I have received the following sad story from C, a harassed and frightened tenant, whose landlord’s son actually damaged the door frame (right) when he slammed the door shut on his way out …. 10 May 2011: We pay the electric directly to our landlady instead of a regular electric bill. We paid her the…
I thought I would make this the subject of my Monday tenants feature as I have come across this twice very recently. The first time , it was the subject of one of my Q&A answers which you can see here. In this case the tenants thought that they were going to be moving into…
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. The Case of the Devious TRO Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. We have a lot…
In society there are always a few people who do not respect societies values or the law, and who will use violence to enforce their will. Unfortunately quite a few of these people are landlords. These are the landlords who rent out substandard properties which they expect their tenants to live in without complaint and…
People often think that Landlord Law is just for landlords, but actually that is not the case. We have always had a big tenant area with information tailored to tenants needs. A new tenant membership In the new Landlord Law I have taken this one step further by splitting the tenant area off and making…
A day in the life of TRO Ben Reeve Lewis. Explanation: Tenancy Relations Officers (TRO) work for local council’s providing advice on landlord tenant law and investigating allegations of harassment and Illegal Eviction and prosecuting landlords. All names are false but the stories are true. The case of the Scheming Solicitors (Ed – scheming solicitors? …
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[We have a new picture of Ben today - so you can see what he really looks like under those shades. But today Ben is going into rant mode ... ] Warning….fledgling UKIP zone ahead. Who said we turn into our parents as we get older? I don’t always know where I am going when…