Landlord zone hacked?

[Berlingogirl]

A1970 What a harrowing story. I'm so sorry to hear you've been through this....

[Berlingogirl]

It's not a nail in the coffin at all. If landlords don't want 'DSS' the solution is to simply put the rent up to above the LHA and to refuse 'DSS' on the grounds of affordability. Perhaps Shelter would like to have a little think about why Private Landlords refuse 'DSS' and do something about the reasons....

[Berlingogirl]

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But you can't charge for your own time as a LL if you make the repairs yourself. That's what I meant....

[Berlingogirl]

Here are my thoughts for starters:

a) The right to charge for repairs to damage caused by the tenant, where the LL has carried out the repairs themselves and not by a tradesman. To charge a reasonable amount for setting up a tenancy, rather than making an increase in the rent. Quicker evictions....

[Berlingogirl]

I also showed people round a property recently, keeping a good distance and disinfecting everything they touched afterwards (I kept all the doors open so there was very little that they touched).

[Berlingogirl]

" So a fridge, freezer, washer, drier, etc. that you can unplug would be classed as a portable appliance, a wired in electric cooker or shower wouldn't be.

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My electrician said these large appliances aren't portable.

[Berlingogirl]

Perhaps you could reply to the agent saying that you are not supplying any electrical appliances that require a PAT test. Get rid of the kettle or replace it every year (cheaper than PAT testing it)....

[Berlingogirl]

As jpkeates says - no one's planning to have a fire! I wouldn't light any candles though.

I had poly tiles in one of my bedrooms when I moved in and they were the 5 blob kind so we removed them all and this left a scarred ceiling which were able to paper over....

[Berlingogirl]

It seems that your ex is still on the tenancy agreement and will be jointly liable for any arrears, court fees, bailiffs, solicitors fees etc. Just because she has another tenancy doesn't mean she isn't responsible for your joint tenancy.

Your landlord will eventually get possession of...

[Berlingogirl]

My house has a garden which I used to rent, then bought it. One of the stipulations was that I couldn't keep livestock on the land. We don't know if a similar stipulation applied to the OPs garden....

[Berlingogirl]

I'm very concerned about the poly tiles. They are very dangerous in a fire if they've not been put on correctly. They should be glued all over the back, but they were often attached using five blobs of glue. What happens with the five blobs method is, in a fire is the flames swoosh under the tile and...

[Berlingogirl]

From 1st June 2020 you need an electric certificate for new lettings.

PAT testing is only for portable appliances such as toasters, kettles etc . You don't need them for fridges.

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I have a 4 bed and a 5 bed HMO and they can be a load of work and sometimes they're OK. it depends on the people in them. Some people needing a room are working away from their home town and they tend to be no bother, but some are men who've been thrown out of their home and have run out of places to...

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I agree with JKO. I always assume that if a single person moves into a property (other than a HMO) they'll bring other significant person(s) in....

[Berlingogirl]

I wouldn't replace them. For all you know she's taken them up and given them to somebody else. To replace them you would need to see them to inspect them to agree how the damage was caused.

[Berlingogirl]

Isn't this a HMO? In which case the landlord is responsible for the cleaning of the communal areas....

[Berlingogirl]

I had to scrub one of the ceilings in a bungalow I got back - it was disgusting. The whole place was stained with nicotine and it took a lot of work to get it back to white. Grrrrr.

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I don't, but I do drive past and see if the garden is tidy, windows clean etc and if nobody's in I look in through the window. And, oh dear! I've seen some messy houses ...

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I usually use chrome as my search engine and this morning when I went into forums it came up as hacked with a demand for a large amount of bitcoins. I'm using another browser and it seems ok? Has anyone else had this problem?

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If I HAD to leave a provision for cooking food I'd leave a kettle for pot noodles, jelly, coffee, mashed potatoes etc and you can heat a bag of smoked mackerel by putting it in a jug of kettle boiled water. ...