Complaints about Landlord

Stu_Dent

morg_monster wrote: »

unrelated to the court case but if you are still at that uni next term pop round to the new tenants and warn them about this guy straight off, then they can make sure to take photos etc, record every little thing that happens etc. You could let them know some of the things you've picked up here especially re the 'quiet enjoyment' and landlord having to give notice.

the house I lived in during my last year at uni, the landlord seemed really nice but the previous tenants warned us he had been nice to them initially but only returned a quarter of their deposit for alleged (unproven) damage despite the fact he had totally gutted the entire house the summer they left, redecorated, recarpeted, replaced all furniture and fittings etc, they were having to take him to court. We sidestepped this come our last month by telling him we were witholding our last months rent in lieu of return of deposit (yes I know this strategy is slightly iffy), he blustered a bit but we held firm and we didn't hear another peep out of him (since we left the house immaculate, paid all bills etc). We sent a letter addressed to "The Tenants..." the following september to give them a heads up about it...

Its funny you say that actually.. Because last year when we had people coming round to see our house for the next academic year when they asked us what he was like we answered truthfully..basically that hes a pain in the @rse.. A few weeks later we were presented with a letter from him threatening us with court action for libel!!(the people we had spoken to was a friend of a friend etc). We couldn't believe that he was threatening us with legal action for answering someones questions, what should we have said? hes a lovely guy?! what a knob!

From then on whenever someone asked what we thought of him we just said we can't say because otherwise we'll get taken to court!..they got the idea!