Amusing exchanges between tenants and landlords reveal some VERY strange conversations

Lording over! Fed up tenants reveal frustrating text exchanges with landlords including one who asked them not to cook in the kitchen and another who moaned that the rent was 11 pence short Parent Influence has rounded up viral text messages from around the world  Among the images are tenants having awkward conversations with landlords  … Read more

Most pet-friendly places to rent – and tips for lockdown pet-owner tenants

Owning a pet became a growing trend during the past year as people looked to combat the stress of successive lockdowns with the help of a furry friend. But for those who don’t own their home, pets can cause a problem when the time comes to move, as landlords are not often animal lovers. There … Read more

Landlord who dumped tenants’ belongings after they fell behind on rent fined for illegal eviction 

Landlord who dumped tenants’ belongings onto street and changed locks after they fell behind on rent is fined for illegal eviction Antanas Danilevicius had fallen into rent arrears at the property in Sheffield  He returned home from work to see his belonging strewn across the pavement His landlord, Antanas Klibavicius, appeared at Sheffield Magistrates’ Court … Read more

Tenants win more in deposit disputes than landlords: Make sure you get yours back with these tips

Tenants locked in deposit feuds have been awarded 50 per cent more money back than their landlords when disputes go to adjudication. Roughly one in every 30 tenancy deposits are disputed according to the Deposit Protection Service – one of the three Government-backed schemes for England and Wales. Since the start of 2018, 66,768 tenancy … Read more

Nightmare tenants turn flat into rubbish tip as landlord couple say they can’t evict

A couple plagued by nightmare tenants who turned their flat into a rubbish tip have been told they can’t evict them ‘because of the pandemic’. Zoey and John Wingfield have spent tens of thousands of pounds trying to repair damage to their Grimsby flat, adjacent properties and shop below caused by their tenants’ behaviour.   The Wingfields say … Read more

Evicted! Nightmare Tenants: Man, 81, spends £15k ejecting squatters

An 81-year-old veteran was forced to spend £15,000 evicting a group of squatters from the plot of land he bought as a nest egg for his retirement.  Ex-army officer Jonathan Price, from Stokes Cross in Bristol, called in eviction lawyer Chris Sharpe to help him remove a group of people living on his property in caravans on Channel … Read more

ARLA Property reveals its wish list for landlords and tenants

The housing market has been on a rollercoaster in the pandemic this year, even briefly closing amid the first lockdown. It has been particularly tough on landlords and tenants, who were already facing increasing amounts of pressure due to tighter regulation and costs. The Government stepped in during March with a ban on tenant evictions … Read more

Broadcaster NEIL OLIVER says politicians are ‘temporary tenants’ of this Union of nations

No pronouncement by any politician – here today and gone tomorrow – and no referendum on this or that issue of the day will have any effect on my understanding of myself and where I belong. It makes me feel better just to put those words down on the page. The Canadian anthropologist Wade Davis … Read more

Corporate landlords muscle into rental market: What will it mean for the market and tenants?

For many years the Government has indicated it would like to see the UK’s private rented sector ‘professionalised’.  That meant more, large scale landlords funded by pension scheme money and companies with a long-term view providing consistent service to tenants, and fewer private landlords with just one or two properties in their ownership.   The reduction … Read more

Social housing tenants will have the legal right to carbon monoxide and smoke alarms after Grenfell

Tenants in social housing will now have the legal right to smoke and carbon monoxide alarms for the first time following the Grenfell Tower fire.  Government ministers are set to announce the plans in order to put a stop to a law which sees tenants living in council housing given less protection than those living … Read more