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I'm only sharing this one because I thought the dirtier minds on the board would like it.
This is an indirect story from work. A coworker heard this from a client, but it's really the story of the client's neighbour.
There is a certain property locally consisting of a pub on the ground floor and lots of little rooms rented separately on the 2 floors above. It was probably somewhat dodgy accommodation to start with but a couple of weeks ago everyone got told to leave - no regard to their legal rights. The landlord owes someone money and someone wants everyone out - and so far we can't work out what's going on beyond this.
I saw someone last week at which time it was relatively standard - just a matter of someone "forgetting" about the rules about the notice tenants get.
Coworker got another resident this week. The agent trying to kick people out had actually come round to the property and started dismantling the boiler !
This is going to be a fairly spectacular mess of an illegal eviction situation.
But apparently that's not all they did. They also started opening up the private rooms (which is not legal in itself without notice), and generally hassling the people in them.
So the landlord let themselves into the client's room and found him sitting on his bed watching TV.
Then he let himself into the next room - where the couple were having sex.
My coworker asked if he had just left.
No - he stood there for a minute then yelled "When are you getting out ?"
Then he left.
It's awful. But it's funny too.
We could only advise on their rights (the council is hopefully now getting involved, and there may be compensation for the various tenants). But I just can't help thing that they really needed help with a response, because that is some straight line.
Victoria J
This is an indirect story from work. A coworker heard this from a client, but it's really the story of the client's neighbour.
There is a certain property locally consisting of a pub on the ground floor and lots of little rooms rented separately on the 2 floors above. It was probably somewhat dodgy accommodation to start with but a couple of weeks ago everyone got told to leave - no regard to their legal rights. The landlord owes someone money and someone wants everyone out - and so far we can't work out what's going on beyond this.
I saw someone last week at which time it was relatively standard - just a matter of someone "forgetting" about the rules about the notice tenants get.
Coworker got another resident this week. The agent trying to kick people out had actually come round to the property and started dismantling the boiler !
This is going to be a fairly spectacular mess of an illegal eviction situation.
But apparently that's not all they did. They also started opening up the private rooms (which is not legal in itself without notice), and generally hassling the people in them.
So the landlord let themselves into the client's room and found him sitting on his bed watching TV.
Then he let himself into the next room - where the couple were having sex.
My coworker asked if he had just left.
No - he stood there for a minute then yelled "When are you getting out ?"
Then he left.
It's awful. But it's funny too.
We could only advise on their rights (the council is hopefully now getting involved, and there may be compensation for the various tenants). But I just can't help thing that they really needed help with a response, because that is some straight line.
Victoria J
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