Landlord Scum!

mchu6am4

southsea13 wrote: »

In an ideal world "The Golden Rule" may work, but then the world is far from ideal.
I love the way people run around quoting `philosophers` and `religious figures`. In fact, it was JS Mill who was the staunch proponent of the reciprocity rule in modern times (and man, he was a bit of whacko!) How many people have died as a result of following the drivel that is spouted by major `leaders`? Jesus? Marx? Gandhi? Oh, just a few million, that`s all.
Maybe I`ll start touting myself as a major philosopher or religious figure and see how many schmuks I can get to follow me!!!

Getting back on topic: Jape, I understand what you`re saying. I hope you get some justice out of this situation and that the landlord who skanked you ends up getting his head kicked in by a bunch of chavs out of their heads on cheap booze / drugs

And how many have died in the last 4years (not to mention the sanctions era) because of a couple of lunatic's greed for 'black gold' - OIL ?

Tiger_greeneyes

Not all landlords are rubbish, southsea - I'd like to think I was a good landlord - I got everything fixed as soon as it went wrong, never increased the rent during the whole time the tenants were there and I left a card and bottle of champagne for my tenants to find when they moved in. And - I knocked £500 off the first month's rent as the tenants had just moved from South Africa and didn't have quite enough rent saved. I know it sounds like I was barking but they paid the deposit in full but I had a gut feeling that they would be good tenants. They were great - quiet (even the teenage sons!) and looked after the house very well. The house was always absolutely spotless

southsea13

Agreed

Not all landlords are rubbish (and it would be incredibly stupid of me to say so). At the end of the day, they`re just people. Unfortunately, (like MOST people), whenever money is involved things can turn unpleasant. Proof of this can be witnessed by the fact that our comfortable standard of living in the developed world is provided by keeping those in developing countries in poverty.

I like to think that the landlord / tenant relationship should be a business contract: money is paid in return for services and both parties have obligations to live up to as defined in the contract. However, in my experience, MOST landlords have been pretty ruthless (and have often failed to deliver), and I`ve had to employ equally underhand - but legal - tactics to `bat my corner` (for example, reporting them to environmental health etc, catching them out on technicalities etc). I do realise that some tenants are totally unreasonable btw...

Of course, if this government was committed to sensible planning regulations (i.e. build more houses), and there was less of a `chav` problem (i.e. people tended not to act irresponsbily turning whole buildings into `sinks`), then we might have a pool of good-quality affordable stock. Of course, this may not bode well for landlords, but I am of the opinion that the current housing market is ridiculous and that we`re going to see `multi-generation` mortgages - similar to those in Japan - if things don`t improve. It is my belief that everyone is entitled to a decent roof over their heads. I do not, however, believe that that means that people can then start acting like muppets. With rights come responsibilities - which cuts all ways for everyone (else what`s the point of a society?)

Hope this clarifies my stance a little
Best Wishes :money:
David

PS: I am not a socialist!