Tenant problem

GeorgePowerFinch

csgohan4 said:

GeorgePowerFinch said:

csgohan4 said:

Tenant can do what he wants in his flat including building works and needs not notify his neighbours, would be nice, but not mandatory.

Careful about reporting any noise or illegal activities as you will need to declare this as a neighbour dispute to your buyer

Take a pragmatic view, is it worth reporting over selling your house?

He never inform his landlord, his landlord being the co freeholder for the property, shouldn't we have a right to know what building work he intends to do, especially when its taking place in our communal entrance?

And what difference will that make? It won't stop them and then tenant has every right not to inform, assuming they abide by their own tenancy agreements, it is the LL who needs to be abide by covenants set in the deeds, not the tenants

Builders needs to go through the communal entrance to access his door, with no work being done on the communal areas itself per say, so it means they have to inform you as the freeholder? Are you serious?

Just because you own the freeholder, doesn't mean you can tell the tenant what they can and can't do. Do you feel entitled they should abide by your own rules so you can sell your house?

Apologies, I thought I did! 

Obviously will not affect the sale, but when we have multiple viewings, and all you can hear is clanging and loud drills, it's basically pointless and I would rather reschedule them, especially when tenant is doing work without informing his LL.

Wanderingpomm

davidmcn said:

Wanderingpomm said:

Pretty sure smoking weed is actually illegal 

Strictly speaking, no it isn't, but possessing it in the first place is...

I’ve looked it up, it’s still a class B drug and can carry 5 years in Prison (it was put down to a C for a while but Is now back at class . So yes def illegal to have it in the flat so OP could report to police 

GeorgePowerFinch

Wanderingpomm said:

davidmcn said:

Wanderingpomm said:

Pretty sure smoking weed is actually illegal 

Strictly speaking, no it isn't, but possessing it in the first place is...

I’ve looked it up, it’s still a class B drug and can carry 5 years in Prison (it was put down to a C for a while but Is now back at class . So yes def illegal to have it in the flat so OP could report to police 

I knew he was talking rubbish when he said its not illegal to smoke it in your property, I didn't realise the law changed when you're in a property you rent haha!

I don't want to go down that route but if he acts like he is then may not have a choice.

Grumpy_chap

I think it is possession that is illegal, not the smoking.

Wanderingpomm

Grumpy_chap said:

I think it is possession that is illegal, not the smoking.

How do you smoke something if you don’t actually possess it? Does someone else hold the joint and you leave over and inhale?

The police would prob just pay a visit. If you can smell if so will they. The visit may be enough to sort his behaviour out.
in bristol they visit quite a lot of student houses ‘to check’ 

rtho782

The tenant should have informed/sought permission from his landlord (but not the freeholder, for all he knows his landlord is the freeholder) before doing work, unless his tenancy allowed it, but the LL is unlikely to be upset about a new door, and in any case, this is between the tenant and the LL and nothing to do with you.

You have no "right" to be informed as to when he is doing work etc, even if you are joint freeholder, unless it's stuff the leaseholder is not allowed to do without consent of the freeholder.

As for the weed, the police probably won't care.

45002

GeorgePowerFinch

May I ask.

Do you know how long the tenant been living there for ?

[Deleted User]

Its a pain that he's smoking weed upstairs and doing renovations.  BUT even if it does affect the viewings, you can arrange another set.  Its just one day (when you have viewings, I have a feeling the door replacement might take longer when you think its also got to be painted).  Hopefully there are more than the one set of people wanting to view the flat.I doubt the police will be too interested in someone smoking weed upstairs even if its unpleasant for you, unfortunately, I'd hate it too but I don't think there's a lot you can do.  

Comms69

Durban said:

Police have no powers to enter a property without a warrant and I can assure you very few police forces will be obtaining a warrant for someone smoking weed in their own property.

Obviously if he is dealing or the property is being used as a drugs den , that will be a different matter

If you're trying to sell , don't make waves because as soon as you start going down the official route - ie  calling police , councils , etc you will have to declare this when you sell and this will put people off 

I mean the police have lots of powers to enter without a warrant, but i agree that there is no chance the police will take any notice of someone smoking weed in their own home. Most wont even bother with discreet street smoking.

coffeehound

OP you might consider having a positive input ventilation (PIV) fan installed.  This would force a small but continuous flow of clean air into the flat, thus preventing smells from elsewhere in the building finding their way in.