Landlord Training Events May 2007
During May 2007 Aberdeen City Council, in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council’s Letwise team organised four landlord training events in the City.
Letwise already have a well established landlord training programme, and offered their support and experience to assist us with this venture.
In order to allow as many landlords as possible to attend the events two sessions were organised for both days. All of the training sessions were very well attended and received. In total 157 landlords attended the training events.
The training sessions were provided by Andrew Cowan from TC Young Solicitors (www.tcyoung.co.uk). Andrew has been providing training courses on Tenancy Agreements and Recovery of Possession on behalf of Letwise for the past two and a half years.
Tenancy Agreement Sessions – 3rd May 2007
Aims
The aim of these sessions was to make landlords aware of the key elements to be included in tenancy agreements and to help identify good practice issues when creating assured and short assured tenancies.
Objectives
The objectives were to ensure that by the end of the session delegates were:
- aware of the legal requirements and pitfalls in creating assured and short assured tenancies
- aware of unfair contract terms in leases and how to avoid these;
- aware of the legal rights and obligations of landlords and tenants;
- able to understand what action can be taken against tenants if things go wrong; and
- aware of what could be construed as harassment.
You can download Andrew’s presentation here: Tenancy Agreements
Information included in delegate packs (provided by Letwise) can be downloaded below:
Letwise Model Tenancy Agreement
Model Tenancy Agreement Notes
AT5 Form
AT5 Notes
Prior Notification of Grounds 1-5
Sample Key Agreements Form
Assured Tenancies in Scotland - Your Rights and Responsibilities Booklet
Feedback from Tenancy Agreement Sessions
Attendees were asked to rate certain aspects of the training session out of 10, with 1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest. The average scores were as follows:
| Were the objectives of the session clearly set out? | 9/10 |
| Did the course meet the aims and objectives as described? | 8/10 |
| How would you rate the structure of the session? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the knowledge and expertise of the speaker? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the information provided in the delegate packs? | 9/10 |
| Did the session meet your personal expectations? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the venue? | 8/10 |
Comments from the sessions
- "Trainer was brilliant - really kept my attention and explained complicated info clearly."
- "Excellent course and presenter. Please arrange more courses for private landlords."
- "Absolutely fantastic. Very informative, excellent speaker with good knowledge. Good others shared experiences and good atmosphere to ask questions."
- "Very interesting. Did not drop off as I normally do over a 3 hour session!!"
Recovery of Possession Sessions – 17th of May
Aims
The aim of these sessions was to enable delegates to understand the legal requirements and pitfalls in successfully recovering possession of their property under the assured and short assured tenancy regime.
Objectives
The objectives were to ensure that by the end of the session delegates would:
- understand the mandatory and discretionary grounds for repossession;
- understand the legal requirements to successfully regain possession at the end of a lease;
- be aware of the notices and procedures required in repossession;
- be aware of what can go wrong when seeking possession, and how to avoid these problems; and
- understand the court process.
You can download a copy of Andrew’s presentation here: Recovery of Possession
Information included in the delegate’s pack (provided by Letwise) can be downloaded here:
AT6 Form
AT6 Notes
Sample Notice to Quit
Notice to Quit Guidance
Section 33 Form
Feedback from Recovery of Possession Sessions
Attendees were asked to rate certain aspects of the training session out of 10 with 1 being the lowest score and 10 being the highest. The average scores are as follows:
| Were the objectives of the session clearly set out? | 9/10 |
| Did the course meet the aims and objectives as described? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the structure of the session? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the knowledge and expertise of the speaker? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the information provided in the delegate packs? | 9/10 |
| Did the session meet your personal expectations? | 9/10 |
| How would you rate the venue? | 8/10 |
Comments from sessions:
- "The presenter, alongside his obvious practical knowledge in these matters, was also able to deal with this complicated subject with a lightness of touch, which kept the presentation interesting."
- "Thank you for providing this for private landlords - I appreciate the opportunity to improve my service to tenants."
- "I found both these sessions very informative and enjoyable. I would really like to see more training sessions in the future. Thank you!"
- "I appreciate Aberdeen Council's effort to inform private landlords on the matters covered in the two seminars."
This is an area that Aberdeen City Council is keen to develop and we are investigating the possibility of hosting future training events for the City’s landlords. If you have any suggestions for future landlord training events please let us know. Contact Lesley Bloice on 01224 523733 or email lbloice@aberdeencity.gov.uk
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