[accyman]

Originally Posted by gpick24

Not trying to defend anyone, but if someone puts there money into a property to rent it out, and there are a lot of risks and extra costs with renting out a property, then surely they are entitled to make a bit of profit. And without any profit, they wouldn`t do it, which means there will be more empty properties in need of repair, and less decent places to live.
Is £90/wk the going rate for a flat nowadays. I have a stepson who lives in a bedsit for £55/wk, includes all bills, gas, leccy, tv licence & council tax.

i wasnt having a dig just pointing out that a lot of people do pretty well from benefits via proxy if you like

also if you visit certain parts of accy and rishton for example its pretty clear these people dont all invest in teh properties

mind you there wouldnt be a need for all these properties if someone hadnt sold off all the council houses only to be paying out double in rent for them than when they owned them

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£55 p/w jesus thats cheap i was paying that for a bedsit back in teh early 90's and i had to feed an electric meter as well and no tv licence included or gas