Dreadful problems with landlord- please advise

BitterAndTwisted

Gothmaz, you appear to be confused about the distinction between "charges" for gaining consent to let and "a charge" against the property but no matter, if you're sure you want to dob her in the mire once you've vacated and got your deposit back a call to the lender, her employers and the local authority (if different) should cover all bases.

This woman is either a lunatic, terminally reckless, desperate or a criminal or a combination of all of the above. Either way, she's deserving of something unfavourable happening to her for her behaviour, that's for sure.

harryhound

"A charge" is a restriction (usually for a mortgage) that prevents an owner selling the property before the outstanding "charge" has been discharged (ie the following have been settled: mortgage, defaulted loan, divorced partner's claim etc. etc.)

gothmaz

Ok, thank you for the explanation.
Yes I was confused about the charges.

I think after everything she has put us through, all the stress and even potentially killing us....I think this is the least she deserves.

Surely a large agency like Foxtons would ask for the consent to let documents though?

BitterAndTwisted

You would have thought so, wouldn't you? This is another party I would consider dobbing her in with, once you've got your deposit and your mail redirected, of course

harryhound

gothmaz wrote: »

Ok, thank you for the explanation.
Yes I was confused about the charges.

I think after everything she has put us through, all the stress and even potentially killing us....I think this is the least she deserves.

Surely a large agency like Foxtons would ask for the consent to let documents though?

You have got to be joking.
Try a few Googles
I put " foxtons estate agents complaints" into Google and got 27K hits - probably all saying how well they handled complaints;) (Please can we have rolleyes back)
The agent works for the agent then for the landlord who pays them.
There is really no reason why they should talk to you if they can avoid it.

gothmaz

Well I saw Foxtons on watchdog many a time. They are utter rip off merchants, which is why it doesn't surprise me that she's going with them. It's because they put the house on the letting market for £250 a month MORE than i'm currently paying. When I took the house on last year it was also on with Foxtons but she got no offers, so she took mine. This deranged woman thinks it's worth that much!! Not with what I've seen on the market for that money it's not!!

I seriously hope she struggles to get someone in there. I really do.

carolt

Oh my goodness - just read this thread. I thought my landlord was bad, but yours really takes the biscuit.

The bit that really got me was where you said that she was a health and safety officer!!! :eek:

Bloody hell, if what she's done/doing isn't a criminal offence (and I believe it is, actually), then there is something very wrong with the laws of this country.

Potentially, she could have murdered the lot of you.

This is a prime example of WHY WE NEED A REGISTER FOR LANDLORDS IN THIS COUNTRY. It's been talked about and proposed, but kicked into the long grass again.

Nutters like this abysmally selfish individual should be barred from ever letting a property, in the same way that people convicted of cruelty to animals are barred from owning them, or of !!!!!philia from working with children.

My sympathies are very much with you.

I echo a previous poster - take them to the bloody cleaners.

powned

carolt wrote: »

This is a prime example of WHY WE NEED A REGISTER FOR LANDLORDS IN THIS COUNTRY.

:T:T:T
Well said, but you just know the renter will pick up the bill for that!

i have never had the income to buy so i have rented for the last 10 years, it took me a little time to get wise to some of the dodgy landlords out there. My first landlord took my final months rent off me, put it in the till of her shop then looked up at me and put her hand out and said i need your rent! She blatantly robbed me, obviously i am not going to pay it twice so she defrauded me of my deposit, i found out later from her niece (who i had became friends with) that she does it to everyone for the profit. You wouldn't think a millionaire would need to steal £500 of a young lad would you??

I have had a landlord just like the OP's too, no gas certificates, the house was full of his junk, the garden had been neglected for years and he never sorted that out despite all the promises.

There is the odd rare landlord out there who is a diamond, but they REALLY are as rare as diamonds!

At the end of the day a lot of them dont see you as a human being, they see you as some kind of financial object to be used to their gain. Some of them are just not responsible enough to be in charge of accommodation.

clutton_2

carolt - i echo your views on taking them to the cleaners.... but no one has yet persuaded me that rogue landlords such as this will actually register on a Landlords Register.... so i cannot see how a register will help stop these appalling practices...

local authorities already have quite draconian powers, if they chose to use them, to take bad landlords to court - but, they need evidence to do so, and quite understandably not everyone is willing to provide evidence..

I cannot find a convincing argument that a Register will improve bad landlords - it will increase costs for good landlords who do register, and it will help tenants find landlords who have registered - but i have read no details at all as yet (even tho the Julie Rugg report recommended this, i read recently that it has been put on hold) as to what type of information will be required and who will have to access it

I have been a member of National landlords association for 10 years, and prospective tenants can certainly phone them to find out if i am a member, but, will membership in itself make me a good landlord ?

I could (i'm not ) just want to use the NLA to provide the barest of legal minimum facilities for my tenants. (i provide a lot more)

Unless any monitoring body, such as a LL register, has teeth - what is the point ? and as yet

no one has described how this register will stop exploitative landlords who dont care about their tenants...

i think it is a political gimmick - so that Labour can be SEEN to be doing something - which is actually pretty well - nothing.....


Powned says "" There is the odd rare landlord out there who is a diamond, but they REALLY are as rare as diamonds!

this so saddens me, as every month i attend an NLA meeting and meet with many decent landlords and ladies who do comply with the law, who come to meetings so that they KNOW what they law is and how they can adapt ....

Julie Rugg - who wrote the now infamous report - concluded that "landlords have been demonised" and she is soooo right and it is sooo unfair...

but, like any forum, we generally only hear the poor stories - there are good stories out there......

gothmaz

clutton wrote: »

carolt - i echo your views on taking them to the cleaners.... but no one has yet persuaded me that rogue landlords such as this will actually register on a Landlords Register.... so i cannot see how a register will help stop these appalling practices...

local authorities already have quite draconian powers, if they chose to use them, to take bad landlords to court - but, they need evidence to do so, and quite understandably not everyone is willing to provide evidence..

I cannot find a convincing argument that a Register will improve bad landlords - it will increase costs for good landlords who do register, and it will help tenants find landlords who have registered - but i have read no details at all as yet (even tho the Julie Rugg report recommended this, i read recently that it has been put on hold) as to what type of information will be required and who will have to access it

I have been a member of National landlords association for 10 years, and prospective tenants can certainly phone them to find out if i am a member, but, will membership in itself make me a good landlord ?

I could (i'm not ) just want to use the NLA to provide the barest of legal minimum facilities for my tenants. (i provide a lot more)

Unless any monitoring body, such as a LL register, has teeth - what is the point ? and as yet

no one has described how this register will stop exploitative landlords who dont care about their tenants...

i think it is a political gimmick - so that Labour can be SEEN to be doing something - which is actually pretty well - nothing.....


Powned says "" There is the odd rare landlord out there who is a diamond, but they REALLY are as rare as diamonds!

this so saddens me, as every month i attend an NLA meeting and meet with many decent landlords and ladies who do comply with the law, who come to meetings so that they KNOW what they law is and how they can adapt ....

Julie Rugg - who wrote the now infamous report - concluded that "landlords have been demonised" and she is soooo right and it is sooo unfair...

but, like any forum, we generally only hear the poor stories - there are good stories out there......

Do you happen to have any properties in NW london perchance? LOL

I have to say, in my long history of renting I have had very few problems. Most landlords have been fantastic. I have never EVER encountered anything as dodgy and shady as this woman ever. I'll be glad to be rid of the place, I'm just annoyed that I have to move. I really didn't want to. I'm planning to buy in about 18 months time, so I don't want to have to move now, then move again.