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That is a really sad tale. And they wonder why Landlords are leaving the market. Your council should be ashamed for allowing these people to cause so much stress. Hope you find a good tenant.

From: Darryl White 11 January 2024 13:55 PM

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The problem with CAB and other tenants charities is that they never speak to the landlord to get their side of the story. The bad tenants spin any tale to their advantage, often telling lies to get what they want. The CAB and their ilk, will believe anything without question. The govt are just as bad listening to all this drivel from those who only have one side of the story. Sadly, all this only results in fewer properties for the tenants to choose from. One day there will be an awakening, not in my lifetime sadly.

From: Darryl White 11 January 2024 09:15 AM

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Undertaking a business from your private residential home changes the terms of your insurance. This may require additional charges.

From: Darryl White 22 August 2023 07:47 AM

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And don’t forget that many ‘would be’ landlords who will be put off this investment when they realise that it is just not profitable, and that there is too much red tape, whilst all the time they are being slagged off by a coalition of charities who have their own agenda. The people who will suffer most are those who wish to rent privately. Would be landlords will put their money into other investments.

From: Darryl White 27 July 2023 09:22 AM

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AND, while we are on the subject, I shop in Tesco’s so I would like a share of their stores, buildings, products. I reckon that I should get 1% of everything they own, because I am a loyal customer and don't shop anywhere else. It's only fair, you know.

From: Darryl White 05 July 2023 07:40 AM

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It would appear that Mr Twomey has never heard of supply and demand affecting prices. With so many landlords now leaving the sector due escalating prices in mortgages, insurance and the cost of renovation, alongside the recent changes in rental policies championed by Mr Twomey’s organisation, and others, it now seems there are not enough rental properties to go around. Who would have thought? Still, if Mr Twomey gets his way on rent capping, I am sure there will be less rental properties available in the future. Now there’s a thought.

From: Darryl White 20 June 2023 07:17 AM

Darryl White
It appears strange to me, that Shelter and their partner, the UK government, cannot comprehend that by continually bashing private landlords the situation re housing will continue to get worse. Private landlords want a return on their investment, its the same for any other type if investing. If you make investing unattractive, investors will leave the market, resulting in less accommodation available, those seeking a rental suffer from lack of choice, and rents will rise. However, the reverse is true, if you give a property investor a trouble free decent return on the investment, then they will invest more thereby creating a wider choice of properties and the rents will fall. But i dare say that Shelter and their partners cannot understand this. Pity. I think i will invest on park benches, because many more will be needed to house the homeless in future years.

From: Darryl White 04 April 2023 06:50 AM

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That would be a stupid move because any additional costs would be passed directly onto the users. That is Capitalism, end user pays.

From: Darryl White 23 February 2023 06:28 AM

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I see where Mr Dan Wilson Craw is coming from. He sees his charity Generation Rent collapsing as private rental properties decline. Renters are getting desperate to find a property they can call home and are not wanting to be at loggerheads with their landlord. Mr Craw needs to get a division between the landlord and the tenant so he is coming up with ridiculous claims that just don’t stand up to scrutiny. ‘Landlords kicking out tenants who have done nothing wrong, using Section 21’. Really? What landlord who is letting to a known good tenant, who pays rent on time and is no problem, will then kick them out to go through the costly process of re advertising and interviewing to find another tenant with whom he knows very little, and could possibly cause him problems down the line? may stop paying rent or be anti-social? And during this replacement process the landlord is not receiving any rent. Just because he wants a few quid more? Total poppycock. It may surprise Mr Craw, but we do live in a Capitalist country, if he advocates that the state should control everything, then Russia or China awaits. Every time we hear from this charity, it is always the Landlord is evil. How about doing some research and when you hear from a tenant claiming he has been unfairly treated. May I suggest Mr Craw contacts the landlord to see why he has taken the action he did. When a tenant complains about ‘unfair treatment’ he will always come across as whiter than white, a model citizen, never did anything wrong in my life, type of person. But there are always two sides to every coin, speak to the landlord in question, look at it from the other side, I think you will be surprised that the complainant is fibbing, telling porkies, not wholly truthful. Basically lying through the back of his teeth. Now having said all that, not all landlords are good landlords, like in any walk of life, there are good and bad. But if you come across a bad landlord, get out of his property as soon as you can, it is amazing how quickly a bad landlord will turn good if he is being hit in his pocket.

From: Darryl White 15 November 2022 09:46 AM

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The PRS is dying. Time to get out, leave the government and councils to sort it all out. I’m sick of the mess they are making of the PRS. Tenants have always had rights but now the landlord is expected to house them, their cat, dog, budgie, snake and cockroaches for free. If the landlord objects they must take them to court at landlords expense. It may interest the government/councils to know that being a landlord is costly. Licences, accountants, insurance, repairs, replacements etc plus the worry that the tenant is being given more power than the landlord helping him to legally refuse rental payment. What a crap system the PRS is/has become. I’m out of here.

From: Darryl White 26 August 2022 08:02 AM

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They will be complaining about the cost of the ice creams next, or, shock horror, the pubs are charging more for a pint and a pie. Landlords are running a business and like all businesses they look to make profits, the service user has the choice of a. Paying for the service they require, or b. Not paying for the service. My electric company has just put up their prices. I can either move to another company or pay the higher charges, it’s my choice.

From: Darryl White 25 July 2022 08:24 AM

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Isn’t it nice to know that Generation Rent is celebrating at the expense of renters? This ruling along with many others over the last five years, making it difficult for private landlords to continue to provide a badly needed service will surely reduce the available rental properties. Perhaps when the reduction in rental properties gets to become severe, then Generation Rent can claim victory for that too. Sorry I ever got into property rental.

From: Darryl White 01 February 2022 08:15 AM

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I would like to see proof that the cost of rent is “most of a young persons income”. Where is this young person? where does he/she live? what income do they have? What is their job? Do they sport the latest mobile phone? Do they drive around in expensive cars? Can they move to a cheaper area? I can’t afford to live in a London hotel penthouse suite, so I don’t live there. Seems some people are trying to live above their means, then complaining that they can’t afford it and someone else should pay.

From: Darryl White 05 January 2022 08:30 AM

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All the best Marc, you will be a hard act to follow

From: Darryl White 30 September 2020 10:59 AM

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And don’t forget folks, while all this is happening and you are not getting your rent, you are still required to maintain the property or YOU will be taken to court by the tenant. It sounds more like a Beano storyline to me

From: Darryl White 18 September 2020 09:52 AM

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18 September 2020 09:27 AM. No support for the landlord who is reliant on rental income to pay his own mortgage then, typical. Who on earth would want to be a landlord in loopy England and Wales? I can see a lot of Landlords going bankrupt over this if the non payers continue to refuse paying for their living expenses. Even when landlords can bring a case to the courts it will be at least another 6 months possibly a year before the free loading tenant is forced to leave. Matt Allright on the telly was complaining at all the properties in the U.K. being left to rot when they could be turned into valuable housing to house the homeless. Well you ain’t seen nothing yet Matt, I foresee many landlords walking away from the rental market and if they can’t sell the property they will just ‘walk away and let it fall into disrepair’. Seemingly the government is content to support the non paying, free loading, shameful sections of our society, leaving entrepreneurial landlords of pick up the tab. Shameful, bloody shameful.

From: Darryl White 18 September 2020 09:35 AM

Darryl White
Who on earth would want to be a landlord in loopy England and Wales? I can see a lot of Landlords going bankrupt over this if the non payers continue to refuse paying for their living expenses. Even when landlords can bring a case to the courts it will be at least another 6 months possibly a year before the free loading tenant is forced to leave. Matt Allright on the telly was complaining at all the properties in the U.K. being left to rot when they could be turned into valuable housing to house the homeless. Well you ain’t seen nothing yet Matt, I foresee many landlords walking away from the rental market and if they can’t sell the property they will just ‘walk away and let it fall into disrepair’. Seemingly the government is content to support the non paying, free loading, shameful sections of our society, leaving entrepreneurial landlords of pick up the tab. Shameful, bloody shameful.

From: Darryl White 18 September 2020 09:27 AM

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What sort of idiot thought that one up, surely it's a prank. I guess we can profit from this, we could all rent out our homes in England then rent in Wales and stop paying the rent. It could result in 18 months income with no outlay - free living?? ☺️ I can't see why anyone would want to be a LL in Wales.

From: Darryl White 27 July 2020 11:19 AM

Darryl White
Like it or not as a landlord you are first and foremost a businessman/lady your first duty is to you keeping that business viable. To help in that you need to preserve a good name. If you are hard hearted and go strictly by the contract drawn up, you risk that good name. Far better to discuss arising problems with your tenant with a view to settling any disputes, rent deficiencies or hardship, together you can make life easier for you both and preserve that good name, people will then want to rent from you and you will have a much easier life. However there are occasions when you need to be strong and quote the contract especially in areas where your tenant is causing a public nuisance or damage is occurring to the property, for example. For those with mortgages on your tenancy that say "I can't afford a tenant not to pay or I will default on my mortgage" I say you are moving too fast, slow down, get a healthy bank balance before expanding. Rome wasn't built in a day, I would much rather take my time empire building and travel the 'less stressful' road, I'll probably live longer too.

From: Darryl White 13 July 2020 15:29 PM

Darryl White
Surveys are a load of tosh unless conducted but an organisation who are totally independent of the result. If I wished to prove the Shelter case, I would survey poorer areas of the country, areas where work is scarce and the community is poor, then the result would prove shelters case. If I wanted to prove NRLA case the survey the better off areas of the country where most of the community are in work. The bottom line must be your business, if it's making a profit keep the tenant, if it's not change the tenant. If there are other issues then carefully consider your options. Remember, all business's need to make a profit or you're heading for closure and the dole queue.

From: Darryl White 06 July 2020 12:39 PM

Darryl White
Crisis don't offer a source for their claims. Where is the evidence? Just words from an organisation designed to support renters but by their actions they are actually reducing the amount of properties in the country by encouraging LL to exit the market. How can that support renters? The bottom line is, if u are a good tenant, you have nothing to worry about. If you are a bad tenant "SEE YOU IN COURT, BUDDY"

From: Darryl White 01 July 2020 13:11 PM

Darryl White
It seems to me that the more properties available to rent means that those seeking rental properties will be able to pick and choose thus driving the rental fee down, thus the ball is in the tenants court. If there are fewer rental properties then the ball firmly falls in the landlords favour and rents will rise. So why does Shelter and Co. insist on landlord bashing preventing, as far as they can, from landlords increasing their portfolio? Surely, if they really want to be on the side of 'housing for all' they should be on the landlords side and encourage more rental properties. Anything else goes against their ethos of 'Housing for all'

From: Darryl White 21 April 2020 17:32 PM

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It maybe likely that mortgage payers will get into arrears if they lose their income, forcing the repossession. These families then will be looking towards rentals for their housing needs. The sad part is that due to the Govts policy of hitting the private rental sector causing many to leave the market, there will be even less rental properties for them. It really is time for Govt, Shelter and Co. to really step up and work with landlords to bring forth more rentals for those in need and stop this ineffective 'landlord bashing' the only losers are those looking for homes.

From: Darryl White 21 April 2020 10:10 AM

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4.5bn pounds sterling. Oh wow, who gets the interest from that money then? Certainly not the owner of the money, I.e. The tenant or following default, the landlord. Perhaps the money should be returned with interest? That way the tenant would be more likely to want it back by being a good tenant. I am not in favour of private companies getting their hands on this money without being govt backed, as when they go bankrupt as many do, all the money mysteriously disappears. Everyone seems to loose except the CEO and his cohorts who then seem to own a new luxury yacht, paid for by the wife, of course.

From: Darryl White 17 April 2020 09:13 AM

Darryl White
Tenants who are unable to pay their rent due to the virus should enable that landlord to hold his mortgage payment on that property, this should be part of the legislation.

From: Darryl White 25 March 2020 09:03 AM

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I guess the majority of landlords have suffered at the hands of 'Rogue' tenants. Doing due diligent checks on potential tenants can help but you can never be 100% sure. That's why landlords hold on to good tenants who respect the property and pay their rent on time. The recent idea that landlords are evicting tenants on a regular basis denying them the opportunity to settle into a community is ludicrous. Responsible landlords only evict the bad tenants, the slum tenants, the nuisance tenants, the non paying tenants. These tenants are their own worse enemy and being protected by a sadly lacking legal system.

From: Darryl White 28 January 2020 09:42 AM

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Why does this new regulation only affect the Private Rentals? Surely if it was a Safety Issue, then All rental residential properties should be signed off ... Puzzled. Does this mean that Council and HA's are excused bringing in these safety issues. If on the other hand Council and HA's are classed as Private, then what on earth is a non-private rental.

From: Darryl White 24 January 2020 15:00 PM

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Landlords should fit them whilst fitting the smoke alarms. They are quite cheap -no big deal. I hope they are not legislating for electric only homes, as not all properties have gas, that would make a nonsense. Regarding electric testing. Agree a 5 year electric test, makes sense. Legislation should include PAT testing of all electrical items in the home especially chargers that can overheat. With so much cheap foreign rubbish much of it counterfeit invading our markets it is in everyone's interest to check out ALL appliances. Of course the tenants items should be paid for by the tenant and be mandatory for testing. Safer Homes Makes Sense.

From: Darryl White 17 January 2020 09:41 AM

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Throughout the wording it mentions "well-behaved animals". As a landlord meeting the potential renters and animal for the first time how can we tell if the animal is well behaved or not? Perhaps the Minister will forward his guarantee that this or that animal is what he considers a "well-behaved animal". Perhaps he wants to vet each animal and offer us a certificate or guarantee that the animal is Well Behaved. Without which he can float his boat. Or perhaps his words have been misquoted or out of context. I would hate to think him a foolish person.

From: Darryl White 07 January 2020 16:25 PM

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Can't see what's wrong with a fiver pm. I would just up the rent by a fiver on my best property. I like the idea of the tenant(s) paying for my membership/insurance fighting sleeze bag tenants. One other thing, at a fiver pm there could be money available to repair properties trashed by low life tenants. Win, win in my book.

From: Darryl White 29 October 2019 17:49 PM

Darryl White
Good result. Excellent work from this landlord.

From: Darryl White 10 October 2019 09:51 AM

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Communism. Next he will be shaking hands with terrorist! Oops, he's already done that.

From: Darryl White 02 July 2019 09:34 AM

Darryl White
A few years ago landlords were being encouraged to rent to young people. We had a property ready for renting having spent £5k on improvements and redecoration. A young lady applied and we decided to accept her application. Within 3 months she had stopped paying the rent. We tried to contact her by phone but she didn't talk. We went to the property to converse but she shut the door in our faces. We had witnesses to prove there was no harassment as we were thinking at this stage that it would probably end in court for eviction. An hour after this attempt to speak to her , her mother sent me a vile text message accusing me of harassment, thank goodness for witnesses. Sent her a NTQ. Thankfully she left the property of her own choice. We quickly changed the locks and took stock of the damage including dog faeces squashed into the carpets, unwashed plates with mould growth, broken kitchen units, stained and abandoned mattresses plus other broken furniture. We tried to employ professional cleaners but they wouldn't go near due to the stench. The dog poo and wee had gone right through the carpets to the floorboards. All told we ended up out of pocket for over £3k. We would never rent to a first time tenant ever again. This sort of thing happens all too often, time for Councils and the Law Makers to take stock and punished these low life tenants.

From: Darryl White 21 June 2019 10:57 AM

Darryl White
It's no wonder that landlords get a bad rep. with sleaze bags like this. That poor woman finding out that her private moments were being viewed by others she must have been totally distraught. Lengthy prison sentence must be the outcome here. It would be nice to think that he will lose his rental properties under the 'proceeds of crime' act, but it probably doesn't count. At the very least the council should revoke his licence. What a sleaze bag.

From: Darryl White 10 June 2019 11:00 AM

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This is a step in the right direction but still not gone far enough. As stated above this will only apply to UC tenants who are already in arrears. I would prefer it to be widened to allow the landlord to receive payment direct for ALL UC tenancies as a matter of course. It is no good allowing the tenant to fall into arrears for several months before payment is made. Landlords have monthly bills to pay and those bills cannot wait several months. It would make the system easier to manage by all sides if the payment came direct from UC to the landlord immediately the UC claim is made.

From: Darryl White 07 June 2019 09:15 AM

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Hang on, hang on Paul. Sending all your HB claimants north would not be to the advantage of those hard working folk who currently live there. Why should they accept the southerners cast offs? Are you a NIMBY by any chance? I seem to remember back in the 70's when properties in London really took off many hard working but poorly paid Londoners sold up their houses and moved north buying a small business, garages, shops, hairdressers, laundrettes etc. The cry from the south then was "where can I get my car serviced? where do I go for a haircut?, where are all the high street services that communities rely on?". Many of those people who moved were on part benefits. I lived in London in those days, Clapham to be exact, Idi Amin did London a favour when he kicked out the Asians with British passports, those same Asians claimed those essential services, provided schools with teachers, hospitals with nurses and doctors. Think twice before trashing people, they all have a story and value.

From: Darryl White 21 May 2019 15:10 PM

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Not sure this is entirely accurate. If there was abundance of properties in the market, why then do we see so many poorly maintained properties? Surely the tenants wouldn’t rent them preferring to opt for well presented and maintained dwellings

From: Darryl White 08 May 2019 10:59 AM

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Does anyone else think that the long term government plan is to dissuade individual private landords, drive them out of the market in favour of corporate landlord companies providing rentals? This will be an easier market to control PLUS provide our ministers a job opportunity when the are ousted from govt. or am I being too cynical? I certainly smell a rat the way we are being legislated out of the market and corporate encouraged.

From: Darryl White 26 April 2019 11:05 AM

Darryl White
We had a similar problem when letting to a young person. The dog pooed, weed so much that it soaked through to the floorboards. The smell was so bad the contract cleaners wouldn't even go into the property. She had done a moonlight flit, presumably she couldn't stand the smell any longer. Cost us quite a sum to put things right.

From: Darryl White 11 March 2019 10:34 AM

Darryl White
In case any Government official is reading this I should direct you to a BBC report titled "The city with no homeless on the streets". Keeping the homeless in one place would allow for easier support from support services and charities etc. It's a no brainer to me.

From: Darryl White 08 March 2019 15:11 PM

Darryl White
Helsinki don't have a homeless problem. They build blocks of bed sits, bedroom, kitchen, lounge and house all their homeless there. They then provide them with their benefits so they have money to pay their bills - including rent. This provides them with dignity and a first step to improving their lives. The system seems to work, though I am sure there are problems. Why don't our politicians take the £45bn and do similar? Seems like a good idea to me? Could it be that they don't want the ongoing problems that SOME (not all) homeless/drug addicted people pose and would rather the BTL landlords pick up the responsibility.

From: Darryl White 08 March 2019 14:52 PM

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What a ridiculous statement. The opening sentence says it all .... Tens of thousands COULD BE. ... Why not make it worse and say Billions of landlords COULD BE ? Bring me facts not guesstimates heavily slanted towards your theory. Total humbug!!!!

From: Darryl White 13 February 2019 11:24 AM

Darryl White
Could it be that the government has been lobbied by large scale professional PRS to pass laws to make the market less attractive to the little landlord so they can capitalise on the market? When they have it, will the negatives be reversed to ensure they get a fat profit? Surely not!

From: Darryl White 05 February 2019 08:57 AM

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On the face of it, this is a good Bill. However, life is seldom so straight forward. What happens if the tenant denies access for repair or replacement. Who is responsible for the repair or replacement of items deliberately trashed by the tenant. Who is responsible if the electric or gas meter is made unsafe due to the tenant trying to steal the energy? Isn't it time for the law to recognise that not all tenants are law abiding, some are downright destructive to their own safety.

From: Darryl White 21 December 2018 08:57 AM

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I hope all landlords remember this mans name and deny him a Private Rented Residence again. Black listed.

From: Darryl White 12 November 2018 13:51 PM

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I'm surprised there are any private landlords in Croyden with the attitude of this council. If I were one, I'd seriously be considering selling up and buying in another area.

From: Darryl White 10 October 2018 09:46 AM

Darryl White
On the other hand the governments new policies against landlords and in favour of tenants make tenants feel confident in the rental market. Why buy with all the issues that come with property ownership when you can rent and be worry free being looked after by the landlord. No brainier to me.

From: Darryl White 31 August 2018 16:56 PM

Darryl White
What a load of Tosh. Private landlords do not have to own properties for rent in Scotland, we can buy rental properties in England and ignore the Scottish market altogether. How would that fit into Labours plans? Some politicians are just vote hunting mind less of the affect it would have on a very necessary market. Tenants beware, this policy could be disastrous for you.

From: Darryl White 18 April 2018 10:09 AM

Darryl White
Be nice to have a register of rogue tenants to run alongside the rogue landlords register? This would certainly even up the playing field

From: Darryl White 20 December 2017 11:48 AM

Darryl White
What a crazy story. Distressing to the tenant, distressing and expensive to the landlord while the council walks away scot free as they wash their hands of the situation. No wonder the courts are struggling to cope if councils force landlords to evict via a legal process. I could offer a little sympathy to the council if the actually housed ALL the people in desperate need of housing, but sadly they fail continuously to do so leaving many struggling to find accommodation in the private sector. This type of council action will put many a landlord off renting to those people on benefits - shame on you council, I hope you sleep comfortably at night as many more of your citizens sleep on park benches.

From: Darryl White 08 November 2017 15:03 PM

Darryl White
I would go along with this idea only if it encompasses 'stringent tenant controls' whereby tenants mindlessly damaging property or stealing or failing to pay their fair rents can be brought to book without expensive court and bailiff action by the landlord. Politicians who think there are votes in 'Landlord Bashing' want to get real and look carefully at the problems between landlord and tenant, then come up with suggestions to mitigate those problems, not just mindlessly trot out suggested policies that make them look good but in effect creates more damage to the sector by over legislating thereby turning away many prospective landlords.

From: Darryl White 18 September 2017 11:18 AM

Darryl White
Pity he is not 'Naming and Shaming' rogue tenants, those who flit without paying their dues, destroy or rob properties so that the landlord has to put right all the damage at his/her own cost. Lets have more naming and shaming, but lets have it for both tenants and landlords.

From: Darryl White 27 April 2017 14:33 PM

Darryl White
There is no mention as to why Mr Solakovic deemed it necessary to evict. But assuming it was a valid reason I.e. Non payment of rent, then the fine will be a lot less than suffering months of no rent, the subsequent court costs and not to mention the stress in following the legal process.

From: Darryl White 14 January 2016 17:59 PM

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Typical of our police. They just want to blame everyone else for their failings in doing their job correctly. Tenants are protected by the human rights act, and what about data protection? It beggars belief that anyone with an ounce of common sense could make such a statement.

From: Darryl White 10 November 2015 08:30 AM

Darryl White
I just wish these bad landlords were prevented from continuing in the rental trade. Why should tenants be subjected to such inhuman conditions and harassment. Equally there should be a fairer deal for landlords who fall foul of unscrupulous tenants who abuse the rental system.

From: Darryl White 01 November 2015 08:07 AM

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