Lizzie
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| 12 Apr 2011 04:54:27 |
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| I'm really pleased about Netrent's latest idea to post pictures of the damage that tenants leave behind. Every landlord I know has suffered from bad tenants me included. At last someone is sticking up for us. Well done !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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ChrisCambridge
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| 12 Apr 2011 16:05:05 |
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| I agree. Only thing is I can't take a photograph of the large hole in my bank account caused by rental arrears.... |
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cosmo146
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| 12 Apr 2011 22:44:06 |
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we all have had this experience. the problem is how some tenants see us landlords.
steal a loaf of bread and you could get a criminal record,
steal accommodation and the law encourages you to continue stealing.
so, it becomes obvious to all that a tenant can abuse a landlord with the full backing of the law.
some tenants see landlords as human beings and this stops them from abusing us. those are the good tenants.
I would like to lobby the law makers of this country to make theft of accommodation as illegal as any other type of theft.
so that it becomes a criminal offence.
then we will have the respect of the all of our tenants and the county councils. |
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Bobbybo
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| 03 May 2011 05:07:20 |
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Hi, newly registered today & could use some advice please. I would like to strengthen my leverage over tenants by using Credit checks before they move into property & also having the means to 'Report' them to Credit agencies if they are in breach of their contract.
Have searched google before and the website ehow has a good article on how to report tenants, but its not very specific in detail & also I suspect its American, does anyone have experience on how to report bad tenants to Credit agencies?
im hoping if they start off with a good financial record they wont be so keen to jeopardise that by breaching their lease agreements.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks.
Robert |
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denhayan
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| 03 May 2011 07:50:53 |
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All landlords should credit check all adults moving into a property, even those who are not employed. A full credit check should include checking with the Credit agencies, checking current and previous employers and current and previous landlords as well as ID checks. I think you may be right that ehow is a US site.
It is a good idea of yours to report tenants who default to the credit agencies and it may be that you can ask the various agencies how this is done. It may be that they will only come under the agencies' radar if they have a County Court judgement against them.
There are lots of companies who will do tenant credit checking for landlords and agents for a reasonable fee. Try NetRent.
The link below has some information on how the system works.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/loans/credit-rating-credit-score#fraud
In addition, be aware of those who take on a property and use it as a 'cannabis farm' , i.e, grow cannabis there. It completely ruins the wooden parts of the building and the electric are changed to increase the current needed for their purposes. Watch out for those paying rent in cash for 6 months and not wanting on the spot inspections (because they do shift work!)
Carefully reference and ID check everyone even those paying lots of cash in advance!
Good luck
AnneH
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Bill the Landlord
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| 16 May 2011 08:29:27 |
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[quote]Posted By Bobbybo on 03 May 2011 05:07:20
Hi, newly registered today & could use some advice please. I would like to strengthen my leverage over tenants by using Credit checks before they move into property & also having the means to 'Report' them to Credit agencies if they are in breach of their contract.
Have searched google before and the website ehow has a good article on how to report tenants, but its not very specific in detail & also I suspect its American, does anyone have experience on how to report bad tenants to Credit agencies?
im hoping if they start off with a good financial record they wont be so keen to jeopardise that by breaching their lease agreements.
Any thoughts appreciated.
Thanks.
Robert[/quote]
You should do a credit search (there are loads of options out there, including NetRent) but you can't just add things to anyone's credit file when you feel like it. The only way I'm aware of getting your issues registered is to take tenants to court and the court registers their decision on the credit file |
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Donna1
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| 17 Aug 2011 13:59:43 |
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Hello everyone - I have just registered for the forum. I was just saying to my sister yesterday this must be the only industry where someone can get something for nothing for 2 months before you can take action and run the risk if you do take any action of being treated as the culprit!
I thought a good idea was to report them to websites that display their photographs and names like www.badtenant.co.uk but I suspect that there are other sites that do this and then it gets messy trying to find out who are the bad tenants in your area. Really what we need is a local database or site. DONNA |
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michaelrpreston
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| 30 Sep 2011 09:45:14 |
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Part of the problem is the attitude that it is a pointless exercise to try to follow up on defaulting tenants. It isn't.
Even if the landlord doesn't recover any of the rental, the issuance of a judgment will make life difficult for tenants who steal, and eventually the rental market will be closed to them. If the judgment results in the tenant being forced to pay even £50 a month back, it's a step in the right direction.
I have obtained judgments against two of my tenants in South Wales, for about £1500 each, and issued a warrant of execution as a follow up.
They are, in case anyone else comes across them :
Mike and Audra Edge (Downes) current address believed to be in Rhymney, Monmouthshire, and Paula Ann Evans, current address beleived to be in Tylorstown, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Glams. |
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michaelrpreston
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| 08 Oct 2011 15:09:58 |
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| Just to add to the above. If I walk into Tesco and steal a loaf of bread (proof of intent to leave without paying is required) I am a criminal, and rightly so. If people stay in my property, having signed an agreement to pay rental, and leave without paying several months rent, place a smokescreen to hide their new whereabouts, deny their identity, they are not treated as criminals. This is wrong, and yet we tolerate it. |
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