OMG son's Landlord has just threatened violence!

BitterAndTwisted

Some of the landlord's anxiety is understandable although his behaviour is still not acceptable. It's one thing to be caught up in the student-loans fiasco and for the LL to have allocated the deposit towards the unpaid rent but a question remains: why, when the loans were finally paid over to the student did he not pay over that unpaid rent so the LL was still holding a damage deposit?

That the son is waiting for EMA or whatever else is going to cover the rent is not the LL's problem: the rent is due and payable in advance and either the student gets an overdraft to cover it or the guarantors should come up with the funds.

Caroline_a

Violence should never be condoned in any situation in my opinion. However, what particularly horrified me in this whole story is that your son went to the door with the baby in his arms. He expected that when he opened the door to find an angry if not violent landlord, who was already shouting and banging at the door. To use a baby as a shield I'm afraid I find to be unacceptable and cowardly. Even if the baby cried, surely it would have been better to leave her in a cot/pram safely in this unpredictable situation?

sp1987

Caroline_a wrote: »

Violence should never be condoned in any situation in my opinion. However, what particularly horrified me in this whole story is that your son went to the door with the baby in his arms. He expected that when he opened the door to find an angry if not violent landlord, who was already shouting and banging at the door. To use a baby as a shield I'm afraid I find to be unacceptable and cowardly. Even if the baby cried, surely it would have been better to leave her in a cot/pram safely in this unpredictable situation?

Thank goodness you were here to save me time typing that.

I entirely agree. Absolutely unacceptable to put a child (let alone a baby that requires carrying) in that situation. Even on a practical level a person's ability to defend themself (i.e. slamming the door shut to stop him getting in) is near on impossible when carrying a baby. Even picking up a pen or some tissue is hard going when you have a baby in your arms (which is unfortunate considering how much tissue you normally need with a baby, lol).

Bonny1

any news on the situation? has the Son with babe in arms, moved out yet?

Sublime_2

I hope your sons sorted it all out now. I personally could not live in a place where I felt threatened by violence and would have contacted the police, and council asap.

sal-ad_daze

It's good to have hindsight isn't it?
The baby can walk and son picked her up so she didn't run out, he never for a moment to be confronted the way he was.
We have spoken to the police (who couldn't get to us till Thursday) who spoke to him, he obviously had a completely different version. He insisted everything he had done was completely legal.
We have been to CAB and son has an appointment with a housing expert next week.
We haven't been able to get to the flat to take out belongings as our relative with a big van had van problems (perfect timing!) but we're hoping to get there Monday.
Friend seems to be changing his mind daily so we're not sure what's happening with him.
We have a letter giving a month's notice that son was going to give to LL on Tuesday so we're going to send it recorded delivery. Hopefully the Housing expert will be able to clarify things more.

Bonny1

Hi there, I hope Son and Baby have something sorted out soon.

Bonny

neas

would really like to hear the landlords side of this would probably make interesting reading.. just like how barristers cross examine in court.

tbs624

neas wrote: »

would really like to hear the landlords side of this would probably make interesting reading.. just like how barristers cross examine in court.

...except without the benefit of a barrister's training and experience.....;)

sal-ad_daze

neas wrote: »

would really like to hear the landlords side of this would probably make interesting reading.. just like how barristers cross examine in court.

The landlord's version (as told to the Police) is he's done nothing illegal, he's never threatened anybody, in fact he's broken no laws at all!
Simples!