Ranting Landlord

Is My Landlord Entitled To Go Through My Underwear Drawer?

19 Aug 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 20 Comments

Earlier today I was reading a very serious blog post by Renter Girl. She discussed a few of the distressed phrases tenants had typed into a search engine to land onto her website. Here are some of the searched phrases: “I’m afraid of my landlord.” “…my landlord comes round unannounced.” “My landlord threatens me.” “Is [...]

Funny Shit Friday – DSS Tenant Demands Apology, But Walks Away With I.T Advice

06 Aug 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 8 Comments

Welcome to the 2nd episode of “Funny Shit Friday”. I genuinely didn’t think this would go further than the pilot episode, but it turns out there’s still life left in the old beast yet. For those that missed the opening episode, you can catch it here, Funny Shit Friday – Houseshare Opportunity For A Sterile [...]

Funny Shit Friday – Houseshare Opportunity For A Sterile Hobbit That Isn’t Adverse To Crime

30 Jul 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 1 Comment

I’ve decided to start a new weekly (or perhaps bi-weekly) phenomenon called “Funny Shit Friday” It’s all pretty self-explanatory. I’ll essentially post shit I consider to be funny on a Friday. I’m hoping this brain child of mine will take my website to the next level of awesomeness. However, if it doesn’t take off (or [...]

My Tenant Is A Lazy, Worthless, Greasy Kebab

08 Jul 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 10 Comments

Ok, so remember the other day when I was talking about how my tenant was vacating, and how it was difficult for me to take viewings because of his shit-crazy taste in furniture? You guys remember, right? Well, you also may remember that I said besides from his alien grasp of interior design, he was [...]

My Tenant’s Disgusting Taste In Furniture Has Ruined My Life

24 Jun 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 12 Comments

Right, so the other day I took a viewing, right? I already discussed how I refused a DSS tenant that was my friend. Ok, well that was only one half of the sorry tale, I was saving the other half for a separate blog post (this one)… My initial plan, as prearranged with the current [...]

Interview With The Angry HIP Consultant

10 Jun 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 20 Comments

For those of you unaware, a few weeks ago, the newly formed Coalition Government scrapped the Home Information Packs (HIPs). Unsurprisingly, most people were more than pleased to see the back of them. The added cost of selling a house just didn’t make sense for vendors and estate agents! But on the flip-side, there are [...]

My Tenant Gave Me Notice While I Was On Holiday

07 Jun 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 7 Comments

For those of you who don’t know, I’ve been in Vegas for the past 2 weeks; soaking in the sun, drinking extortionately priced cocktails and ogling at beautifully slutty women. It was great. And now, it’s disgustingly depressing to be back as reality starts to set in… While I was away I received a missed [...]

Is This Online Letting Agent Advert Distasteful?

31 May 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 3 Comments

A few weeks ago I saw a Tweet from @ffields saying the following: @ffields Distasteful ad as seen in Landlord and Buy-to-let magazine, death always sells? [link to advert] Here’s the advert from Letting Match: Is it distasteful? What do you think? I don’t know if it’s distasteful or not because my humour is pretty [...]

My Tenant Wants Me To Pay £300 For A New Curtain. She Must Be On Crack

18 May 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 17 Comments

Yesterday, I facetiously mentioned on Twitter about how one of my tenants’ wants me to pay a ludicrous £300 for ONE poxy curtain. Since I have a spare 20mins right now, I thought I may as well set the scene and overdramatise the situation by writing this pissy little blog post. Horrray! So, I went [...]

This Country Would Be Awesome For Landlords If I Was In Control

12 May 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 5 Comments

I’m not big on politics, for many reasons, but mainly because it’s bullshit. I heard some snotty chump on the news the other day saying that he thought democracy was a beautiful thing, and that’s why our country is beautiful. He was getting erect by the queues of people lining up outside polling stations to [...]

Ajay Ahuja Has Threatened To Take Legal Action Against Me

04 May 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 11 Comments

Oh shit, here we go again. I have another potential legal battle on my hands. Brief Bio on Ajay Ahuja Ajay Ahuja is known in the BTL industry by many people for his £15m property empire, which he started with just £500. He’s also known for his property sourcing company, The Ahuja Group, which sources [...]

Ajay Ahuja Gets Investigated By Undercover Sky News Journalists

30 Apr 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 1 Comment

Oh dear, it seems Ajay Ahuja has been investigated again, but this time by a pair of cheeky undercover journalists from Sky News. The report was aired yesterday evening, but on the 18th of April, Ajay mentioned something about it on his blog, so I knew it was in the coming. It was only a [...]

Guys, Want To Live With A Creepy Homosexual In A Trendy Part Of London, Rent Free?

14 Apr 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 6 Comments

Earlier today I was pointed in the direction of an extremely creepy ad listing on Gumtree. Here it is: Do you fit the description? Are you male, aged between 18 – 25, and masculine? If so, Pete is offering you an opportunity to live RENT FREE in a very trendy part of London. Really though, [...]

Do You Have A Useful Service To Offer Landlords? Advertise it for FREE

01 Feb 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 4 Comments

Some of you may have noticed a new sponsor advert on the right hand sidebar, “Your local Landlord Directory”, while the rest of you probably didn’t care enough to notice. Either way, I’m magnifying the subject and bringing it all to your attention Landlord Directory is a new portal specifically for landlords. Essentially, it’s a [...]

Same Libel Threat, Different Person Threatening Me

12 Jan 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 27 Comments

Urgh, it’s happening again! This is the 4th incident where I’ve been told to remove content from my site because it’s supposedly libellous. It’s like Groundhog day, because the threats are always so ridiculous and petty, in my opinion. The latest episode is actually the most flimsy libel notice I’ve ever received. At least the [...]

Landlord Junk I Want To Achieve In 2010

04 Jan 2010 / Ranting Landlord / 19 Comments

Happy New Year, folks! I hope you all had a great transition. So, it’s a New Year and people are beginning their journeys to fulfil their resolutions. Great! I never really set New Year resolutions because they don’t make any practical sense to me. If I need to change something in my life, I’ll change [...]

Are You Going To Bother Sending Your Tenant A Christmas Card?

17 Dec 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 10 Comments

Urgh, great, it’s Christmas again, ALREADY. Ho, ho, ho. Ok, I’m not a Scrooge; I’m just at that awkward stage in my life where Christmas seems pointless. I’ve always believed that Christmas is pretty cool for grandparents, parents and children. I’m neither, so I view this time of year as a bitterly cold season where [...]

Interview With Ajay Ahuja

10 Nov 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 159 Comments

It was only last week that Ajay Ahuja appeared on “Inside Out” for allegedly being a dirty little scam artist. Since then his name has been running riot on the property circuit. While he’s still hot topic, I thought I’d try and get my filthy little mitts on him; giving him the opportunity to give [...]

Ajay Ahuja On Inside Out, London- Property Scam

04 Nov 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 35 Comments

Anyone watch “Inside Out, London” On BBC, Monday (2nd November, 2009)? It was rather interesting. The first half of the show was an investigation about a property dealer offering bargains that are apparently too good to be true. It was quite amusing when the “dealer” they were investigating turned out to be someone I know, [...]

I Don’t Like Globrix Property Portal

29 Oct 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 9 Comments

Anyone used Globrix before? Earlier today I was planning on using Globrix to check out the local talent on the market. Unfortunately, my plans quickly came to a halt when I realised Globrix is a pile of unusable crap. I can’t decide whether the site was designed by a genius or an idiot. My money [...]

New Property Investment Project Business Cards

23 Sep 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 6 Comments

Right, so here are the facts… My blog is growing on a daily basis (I think) I get various property-related companies and professionals emailing me all kinds of shit on a daily basis I don’t run my blog as a “business” per’se, but some people tell me I probably should I sometimes (rarely) attend networking [...]

London Landlord Show 2009, Who’s Attending? Anyone?

04 Sep 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 3 Comments

It’s FREE, it’s LOCAL (London is local for me) and it could be quite interesting, so I think I’m going to attend this landlord bash. Who knows, I may even learn something useful. Event details London Landlords’ Show is the largest show of its kind and to celebrate its tenth year, the show returns to [...]

The Lost Art Of Being Polite

27 Aug 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 8 Comments

Just to warn you all, this post has nothing to do with property or being a landlord. This is about me throwing my toys out of the pram due to the lack of manners some people seem to have. While you won’t directly learn how to be a better landlord from this, some of you [...]

Landlord Searching For Perfect Tenants

20 Aug 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 4 Comments

I have a 2 bedroom mid-terrace house located on the outskirts of Cambridge City, available from early November for someone, or some people, to make into a new home. The property comprises nice views, a nice location, and nice neighbours. It’s all rather nice. Interested? Apply for viewings if you’re able to tick all of [...]

Hilarious Ad By Landlord, ’4 Bedroom Undesirable Shit Hole’

19 Aug 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 3 Comments

I noticed this ad on Gumtree the other day and found it hilarious. I don’t know who, why or what, but I like. And here are the visuals… I really don’t have much else to say on the matter.

I’m Suffering From “Shitty Savings Account” Syndrome

22 Jun 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 4 Comments

This time last year I had two saving accounts’ with Halifax. I had a “Regular Saver” which gave me a 10% interest rate, and a “Guaranteed saver” which gave me a 6% interest rate. It was a good time to be saving. A year later, both accounts have expired from their fixed rate period, and [...]

The Worst Bloody Thing About Being A Landlord

08 Jun 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 18 Comments

Hi all! I’ve very recently come stumbling back from a scandalous trip away in Vegas, hence why the stream of fresh content has been dry as a Nun’s vagina for the past few weeks. Apologies! I actually did plan on blogging while away, but it turns out I am only human, consequently I found the [...]

Most Of The Estate Agents On Twitter Are Idiots

13 Apr 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 17 Comments

Meh, as pointless and shitty as I think Twitter is, to my despair, it’s become another one of those geeky rages that I’ve embraced as part of my daily life. Apparently Facebook and Myspace wasn’t enough- now we need to log into more shit in order to maintain our virtual lives. It’s actually got to [...]

Letting Agent Is Trying To Rip Me Off

04 Apr 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 5 Comments

Ok, yesterday I wrote a blog post about how I encountered a rude, cock-face letting agent. Well, the saga continues… Basically, the letting agent wanted £500 to find me tenants (EXTORTIONATE). Initially, I was like, “ok, cool, see what you can get me”. But using an agent was literally a backup plan, because I generally [...]

I Just Encountered A Rude Cock-Face Letting Agent

03 Apr 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 5 Comments

Urgh, I fucking hate rude people with a passion, especially people that are rude unnecessarily. Admittedly, rude letting/estate agents irk me just that little bit more than the average punk. They are notoriously hated by default, so they should make extra effort to be normal beings. I recently encountered a total shithead from a local [...]

Mark Sawyer Of Property Association Has Threatened To Take Legal Action Against Me

15 Mar 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 25 Comments

Now, this is an interesting/concerning situation. It’s a bit long winded, but I’ll try to be to-the-point. Just to clarify, writing this blog post is going to be a real struggle, like 50 Cent when he was growing up in the hood. I’m going to hold back a lot of my usual obscenities, just to [...]

I Got Stood Up By A Prospective Tenant

09 Mar 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 4 Comments

Unfortunately, they’ll be nothing of substance written in today’s blog post, I’m just going to rant a little about how I fucking hate time-wasters. I got a phone call last week from a deceiving little bitch that prided herself on being a “professional working mother”, and was interested in viewing a property of mine. When [...]

I’ve Fallen Out With My Ex-Tenant Over Her Security Deposit

14 Feb 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 2 Comments

It’s pretty amazing how a relationship can turn from warm apple pie to steaming shit over something as superficial as money. The situation I’m in so ridiculous that I don’t know whether to laugh and/or forcefully push my tenant into the arms of a psychologist. In a previous article I talked about how a tenant [...]

My Favourite Tenant Is Leaving

20 Jan 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 4 Comments

So, check it… I got a phone call 2 days ago from one of my longest and most faithful tenants (since 2005). Initially, I thought I was going to be on the receiving end of a winter maintenance call, so I was hesitant to answer. Apparently plumbers are so busy right now that they have [...]

Who Watched Repossessed Last Night On BBC1?

07 Jan 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 7 Comments

Broadcast: BBC 1, Tuesday, January 6th, 2009. 10:30pm (I think it was a repeat, not entirely sure). The TV guide describes it as the following: Powerful documentary about three families battling to save their homes from repossession as the housing crisis tightens its grip. With 50,000 homes having been repossessed in the past year, some [...]

Cashback Credit Cards- A Great Way To Spend

06 Jan 2009 / Ranting Landlord / 2 Comments

Has anyone got a cashback credit card? If so, which one, and what kind of deal do you have? I’m not entirely sure how popular cashback cards are, or how long they have been knocking around for, but I’ve only recently discovered the fruit. They seem like a neat idea to me. What is a [...]

House Price Crash Idiot Attacks Again

30 Dec 2008 / Ranting Landlord / 25 Comments

Low and behold, another House Price Crash idiot tries to please the mob on the forums by tossing a banana into the circle. This particular idiot put together an inaccurately sculptured story of my landlord life. It seemed to have gone down a threat; the crowd blissfully cheered. I guess when a monkey farts the [...]

My Tenant Is Starting To Get On My Tits

01 Dec 2008 / Ranting Landlord / 5 Comments

I’m secretly getting increasingly frustrated and angered towards a longtime tenant of mine. I’m a whisker away from carrying the burden of hating her. Then again, “hate” is pretty extreme, and I don’t need the extra emotional baggage; perhaps I just want her to experience the wrath of Karma so she only gets what she [...]

Being A Landlord Limits Your Lifestyle Options

14 Nov 2008 / Ranting Landlord / 0 Comments

The other day I was having one of those, “I wish I could escape to a tropical haven, kick back and drown in the breasts of exotic women” kind of mood. I don’t really want to reflect and have a Ricky Lake moment because unfortunately, the source of me wanting to escape actually reads my [...]

Start Your Own Property Blog

18 Sep 2008 / Ranting Landlord / 6 Comments

I’ve been blogging for nearly 2 years now and uptil now I haven’t actually covered the topic of blogging. Hmm..odd. I wonder what held me back? And the only reason I’m covering the issue now is because I’ve recently been receiving a lot of emails from people asking me how they can set up their [...]