Bailiffs are our last resort

Emily_Joy

Sarah1Mitty2 said:

Lavendyr said:

theartfullodger said:

jillconey said:

What sort of reference did you get from former landlord, please?? Did you get one from the landlord before that one??

Estate agent were told they had given up jobs to look after the sick daughter and had a guarantor. Apparently because former landlord was in litigation but hadn’t been to finally hearing the guarantor passed credit checks (used same guarantor). Estate agents went with credit check “as former landlords dont always respond and it was enough guarantor passed credit checks

!!!  Done any training/ reading / courses in how to be a landlord,

Is this helpful at this juncture?

Probably not at this stage, but the OP should sell up and stop being a landlord probably after this tenant is gone, I think that is what was meant?

It is hard to see what was meant. This particular poster is asking this question in every thread where tenants are giving a landlord hard time. Perhaps s/he is running an online training course and/or trying to sell a book on how to be a landlord. 

Taking into account that the OP is trying to get vacant possession and to sell her Father's house to fund the Father's care, it is hard to interpret this in any other way.

jillconey

The comment was most unhelpful and extremely upsetting to my sister who has been a very successful landlady for over 20 years (I thought 17 years).  She has know sold all of her rental properties. This particular property is far more personal being my father home and the home we grew up in, yes we would love to sell and stop being landlords and that was our plan 14 months ago.  Renting hasn’t been the problem, we have successfully rented the property to two previous tenants. The problem is it was let to those particular tenants. When I originally tacked the estate agent I was told the law required that the quarantor  passed credit checks only, which he did.  We haven’t pursued this as we need evidence from estate agent at this point, eg gas safety not being access, etc as we are apparently “rouge landlords”, the home being dangerous, filthy , unsafe, disgusting, lights fused and unable to be used….all things she threw at us in court last week despite living there for 4 years and never mentioning because untrue. This was reason given for not paying rent.
her former landlord was “rouge landlord” too . 
Notice by baliffs was served yesterday giving them 14 days notice.
My sister says she feels defeated and looks dreadful.  I’m not about to start a blame game. My relationship with my sister is more important than point scoring and hindsight is a wonderful thing. 

motorman99

^well said^

fatbelly

jillconey said:

 
Notice by baliffs was served yesterday giving them 14 days notice.

Let's hope that's the end of them then

YoungBlueEyes

Not that artful needs words putting in his mouth, but whenever he asks people if they’ve had landlord training I always interpret as this - 

Renting a house out is not something to just do on a whim because you’ve decided it must be very easy what with everyone doing it so it’s basically free money. It’s an onerous and tightly legislated business that needs serious consideration and research before you start a rental business. 

But some people seem to jump in to it with almost/no knowledge and then post on here for help when it goes wrong, sometimes with issues that would never have arisen had the person known what they were doing to start with. 

^^^ This is not aimed at you OP. 

You’ve been through the wringer with your tenants, at a time when you really didn’t need it. But they’ve been given 14 days now so your hopefully near shot of them

elsien

Time and a place though. And that wasn’t it. 

theartfullodger

Lavendyr said:

theartfullodger said:

jillconey said:

What sort of reference did you get from former landlord, please?? Did you get one from the landlord before that one??

Estate agent were told they had given up jobs to look after the sick daughter and had a guarantor. Apparently because former landlord was in litigation but hadn’t been to finally hearing the guarantor passed credit checks (used same guarantor). Estate agents went with credit check “as former landlords dont always respond and it was enough guarantor passed credit checks

!!!  Done any training/ reading / courses in how to be a landlord,

Is this helpful at this juncture?

If the answer is no or hardly any, then that exchange between OP & myself, with further advice, likely would be.  Not all of us are clever enough to always handle matters in one go..

Best regards to all

Lavendyr

theartfullodger said:

Lavendyr said:

theartfullodger said:

jillconey said:

What sort of reference did you get from former landlord, please?? Did you get one from the landlord before that one??

Estate agent were told they had given up jobs to look after the sick daughter and had a guarantor. Apparently because former landlord was in litigation but hadn’t been to finally hearing the guarantor passed credit checks (used same guarantor). Estate agents went with credit check “as former landlords dont always respond and it was enough guarantor passed credit checks

!!!  Done any training/ reading / courses in how to be a landlord,

Is this helpful at this juncture?

If the answer is no or hardly any, then that exchange between OP & myself, with further advice, likely would be.  Not all of us are clever enough to always handle matters in one go..

Best regards to all

I understand. I just think that at this late stage it may be taken more as a jab than a helpful comment. I think there are better ways of phrasing what you said, once things are at this stage. 

jillconey

I’ve heard from bailiffs this morning that the tenant has been granted breathing space until Mid April on mental health grounds. It will then be reviewed. I can’t believe this is happening. This nightmare seems to be unending

EssexHebridean

jillconey said:

I’ve heard from bailiffs this morning that the tenant has been granted breathing space until Mid April on mental health grounds. It will then be reviewed. I can’t believe this is happening. This nightmare seems to be unending

Oh seriously? I'm as much in favour of breathing space, used properly - as the next person, but this is an absolute abuse of the system, and just the sort of thing that means that those who legitimately need to use the facility get grief as a result! I'm so sorry you've hit yet another brick wall - it's just beyond unfair.