Can i have some advice about the neighbours from hell and their cr*p landlord??

sunshine_shell

Jomo wrote: »

In regards to the dogs, don't you have to get permission from the management company? If so and they didn't get permission then the management company may deal with that issue. I know someone who rented a flat out and the tenents put up a satalite dish which they weren't allowed to do without permission from the MC, they were told to take it down.

He manages them himself, so he can do what he likes :mad:

mouseymousey99

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Jomo

sunshine_shell wrote: »

He manages them himself, so he can do what he likes :mad:

The LL of the two flats in question may be 'rented out' by the LL and he may not pay an agent to look after the rental side for him but all the flats will have a Management Company who you pay your Management fees to and they organise things like the building insurance, communal cleaning, gardening etc. etc. etc.

You may beable to check your 'deeds' as well, something might be stipulated in regards to keeping 'pets' in there.

sunshine_shell

How do i find out who the management company is? Sorry i've never rented so don't have a clue about that kind of thing.

Jomo

sunshine_shell wrote: »

How do i find out who the management company is? Sorry i've never rented so don't have a clue about that kind of thing.

Well as an owner of your property you would have more chance of knowing who the Management Company is, as I do.

If you had any issues with anything with regards to the building, who would you contact? Say for instance.. the security lights stopped working or the locks needed replacing on the main communal door?

Who do you pay your fee to in fact!!

All private flat dwellers have to pay for all communal services and also to maintain a sink fund to enable all future maintenance work.

sunshine_shell

We don't because we don't have any communal areas, this is an example of our flat. There is a man who we pay our ground rent to, could he do something?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-25730564.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E10614&displayPropertyType=flats&oldDisplayPropertyType=flats&pageNumber=1&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E10614%26radius%3D0.0%26displayPropertyType%3Dflats%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26retirement%3D%26partBuyPartRent%3Dfalse%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26x%3D121%26y%3D14

anything thats broken we are responsible for.

phil1873football

This is a sensitive issue to me...for the last 2yrs I have had the same situation with regards the dog...not so much the rubbish bags though. I had the police, environmental health, council, local councillors to try and sort the issue, still nothing was done...the property above me is a council flat, where I owned mine. The residents had a dog even though it was in breach of their tenancy agreement with the council...when I brought this to the council's attention, they changed their whole tenancy agreement in favour of their resident's. The dog barked all day, it ran about above me constantly, it played with its toys at night on a laminate floor. the noise was chronic. I was givin the same idiotic reason of it being a puppy and its meant to do that.lol

Due to this, I became very ill, was on medication and anxious all the time...something I wouldn't wish on anyone (apart from the noisy neighbours creating the problem). I hated being in my house, i dreaded coming home from work as I got more peace in work, I looked for ways I could stay out the house.

You need to try and stay relaxed as much as possible although I appreciate its very hard.

Stay focused though and you will win somehow...my neighbours no longer have a dog, I think persistence paid dividends in the long run. Write, write and write again to council, get your local councillor involved, record all the times you called the police and try and get them out asap when you hear the dog bark at night and get them to witness it. See if theres a dog warden operating in your area, they can approach the neighbours and mention theres been complaints and maybe that will be sufficient to open their eyes and see theres an issue here.

The main problem I incurred was due to the fact I was living myself where they were a young couple, so it was my word against theirs which meant apparantly I was exagerating. The council and police did recommend me doing something though and that was to record everything, take pictures, record sounds....but most of all, they said try to get coraborated complaints in writing to the council and the LL, then they must act by issuing ASBOS etc. Even if you could get visitors around to your house to witness it...this apparantly makes a HUGE difference.

Do be careful though, if you go through this, you must take it through to its entireity until they are either evicted or the problems sorted. If you decide to sell your flat at anypoint in the future with this piece of sh*t living next to you, then you MUST disclose this to your potential buyers which may put them off buying your property.

Try and seek mediation and make no further complaints...even if it doesnt help the problem, at least you can say to your potential buyers that the problem was dealt with by mediation and sorted...then the buyers have no claim against you if the problem re-occurs with them.

Shocking thing to say I guess as your just passing the buck to sumone else, but if you dont then you could be stuck their forever.

Hope this helps...if not then...meh!! i tried

If theres one thing I would recommend most, is getting your local councillors involved, one of them blew me off, but i persisted and contacted them all slating the first councillor for doing eff all...i even threatened to go to the local paper. now I am dealing with one of the director's of the local council because I NEVER gave up and I intend taking it further if needed.

Jomo

sunshine_shell wrote: »

We don't because we don't have any communal areas, this is an example of our flat. There is a man who we pay our ground rent to, could he do something?

http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-for-sale/property-25730564.html?locationIdentifier=REGION%5E10614&displayPropertyType=flats&oldDisplayPropertyType=flats&pageNumber=1&backToListURL=%2Fproperty-for-sale%2Ffind.html%3FsearchType%3DSALE%26locationIdentifier%3DREGION%255E10614%26radius%3D0.0%26displayPropertyType%3Dflats%26minBedrooms%3D%26maxBedrooms%3D%26minPrice%3D%26maxPrice%3D%26maxDaysSinceAdded%3D%26retirement%3D%26partBuyPartRent%3Dfalse%26_includeSSTC%3Don%26sortByPriceDescending%3D%26primaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26secondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldPrimaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26oldSecondaryDisplayPropertyType%3D%26newHome%3D%26auction%3Dfalse%26x%3D121%26y%3D14

anything thats broken we are responsible for.

Ah! I see, might be slightly different then as they look like conversions, I'm talking blocks of flats, all in one building!

Oh well, in that case you do have to deal with the council, environmental health especially.

Try formally writing to the landlord, maybe he'll not want the council on his back so if you tell him of your intentions...you never know...worth a go.

sunshine_shell

Thanks Phil1873 i'm sorry to hear about your troubles but you have given me lots of advce

Jomo they aren't conversions they are purpose built in the 70's

The landlord co-operated fully with the council until the court ordered payment plan was put into place. Now he says he can't (more like won't) do anything.

Norma_Desmond

Some good advice here re the dog problem, but regarding the piled-up rubbish it might be worth telling the council that you've seen rats amongst it (even if you haven't!).
It seems to spur them into action.
Good luck with your disgusting neighbours.