General Chat

We let out our flat thru an agency as had friends in it --bad idea.It`s empty at the moment and OH has been painting it . I found a bag in the kitchen cupboard full of mail --not belonging to tenant --either his neighbours -(-put thru wrong door )or tenants we had before going back to 2004--it was all binned. We`ve had no bother as agency vets them all and you now need Landlords Licence which we have, Ros

Gwynne we sold our house last year because of problems with tenants - but we were lucky, even though they didnt pay their rent and they left the house needing to be cleaned, we DID have the insurance! That was a con, we did have an agency but as I say we were left with them just owing us hundreds, though our agency did say if we paid a few hundred to them they would take the tenants to court for us! We are in the USA and had put it with an agency and a good one but when it comes to money you always seem to lose, the council told the tenants that until we paid to take them to court they should not move out! We have friends out here in the same boat but worse if that makes sense, there agency had to take their tenant to court on Friday, I dont know the outcome but this couple wanted to sell their house and the tenant wanted to buy it, when he realised he couldnt afford it he started saying they broke their promise on price and that they were racially abusive! Get this they live out here, didnt even know that he wasnt white or that he didnt come originally from the UK, how would he? I say beware if you asked me if I would do it again then after the experience we had the answer is no and to run in the opposite direction. Debs x

The Landlords Licence may only apply in Scotland --it`s not a Multiple Occupancy Licence,--that`s a different licence Ros