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I agree that you should be recompensed for any damage caused by bad neighbours but this dosen't just apply to private tenants but council ones as well. The rules have changed so that if some scumbag puts your window through HBC say it is the tenants responsibility to replace it. If you have problem neighbours it takes HBC forever to get rid of them. they like to give them lots of chances to mend they're ways.

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i think the screening by many is none existant,there are some good landlords but the bad ones far outweigh them. at the end of the day i think it would be difficult to legislate but safeguards for the neighbours should somehow be implemented,as chav says some are only interested in the GIRO.

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I must admit we have a very good landlord,if there is anything that needs doing he is there after all it his his property he has done all we asked him to do ie new kitchen floor new kitchen units ect .
I phoned him the other day about the lock on the front door he was there the next day with a new one and he even did some weeding in the garden for use.
As long as we look after the property he will look after us by the way he lives in rotherham

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I think you'll find it's the courts that drag it out when most councils/Housing Associations are desperate to evict these low lifes!!! Not sticking up for HBC in any way, just from personal experience working for a housing association :mad:

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in holland i think it is they make scumbags live in converted shipping containers under motorways

bloody good idea

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If we can't make parents accountable for their kids....................................

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Of course landlords should be held accountable, not only for their Tennants but for any lager they sell. They should clean their pumps regularly.

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I think france will be a good place for them . and its not the landlords folt, WHAT thay do :D

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The problem can be, if you are a landlord, that you have an agent managing your property. The agent is supposed to screen tenants, but all too often they will accept someone on housing benefit with no references, because if the property is empty they aren't getting paid.

I fully agree that if people are able bodied, they should do something for their dole money/ benefits. Keeping the streets clean could be a start - doing gardening for elderly/disabled people, doing their shopping - but it's a fair bet that a large majority would suddenly develop bad backs or something similar.

Wandsworth Council adopted a policy of dealing with problem tenants by putting them all on one sink estate - that way, they only annoyed one another. Of course there was an outcry from the bleeding-heart liberals that this was unfair to the problem tenants, but Wandsworth replied that it was totally fair to the decent tenants.

If they keep you awake all night, take a day off work and keep them awake all day.

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three cheers for wandsworth council its a damn good idea.or is that not p.c.

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i had to edit this because if the scum i mentioned got wind of what i put it may put my friends property at risk

lets just say a friend of mine is suffering from scum that should either be executed or forced to live in caves

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I recently reported a council tennant for sub-letting. The property in my honest opinion is being used now for a drugs drop. The council say they cant do anything about it. :( . Reported it to the police weeks ago too.

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no wonder we get so many idiots in private rented houses through estate agents

my friend has just been to rent a house and the conversation went somthing like this

friend: how much deposit do you want
estate agent : £200
friend : no problem i have that here in my pocket when can i move in
estate agent: straight away
friend: good i will pop round tomorrow after work
estate agent : sorry did you say work
friend : yes me and my partner both have jobs
estate agent: oooh sorry but were going to need a months rent in advance and a gurentour to sighn this form plus the £200 deposit

seems like WORKING for a living can seriously hinder the chances of getting a roof over your head

now i know that a person on benefits can pay a deposit on a rented property and the estate agents wont start getting rent through for between 8 - 12 weeks so they are willing to go without rent for upto 3 months if you have no job but if you dare work for a living want paying upfront and a gurentour before you get over the first hurdle

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HOW The hell have we arrived at a situation as ludicrous as this?