Nightmare tenants

King_Of_Bling

Kind of puts you off getting a BTL, in case you end up with scum tenants who did this:

"Landlord battles to evict nightmare tenants for six months... and finds four-bedroom house in ruins"

Tenants lived in 'squalor' with blocked, overflowing toilet

Carpets ripped up, windows smashed and kitchen pulled out

Police say damage is so serious they will treat it as criminal damage

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026152/Darlington-landlord-Glenn-Schofield-battles-evict-nightmare-tenants-6-months.html

lynzpower

The process normally takes between six and eight months and, with scores of county courts earmarked for closure as part of the Government's cuts, it could soon take even longer.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026152/Darlington-landlord-Glenn-Schofield-battles-evict-nightmare-tenants-6-months.html#ixzz1V712Jyks

Actually this is the interesting bit. As I understand it a great many courts are earmarked for closure.

eek theres over 140 marked for closure? Is this still current? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11993436

FTBFun

Fortunately this would be in the minority cases, and I have a feeling from looking at that article that this chap is fairly new to the whole business and seems to have been done over by "professional" tenants and a useless agency.

This was a bit odd I thought:

Mr Schofield added: 'It's taken me until now to get them out.
'I don't understand why it took so long. If you provide false references for a job, you can be out straight away. Why can't it work with a house?'

You can't sack someone "straight away" for providing false references so I don't know quite what he's on about there.

Thankfully the police are treating this one seriously.

OP - are you really sure this business is for you? TBH I wouldn't think so.

Riq

Was probably a cracking party though.

crazyguy

I thought my house was messy

DannyboyMidlands

The risk of this happening would be considered as part of your business plan and you may even have taken insurance to cover such eventualities. So yes they are scumbags but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter.

Should be a warning to amateur landlords though. It's not just easy money and capital gains.

bap98189

FTBFun wrote: »

You can't sack someone "straight away" for providing false references so I don't know quite what he's on about there.

Yes you can. OK you would have to hold a disciplinary meeting if they have worked for more than 12 months, but if it is a simple case and you have proof of false references that can be done in a matter of a few days.

FTBFun

bap98189 wrote: »

Yes you can. OK you would have to hold a disciplinary meeting if they have worked for more than 12 months, but if it is a simple case and you have proof of false references that can be done in a matter of a few days.

Thanks - I thought there was a bunch of employment legislation in place to make this pretty hard, but obviously not.

jascrawf

It should be legal to name and shame bad tenants and landlords. People who cause that kind of damage aren't fit to privately rent and deserve no more than a squalid room in a council hostel - or cell. It makes my blood boil to see such destructive behaviour! :mad: I feel sorry for the landlord.

Ulfar

Maybe they were driven to this madness by the fact the kitchen is painted bright red. I am not a fan of magnolia but some colours can affect you mentally.

theartfullodger

Mr Schofield added: 'It's taken me until now to get them out.
'I don't understand why it took so long"

Sigh!! Sorry, he's just lost my sympathy by that remark .. if he really doesn't understand the law on Landlord and Tenant to that extent and has clearly - by his ignorance - failed to research & educate himself then he's a fool to 'isself..


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