Landlords

[BERNADETTE]

is this list of bad lanlords available to teh public so they can check it before buying a house near them because if it isnt it should be.

I would be very surprised if the list is available to the public, the other year when my daughter was having trouble getting a boiler repaired by a private landlord we couldn't even get any info on who he was. So cannot for the life of me see this information being made public

 

[accyman]

I would be very surprised if the list is available to the public, the other year when my daughter was having trouble getting a boiler repaired by a private landlord we couldn't even get any info on who he was. So cannot for the life of me see this information being made public

yeah your probably right , you cant even know if a pedophile moves in next door yet alone find out who and where the dodgy landlords are

thankfully they cant stop word of mouth and some people get to know about both instances stated above

 

[blazey]

I only read the first page of the thread so I'm only really giving an opinion on the initial post.

What do you expect anyone to do about the issue? People have to live somewhere, whether you like them or not. You can't expect the local MPs to be able to do much about it, private landlord issues isn't their job.

If the neighbours are being anti-social, ring the police. I'm not entirely sure what else you think you SHOULD be able to do about people like that. It's a difficult situation to live with but I personally like the phrase 'put up or shut up' with a lot of issues like these... and of course 'pack up' and leave yourself would be an option if you thought it really was as bad as you are saying. Someone else said this to me once on accyweb and I thought it wasn't as easy as they made out, but actually, it's not that difficult to do anything if you want it enough and you're willing to put the effort in.

 

[accyman]

people have to live somewhere but a landlord can decide who they rent to and evict trouble makers , i personaly couldnt give a toss if these bad tennants who make other peopls lives a misery have to live in cardboard boxes under a canal bridge with tehir kids because it may teach them to learn how to behave, also landlords bought these properties so shoudl keep them looking decent and if tehy have tennants that constantly damage the property then again the landlord can evict them and by doing so save themselves money and keep the neighbourhood decent

laws need to also be changed to help landords get rid of scum easier as well where anti social and nusiance tennants are concerned

teh law currently protects teh tennat too much from eviction and a distinct line woudl have to be drwan so that landlords couldnt evict for minor reasons too easily but where anti social behaviour was proven make it very very easy to kick these sorts of tennants onto teh street

also if evicted from a private house for antisocial behaviour it shoudl instantly make them NOT qualify for social housing regardless of how many kids they have

maybe when teh scum realises if they dont behave they will have no where to run they may actually start to learn hopw to behave and if they dont then they will have to face teh consiquencces of tehir OWN actions

 

[Bernard Dawson]

The legislation is there to deal with bad landlords in Hyndburn, what's lacking is the political will to do anything meaningful about the problem.

 

[andrewb]

I think it might be lot less straight forward than it seems though. These neighbours have to be somebody's neighbours. Nobody wants them to be theirs.. I don't think this is solely a landlord problem (obviously state of the property is).

 

[blazey]

Maybe we should gas people who do things just to reap a lot of money. I hear something similar happened in Germany once that was quite successful...

 

[Bagpuss]

Maybe we should gas people who do things just to reap a lot of money. I hear something similar happened in Germany once that was quite successful...

Don't tempt me...........

 

[accyman]

Maybe we should gas people who do things just to reap a lot of money. I hear something similar happened in Germany once that was quite successful...

nah ..

well not until british gas drop their prices anyway but good thinking

university is working i see

 

[cashman]

I only read the first page of the thread so I'm only really giving an opinion on the initial post.

What do you expect anyone to do about the issue? People have to live somewhere, whether you like them or not. You can't expect the local MPs to be able to do much about it, private landlord issues isn't their job.

If the neighbours are being anti-social, ring the police. I'm not entirely sure what else you think you SHOULD be able to do about people like that. It's a difficult situation to live with but I personally like the phrase 'put up or shut up' with a lot of issues like these... and of course 'pack up' and leave yourself would be an option if you thought it really was as bad as you are saying. Someone else said this to me once on accyweb and I thought it wasn't as easy as they made out, but actually, it's not that difficult to do anything if you want it enough and you're willing to put the effort in.

please explain why a family who has lived in n area fer years happily, should have to "Pack Up" n leave, cos some scumbags have moved in n spoilt the tranquility? unless you support the scumbags?

 

[cashman]

whats needed put simply is fer all parties to work towards fair play fer good tenents/householders, the SCUM who disrupt regularly good folks lives should be treated as SCUM. ya don't need a university education to know that, just a sense of fair play n a bit of common sense. its about bloody time the "LAW" came down on the side of decent people.

 

[BERNADETTE]

I watched a programme the other night about bad tenants like every other offenders their rights are put way before decent peoples. About time the laws in this country protected the victims rather than the perpetrators!!!!

 

[andrewb]

I only read the first page of the thread so I'm only really giving an opinion on the initial post.

What do you expect anyone to do about the issue? People have to live somewhere, whether you like them or not. You can't expect the local MPs to be able to do much about it, private landlord issues isn't their job.

If the neighbours are being anti-social, ring the police. I'm not entirely sure what else you think you SHOULD be able to do about people like that. It's a difficult situation to live with but I personally like the phrase 'put up or shut up' with a lot of issues like these... and of course 'pack up' and leave yourself would be an option if you thought it really was as bad as you are saying. Someone else said this to me once on accyweb and I thought it wasn't as easy as they made out, but actually, it's not that difficult to do anything if you want it enough and you're willing to put the effort in.

If nuisance neighbours move in it can lower your property value. Not right that you should have to move and lose out on the value just because uncivilised people move in. It's relatively easy for people renting to move out but in either case why on earth should they!

 

[accyman]

the biggest problem is that scum have rights and they know it , unfortunatly people advocate on these summy sods behalf and enable them to flaunt rules designed to protect normal decent people

its one of teh downsides of a caring society, it cares to much for teh people who dont deserve caring for

 

[Bagpuss]

If nuisance neighbours move in it can lower your property value. Not right that you should have to move and lose out on the value just because uncivilised people move in. It's relatively easy for people renting to move out but in either case why on earth should they!

Sorry Andrew I don't know if it's the tory in you but it's not about money just the right to be able to live your life in a safe manner, to be able to bring your kids up correctly so they will contribute to society when they are older. I could go on but you get the picture, tonight I will be going to Accy Stanley with my son but with the slime that has recently moved in you never know if you will get a call to go home. It shouldn't be like that.

 

[andrewb]

Sorry Andrew I don't know if it's the tory in you but it's not about money just the right to be able to live your life in a safe manner, to be able to bring your kids up correctly so they will contribute to society when they are older. I could go on but you get the picture, tonight I will be going to Accy Stanley with my son but with the slime that has recently moved in you never know if you will get a call to go home. It shouldn't be like that.

That's why I said 'in either case why the hell should they'. The finance is simply a point that it's difficult to move out even if people wanted to. It's a terrible situation you're in and I hope it's resolved.

 

[Bagpuss]

That's why I said 'in either case why the hell should they'. The finance is simply a point that it's difficult to move out even if people wanted to. It's a terrible situation you're in and I hope it's resolved.

The thing is I'm not alone with this problem, in fact there are people a lot worse who don't go out and unlike me will hide away from the problem.

 

[cmonstanley]

I only read the first page of the thread so I'm only really giving an opinion on the initial post.

What do you expect anyone to do about the issue? People have to live somewhere, whether you like them or not. You can't expect the local MPs to be able to do much about it, private landlord issues isn't their job.

If the neighbours are being anti-social, ring the police. I'm not entirely sure what else you think you SHOULD be able to do about people like that. It's a difficult situation to live with but I personally like the phrase 'put up or shut up' with a lot of issues like these... and of course 'pack up' and leave yourself would be an option if you thought it really was as bad as you are saying. Someone else said this to me once on accyweb and I thought it wasn't as easy as they made out, but actually, it's not that difficult to do anything if you want it enough and you're willing to put the effort in.

dont be a silly moo trying telling your daughter when shes trying to go to sleep for school the next day and the idiots next door are making a racket and the police dont arrive or when they do they pussy about and leave and the music goes back up or complain to the landlords who say tough titty is to do with politics politicians make the rules its about time the silent majority woke up and done something about this..just like they do up here in north ayrshire..

 

[katex]

So, what do you do about the idiots next door that own their own property ? Not all the 'scumbags' as have been labelled are in rented property. It is just a social problem.

Problem with some landlords is that they will not always act on the enforcements, to improve their property, that are in place, and are quite happy to sit back and wait for a CPO (compulsory purchase order) from the council ... which, as ours, do not always have the money to implement.

 

[cashman]

So, what do you do about the idiots next door that own their own property ? Not all the 'scumbags' as have been labelled are in rented property. It is just a social problem.

Problem with some landlords is that they will not always act on the enforcements, to improve their property, that are in place, and are quite happy to sit back and wait for a CPO (compulsory purchase order) from the council ... which, as ours, do not always have the money to implement.

whilst i agree some homeowners are scumbags i would acess they are the minority, i don't call it a social problem though, its n Antisocial problem. someone touched on the root cause to me, the "Sale Of Council Houses" that was one of the worst errors any government ever made. whilst it was ok fer the decent folk i knew n worked with many that bought, it was also good fer quite a few scumbags, cos the simple fact was, ya bought from the council, which sold very cheaply the mortgage was then LESS than they were paying rent, therefore leaving more dosh fer booze etc etc, then as already stated, the rental stock was well depleted n never replaced. its a gigantic balls up going back decades, n many are too dense to see it. this to me has caused many good folk to become less tolerant,cos now the lunatics are running the asylum, n good folk have become the minority as far as justice n fair play mean.