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Rat Bag Landlord

Sparkle78
Sparkle78 Posts: 97 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi,

Just wondered what your view is... I live in a two bed flat (alright area and nice enough flat) and pay £395 a month in rent. Because the "ratbag" let junkies move into one of the flats, no one wants to live here anymore. Theres twelve flats in total, 6 rented and 6 lying empty and now she has the nerve to advertise the empty ones at... £295!! I know its not against the law blah blah but surely this is unreasonable as all flats are identicial...

I have approached to confirm that the advert on certain website shows correct price, to which I have been ignored (happens for everything).

Anything I can do other than grumble on about the injustice of it all?! ;)

Comments

  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Hand in your notice and move into one then.
    :footie:
    :p Regular savers earn 6% interest (HSBC, First Direct, M&S) :p Loans cost 2.9% per year (Nationwide) = FREE money. :p
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    HappyMJ wrote: »
    Hand in your notice and move into one then.

    Exactly................................
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • mchale
    mchale Posts: 1,886 Forumite
    Sparkle78 wrote: »

    Anything I can do other than grumble on about the injustice of it all?! ;)


    It's not "injustice" it's called supply & demand
    ANURADHA KOIRALA ??? go on throw it in google.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    HappyMJ wrote: »
    Hand in your notice and move into one then.
    Basically good advice but :

    * are you in Eng/Wales?
    * Are you in the fixed term of your tenancy agreement?
    * If not, do you know about Notice periods in a Periodic Tenancy?
    * Would the landlord agree to an Early Surrender of the tenancy?
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    I've missed the part where the LL has acted like a ratbag.
  • jc808
    jc808 Posts: 1,756 Forumite
    lettlng in junkies fora start
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Well they do say a recession makes people more right wing.

    Do people with addictions not deserve a home? Should we just let them die in a gutter?

    Christ on a bike.
  • BitterAndTwisted
    BitterAndTwisted Posts: 22,492 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    How would a landlord know whether prospective tenants are junkies or not when they apply for a tenancy? In any case, once this is known, if they are indeed causing problems for the other tenants, if they had any sense they would seek to evict them at the earliest opportunity. The real problem could be with the "earliest opportunity" part.....
  • zappahey
    zappahey Posts: 2,252 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mynameisdave wrote: »
    Do people with addictions not deserve a home? Should we just let them die in a gutter?

    Of course no one believes that. It's just that everyone believes they should live "somewhere else".
    What goes around - comes around
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