Having just written about the previous occupant of my home leaving handfuls of hair in every sink plughole, friends have been entertaining m...

I moved into a new flat. Gimlet-eyed, I inspected before accepting. Years of experience (much of it detailed hereabouts, if you recall) mean...

Some time ago, I wrote about a friend – the tenant of a rip-off landlady, who overcharged and ‘included’ the council tax that students do no...

To continue last week’s theme of interactivity and participation (moi? Playing buzzword bingo?) here’s another amazing, outrageous and very ...

I truly appreciate readers who generously share their own stories (even anonymously – I understand why.) I’ve always requested that anyone o...

Judging by headlines in the right wing press, you’d think Housing Benefit claimants are so carefree and loaded that they set flaming tenners...

Renting is certainly in the news, what with some tenants in London seemingly being shipped out to areas where there are empty houses but no ...