Each guide here covers a letting strategy that operates under meaningfully different rules from a standard buy-to-let, whether that's tax treatment, licensing, or legal liability.
Guide
Holiday Lets After FHL Abolition
What changed overnight in April 2025, with a worked tax example.
Guide
Rent-to-Rent Explained
The Rakusen ruling, and the genuine risks on both sides of the arrangement.
Guide
Student Lets
Ground 4A, the new possession mechanism after fixed-term ASTs were abolished.
Guide
Company-Owned Property and SPVs
Full mortgage interest deductibility, profit extraction, ATED, and the director's loan trap.
Guide
Section 8 vs Section 21 Notices
Every possession ground after Section 21's abolition, and the deposit trap that can defeat almost all of them.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from the HMO and Buy-to-Let content elsewhere on the site?
Our HMO and Buy-to-Let guides cover the most common letting structures. This hub covers scenarios with genuinely distinct legal or tax treatment, short-term holiday letting's post-FHL tax rules, or the specific liability questions around rent-to-rent, rather than variations on standard letting.
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