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[GhostofTarbera]

Things took an interesting turn - the actual tenancy is co signed between a son & mother - the son has moved out on the date to live with his girlfriend but the mother remains
She has already announced difficulty in paying March's rent and no doubt working in the hospitality industry things won't improve anytime soon
Agent is starting a claim with Homelet who guarantees rents for March rent - but has already sent email about not being able to evict during current emergency - not sure if that is legally valid as the quit notice pre empted the govts statement

What to do?

Send her £500 to tide her over rasputain


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[vetran]

The decent thing.

What subsidise your tenant who has already failed to leave after being given formal notice?

[eek]

Things took an interesting turn - the actual tenancy is co signed between a son & mother - the son has moved out on the date to live with his girlfriend but the mother remains
She has already announced difficulty in paying March's rent and no doubt working in the hospitality industry things won't improve anytime soon
Agent is starting a claim with Homelet who guarantees rents for March rent - but has already sent email about not being able to evict during current emergency - not sure if that is legally valid as the quit notice pre empted the govts statement

What to do?

Move on to the next stage of the process required to evict her knowing that you aren't going to see another penny until she finally leaves and that nothing is going to happen for the next 3 months.

[Pogle]

Things took an interesting turn - the actual tenancy is co signed between a son & mother - the son has moved out on the date to live with his girlfriend but the mother remains
She has already announced difficulty in paying March's rent and no doubt working in the hospitality industry things won't improve anytime soon
Agent is starting a claim with Homelet who guarantees rents for March rent - but has already sent email about not being able to evict during current emergency - not sure if that is legally valid as the quit notice pre empted the govts statement

What to do?

The decent thing.

[Benny]

Have a property renting for an Auntie who popped her clogs in Dec
Going through Probate & had already given the tenant 2 months notice to quit on the 27th of this month so it can be sold
It will be interesting to see if he actually departs on the 27th or tries to delay due to this announcement

Things took an interesting turn - the actual tenancy is co signed between a son & mother - the son has moved out on the date to live with his girlfriend but the mother remains
She has already announced difficulty in paying March's rent and no doubt working in the hospitality industry things won't improve anytime soon
Agent is starting a claim with Homelet who guarantees rents for March rent - but has already sent email about not being able to evict during current emergency - not sure if that is legally valid as the quit notice pre empted the govts statement

What to do?

[vetran]

FFS.

Does everything have to be spelled out in minute detail?

There are excellent tenants. There are bad tenants. There are excellent landlords. There are bad landlords. Equally, there are also poor and wealthy tenants, and poor and wealthy landlords.

Poor but good tenants at the mercy of a bad landlord (usually well off due to their dodgy practises) was the scenario I failed to spell out in the level of detail required to prevent idiots thinking I believe all landlords are bad and don't maintain their properties.

I am fortunate to have a good landlord. Not all people are so lucky.

And, yes, I do agree that tenants who fail to do basic things like open a window to let air circulate then complain about damp are in the bad tenant category no matter what they themselves may believe.

hmm your original post didn't suggest that level of reasonableness.

[vetran]

Detect the conditions and you should be able to start solving it before it becomes a big issue.

I know of 2 businesses focussing on housing associations who are using IoT devices to monitor houses to ensure issues are picked up and solved quickly.

either of these in my links?

Its been the big thing for a few years, though IOT as a service for private landlords makes sense.

[eek]

Detecting the conditions and fixing them are two separate things.

Paying some scumbag lawyer is another.

Detect the conditions and you should be able to start solving it before it becomes a big issue.

I know of 2 businesses focussing on housing associations who are using IoT devices to monitor houses to ensure issues are picked up and solved quickly.

[ladymuck]

FFS.

Does everything have to be spelled out in minute detail?

There are excellent tenants. There are bad tenants. There are excellent landlords. There are bad landlords. Equally, there are also poor and wealthy tenants, and poor and wealthy landlords.

Poor but good tenants at the mercy of a bad landlord (usually well off due to their dodgy practises) was the scenario I failed to spell out in the level of detail required to prevent idiots thinking I believe all landlords are bad and don't maintain their properties.

I am fortunate to have a good landlord. Not all people are so lucky.

And, yes, I do agree that tenants who fail to do basic things like open a window to let air circulate then complain about damp are in the bad tenant category no matter what they themselves may believe.

[BrilloPad]

And I just pointed out the black & white attitude of yours was incorrect.

This must not happen. For instance surely any poster who says all cyclists should be shot should be banned.....

[vetran]

There are tools and apps for that now - turns out if you don't have money to heat the house properly you get issues..

Detecting the conditions and fixing them are two separate things.

Paying some scumbag lawyer is another.

[vetran]

And I just pointed out the black & white attitude of yours was incorrect.

What that housing associations were wasting a significant part of £35 million by incompetent maintenance or ambulance chasing lawyers?

Or that Tenants are not always innocent and we should improve detection so we can be sure its being fixed and people don't have to live in a mouldy dwelling even if they caused it?

or that you are being a bit thick?

[KinooOrKinog]

There are tools and apps for that now - turns out if you don't have money to heat the house properly you get issues..

I rented a house out that I had previously lived in for three years. No issue of mould whatsoever. First tenants lived there a year. No issue with mould. Second tenant was there six months before she was ringing me up complaining of mould in the en suite. She was a secondary school teacher with a brand new car in the drive so I assume no issues with paying her utilities.

[eek]

You mean the damp that started with the crappy tenant? That doesn't occur in the house next door built & maintained the same.

There are tools and apps for that now - turns out if you don't have money to heat the house properly you get issues..

[WTFH]

no its complicated so I ca see why you are having trouble. We might draw you a picture if you are having issues.


I just pointed out the black & white attitude of Lady Muck was incorrect.

And I just pointed out the black & white attitude of yours was incorrect.