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Tenants left - house disgusting - deposit dispute
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grendel666h wrote: »Even if he's breached the contract and broken the law?
Yes, even in that case ONLY he (or she) or a court can end a tenancy.
What law do you think they've broken?0 -
grendel666h wrote: »That's it, it's not a business. We moved away and rented our house out and used a reputable estate agent and their solicitors as we didn't want to have to learn all about the legal side of things.
You are running a business, you've simply paid someone to do the work for you.
Its still your name on the contract0 -
grendel666h wrote: »That's it, it's not a business. We moved away and rented our house out and used a reputable estate agent and their solicitors as we didn't want to have to learn all about the legal side of things.
I'm afraid it is a business. As soon as you choose to rent out your property and become a landlord, it becomes a business. If you didn't want a business, you should have done what other people do - sell when they move. If you didn't want to learn about the legal side then perhaps you should have sold it. You may pay someone else to do things for you, but the ultimate responsibility will fall on you so it would surely pay to be informed - at least of the basics.0 -
May I respectfully make a suggestion? G_M has some VERY useful and informative guides for people considering starting letting a property out. You'd be very well advised to read them - better late than never.grendel666h wrote: »Smoking in a rented property.
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/51802140 -
This shows a massive downside of using letting agents. LA's are just leechers, taking fee's of both tenant and landlord alike, whilst the landlord and tenant never communicate with each other meaning situations like this can occur.0
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We realise you came on here for advice. Some of it you may want to hear, some of it you won't. You could have a great opportunity to learn or not, its totally up to you.
None of the things said on here have been abusive. Some have been a bit credulous. If you want to protect the original investment in your property.., personally I'd look at what's said on here with a bit more of an open mind. But its your choice.0 -
deannatrois wrote: »We realise you came on here for advice. Some of it you may want to hear, some of it you won't. You could have a great opportunity to learn or not, its totally up to you.
None of the things said on here have been abusive. Some have been a bit credulous. If you want to protect the original investment in your property.., personally I'd look at what's said on here with a bit more of an open mind. But its your choice.
I don't mind constructive criticism but some of the posts have not been very helpful.0 -
grendel666h wrote: »Really? I could never clean it and allow it to become absolutely disgusting and stinking and let cats destroy wallpaper (which is what has happened), but I really wouldn't expect to allow this in a rented property.
Tough cookies for you my friend, perfectly allowed.
The LL can of course evict, but there's no law broken.
The property is the tenants, they must return it to the LL in a good state, but how the live in it is not your concern. If they don't return it in a good state ( assuming it was in a good state when tenancy started) the LL can recover his 'loss'0 -
grendel666h wrote: »I don't mind constructive criticism but some of the posts have not been very helpful.
You are a Landlord, responsible for the roof over another human beings head and you seem totally oblivious to the rights and responsibilities of either party.
If you got food poisoning from a restaurant would you be angry? - same thing here, except someone might end up homeless....0 -
Tough cookies for you my friend, perfectly allowed.
The LL can of course evict, but there's no law broken.
The property is the tenants, they must return it to the LL in a good state, but how the live in it is not your concern. If they don't return it in a good state ( assuming it was in a good state when tenancy started) the LL can recover his 'loss'
That's the whole point, it was a long way off the good condition it was in when they moved in.0
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