Aggressive lawyer landlord

Alan_M_2

Well you learn something new every day, I simply thought it was an American term for a Solicitor but it's actually a collective noun. I sit corrected.

Hay_2

For her to have re-let the place it was obviously in a reasonable and acceptable condition.She is taking the mick here..:mad: I'd put the request for the return of your deposit in writing,and take it from there hth x

clutton_2

the longest thread on MSE at teh moment is about return of a deposit ....

macmonkey

Angela_D wrote:

This why we never pay the last months rent.

Believe me, I tried this avenue. On both occasions she got all hostile and simply stated in response "we can go down the court route if you like" (and that was just before she got the new tenants in!). A real nasty piece of work.

I remain optimistic and hope the letter does the trick. Cheers for the responses :T

macmonkey

clutton wrote:

the longest thread on MSE at teh moment is about return of a deposit ....

Hehehe, yeah. Took me over an hour this afternoon to read it! A real rollercoaster for Eager Learner. I've got my fingers crossed for her - she's had brilliant support from you lot though. Kinda restores your faith in humanity to see it.

Ian_W

clutton wrote:

the longest thread on MSE at teh moment is about return of a deposit ....

Whadaya expect, clutton!! She's a lawyer and a BTL landlady - she only needs to own an estate agency and drive a 4x4 to tick all the hate figure boxes!! :eek:

Don't worry though, there'll be another "prices are gonna crash"" thread along shortly.

Guy_Montag

TJ27 wrote:

I've served legal notices on several solicitors, requiring them to upgrade their houses. If they fail to do so we are able to prosecute them. If they are found guilty of a criminal offence, they are not able to practice any more. We've prosecuted solicitor landlords and not only have they been fined, they've had to upgrade their properties anyway, and they've forfeited their careers.

You've really brightened up my day. Does that make me a bad person?

whambamboo

macmonkey wrote:

Believe me, I tried this avenue. On both occasions she got all hostile and simply stated in response "we can go down the court route if you like" (and that was just before she got the new tenants in!). A real nasty piece of work.

I take great pleasure in responding to such threats in kind. One particularly egregious landlord insisted we tidied the flat every time potential tenants came round (I had a young child and was perfectly entitled to live in the flat as I chose until I moved out), and was complaining that the toilet seat was wonky due to us and we had to pay for a new one, etc. Needless to say we sued the bastar d when we moved out when he tried to steal my deposit, and also took a set of saucepans he'd forgot to list on the inventory. He was a similar new-to-BTL professional type, and seemed to be of the opinion that all maintenance costs for the property for normal wear and tear should be borne by the tenants and that the flat should still look as-new (at our expense) after 2 years of having people living in it.

macmonkey

whambamboo wrote:

I take great pleasure in responding to such threats in kind. One particularly egregious landlord insisted we tidied the flat every time potential tenants came round (I had a young child and was perfectly entitled to live in the flat as I chose until I moved out), and was complaining that the toilet seat was wonky due to us and we had to pay for a new one, etc. Needless to say we sued the bastar d when we moved out when he tried to steal my deposit, and also took a set of saucepans he'd forgot to list on the inventory. He was a similar new-to-BTL professional type, and seemed to be of the opinion that all maintenance costs for the property for normal wear and tear should be borne by the tenants and that the flat should still look as-new (at our expense) after 2 years of having people living in it.

Funny that. The first time she threatened legal action my wife was heavily pregnant and we just didn't need the extra stress. The second time was just a couple of weeks ago and again a stressful time with the little one. Since then though we've started to establish a routine and have a little more time to run our lives, hence if it comes to court action, so be it.

Have spoken to some housing lawyers today who all seem to agree that she has 'surrendered' my tenancy by letting it to someone else, which means I'm legally entitled to my overpaid rent back. Plus deposit, of course. Dropped off the letter today too - made me feel a little better...

Mandles

whambamboo wrote:

I take great pleasure in responding to such threats in kind. One particularly egregious landlord insisted we tidied the flat every time potential tenants came round (I had a young child and was perfectly entitled to live in the flat as I chose until I moved out), and was complaining that the toilet seat was wonky due to us and we had to pay for a new one, etc. Needless to say we sued the bastar d when we moved out when he tried to steal my deposit, and also took a set of saucepans he'd forgot to list on the inventory. He was a similar new-to-BTL professional type, and seemed to be of the opinion that all maintenance costs for the property for normal wear and tear should be borne by the tenants and that the flat should still look as-new (at our expense) after 2 years of having people living in it.

Beat this then.. my landlord and my money loving wealthy father. My father rented the house next door to me to my brother.Cut a long story short. I found my 33 year old brother(who i adored) dead and was devestated. My father/landlord asked me to show someone around my brothers flat as he wanted to relet it 2 weeks later!!!