tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post5760835385015643299..comments2024-03-23T22:21:32.073-07:00Comments on Renter Girl: Flat Sharing in 'Can Be OK' Shock.RenterGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-88516937182133269352011-09-12T01:39:46.143-07:002011-09-12T01:39:46.143-07:00I wish I was suprised. The money is a probelm, but...I wish I was suprised. The money is a probelm, but I predict that someone´s ie a tenant is going to be hurt. And soon.RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-2577543930117824612011-09-10T05:22:26.938-07:002011-09-10T05:22:26.938-07:00RG I have tales from the front line of landlord/te...RG I have tales from the front line of landlord/tenant relationships that will make you drop your iPad in shock!!!! What is your email address? I'll share a few.<br /><br />I came across 1 firm of bailiffs in the past fortnight, based in wales who went to a property chasing a £600 debt for some past traffic offence. The debtor was a man with a long and difficult to pronounce Sri Lankan name. The bailiff met the guy's tenant, a Sri Lankan woman and her 3 kids with limited English and somehow conned her into paying her landlord's debt. I had to excplain to her what she had just done.<br /><br />I have written a letter of complaint to the firm and am awaiting a response.<br /><br />I have come across this website http://bailiff-mediation.com/ where the guy who I seem to remember is an ex bailiff himself not only gives free info on what bailiffs can and cant do but also offers a service where you pay him £125 and he gets them off your back and if he cant at least get your debt down to £125 he gives you your money back. A bold claim. He must know the common scams they pull and how to get around themBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-72446618147487559452011-09-10T04:06:36.166-07:002011-09-10T04:06:36.166-07:00That's extreme, about the letting agents Ben. ...That's extreme, about the letting agents Ben. Can you email me some details - for the day job? Thanks. And yeah, flatsharing was great for a while. Are you hearing about bailiffs too?RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-88936357736475032952011-09-10T01:31:14.632-07:002011-09-10T01:31:14.632-07:00I lived in a shared house of 10 for 5 years and lo...I lived in a shared house of 10 for 5 years and loved every dirty minute of it.....for 4 and half, at which point I relaised if I didnt get out I would die there.<br /><br />And yeah I hear those tales all day long, I'm a tenancy relations officer whose job it is to prosecute landlords for harassment and illegal eviction and I see the worst of the worst and they tend to express those views too.<br /><br />Having said that, in the past year or so I would say that most of the problems I am getting is with letting agents, several of whom are beyond incomepetent and are outright crooks. <br /><br />It was reported to me yesterday that 1 of them is using paperwork faked from a local charity to put in claiams for Crisis Loans for non existent tenants.<br /><br />Last week I started investigating an agent who has so far taken 3 lots of £2,500 for different tenants who turn up but then cant move in for some reason or other and when they ask for their money back they get either told it is going through the BACS system or aere given a bounced check.<br /><br />And yet still the government refuse to regulate themBen Reeve-Lewisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-26764982591697229652011-09-06T05:19:24.224-07:002011-09-06T05:19:24.224-07:00It is. It is happening. I knew it would, and can&#...It is. It is happening. I knew it would, and can't stand watching it - that's one of the reasons why I stopped writing. Please, if any readers have any experiences, take the time to EMAIL me. The best I can do is write about this, but wish there was more. Why aren't people more angry?RenterGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556830109922784321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2426994241466690932.post-61841562105793752302011-09-06T04:14:51.595-07:002011-09-06T04:14:51.595-07:00Not related to this post, but I just heard the dud...Not related to this post, but I just heard the dude who sits opposite me talking to his solicitor about evicting the woman who lives in his house because HB won't cover the whole rent any more.<br /><br />Quote:<br /><br />"I feel really sorry for her and her daughter, but it's a dog-eat-dog world, isn't it?"<br /><br />It is happening. Here. In front of us.Dazzlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10487973757192021825noreply@blogger.com