Would you care to justify that statement?
Would you care to justify that statement?
Think you are trying to justify ignorant behavior tbh.
UK has a shortage of new housing. Also separately a shortage rental supply. When anything is in short supply the price goes up.
It's not like the renters have moved into home ownership. It's all in short supply.
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Why would everyone be happy? If the rental market has shrunk then there is less supply for renters so higher prices.
People still need places to rent, the sort of simplistic views some people have re: getting rid of landlords to somehow make things better are naive, people need rental accommodation too.
In Germany you'd pay a bigger deposits and they will chase the tenants if they cause damage etc. Also landlords don't have the same costs of furniture and repairs and have protections.
The problem in Germany is renters don't move on because they are locked into old contact rents. New renters find it hard to find places and they are much more expensive.
But it's a better system no argument. For renters and landlords.
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Because most of this thread is folks bitching about landlords and renting. Less rentals mean more houses on the market to buy
That doesn't really help renters though... that helps people seeking to buy a home. Meanwhile demand for homes, in general, keeps on increasing and we have a lack of supply in general so of course, if you reduce one sector further then you're to squeeze people even more.
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Not if demand for houses to buy exceeds that demand also.
Whut?
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I guess a thread about good landlords and happy tenants would be a **** idea then....
Many across the South are being snapped up by inner city councils to house their waiting lists. Canterbury council being outbid by a London council for an old barracks is a classic example.
Tbh, I hadn't realised how much rents have gone up and also the lack of properties available.
I got an email from my agent recommending that I increase the rent by an eye watering amount
Many across the South are being snapped up by inner city councils to house their waiting lists. Canterbury council being outbid by a London council for an old barracks is a classic example.
It's a great idea.
It "may" convince some of the wet wipes on here that we're not all literally Hitler (but I very much doubt it).
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no way. it will be derailed about landlords scum and deserving to burn etc. (slight over exageration perhaps but not by much)
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Sadly you're correct.
I sometimes wonder if these people whom seem to spend their entire life complaining about things other people have and they don't, might do a little better if they actually made an effort.
And by effort, I mean stop going waaah waaah, boo hoo, woe is me etc etc and focused on something other than moaning all the time.
You never know, that idea might catch on.
I sometimes wonder if these people whom seem to spend their entire life complaining about things other people have and they don't, might do a little better if they actually made an effort.
And by effort, I mean stop going waaah waaah, boo hoo, woe is me etc etc and focused on something other than moaning all the time.
You never know, that idea might catch on.
This is Britain, that is blasphemy.
We will all descend the toilet to the great sewer together or not at all.
Rental prices have gone up because of inflation. Landlords are seeing their costs rise (whether their own food/luxuries etc. or something directly related to their BTL like their mortgage or insurance). I know off the top of my head a number of colleagues and friends in London that have been in the same rented place for more than a few years now and landlords are just happily upping the rent by 15-20% just because.. which when you’re in London and paying £2k/month is not an insignificant amount to find. It’s a vicious circle because once local rents go up a bit the landlords just call it “market rate” and up theirs as well - even for long term tenants.
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I don’t think private landlords who own 1/2/3 properties are the problem.
It’s the companies who own large blocks of apartments and are happily tacking in monthly service charges etc that seem most egregious.
I say this as someone who rents, and has rented with both private landlords and companies. The companies were worse by far.
But full disclosure, I’m a landlord with one property I let out. I just want good tenants tbh. when I’ve found good ones I like to keep them, so do not raise the rent until they decide to move out ,at which point I put it at market rate.
(See the rest of you fellow landlords in hell, I’ll bring the Pimms).
It’s the companies who own large blocks of apartments and are happily tacking in monthly service charges etc that seem most egregious.
I say this as someone who rents, and has rented with both private landlords and companies. The companies were worse by far.
But full disclosure, I’m a landlord with one property I let out. I just want good tenants tbh. when I’ve found good ones I like to keep them, so do not raise the rent until they decide to move out ,at which point I put it at market rate.
(See the rest of you fellow landlords in hell, I’ll bring the Pimms).
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I rented in the UK for six years. In that time I had almost no contact with the landlord - they emailed me once to do an inspection (that they didn't actually turn up for) and they emailed me once to increase the rent by £25 a month in year 5. Oh, and an electrical inspection where the guy doing the inspection broke the power shower by mistake and replaced it same day no questions asked.
In return I don't think I ever proactively contacted the landlord. I kept the house in good shape, I replaced a door lock gearbox when it jammed, and replaced a broken toilet fill valve - both things that would have actually been more inconvenient to arrange for the landlord to fix than for me to do it myself.
Overall my renting experience was pretty positive tbh.
In return I don't think I ever proactively contacted the landlord. I kept the house in good shape, I replaced a door lock gearbox when it jammed, and replaced a broken toilet fill valve - both things that would have actually been more inconvenient to arrange for the landlord to fix than for me to do it myself.
Overall my renting experience was pretty positive tbh.
I think living under threat of losing your home with only two months notice, for no reason, pretty much covers it no?
No, it doesn't. Two months is plenty of notice (and I speak from experience).