BTL, vile lowlife business, nobody wants to be living under their roofs

chucknorris

leveller2911 wrote: »

I blame the tw@ts who make "Homes under the hammer" ive never seen anyone other than a BTL investor buy from the auctions they show.So that must mean FTBers and young couples never buy at auction... The whole programme is all about investment oppotunities and nothing to do with buying a home.

Its just more shallow,cheap tat we get from Aunty Beeb. I don't blame the BTL ers personally as the ones that Ive met haven't got much up top and are generally touching cloth with worry ,most are just lemmings.....

I don't tend to mix with people 'who haven't much up top' so I can't really comment

Cleaver

We used to have a BTL property. We had great tenants who had sold their house to move to Italy but wanted some time before their daughter finished first school and also learn some Italian before they went, so they rented our place.

They'd been there 18 months and wanted another 6 months before they left for Italy, so as they'd been great tenants we gave them their last month free. As a thank you they cooked us dinner so we had an unusual situation of having dinner in our house with the people who were renting it. 'Twas a lovely evening.

It was a business transaction for two years where they were very happy and we were very happy. Simple as that really.

Mods: this doesn't really fit with the rant at the top, so please feel free to delete. Thanks.

Note to OP: less words in capitals next time, because you come across as a mentalist.

chucky

The_Fox wrote: »

I am not mincing about

what a quality rant :T

stringsmk2

Does this apply to me as well. I bought a place but I am now renting it?

Cleaver

The_Fox wrote: »

All i know is that BTL is a evil non wealth creating speculative gsme that many are playing, and i for one want it ended,

I'm going to ask this for what might be the 165th time on this forum.

In 2003 my girlfriend and I wanted to rent a place for a year before moving from the area. We didn't want a council house or LA house, we wanted to rent a house from a private landlord for a period of 12 months.

There are hundreds of thousands of people like us. Where, or who, would we rent a house from if you 'ended' buy to let?

chucky

Dirk_Rambo wrote: »

its a bit near to the bone. eh. chuncky m8

not really - it sounds like it's written by a mad man.

that's not a bad post !!!!!! - only one spelling mistake.

Arcaine

Cleaver wrote: »

I'm going to ask this for what might be the 165th time on this forum.

In 2003 my girlfriend and I wanted to rent a place for a year before moving from the area. We didn't want a council house or LA house, we wanted to rent a house from a private landlord for a period of 12 months.

There are hundreds of thousands of people like us. Where, or who, would we rent a house from if you 'ended' buy to let?

You really expect an answer from the people that are long on emotion and short on actual ideas?

hermum

Surely this, as in with any other walk of life, you get good and bad.
Maybe you would prefer to see more boarded up, derelict properties & families living on the streets.
Without the BTL investors where would these people live?
I'm sure that some do look on it as a way to make a quick buck but others are in it for the long haul & look after good tenants well.

bigblackdog

you have a point op , good luck with your crusade , hope you can take it further than a rant on mse

Arcaine

hermum wrote: »

Surely this, as in with any other walk of life, you get good and bad.
Maybe you would prefer to see more boarded up, derelict properties & families living on the streets.
Without the BTL investors where would these people live?
I'm sure that some do look on it as a way to make a quick buck but others are in it for the long haul & look after good tenants well.

Well the thought of being called landlord scum has prompted me to sell up and start a wheel clamping business.

Not sure what the OP wants, I am sure that local Government is just as happy when people go in asking for a free month.