Nasty Tenants Grow Cannabis in the loft of my lovely family home

Ath_Wat

Norman_Castle said:

Grumpy_chap said:

IamWood said:

Regarding police promises, they ensured me again and again they would clean up everything as we were shaking to find out what was going on in my house.

I would not take the Police saying they'd clean up and not as a broken promise.  It is entirely understandable that you were totally shaken up by the experience but, in that moment, may also have interpreted something more than was meant from the comments made.

Police officers cutting plants and shoving them into bags making some unavoidable mess being asked if they're going to clear up the mess. Officers agreeing to clean up the mess they're making, op presuming this means the loft will be cleared entirely.

This was my first thought, but he does suggest in the first post that the police spread the soil through the house  ("The police came and ransacked my house during the operations. Now soils are everywhere.")  and didn't even clean that up.  I am not sure if I would expect them to.

IamWood

Ath_Wat said:

Norman_Castle said:

Grumpy_chap said:

IamWood said:

Regarding police promises, they ensured me again and again they would clean up everything as we were shaking to find out what was going on in my house.

I would not take the Police saying they'd clean up and not as a broken promise.  It is entirely understandable that you were totally shaken up by the experience but, in that moment, may also have interpreted something more than was meant from the comments made.

Police officers cutting plants and shoving them into bags making some unavoidable mess being asked if they're going to clear up the mess. Officers agreeing to clean up the mess they're making, op presuming this means the loft will be cleared entirely.

This was my first thought, but he does suggest in the first post that the police spread the soil through the house  ("The police came and ransacked my house during the operations. Now soils are everywhere.")  and didn't even clean that up.  I am not sure if I would expect them to.

Yes, that's what was happening. The police unfortunately made a mess of my house in their operations.

Am still waiting for a call from the insurance adjuster. Can I start cleaning my house now? My insurance advised me not to touch anything before the loss adjuster visited to my property.

Ath_Wat

IamWood said:

Ath_Wat said:

Norman_Castle said:

Grumpy_chap said:

IamWood said:

Regarding police promises, they ensured me again and again they would clean up everything as we were shaking to find out what was going on in my house.

I would not take the Police saying they'd clean up and not as a broken promise.  It is entirely understandable that you were totally shaken up by the experience but, in that moment, may also have interpreted something more than was meant from the comments made.

Police officers cutting plants and shoving them into bags making some unavoidable mess being asked if they're going to clear up the mess. Officers agreeing to clean up the mess they're making, op presuming this means the loft will be cleared entirely.

This was my first thought, but he does suggest in the first post that the police spread the soil through the house  ("The police came and ransacked my house during the operations. Now soils are everywhere.")  and didn't even clean that up.  I am not sure if I would expect them to.

Yes, that's what was happening. The police unfortunately made a mess of my house in their operations.

Am still waiting for a call from the insurance adjuster. Can I start cleaning my house now? My insurance advised me not to touch anything before the loss adjuster visited to my property.

How long has it been since they told you that?

IamWood

Ath_Wat said:

Yes, that's what was happening. The police unfortunately made a mess of my house in their operations.

Am still waiting for a call from the insurance adjuster. Can I start cleaning my house now? My insurance advised me not to touch anything before the loss adjuster visited to my property.

How long has it been since they told you that?

I filed my claim Saturday and was told I would be contacted in a couple of days ;(

theartfullodger

Engage your own loss assessors.  Or get ripped off 

IamWood

theartfullodger said:

Engage your own loss assessors.  Or get ripped off 

Can I? Would my insurance accept my own loss assessors?

user1977

IamWood said:

theartfullodger said:

Engage your own loss assessors.  Or get ripped off 

Can I? Would my insurance accept my own loss assessors?

They might not. But these things are negotiable. Insurers aren't judge and jury.

ian1246

Op - those Police Officers almost certainly will have already had a long shift and be off late with booking in the various seized exhibits, it's not their place to clean up the house on top, nor is it legally your house at this time given you have unlawfully evicted your tenants.

Any mess left by the Police in the course of their duties is unfortunate, but essentially tough luck. They are required to where possible avoid causing additional damage or unnecessary mess, but when dealing with a Cannabis farm that is an impossibility.

Unless you can show the officers deliberately caused undue mess, you ll likely be politely told your complaint is going no where, and if the SGT dealing with it is on the ball, they ll also point out to you that legally it is not your home currently but infact the tenants, so if there is to be a complaint made about the state the property was left in, it will have to come from your tenants. In such circumstances I m sure the officers will be more than willing to meet the tenants face to face to... discuss the complaint.

Just be glad you found the farm now before it caused further structural damage, or before the police raided it, putting the front door in, destroying the frame & damaging the surrounding brick work - a bill which you would then have to foot.