Evict a rogue Landlord - Shelter...

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

Pennysmakepounds wrote: »

As a landlord, sometimes you just can’t help but get lumbered with a SCUMBAG of a tenant who ruins your home and makes your life a misery.

It’s a numbers game and getting worse for landlords these days because tenants know that there is very little landlords can do. The law is stacked against the landlord – you can deny it all you want but it’s true. This is why most landlords will not touch DSS tenants with a barge pole because in most cases they are people that have the least to loose when they become bad tenants.

It’s fine having Shelter spew sh*t about making people homeless and blah blah blah....what about the poor landlord - and I’m not taking about millionaire landlords but rather people with maybe one/two properties trying to make little for their retirement who have mortgages to pay.

I fully support Shelters work when it comes vulnerable people (E.g. Single mothers/fathers / disabled people / people with learning difficulties…etc) but when it comes to able bodied young people that move into a property and then suddenly stop paying rent and start damaging your property.

The law is always on the tenants side even when it’s clear the blind that they are taking the p*ss.

You know the business risks when you entered the market - surely if it's causing you this much grief, sell up?

Pixie5740

Pennysmakepounds wrote: »

As a landlord, sometimes you just can’t help but get lumbered with a SCUMBAG of a tenant who ruins your home and makes your life a misery.

It’s a numbers game and getting worse for landlords these days because tenants know that there is very little landlords can do. The law is stacked against the landlord – you can deny it all you want but it’s true. This is why most landlords will not touch DSS tenants with a barge pole because in most cases they are people that have the least to loose when they become bad tenants.

It’s fine having Shelter spew sh*t about making people homeless and blah blah blah....what about the poor landlord - and I’m not taking about millionaire landlords but rather people with maybe one/two properties trying to make little for their retirement who have mortgages to pay.

I fully support Shelters work when it comes vulnerable people (E.g. Single mothers/fathers / disabled people / people with learning difficulties…etc) but when it comes to able bodied young people that move into a property and then suddenly stop paying rent and start damaging your property.

The law is always on the tenants side even when it’s clear the blind that they are taking the p*ss.

Everybody needs somewhere to live but nobody is forced to be a landlord. There are a million and one other ways to invest your money but you choose to be a landlord.

People don't wake up one day and decide to become the tenant from hell. They'll have a history of doing so and as long as you do your due diligence when selecting a tenant you will greatly reduce the risk of being stuck with a turkey of a tenant. It's much more difficult for tenants to carry out checks on the landlord.

I don't think the law is 100% on the side of tenants. Providing landlords follow the correct procedure it's relatively straight forward to have a tenant evicted. Even when landlords break the law the penalties aren't particularly high. £8,500 fine for charging 10 people to live in sub-standard conditions. That's not enough of a penalty to discourage people from doing it.

Unless you're in Northern Ireland there aren't any DSS tenants as the Department of Social Security was dissolved in 2001.

Pennysmakepounds

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays wrote: »

You know the business risks when you entered the market - surely if it's causing you this much grief, sell up?

lol...

It was a opinion from previous exp.

The majority of landlords will have some exp. of this, if they have been in the business long enough.

Its part of the risk you take.

theartfullodger

http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/article/8804/Council-wins-landmark-court-case-against-rogue-landlord

Rogue landlord first in country to be handed Criminal Behaviour Order
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A private landlord has become the first in the country to be handed a Criminal Behaviour Order, which replaced Asbos.

In the case of Jaspal Singh Sahota the order will last ten years and he must appoint an agent to manage his properties within weeks.

City of Wolverhampton Council brought the landmark court case.

Well done Wolverhampton Council.

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https://www.lettingagenttoday.co.uk/breaking-news/2016/4/letting-agents-ran-2m-drugs-factory-in-properties-they-managed

A lettings agency in south London has been found to be the front for a cannabis growing operation, with drugs grown in properties managed by the agent.

Two men who ran Home To Home in Forest Hill have been jailed for a total of eight years at Woolwich Crown Court.

Aidan Lynch, 51, was sentenced to five years in prison on one count of conspiracy to produce cannabis and six counts of permitting a premises to be used as a cannabis factory. Jason Smart, 47, was sentenced to three years on one count of conspiracy to produce cannabis and four counts of permitting premises to be used as a cannabis factory.

An accomplice, Patrick McArdle, 37, was jailed for five years and six months after he was found guilty alongside Lynch and Smart of conspiracy to produce cannabis and for the production of cannabis in relation to another unconnected incident in Essex.

It was back in February 2013 when officers from Lewisham's Proactive Unit executed a drugs warrant at a basement premises below shops on Crystal Palace Parade, SE19......

.....Lynch and Smart later arrived at the property whilst officers were still there. They claimed to be letting agents for the property and claimed the tenant was an unidentified man they met in a pub who had paid £300 in cash.

Due to the explanation the pair provided they were arrested for conspiracy to supply cannabis.

Bluebirdman_of_Alcathays

theartfullodger wrote: »

http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/article/8804/Council-wins-landmark-court-case-against-rogue-landlord



Well done Wolverhampton Council.

Google reveals he also organises sham marriages in Wrexham - what a busy boy!


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-16822920

theartfullodger

See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-36203249
&
http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/letting-agent-banned-over-pocketing-tenants-deposits/

An agent and landlord who pocketed deposits worth almost £7,000 has been barred from the industry.

Shaban Rehman, who ran letting agency Better Homes Glasgow, was found to be no longer a fit and proper person to be a landlord or agent.

He has now been removed from the Private Landlord’s Register by Glasgow City Council and his lettings business has gone into liquidation.

If Rehman attempts to let any of his eight flats, or the 20 that he managed through his letting agency, he is automatically committing a criminal offence and can be fined up to £50,000.

Investigators from the council’s Private Landlord Registration Unit found Rehman had failed to place two deposits totalling £6,950 with an approved tenancy deposit scheme.

Glasgow City Council has also served rent penalty notices against him, which prevent him from collecting rent on his properties.

Richard Brown, executive director of the council’s development and regeneration services, said: “This kind of appalling behaviour by a registered landlord can never be tolerated.

“Shaban Rehman has taken money from blameless tenants in bad faith and caused his victims untold distress and inconvenience.

“There is no question that he is no longer a fit and proper person to act as a landlord. By his own actions, he has ceased to be a legitimate landlord and has damaged trust in the private sector rental market.”

Well done Glasgow City Council Private Landlord Registration Unit !

Come on England, catch up! When will there be similar legislation stopping rogue landlords from operating?

theartfullodger

http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/landlord-hit-with-record-700000-bill-after-illegal-lettings/

Well done Barnet council!

http://www.propertyindustryeye.com/landlord-ordered-to-pay-over-100000-after-flouting-safety-laws/

Well done Manchester City Council!

theartfullodger

""
A London council’s fight against unfit rented housing has resulted in a single landlord being forced to submit 140 applications to prove his apartments are lawful accommodation.


The extent of the continuing four-year battle between Islington council and Andrew Panayi, a multimillionaire landlord who owns 200 flats around Caledonian Road in north London, has been revealed by officials who told the Guardian that in one year they discovered 90 of his flats did not have adequate planning permission.


Islington estimates investigations and official challenges to Panayi’s practices have cost council tax payers at least £170,000, with some cases taking up to two years to resolve. For a period of time one council planning officer was assigned no other work apart from investigating the landlord, it said."""



https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/dec/26/landlord-submit-140-applications-flats-lawful-andrew-panayi-islington

http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/caledonian_road_landlord_andrew_panayi_loses_again_to_islington_council_1_4824557

theartfullodger

http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/15510667.Revealed__Nine_more_Govanhill_landlords_barred_from_renting_property/

All nine now face criminal prosecution and fines of up to £50,000 if they try to let out properties.

&
http://www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow-news/nine-govanhill-landlords-barred-councils-13570195


Well done Glasgow Council!

Come on Engerland, catch up!