Agent - Tenant Find - Taking Deposit ?

[Hudson01]

What jpkeates says..... the landlord sounds like they are in the dark at the moment, i would consider no hot water as urgent, i know of properties where the bathroom only has a bath and a hand shower run from the taps !!! Kettles will not help here. So yes a day or two to get an engineer out then see...

[Hudson01]

Have you asked to view what the camera can see ? If he refuses that then he has something to hide, and if it is pointing to where you think then its time to look for somewhere else to live given he is clearly a pervert.

[Hudson01]

I would concur with the above, a slick scheme indeed. They don't take the calls to progress the '' application '' so it times out and the deposit is lost.

[Hudson01]

The council did (not sure if they still do) not give planning permission until they were satisfied that there would be enough parking for the majority of cars which are likely to be parked at a certain location..... imagine converting a number of large houses to flats and then not allowing any parking,...

[Hudson01]

Your right in regards that the Police will not be at all interested in parking on private land ((the driveway in question), what does your AST state in regards parking....... if anything. If this has been converted then i assume it had planning permission for the conversion..... what did the council...

[Hudson01]

If she does not sign it then how is she a tenant ? she could argue that she is a guest/lodger etc, and simply deny she knew her name was actually on the AST ....... Why did she not sign it, that is more of a concern, was it a simple mistake or something else.

[Hudson01]

I doubt they could force the landlord to do anything but where has it all gone so wrong that grown men are living in sheds at the bottom of a garden of a house where another 8 individuals live ! We are in a terrible state in this sad country, tell the local authority as this could be linked to modern...

[Hudson01]

This whole issue will either mean you need to charge less than the market rate for the flat (just to tempt them) or it could lead to the flat simply not letting if you disclose the noise issue which has been discussed, you would be putting yourself at a real disadvantage ....... but of course it's the...

[Hudson01]

Agree with the above comments, it smacks of desperate asking for such a small reduction in rent (i am not saying it is, it could be viewed as that), and as said above would ring alarm bells..... a prospective tenant said to me on a viewing (he did not get the property), '' i think i can afford the rent''.................

[Hudson01]

Can i clarify something - I use one of the well known estate agents to tenant find for me, all ok up to now. They offer a service for a fee of taking the deposit and protecting it in an account, again i am ok with this but what exactly do i need to see from a paperwork point of view, what copies do...

[Hudson01]

Very true indeed, but that's what the victim himself or herself ' felt ' at the time, if they feared they were about to be hit or struck then that is enough for a sec 39, for a section 47 to be brought then there has to be actual physical contact and indeed evidence (i.e a bruise or mark etc).

[Hudson01]

The noise i agree is not a Police matter but his doors getting bashed in and the possibility of further violence in the future is their business, as said he needs to go, his behaviour will not change and where ever he goes he will cause these issues, this is why i do not rent to anyone claiming benefits,...

[Hudson01]

In my job i deal with neighbours just like this guy..... the smashing of his door down is a real warning sign, it was fairly certain to be connected to a drugs debt he had and/or a grow he was managing. This type of tenant will never conform, it's what they are and what they do, your best hope is that...

[Hudson01]

Stole what exactly, it can be dodgy given if he has taken say a washing machine then he could easily argue he brought it into the property, unless you have an innovatory of course, but there is a real danger of them going down the civil matter route.

[Hudson01]

Lucky..... and well rid of them, just shows you that you have to be on your A game when it comes to new tenants, well done.

[Hudson01]

I do think the 3 weeks is a tad odd..... Australia dream holiday ? illness so you are in hospital for longer than that ? I am sure there are others.

[Hudson01]

I don't like stress, i work full time and i am part of a busy family, i certainly would get rid but that''s because i like a simple life and your tenant would go against that way of living.

[Hudson01]

Exactly..... i think you know which way this is going.

[Hudson01]

I would take the time to ensure they had a nice CCJ to prevent them gaining credit in the future, this is the minimum i would do.

[Hudson01]

This is how my thinking is going, its too stacked in the tenants favour....