Kent Landlord – Hero or Villain

That's a ridiculous over-reaction on the part of Mr Wilson and just the sort of thing that gives us landlords a bad name. Of course it's a good idea not to leave tenants with young children without heating/hot water for more than a day. The council isn't going to take action against the landlord who has tried three plumbers and none are available the next day - I know other landlords who will wait weeks so they can have the job done by the cheapest plumber in town and they are the ones that this rule will be enforced against. We've had licencing here in Scotland for years and it's really not a problem, in fact I wish the council would make more use of their powers to come down heavier on the rogue landlords to create a more level field for the rest of us....

Brilliant words.
Govt and council's going way too far now.
And Landlords will be selling in their droves.
Big housing shortage coming next 2 years. As if there wasn't a big housing shortage already.

Reply to the comment left by Jon Sear at 25/07/2018 - 19:23
Yes I do wonder whether it is necessary to b so confrontational in our response. N whether such attitude helps our cause.
However, whilst we pride ourselves as caring n professional LLs n we operate mostly at the top end of the market, I also know that there r times I won’t b able to respond within 24 hrs much less attend to the problem in that time frame. Calling 3 plumbers is not really acceptable to us as we always use the same tradesmen - hv bn for yrs as it works for us. So it very much depends on ‘what if’. We may not go to the extent of evicting on this basis but, given the choice, it wud b a major consideration when it comes to potential tenants.

Reply to the comment left by Jon Sear at 25/07/2018 - 19:23You are assuming that councils have some form of sound judgement or moral backbone. They have neither.
Two categories of people are those that see life as a series of opportunities to be optimised and those that see life as something that is done to them over which they have no control.
The majority of people that I have encountered most definitely fall into the last group.
There is absolutely no solution to the problem of "dumb and irresponsible". It's a force as real as gravity.
I am currently braking the law and wide open to prosecution due to a series of dumb and irresponsible tradesmen who have not turned up and are not responding to my communications.
This council requirement is utterly moronic.
I cannot even legally do the job myself - and I am certainly capable of doing so - and used to do so before these empty headed idiots took over the world.
If they really want to add value to society, then they should go on a plumbing course, turn up at appointments and do a good job rather than creating yet another empty headed burden on the world.
This all stems from two main things.
1. A very poor upbringing.
2. The reinforcement of a very poor upbringing by corporate life wherein the indoctrinated requirement is that every time you get a problem in life, you must fill out a form and pass it onto someone else. "If you disagree with this then you are not part of the club and there is something wrong with you." or so say the muppets.
What the world needs is just one more form. One more committee. Then we will all get closer to paradise.
Dead weight! Recognise it and put some cash in the charity box. But make absolutely certain that the recipients do realise that they not have jobs at all. They have occupational therapy for the unemployable.
Look up the "Pareto Principle" especially by Jordan Peterson. Or just look around you.

Reply to the comment left by Paul Shears at 25/07/2018 - 21:03
I'm with you on the form filling comment! But some councils are better than others, it depends who works for them. Still, I am wondering if anyone, anywhere, has ever been prosecuted because their plumber took between 24 hours and a week to fix a boiler and if so what the back story was? Or are we worrying about theoretical problems because (unless we are heavily mortgaged higher rate taxpayers) things aren't actually too bad.

Wow !
LLs selling in droves = property price crash.
Housing shortage = pent up demand.
What more can an investor ask for ?

Reply to the comment left by Paul Shears at 25/07/2018 - 21:03
If everybody is 1st class, what does that make u ? There may b reasons why God let the latter category of people walk among us ? Let’s b grateful.

Reply to the comment left by Dr Rosalind Beck at 25/07/2018 - 11:40
Thank you to Ros and Luke P. Both great advocates for a fair PRS. Their contributions as always invaluable. I cannot individually thank every contributor here personally ,so a big Thanks to you all. I will however address the dissenters or perhaps those who do not quite grasp it.
Firstly Sam.. Sam to answer your question as to how Mr Wilson could become a criminal, allow me to explain. If a Landlord Mr Wilson, You Or I ,fail to adhere to a condition of the licence issued by the enlightened LA , The Council may issue proceedings against the errant Landlord. Yes Criminal proceedings. In Mr Wilsons case if the plumber turns up 26 hours after the complaint rather than 24 hours , Mr Wilson could be a criminal. Forget the " ah no " bullshit. That is the law, That is the garbage which has been foisted upon law abiding citizens.

Now to Jon Sear. Mr Sear, Get real. Do not dare to criticise Mr Wilson. Have you any understanding of the attacks by Councils and Central Government on the PRS. Wake up Perhaps not, so let me put you in to the real world. Liverpool City Council Introduced their scheme on the back of a fraud. They lied that the entire city was an area of low demand. The main stream media ,radio Merseyside , the landlord organisations have failed to take the rotten council to task. Liverpool is a vibrant city and yes, There are segments of low demand, but L1, Aigburth, Allerton, Crosby, Waterloo, Blundellsands, to name but a few are not areas of low demand, but highly desirable areas. Liverpool are now collating names of all landlords who have failed to send in copies of gas safe certs, irrespective of whether said certs are in place. The idea being to raise money from Landlords who have forgotten to send copies of gas safe certs to the council, despite actually getting their properties checked and having said gas certs. Yet you Mr Sear feel that Mr Wilson has over reacted. You need to appraise yourself of the realities, and stop pontificating and offering apologies for these horrible organisations calling themselves Councils. Grow cojonoes and stand up to the zealots. Don't Mr Sear do a "Neville Chamberlain". Councils use lackeys like you to promote their Anti Landlord agendas.

Afraid what u say abt being a criminal bcos the council take me to court is a bit too nebulous for me. Besides councils not being judges dispensing verdicts, r infringements of this rule u r talking abt on par with traffic offences which also come under the criminal code ?
Not being rude, I think calling somebody who disagrees with u lackey of the council is rather uncalled for. Neither do I agree with what u said or the manner in which they were said. Hope u don’t start calling me names now.