Tenants – It’s getting worse unless you see both sides and write your MP

Reply to the comment left by Chris Byways at 26/10/2021 - 10:49
@Chris B -
The 83% of Tenants satisfied with their rented accommodation in PRS is from the latest EHS.
The 83% of Patients was on a Radio programme last week, sorry I don't have the written source but I'm sure its ' Google'able' 😉

Reply to the comment left by Chris Byways at 26/10/2021 - 10:49
This is what I'm telling my tenants now-I'm better off if sell the houses by about 70 hours pw, & also financially.
Govt at moment not having it cause they don't do any REAL close joined up thinking with the homeless housing departments who see how many walk through the door.
And they certainly don't ring the Landlord up to say why u evicting or selling? And they wun't understand either when we start reeling off EPC to C, Section 24, UC not being paid, Licensing making me responsible if tenant don't cut grass & sending me to prison if smoke alarms fail etc.

Yes I've done some great helps over the years, one memorable one being woman with 3 kids going into homeless on Xmas eve in 2004 & we salvaged that & got her into decent house, her daughter still with me, trying to get her to buy the house with me paying her 5% deposit. All these things we having to stop as we pack up & no else is helping the Benefit tenants.

Reply to the comment left by David Price at 25/10/2021 - 12:12
You've turned the question back to me. I'd simply like to hear Coastal's answer my question.

Reply to the comment left by Grumpy Doug at 25/10/2021 - 12:35
I've been a Landlord of both private and commercial rented properties for over 50 years, so I'd guess that I have a tad more experience than most on here.
I've survived interest rates of up to 15% without a moan or groan. I've just got on with the job.
There are too many chancers moaning and groaning at every tax hike. The industry needs thinning out a bit and be left to the professionals.

Reply to the comment left by neilt at 26/10/2021 - 21:28And I would like to hear your answer to my query.

Reply to the comment left by neilt at 26/10/2021 - 21:49
With respect, like the majority of landlords here, I do my up-most to operate on a professional level, complying (on my last count) with the 156 laws, rules and regulations that every landlord is expected to meet. As pointed out by another post, one only has to make a simple error and it could be a £30,000 fine and or a criminal record. On balance, one can go and glue themselves to main highways, causing huge cost, suffering, inconvenience and even peoples health, due to failure in arriving to hospital in time and they get a legal flea in the ear! Highlighting the relentless in-balances we experience from the government and their loyal media, projecting landlords as an enemy to be dealt with, the ones that are the sole cause of higher rents and all and every government mistake they make within the PRS gives us the democratic right to speak out and question why our business is unfairly treated and singled out compared to say Hotel or holiday lets, whom effectively also let their property, but can operate as a 'normal' business, offsetting interest and generally benefiting from a balanced position in terms of trading fairness. Hiding under a rock and just taking whatever's thrown or blamed on them is of course the choice of some, but I for one like many other landlords here wish to question the huge in-balances we now face, both financially and in the eyes of tenants and the general public.

We have not hidden under rock, but still we were trampled on. Any bright ideas how to change the momentum in our necessary and undervalued service provisions favour?

We need something like the German Landlord system which reduces landlord costs and risk, encourages long term rental by home-loving people, and included taxes that encourage people to be landlords. Then people wanting to rent will find somewhere to live and do not become a problem for the State nor the Council.