Letting agent some advice as a new landlord

Guest101

deannatrois wrote: »

I am confused.., the world has shifted or something, I'm finding I am agreeing with things Guest101 has been saying lately.

Lol 3rd person in about 10 days to say this!

G_M

Guest101 wrote: »

Standard, just below the 'you must not stand on the carpet clause'.

You need to re-write your TA Guest - tenants will read this and walk around on it, thus wearing it out. Give them an inch.......

Guest101

G_M wrote: »

You need to re-write your TA Guest - tenants will read this and walk around on it, thus wearing it out. Give them an inch.......

Blooming tenants, think they own the place

pleasegetoutmore

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

I would use an agent because there are far too many things that can go wrong if you don't know much about it all.


I do not want HB tenants because my insurance goes up if they claim. That said I have someone claiming that wants me to evict her so that the Council will be forced to house her. I never knew she claimed HB until 3 months ago and she has lived there for 3 years! Make of that what you will.


There are good and bad agents as well as tenants. Things I have come across are 12 people living in a flat where 2 signed the tenancy. A neighbour complained about comings and goings at all hours and the Council asked her to keep a diary - they contacted as for help in getting them out because of the overcrowding issue. We thought 2 nurses had the flat but they allowed porters and other nurses all on different shifts to rotate the beds and sofa.


The perfect tenants are working adults - they just sleep/shower there and boil a kettle in the morning because they eat out or bring in a takeaway and send their clothes to the cleaners. Such people do not cause a great deal of wear and tear.


In terms of wear and tear people with babies/small children are the worst. They have prams that damage paintwork, pets that pee and/or chew and if it is furnished you will have to buy new mattresses when they leave because a small child will wet the bed more than once.


I hope I have not put you off but if you have half an idea of what to expect you will not be unpleasantly surprised.[/QUOTE

Wow stereotyping is an art form with you

Guest101

pleasegetoutmore wrote: »

Mrs_pbradley936 wrote: »

I would use an agent because there are far too many things that can go wrong if you don't know much about it all.


I do not want HB tenants because my insurance goes up if they claim. That said I have someone claiming that wants me to evict her so that the Council will be forced to house her. I never knew she claimed HB until 3 months ago and she has lived there for 3 years! Make of that what you will.


There are good and bad agents as well as tenants. Things I have come across are 12 people living in a flat where 2 signed the tenancy. A neighbour complained about comings and goings at all hours and the Council asked her to keep a diary - they contacted as for help in getting them out because of the overcrowding issue. We thought 2 nurses had the flat but they allowed porters and other nurses all on different shifts to rotate the beds and sofa.


The perfect tenants are working adults - they just sleep/shower there and boil a kettle in the morning because they eat out or bring in a takeaway and send their clothes to the cleaners. Such people do not cause a great deal of wear and tear.


In terms of wear and tear people with babies/small children are the worst. They have prams that damage paintwork, pets that pee and/or chew and if it is furnished you will have to buy new mattresses when they leave because a small child will wet the bed more than once.


I hope I have not put you off but if you have half an idea of what to expect you will not be unpleasantly surprised.[/QUOTE

Wow stereotyping is an art form with you

I suspect the words:

"I'm not _____, but"

Come ut often with thi person. (Fill the gap with appropriate terms.)

Pixie5740

CraftySaver2689 wrote: »

hmmm... You are now making things up nobody has been charged anything the house isn't up for rent yet, I was only asked an if I would consider them

That doesn't necessarily stop a letting agent from charging a tenant a fee of some description even though the tenant didn't meet your brief so was never going to be accepted.

You need to be very clear with the letting agent about the sort of tenant you are looking for otherwise the letting agent will just waste your time as well as the tenant's.

I can understand that there might be some confusion between someone receving full HB and someone working and receving HB top up but be careful of saying no DSS (as one poster previously suggested). Unless you're in Northern Ireland DSS hasn't existed for a long time and a lot of people in the UK receive benefits of some description, JSA, HB, child benefit, working tax credits, state pension, to name but a few.

Mrs_pbradley936

Old_Git wrote: »

What is the point in giving someone a perfectly good house and getting a good rent to match and not allowing washing and drying of clothes .
Yes I do understand the condensation bit ,but I dry clothes in my kitchen or use the tumble dryer sometimes I dry them outside .I don't have condensation and to date neither do my tenants .These are peoples homes not show houses .

I think it was sarcasm! Anyway I did not say that they were not allowed to use a washing machine - I said that my best tenants were working adults and as such there was very little wear and tear compared to a family with small children.

Mrs_pbradley936

Guest101 wrote: »

pleasegetoutmore wrote: »

I suspect the words:

"I'm not _____, but"

Come ut often with thi person. (Fill the gap with appropriate terms.)

Not in the slightest. I reiterate that in my experience working adults cause far less wear and tear over the months/years than families with small children. I can even tell you why - working adults are out for most of the day and are unlikely to draw on the walls, wet the bed or have a pet that chews and pees. Working adults seldom have prams that bang into your paintwork either.