A cry of anguish

ruggedtoast

I wouldn't have been bothered about buying if there were secure tenancies with some kind of curbs on rent increases.

But here we have speculating spivs who will throw people out of their homes during the Olympics because they think they are going to make a killing out of holiday lets, that then don't materialise.

Disgusting.

Going back to the OP, it should be none of the landlords business whether or not the tenant has a dog. The landlord's responsibility should be to maintain the property in good order, and the tenant's to pay the rent on time and hand it back in a re-lettable condition.

Yet here you can be thrown out with 2 months notice for nothing whatsoever.

It is time to recognise that landlords, fortunate enough to own extra properties, are holding a precious and scarce resource and they must accept the responsibilities that go along with that rather than just the reward, and that should be enshrined in law.

JonnyBravo

ruggedtoast wrote: »

Going back to the OP, it should be none of the landlords business whether or not the tenant has a dog. The landlord's responsibility should be to maintain the property in good order, and the tenant's to pay the rent on time and hand it back in a re-lettable condition.

Indeed. A small increase in the deposit is more than enough to compensate for the presence of a dog.

ruggedtoast

JonnyBravo wrote: »

Indeed. A small increase in the deposit is more than enough to compensate for the presence of a dog.

Exactly. I do not approve of dogs myself but if someone else wants to have one in their own home, and have people who dont have dogs visit them and mutter "God it smells awfully of dog in here" then that is their lookout.

As long as they repair doggy damage and ensure the dog odour has gone when they leave then good luck to them.

michaels

What about the neighbours who are disturbed by the barking?

Loughton_Monkey

michaels wrote: »

What about the neighbours who are disturbed by the barking?

If your neighbour's dog barks, best thing is to 'borrow' it, and let it bark in your own back garden.

See how they like it!

Eellogofusciouhipoppokunu

michaels wrote: »

What about the neighbours who are disturbed by the barking?

Why would the landlord care, he wont be able to hear it from miles away in his mansion house.

daveparker

My grandparents rented privately their whole lives. They never expected to own so did not get stressed about it. They also got the satisfaction of not having to sell their house and give it all to the government when they went into a nursing home when all the scroungers get this care for free anyway! Makes you wonder if this home owning lark really is a mugs game to be honest

noodle_doodle

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Completely agree. "Young professionals" were on location location location the other day. Around 35 years old I should think. One was a part time cleaner in a hospital and one a researcher for a "large supermarket".

No kids, both worked, both were looking to buy their second house. Thing was, they had parental help and could buy far outside of what they would normally be able to, so were classed as young professionals looking for a home with a "buzz" but outside of the "rat race" (they worked in a normal town!)

Mindyou, you often watch location location and wonder how on earth these young people, sometimes fresh out of uni are just buying a house, just like that.

I think professional is one of those terms like 'luxury' and 'executive' that have no legal meaning so you can apply it wherever you like. My own interpretation, possibly closer to ILW's, is that a professional is personally liable for their screw-ups (thus they need personal liability insurance). So next time someone says they're professional ask if that means you can sue them personally - not their employer - if they do things wrong :-) , always a nice icebreaker

I personally am a researcher / computer programmer. If programmers were held personally liable for their mistakes/bugs I guess there'd be none left with a roof over their head :-), on that basis I'm happy not to be a professional.

wymondham

ILW wrote: »

I find that a fair few of the whingers when pushed, seem to be very fussy about what areas they are prepared to live in. suggest say Woolwich or Plumstead and they dismiss is out of hand. Very spoilt attitude.

There are loads of houses for less than £150k within 30 miles of central London for example.

how about get out of London all together?? I know the wages are lower but so are the costs, and a much better life can be found away from the hype...

noodle_doodle

wymondham wrote: »

how about get out of London all together?? I know the wages are lower but so are the costs, and a much better life can be found away from the hype...

except you'll find they all claim to occupy incredibly narrow niche positions that can only be found inside the M25 choke-chain

when you ask if this is somewhat of a career blunder and they should widen their scope you'll be told it is exactly this focus on specialism, you utter fool, that enables them to pull in mega££££

of course then you point out that it can't be that great if they cant buy the same kind of 3-bedroomed semi a forklift truck driver can afford in newcastle, and then they become unfriendly after that point