No I just don't see what was so evil in this situation. Everyone on the planet will have people close to them die at various points in time, it sucks but it isn't necessarily a reason to write off thousands of pounds that you owe nor does it imply that someone chasing that debt is not a good person or is an evil scumbag.
Evil Buy To Let Landlord demands rent from students after their friend dies(Daily Mail)
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I don't think you understand how contracts work...
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He isn't alone. Some incredibly naive posts in this thread. A contract is a contract. Stop bitching and abide by what was agreed. Your friend died? Boo-Hoo. Pay.
Matthew 6:24
'No one can serve two masters. He will hate the one and love the other. You cannot serve both God and money.'
I don't think there's enough information to say who breached what in the contract, because we have a poorly written DM article to go from.
It seems to imply that the renovations started after they had vacated the property, but before they stopped paying the rent.
It seems to imply that the renovations started after they had vacated the property, but before they stopped paying the rent.
You sound like the kind of guy who lets out property!
Evil?
No, he can't serve both money and God, so seeing as we know he'd be serving money he must be good.
Serving money isn't the same as spending it. It's sad that I'll probably have to explain that sentence to people further
Nietzsche would be proud of that reply.
My magic beans are not sourced from a captive market of screwing over plebs that barely have baked beans yet alone magic ones.
When you put money in first place, all you care about is getting every penny possible, before everything else, compassion, morals and so on
for example:
I am the last person to defend druggies, but compared to the evil of the landlord that pushed away compassionate compromise for the chance of more money and to screw, they are saints.
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He was a wonderful chap, if you could only look past his atheism you could see that his views are ideal for someone who looks favourably on biblical maniacs.
Someone they knew died, it wasn't Armageddon.
This TBH.
The landlord isn't a scumbag for pursuing the students for the money. It is totally his right to do so. However, how a person reacts in such a situation says a lot for the quality of that person. The landlord, in this situation, has chosen to place money over compassion for others. That's fine, but there's nothing unreasonable about others forming opinions on this basis.
Likewise, this thread has worked wonders for revealing the quality and motivations of various posters on here. There's quite a wide array of opinions and positions on this matter. It has been an interesting read.
On the other end of the spectrum how do we know the mates aren't just using his dead mate as an excuse to get out of the contract?
It's the equivalent of a friend dying in the passenger seat of your car and you stop paying the lease on it cause you're "traumatised." Jeesh give me a break.
It's the equivalent of a friend dying in the passenger seat of your car and you stop paying the lease on it cause you're "traumatised." Jeesh give me a break.
Why would they do that? They still had to pay rent to the university, so it's not likely to be financially motivated.
I don't have a perversion of values to see him as a wonderful chap.
That someone was a bro, they found him dead in their hovel they shared together, not even a druggy would want to stay there. The landlord is an evil Shylock going after his pound of flesh from the dead persons father and mother.
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Where does the article say the deceased was a 'druggie'?