New BBC1 Programme about Landlords

Reply to the comment left by "Kathy Evans" at "28/05/2017 - 23:06":

Fair comment, but being a lodger with children is very difficult (though she could try "budding up" with another single parent via Spareroom), as is any form of house sharing. I sympathise with the lady's position, it is difficult but she's definitely going to have to rethink her job, lifestyle and location options.

Part time self employed work is only ever going to pay enough to support a family (or even just one person) if you're very successful in a very lucrative industry. Even if she lived in a cheaper part of the country, or the housing crisis was fixed, the lady would still be struggling to support her family on what she makes.

As for landlords taking back their properties, something like 90% of tenancies are ended by the tenant http://www.richardblanco.com/farewell-section-21/ This is just as it should be.

Of the 10% that are ended by the landlord, while there is always going to be a minority of "accidental" landlords who change their minds or have a change in circumstance and need to move into the property themselves, the vast majority of these possessions are in fact because the landlord has good grounds.

This begs the question, if the tenant is at fault, why is section 21 being used? It's being used simply because it's so much easier, even when the tenant defends and there's a hearing. I always advise landlords to use section 21 where it's available to them, unless they have excessive rent arrears.

Possession hearings urgently need reforming - landlords should not have to resort to using section 21, which is simply a notice to quit, when they need to claim rent arrears and recover money for damage to their properties, as well as regain possession. I fully support the RLA's campaign to achieve this.

The result of all these possession orders granted pursuant to section 21 is to feed the urban myth that private tenancies are not secure.

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She would also be saving the state £10,000 a year in benefits.

The problem in Britain is not landlords, it is the entitlement culture of of society, perpetrated by the likes of the BBC, which leads people to believe they have some sort of God given right to live beyond their means and expect hand-outs resulting from taxing people who have sought to take responsibility for their livelihoods and financial security.
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I agree with researcher, in as much as life has changed since i was a 20 something, and there are stark changes in my view, not only as a landlord, but as a consultant that sees alot of different business around the country; Millennial generalized....
# Have high aspiration, but lack work ethic
# Want to live in a hotel, so completely faultless environment you'd get in a £80-100 a night room
# Know little about property, so have learnt nothing from their parents, condensation
# Think trademan are waiting for their call to race round to see them
# Call you to change fire alarm batteries, and other such trivia
# Bullshi and 'know my rights', little about working with you, just confrontation.
# Everything is too much trouble...'What i have to weed the garden?'
# Cleanliness standards are appauling

I've rented property for 16 years, and the last 4-5 has had lots of superfiscal petulant little children making demands and wasting my time and energy constantly like a servant.
It is a generational thing i believe, and that's why they are renters, they are too busy spending their money having a great life to be bothered to save money for a house!!
Its a real shame, and also a worry that our generation will be relying on the next generation as does every, they are not hard workers and chilling or partying is better than tidying and cleaning or improving
I don't get the point of the programme either, maybe you could just show tenants that actually pay rent on time, don't damage the property and are civil to their landlords like i try to be with them. I look after my properties and update them regularly.....the distraction is that tenant don't look after anything and damage things monthly, its a flash and cash generation break it throw it away.
A better programme would be to explore the complications and financial risks of being a landlord, and the real small margins they actually make, as no-one would ever belief the pain for such small gains

The truth is revealed.

See image below to see how the BBC are promoting this series!

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Well we'll see how the show pans out, i for one would live in my properties if i had too, i keep them modern and all but one has new kitchens and bathrooms in the last few years. There may be one i'd do some work on, but the current tenant isn't looking after it, so pointless throwing good money at a poor tenant.
Maybe if i had some older tenants that looked after it and had more respect for the property, i would definitely be happy to spend more money on it....I guess from a tenant point of view you reap what you so i always think.

As expected from the beginning, the whole approach was to patronise us and use whoever willing to take part to engineer divide and social in-cohesion.

Trying to make out they're nice to us but just stab us right at the back whenever they have an chance.

And as many of us expected they hand pick the most extreme example against landlord to 'showcase'. Most of the flats and houses i deal with here in Scotland are valued at around £35,000. Sure they won't use those as examples. I've not been on a holiday for several years and not taken a bank holiday off for over 10 years. I'm sure i'm not the example they want to showcase.

Reply to the comment left by "Dr Rosalind Beck" at "29/05/2017 - 08:38":

I choose not to work as many hours (although I do have rents coming in - I hope), but I have a 7-year old car, a CRT analogue TV and a hifi that I bought in the 1990s - and I've never been on a foreign holiday. But that's my choice. When I was saving for my first house. I lived as an "illegal" lodger for nearly 18 months so I could save money. Again, it was my choice. I don't why people think everyone else owes them a high standard of living. Yes, I'm right behind a safety net for those who are made redundant or suffer an illness or accident which makes it impossible to earn a decent wage, but that doesn't mean that they need more than a roof and enough food, and water, heat and light.

Do these journalists think we haven't lived? My first home as a young adult was shared with six other students and my second was a flat shared with three other young people. We didn’t have double glazing or showers or gas safety checks or expensive furniture. Did I resent my landlords? Of course not. I was just glad of a room of my own.
My tenants don't resent me either. One says I am like a mum to her and another wants a bigger house but not a different landlord. I have tried persuading her to look at help to buy but she isn't interested. I'm so sick of this imaginary "us and them" propaganda. We make good landlords because we've been tenants ourselves.

When i left Coventry at 17 i moved to Plymouth to do an apprenticeship (as norman tebbit said, get on your bike and look for work). Earnt £75 a week(before tax) and paid out £25 in board and lodgings.
My 1st house was 2 bed terraced for £33k, i earnt £8,500, interest rates were 15% and spent 5 years saving the deposit and furniture money.....I still own that house, i've never sold one!
I could live there but only if i had too, after 25 yrs of hard work, saving, investing taking risks and working long 50-80 hr weeks i think i have some rewards for my efforts today......
Looks like we're moving into a era of 'Don't bother working hard', let someone else pay for you and you can be their bitch!!!
I agree with a safety net, i had one as a kid, but too many have spent their money enjoyed it and as a result can only rent....you pays your money you takes your choice as they say!