Rogue Landlord Encounters

[davesparks]

. MANY seem to have come from the same "backgrounds" So think of that what you will !!! People say you cannot Stereotype , But YOU REALLY CAN !!

I completely agree, the vast majority of bad landlords I have dealt with are the stereotypical old, former city worker, jaguar driver who spend the money they should be using to repair the properties on their golf club membership.

 

[littlespark]

Are you saying ALL landlords are bad, or ALL bad landlords come from same stock?


As mentioned previously in the thread.... there are indeed some very good landlords along with the very bad ones.
And equally, there are some very bad tenants and very good tenants. You CANNOT stereotype. That is a slippery slope to lots of words ending in "....ism"

I believe one of our own forum sparks is also a landlord, and i bet we have members who rent the house they live in.... Don't hear much griping from those people.

There will be individual cases of a "bad" landlord, or indeed, a "bad" tenant.... and that is why there is safety checks, licensing systems and rental agreements in place... to protect the good of both sides

 

[Rockingit]

Are you saying ALL landlords are bad, or ALL bad landlords come from same stock?


As mentioned previously in the thread.... there are indeed some very good landlords along with the very bad ones.
And equally, there are some very bad tenants and very good tenants. You CANNOT stereotype. That is a slippery slope to lots of words ending in "....ism"

I believe one of our own forum sparks is also a landlord, and i bet we have members who rent the house they live in.... Don't hear much griping from those people.

There will be individual cases of a "bad" landlord, or indeed, a "bad" tenant.... and that is why there is safety checks, licensing systems and rental agreements in place... to protect the good of both sides

We're a Landlord and frankly we'd be embarrased to have tenants in anything other than a 100% property!

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

Quite fortunate that in Bath where most of my work is the council if they get sent the information on a dodgy landlord and dangerous property can and do act quite swiftly. They have a polciy now where by if a property is dangerous they can get court orders preventing any eviction and get the work done and billed to landlord or a charging order on property.
They have really upped the game.
Likewise most of the agents in Bath are also quite good now. you will always have landlords moaning and cutting corners but i do think the days of them getting away with it are numbered around here.
BANES council wrote to most if not all the air bnb hosts recently asking them to check the mortage, insurances etc as they will shortly be starting a new process of inspecting them unannounced. They cant actually legislate against them at moment so finding other ways to sort it all out. they basically want to clamp down as its vastly reducing the number of normal rentals in Bath pushing rents up.
They will be going in with fire brigade, building control etc to inspect just like an hmo and if they find something amiss will make an example. talking to a councillor about the scheme, she said they have even considered letting mortage companies know that the property is no longer owner occupied or being used for short term lets as they may then call the mortage in for repayment.

 

[davesparks]

BANES council wrote to most if not all the air bnb hosts recently asking them to check the mortage, insurances etc as they will shortly be starting a new process of inspecting them unannounced. They cant actually legislate against them at moment so finding other ways to sort it all out. they basically want to clamp down as its vastly reducing the number of normal rentals in Bath pushing rents up.
They will be going in with fire brigade, building control etc to inspect just like an hmo and if they find something amiss will make an example. talking to a councillor about the scheme, she said they have even considered letting mortage companies know that the property is no longer owner occupied or being used for short term lets as they may then call the mortage in for repayment.

That sounds ridiculous to me. If landlords are moving from private rentals to air bnb style short lets then going in guns-blazing like that is not going to help. Those landlords are more likely to sell up or leave the property vacant than go back to private rental.

If they want to stop landlords leaving the private rental sector then they need to address the things which are causing the landlords to leave, not penalise them for leaving it.

 

[davesparks]

and i bet we have members who rent the house they live in.... Don't hear much griping from those people.

I am one of those members, I rent the house I live in.

The only reason you don't hear me griping is I don't particularly want to be banned from the forum.

 

[davesparks]

When i am faced with a bad landlord .I dont hold back.I inform the tenant of their rights and the law and I also inform the landlord and tell them what I think of them.

Be careful handing out such advice to tenants unless you are 100% sure of what you are doing.

If after you have spoken to them the tenants start kicking up a fuss they may well get evicted as a result of it.

 

[Dave OCD]

I am one of those members, I rent the house I live in.

The only reason you don't hear me griping is I don't particularly want to be banned from the forum.

I'm a tenant too, and it's probably my biggest regret that we didn't get a mortgage sorted out many many years ago, but so be it.
We're currently halfway through a 3 year tenancy, very nice house with a garage etc and we keep it immaculate but certainly paying enough for it ! And the owners who I thought I knew well and have done a lot of work for at their own house over many years have told me they intend to sell at the end of this tenancy as they're 'getting old'. It's an awful feeling as we'll have all the hassle of finding yet another home coupled with all the moving and organising that goes with it , just need a lottery win really.

 

[davesparks]

I'm a tenant too, and it's probably my biggest regret that we didn't get a mortgage sorted out many many years ago, but so be it.
We're currently halfway through a 3 year tenancy, very nice house with a garage etc and we keep it immaculate but certainly paying enough for it ! And the owners who I thought I knew well and have done a lot of work for at their own house over many years have told me they intend to sell at the end of this tenancy as they're 'getting old'. It's an awful feeling as we'll have all the hassle of finding yet another home coupled with all the moving and organising that goes with it , just need a lottery win really.

You have my sympathies.

My landlord lives less than 15mins away from me yet it has not even had the basic decency to introduce itself to me! An absoloutely disgusting lack of manners on it's part.

 

[littlespark]

Why you address your landlord as “it” but not as a “land-them”??