Man of Honour
Yes we already know that, you're missing the point of the post that many people think it's OK to steal from Landlords.
Plot twist - the landlord was their mum/dad.
It was their mum and dads house.
Man of Honour
I do, I know two people who were seriously affected by none payers and both went into debt however some people think it's OK to do that
Soldato
Well obviously stealing is wrong regardless of who the victim is. If you don't pay a landlord then the landlord has less money to spend on maintaining the property so whoever gets the it next will find they are moving into a worse home then what the person before had so ultimately it's society that picks up the tab for non payment of rent.
Typically people who don't pay rent like the sort of person you have described are really undesirable people to be around, likely have criminal record or come from dysfunctional families. There's not a lot you can do about them unfortunately kick them out and the council is legally obliged to rehouse them.
Personally I don't know how anyone can live like that but I've seen enough episodes of Can't Pay We'll Take It Away to know that there are people like that out there.
Caporegime
My partners parents owned a flat that had a tenant who didn't pay for the best part of a year. It was all very messy due to how they knew the people. Standard grifters who were lying, cheating scumbags but unfortunately its surprisingly hard to get rid of people that refuse to pay.
Don't sign up to rewards without understanding the risks.
I honestly don't know what some folks expect when renting out something that is a necessity for living a semi-decent life, there's always going to be the risk of awful tenants or even good but otherwise irritated tenants who've had a long history bad landlords who have given up with being nice. Some folks seem to forget that it's not an investment for the tenants who need it.
Ftfy
Man of Honour
Another mate has 6 properties and rents them out to the Council so always gets his money but not as much money as if he got his own tenants.
He said the loss is worth it because his money is guaranteed.
You are wasting your breath explaining how proper landlords landlord to hobbyist landlords that personally "vet" their tenants lol.
Soldato
Blimey that's a bit high brow for me
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The more i read your posts on this the more i think you must be a landlord with loads of properties and feeling threatened by people renting out their spare pad for use in the future under cutting you
Mans gotta eat!The more i read your posts on this the more i think you must be a landlord with loads of properties and feeling threatened by people renting out their spare pad for use in the future under cutting you
Soldato
Councils now will often pay families arrears themselves as they have no where to put them if evicted.
And the other side of the coin.
www.rightmove.co.uk
A landlord so graciously willing to "knock £400 off" the rent, as long as you agree to live in and spend your own money and time doing up his dump of a property for him.
Like I've said before, the whole property system is screwed and predatory and why I have the attitude of a big fat meh when landlords get screwed too.
Check out this 4 bedroom end of terrace house for rent on Rightmove
4 bedroom end of terrace house for rent in Pegwell Street, London, SE18 for £1,800 pcm. Marketed by Purplebricks, covering South East London
A landlord so graciously willing to "knock £400 off" the rent, as long as you agree to live in and spend your own money and time doing up his dump of a property for him.
Like I've said before, the whole property system is screwed and predatory and why I have the attitude of a big fat meh when landlords get screwed too.
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