Soldato
Renting out a place in London? Surely that would more than cover your expenses...
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Yeah, that's London for you. Security is paramount. Maybe they could go and get the OTHER key... Perhaps do a little instruction sheet to facilitate them in opening a door?
The house is in Luton, not London.
Soldato
RIP.
Soldato
Oof.
What a load of rubbish. Yes, he could have avoided the problem if he had a spare key. However, to state that the agent who he pays to take care of the property is not at fault for failing to bring the right keys when requested to a pre-arranged appointment is ridiculous.
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Soldato
I'm not going to deny that there are people living beyond their means of course, but I do think this is massively over hyped in the media to further encourage the "US VS THEM!" mentality which keeps this country so divided.
It just baffles me that we can consider ourselves first world country when there are millions of people living below the relative poverty line in this country, children going to school with empty stomachs, people barely eating all day just to feed their children, people having no other option other than to live on the streets or steal the necessities to get by day to day.
My original post was slightly tongue in cheek, i'm not bemoaning anyone who has worked hard enough and had the facilities both mentally and support network wise to be able to afford two homes (I'm hoping to do this myself before too long!), it's just when you hear how "hard landlords have got it," it's tough to feel sympathy when there's people out there in this first world, developed country that are literally scraping by day to day.
Anyway, rambling now, i'm sure there a lots of frustrations to being a landlord, and everything is relative anyway so it's impossible to compare one persons sufferings/frustrations to another.
I hope everyone has a good day
Soldato
Threads like this always end in the people telling those who worked their wholes lives busting their asses off that they should have given that money away to people poorer
Soldato
Would have surely gained on the actual price of it since then though right?
With the increased red tape and interest rates have to think of it as a proper long term investment now.
They should have a spare key in the first place, especially when the locks have been changed multiple times. That's my point.
My property is rented out but I have a key myself and if the locks are changed. I ask for a spare key, its covering my own back at least.
Im sorry to be that guy but we have more people in poverty dying of type 2 diabetes than them dying of starvation.
Still isnt good either way.
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Soldato
We could go down a massive rabbit hole here, but all roads lead to massive lack of education, scummy marketing tactics from corporations etc. etc.
This may sound bad, but half of the population are below the average level of intelligence, no matter how high up that chart you get, you've still got the bottom half that you need to account for
Yeah, it's gained a fair amount. We do have a mortgage against the rest though and with the aforementioned red tape, it's going to get "interesting".
For all the negative press out there around landlords there are good ones. People quickly forget this, they also forget that its fulfilling a need, some people don't want a mortgage or the responsibility that's involved with owning a property. I like to think I'm a good landlord, the rent as I mentioned in my previous post hasn't changed since the tenants moved in 6 years ago, under-priced for a 2 bed at the time as well. Our hope was to eventually land a couple/person/family who prefer renting long-time and it appears we did.
In regards to the property; its a clean, well-managed building with weekly cleaning outside/inside, the gardens are maintained by a landscape business we employ. I recently installed a new boiler back in 2020 and everything is covered, boiler, electrics, gas. If they have a problem they have all the numbers for support as well as our personal mobiles. I think the fact that they are still with us after 6 years is a testament to how well we look after the property. This is all self-managed, we do the contracts ourselves too, we also own the free-hold with the rest of the Management company we set up (bought it for £1 believe it or not!) One things for sure, you are investing in and providing a service, I try my best to make that as secure as possible which involves looking after the money (house) and providing good customer support right?
Now, I could tell you some stories about previous tenants. There's a reason I've painted that damn flat over 10 times... oh boy.
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if the letter box hasn't been changed you know what to do...
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Soldato
to be honest i reckon the op should crap in his own letter box at home - that'll teach him to forget the keys to his own property.
Soldato
*For all those priced out the housing market due to housing stock hoarding*
OP... Oh noes... In other news....
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Soldato
I'll bite. You a landlord by any chance?
Soldato
3rd lock on the front door required I think.
OP this is a disappointing sob story. Can you provide more details of your distress? Was the agent apathetic to the point of enraging you? Are you going to have to visit again soon and will that be really inconvenient for you?