A recent case reported in Legal Action Magazine serves to remind us that tenants who rent a room in a shared house and change rooms, are also starting a completely new tenancy.
Pilakoutas v. Schofield, Sheffield County Court, 22 May 2009
Here Professor Pitakoutas was a landlord by purchase of a house in multiple occupation. The tenant, [...]
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Another room, another tenancy
What are your three biggest problems as a landlord?
As an adviser I see lots of the problems landlords have. Such as:
Tenants not paying rent is probably the top complaint. This is pretty fundamental as most landlords have fairly hefty expenses to pay, which are dependent on getting the rent in.
Tenants trashing the property happens far less often, but is a nightmare when [...]
Disrepair claim after consent order for possession is not abuse of process
Mrs Shelley Bloom was a landlord. She desired to evict her tenant, Mr Andrew Henley. He, having lived in the property for over 20 years, did not want to go, even though he had complained about its condition to his landlord in the past. Possession proceedings were issued, which developed complications (no [...]
Ancient law may help landlords
We have all known it happen. A tenant says that he is going, and then at the last moment changes his mind and decides that he would like to stay on after all, actually. Thereby causing the landlord (and any tenants who he had lined up to move in) huge inconvenience. Although the landlord will [...]
More on drug factories in rented properties
Further to my earlier post on this topic, I have spotted an interesting item on the BBC News web-site. This gives more information about the signs to spot a cannabis factory, and is well worth reading, plus there is an informative video.
Generally though landlords need to do regular inspections, and if a tenant consistently [...]
Landlords credit checks and happy tenants – two surveys
I have recently been given information about two surveys in the private rented sector.
First survey – credit checks
The first survey is perhaps the more serious of the two. The Letting Protection Service have commissioned a survey of 1,389 private landlords which shows that most landlords do not carry out proper checks before letting tenants [...]
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Devious tenant works the system in Canada
It is interesting to read sometimes about the problems landlords have in other jurisdictions. A CBS news report tells the tale of Toronto landlord Jane Randall who has been trying to evict her non paying tenant for months.
In October it seems she obtained an eviction order but this was cancelled “when the tenant complained of [...]
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