Advice Please

londondealer

I'm looking for some advice and guidance and what better place but here to ask!

In short I rent my flat out to a couple. The tenancy agreement is with the female she then got back together with her ex.

The ex does not get on with the other flat owners and occupiers and has had several arguments over various issues.

I have a share of the freehold. In short can any action be taken against me if the other residents continue to Put in complaints about my tenant to the property management company.

Many thanks in advance.

richardw

Are your tenants behaving in accordance with your lease/ share of freehold details and clauses?

londondealer

It's things like putting cigarette buts out on the ground. I think he does this because they keep nicking or smashing his ashtray which he keeps concealed behind a flower pot.

richardw

You need to look at the details of what it says in your lease/ share of freehold, if it says 'no persistent littering' and they continue to drop cigarette butts, then you've got to sort the tenants out.

londondealer

Many thanks appreciated.

londondealer

If the tenants refuse to cooperate what are my options? Also what can happen to me? Can I personally be held responsible?

hazyjo

londondealer wrote: »

It's things like putting cigarette buts out on the ground. I think he does this because they keep nicking or smashing his ashtray which he keeps concealed behind a flower pot.

Stating the obvious... but write him/them a letter saying to take an ashtray down with him along with his cigarettes, then bring it back up. Really not hard to do (him, not you, I mean!).

Keep covering yourself with things like that. Are you sure it's 'just cigarettes' he's smoking? Or is he smoking outside others' open windows? Sounds like there might be more to this...

Personally, I would hate to see someone's full skanky ashtray outside my block of flats, or under my own window (chances are, it is by a ground floor resident's flat).

Jx

Werdnal

If your tenancy is still only with "her", then "he" is her lodger and she is your tenant. Write to the tenant detailing the issues you have been advised about and that this is causing you grief over the lease, and it could put her tenancy in jeopardy if the situation is not resolved.

Leave it to her to argue it out with the partner, as she has allowed him to live there and therefore allowed the problem.

However, I too wonder if there is more to this than meets the eye!

londondealer

Many thanks

No nothing more to it. Just a really griefy residents association that I'm having to deal with. But I do understand that they want to maintain standards it's a lovely block etc. my tenants boyfriend has fallen out with the majoirty of the tenants in the block and its getting silly now.
And yes he has the ground floor flat!!