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Post by patty on Sept 8, 2021 14:51:50 GMT
Sad, he seemed ok.. It is a very hot day maybe the heat affected him and also he's not been around long enough to understand this forum... I hope he will be back.
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Post by JohnV on Sept 8, 2021 18:29:22 GMT
I thought it was quite interesting the variety of opinions (I was living onboard and then sold the house at the top of one of the peaks. I have had a couple of friends with rental properties whe experienced loads of grief from renters and agencies as well) so I reckoned sod it, I am moving away from the land to reduce stress and agro so why hang onto something on the land that will potentially give me loads of grief and agro .... so I sold ..... and have not regretted it
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Post by ianali on Sept 8, 2021 20:51:29 GMT
I thought it was quite interesting the variety of opinions (I was living onboard and then sold the house at the top of one of the peaks. I have had a couple of friends with rental properties whe experienced loads of grief from renters and agencies as well) so I reckoned sod it, I am moving away from the land to reduce stress and agro so why hang onto something on the land that will potentially give me loads of grief and agro .... so I sold ..... and have not regretted it That’s the thing isn’t it? Just opinions. I feel a little bad about him leaving, but I only gave my thoughts. Maybe forums ain’t what I thought they were.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2021 21:11:13 GMT
He sought advice ... you gave good advice ianaliUp to him to decide to use it, ignore it, or decide it's inappropriate. He appeared happy to call everyone 'twats' and jumped right in with the Goon Squad thing. I wonder if he ran scared after I told him Jane was unimpressed with his 'Northern women are fat bangers' claim (I paraphrase) Rog
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 9, 2021 6:18:28 GMT
I thought it was quite interesting the variety of opinions (I was living onboard and then sold the house at the top of one of the peaks. I have had a couple of friends with rental properties whe experienced loads of grief from renters and agencies as well) so I reckoned sod it, I am moving away from the land to reduce stress and agro so why hang onto something on the land that will potentially give me loads of grief and agro .... so I sold ..... and have not regretted it I lost £15K to the hammer, drill and flying kicks of the gun toting African drug dealer. This was nothing compared to the emotional grief. I really did have the year from hell, a truly horrible experience, one so bad I could never have imagined it possible. There's something to be said for having less money but a simpler life, one where there's no possibility of such aberrations occurring. If this means you need to do a bit of work you might not have otherwise so what, doing a bit of honest work isn't the end of the world.
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Post by patty on Sept 9, 2021 9:50:02 GMT
I thought it was quite interesting the variety of opinions (I was living onboard and then sold the house at the top of one of the peaks. I have had a couple of friends with rental properties whe experienced loads of grief from renters and agencies as well) so I reckoned sod it, I am moving away from the land to reduce stress and agro so why hang onto something on the land that will potentially give me loads of grief and agro .... so I sold ..... and have not regretted it I lost £15K to the hammer, drill and flying kicks of the gun toting African drug dealer. This was nothing compared to the emotional grief. I really did have the year from hell, a truly horrible experience, one so bad I could never have imagined it possible. There's something to be said for having less money but a simpler life, one where there's no possibility of such aberrations occurring. If this means you need to do a bit of work you might not have otherwise so what, doing a bit of honest work isn't the end of the world. Nothing is worth that stress I went through hell over a rental..not my house but I made a huge mistake sharing with someone who moved in druggies, drew on the walls in his blood and generally wrecked the place. I left half way through the 6 months having slept on a blow up airbed. I had put everything I owned in storage. I thought I'd got out of the lease having paid everything..all the rent/electric etc for the 6 months tenancy. I wrote letters telling of my decision to leave/not renew etc. 2 years down the line the bailiffs came searching as the landlord had ignored my letters, not redone the tenancy and put all the debt on me. Took me to court in my absence and got a repossession order against me. Dreadful..I learnt lessons, very painful lessons. I fought the judgement but ended up paying half to get them to remove my name from the blacklist.
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 9, 2021 10:33:11 GMT
I lost £15K to the hammer, drill and flying kicks of the gun toting African drug dealer. This was nothing compared to the emotional grief. I really did have the year from hell, a truly horrible experience, one so bad I could never have imagined it possible. There's something to be said for having less money but a simpler life, one where there's no possibility of such aberrations occurring. If this means you need to do a bit of work you might not have otherwise so what, doing a bit of honest work isn't the end of the world. Nothing is worth that stress I went through hell over a rental..not my house but I made a huge mistake sharing with someone who moved in druggies, drew on the walls in his blood and generally wrecked the place. I left half way through the 6 months having slept on a blow up airbed. I had put everything I owned in storage. I thought I'd got out of the lease having paid everything..all the rent/electric etc for the 6 months tenancy. I wrote letters telling of my decision to leave/not renew etc. 2 years down the line the bailiffs came searching as the landlord had ignored my letters, not redone the tenancy and put all the debt on me. Took me to court in my absence and got a repossession order against me. Dreadful..I learnt lessons, very painful lessons. I fought the judgement but ended up paying half to get them to remove my name from the blacklist. That's the problem with a joint tenancy agreement, both parties have joint and several liability for all aspects of the tenancy, regardless of who has paid what or who has caused what damage. The landlord is free to choose who to pursue. It doesn't seem fair does it.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2021 12:53:54 GMT
I've always steered clear of all this property owning or renting nonsense and thankfully the woman is clever enough to have successfully become a tenant of the local authority, in a flat which has been owned since it was built by said local authority and never been in private hands. She is the only signature on the tenancy.
I prefer boats by miles forever but some people like living on land and that's understandable to be fair and probably in some ways more comfortable.
Strange outcome for someone of such enormous importance and wealth as myself but such is life, it does odd things sometimes.
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Post by patty on Sept 10, 2021 5:57:48 GMT
Nothing is worth that stress I went through hell over a rental..not my house but I made a huge mistake sharing with someone who moved in druggies, drew on the walls in his blood and generally wrecked the place. I left half way through the 6 months having slept on a blow up airbed. I had put everything I owned in storage. I thought I'd got out of the lease having paid everything..all the rent/electric etc for the 6 months tenancy. I wrote letters telling of my decision to leave/not renew etc. 2 years down the line the bailiffs came searching as the landlord had ignored my letters, not redone the tenancy and put all the debt on me. Took me to court in my absence and got a repossession order against me. Dreadful..I learnt lessons, very painful lessons. I fought the judgement but ended up paying half to get them to remove my name from the blacklist. That's the problem with a joint tenancy agreement, both parties have joint and several liability for all aspects of the tenancy, regardless of who has paid what or who has caused what damage. The landlord is free to choose who to pursue. It doesn't seem fair does it. nope but then landlords need their rent in my case, despite having all my contact details, no effort was made to notify regarding the spiralling mess. once all the dossers out plus the person I shared with they went after me. As far as I was concerned the agreement had been for 6 months, I paid 6 months rent and all the bills. The house remained occupied for another 6 months when all the damage etc done. However that's in the past but I'd never rent out a house or share a rental ever again
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Post by Clinton Cool on Sept 10, 2021 7:04:38 GMT
That's the problem with a joint tenancy agreement, both parties have joint and several liability for all aspects of the tenancy, regardless of who has paid what or who has caused what damage. The landlord is free to choose who to pursue. It doesn't seem fair does it. nope but then landlords need their rent in my case, despite having all my contact details, no effort was made to notify regarding the spiralling mess. once all the dossers out plus the person I shared with they went after me. As far as I was concerned the agreement had been for 6 months, I paid 6 months rent and all the bills. The house remained occupied for another 6 months when all the damage etc done. However that's in the past but I'd never rent out a house or share a rental ever again Yes unfortunately fixed 6 month tenancies automatically extend 1 month at a time unless they are properly surrendered. You probably already know that already. The lettings business is a horrible mess. The small percentage of rogues, both landlords and tenants, suck everyone into a system that can be terribly unfair, for landlords and tenants alike. I don't know what the solution is but I do know that I'd rather earn my living washing dishes rather than hoping for a small return from renting houses, balanced against a risk of horrendous costs and mental anguish.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2021 8:04:13 GMT
I was obsessed with the 'nasty landlord / bad tenant type things on telly a while back. There are plenty of both, but there are definetly some tenants who have figured out that if you have nothing then there's little recourse for the landy if they decide to be one of the bad ones.
I live in a flat, the majority of which are rented. Case in point - the one next door. While I wasn't a fan of any of the tenants - two of which did a flit and left bills unpaid (it's the fashion round here) and one died - from the landy's perspective it must be a net win since the rent probably got paid (mostly) and also it must be the most redecorated flat for miles, all at whichever current tenant's expense (and the unpaid bills are not the landy's problem).
Also my brother has two properties which are HMOs, mostly no problems there either.
I once worked for a big mobile phone company in the customer services (complaints) department. I used to wonder how this company survived given that it had so many unhappy customers. But after a while I realised that 90% of then never called, presumably because there was no issue.
TBH, I'm considering giving letting a go. It's staggering to hear what most are paying per month.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2021 8:18:45 GMT
I was obsessed with the 'nasty landlord / bad tenant type things on telly a while back. There are plenty of both, but there are definetly some tenants who have figured out that if you have nothing then there's little recourse for the landy if they decide to be one of the bad ones. I live in a flat, the majority of which are rented. Case in point - the one next door. While I wasn't a fan of any of the tenants - two of which did a flit and left bills unpaid (it's the fashion round here) and one died - from the landy's perspective it must be a net win since the rent probably got paid (mostly) and also it must be the most redecorated flat for miles, all at whichever current tenant's expense (and the unpaid bills are not the landy's problem). Also my brother has two properties which are HMOs, mostly no problems there either. I once worked for a big mobile phone company in the customer services (complaints) department. I used to wonder how this company survived given that it had so many unhappy customers. But after a while I realised that 90% of then never called, presumably because there was no issue. TBH, I'm considering giving letting a go. It's staggering to hear what most are paying per month. We pay £900/month for a three bed. Now looking to buy, which is hard work, houses are selling fast!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2021 8:29:50 GMT
I was obsessed with the 'nasty landlord / bad tenant type things on telly a while back. There are plenty of both, but there are definetly some tenants who have figured out that if you have nothing then there's little recourse for the landy if they decide to be one of the bad ones. I live in a flat, the majority of which are rented. Case in point - the one next door. While I wasn't a fan of any of the tenants - two of which did a flit and left bills unpaid (it's the fashion round here) and one died - from the landy's perspective it must be a net win since the rent probably got paid (mostly) and also it must be the most redecorated flat for miles, all at whichever current tenant's expense (and the unpaid bills are not the landy's problem). Also my brother has two properties which are HMOs, mostly no problems there either. I once worked for a big mobile phone company in the customer services (complaints) department. I used to wonder how this company survived given that it had so many unhappy customers. But after a while I realised that 90% of then never called, presumably because there was no issue. TBH, I'm considering giving letting a go. It's staggering to hear what most are paying per month. We pay £900/month for a three bed. Now looking to buy, which is hard work, houses are selling fast! It must be hell. Good luck.
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