I was pleased to see Charlotte's confirmation that end of tenancy cleaning really is as big a task as I thought it was (see her blog on the topic).

We have agreed in principle, a deal with Digital Home to provide broadband to Portsmouth landlords at very favourable rates – so if you are considering switching, do wait until later this month or talk to us first.

If you missed our last meeting, see our summary article or better still, watch the recording in the 'members area' of the website and if you have not yet registered for our May meeting please do so – we have 3 guest speakers covering mortgages, legal changes for landlords and also, the NRLA director responsible for campaigns to talk about his focus and what they are working on with government. This will be another joint PDPLA / NRLA meeting – so lets hope we get a bumper attendance.

And finally see our piece explaining why spending £8,000 on an air source heat pump is better business than £4,000 on a replacement gas boiler. As always, do let us know what you think. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Digital Home Reach 30,000 Homes

There are now nearly 30k homes connected to the ultrafast broadband network and another 20k a year are planned for the next two years at least.

In the last ten weeks approximately 3k additional homes have been added to the network. Members are entitled to a special price as landlords which includes landlord specific support - more details here: PDPLA Announces Broadband Deal With Digital Home - PDPLA News - Portsmouth and District Private Landlords Association
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New Suppliers Added to ‘PDPLA Recommended Suppliers’

The PDPLA list of recommended suppliers is one of our most popular member benefits – only local landlords can recommend suppliers and members rate and recommend individuals and companies, so when looking for a trader or supplier you know that if they are on the list, it is not because we make money from them or they pay to be there – a PDPLA recommended supplier is only recommended if a PDPLA member has had a good experience using them.

This month we have a new supplier for solar PV installations, for EV (electric vehicle) charging points and for battery storage solutions plus we have added Digital Home (an omission on our part) and highlight several others.

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6,000 New Homes Added To Digital Home Network

Many new PDPLA properties have signed up for the exclusive Digital Home 'landlord deal' in the past few weeks - do consider it if the network is now available at any of your properties, we only need a few more to reach our target.  

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Digital Home Goes West

Remember as a landlord, you can offer 900Mb broadband with industry leading whole home WiFi in your properties at discounted prices using our solution agreed with Digital Home. This month lots of new roads in the Somerstown area and the 'ladders'

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