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 [...]
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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 [...]
Nice try
You can’t keep a devious tenant down. I read in one of my legal journals of a tenant who issued legal proceedings against his landlord and gave as the landlord address for service of the court paperwork, the building where his own flat was. When the landlord failed to respond to the proceedings [...]
Dealing with the opportunistic tenant defendant
You have to be so careful when drafting possession claims not to give any opportunity for the opposition to raise a defence.
I issued proceedings recently for a client using the accelerated procedure. The notice had been personally served by the clients managing agent by leaving it at the property, so I put in the claim [...]
The Landlord Law Blog from Tessa Shepperson
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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