Comments on: Landlord Guide On Protection Against Bad Tenants

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:27:04 +0000

Let us know when you’ve lit up your fourth spliff of the evening, Arachana

By: zorro

zorro — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:15:40 +0000

We had a tenant who moved into our property in Loughborough 2 years ago. A lettings agent in LE12 supposedly referenced him. Ha ha! The references were not worth the paper they were written on.
He used an assumed name and gave false references. He trashed our prpoerty and did not pay us any rent. We went to court to get him evicted.
After he moved out I found out that he had used over a dozen assumed names to open utilities accounts not only in Loughborough but also in Brighton. We’ve spoken to some previous landlords who tell the same story.
The police say that although he trashed our property and stole some of the furniture, it’s all ‘civil matters’ and there’s nothing they can do.
We wanted to get a CCJ against him but we don’t know his real name and his new address. That’s why, in our case, the credit check done by Experian was a waste of time- you can’t do a credit check on someone who gives false details, or someone else’s details.
We know the name he is currently using in Brighton but not his address. He’s now a music and arts promoter and has set up a website. I hope he rots in hell!
Where’s the justice?

By: Twattybollocks

Twattybollocks — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:27:00 +0000

Hey Shelly,

Don’t worry about Dr Nogood. He’s been harping on for ages – something to do with his care in the community programme and everyone thinks he is a twat anyway! He likes to bitch and moan about how bad Landlords are when he hasn’t got the bottle to try running his own business!

Nice to be able to coment from the cheap seats……….

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:44:28 +0000

Nice to see tenants are using this site too although its a shame about Nogood! harping on about landlords. Try doing your own research on the landlords it works both ways- I am happy to supply references for my tenants. As for the the other comments it could be said that there is a reason that you are the tenant and not the landlord!

By: Anonymous (Landlord)

Anonymous (Landlord) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:08:31 +0000

Tenants credit checks are limited. They don’t tell you how many times a tenant has been taking to court under S21, although it will say it the tenant has been taken to court under S8 (some grounds).

By: Anonymous (Landlord)

Anonymous (Landlord) — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:06:31 +0000

1. Tenants who trash properties are evil. They think they are hurting the landlord, but it also hurts the next tenants. I refurbished a property only to find that the brand new kitchen was trashed within two years. I did my best to repair, but I felt sorry for my next tenant as they could have got a much nicer place to live in if it had not been for the previous tenant.

It has left a sour taste in my mouth, don’t spend too much money just incase you get a nasty tenant and it discourages refurbishing properties.

This tenant destroyed the kitchen units, I could not get matching ones, so I just painted them and had to get the builder to polyfilla the cabinet and this is on a kitchen that had been fitted 3 years ago!

By: Dr Nogood

Dr Nogood — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:20:13 +0000

Genius GillsMan, genius.

By: GillsMan

GillsMan — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:24:59 +0000

Dr Nogood – apt name there. Dr Noclue would be slightly better though.

By: Dr Nogood

Dr Nogood — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 20:08:47 +0000

They are now…but they are nothing but kangaroo courts which favour landlord’s spurious often cretinous claims of ‘damage’, when they mean ‘fair wear and tear’. I’ll just go directly to the small claims court after I finish my latest bout with a shite landlord…why wait for them to try to fuck you over for pennies? Preempt the garbage brained tosser and take his monkey ass to court!

Of course you don’t think you steal…landlords used to consider it their right to steal an entire deposit and do no works…(landlord bonus scheme!)now they need to falsify documents to pretend the works have been carried out, or charge themselves out at £200 per hour (well worth it for an ill educated, self rightous, cretinous, negative equity drowned rat of a human!).

I pay my rents on time, look after my rabbit hutch and try to respect my landlord (very hard!)…he returns the favour by fucking me at every turn…excellent fellow.

By: The Landlord

The Landlord — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:05:24 +0000

That wouldn’t cover months of lost rent :)

And I don’t steal.

And you clearly know nothing about deposits. They’re handled by protection schemes.

And I’m not a “property developer”

Wow, that’s 0 out of 3. Good job.