“I Hate My Fu*king Landlord”, He Says

Hello Benji,

Thanks for the advice. Agree you're right about no absolute statutory duty to provide an elecrical safety cert.

But I disagree with your other comment. And maybe the disagreement is based on the image of what "very old fashioned" brings to both our minds. I've found wiring from c. 1920s where the rubber has perished and as soon as it's touched / moved, even very gently, it falls away from the copper wire.

If the old fashioned wiring is of this age then any landlord who turns up in a court (and they'd be in that court because someone got injured or killed) saying it was fine not to inspect it is not going to come out of that court unscathed.

Linda would be fulfiling the landlord's common law obligation to maintain the property and ensure it's safety, an obligation they appear keen not to fulfil. She has a specific and particular concern which is reasonable to her unique situation. Subrogation allows the cost to be offset against the rent, if fair notice has been given.

hi can anyone help me i rent a house that keeps having problems with drains my downstairs loo can not be used as the drain is blocked 3 times in 2 years i do not flush anything down apart from loo paper i have told my landlord his reply was oh bugger, i can not use my downstairs loo any advise

Hello Fed Up,

Have you read this recent Blog from The Landlord?
https://www.propertyinvestmentproject.co.uk/blog/landlords-responsibility-to-repair-and-maintain/

Have a read. If it does not help you enough, come back to us.

jeremy

i have informed my landlord by speaking to him, have had this problem 3 times 2 years i need my downstairs loo due to disability could i withhold rent and pay for thr drains to be sorted myself, me and my husband have lived in the house for 8 years pay our own rent and the landlord never wants to do repairs i wish i could move but cash flow problems are preventing this

Hello Fed Up,

The legal remedy to this is strictly to go to Court, they would want to see evidence of an attempted mediation between yourselves before they hear your case.

If you were to go to court then you could both have legal representation. Some say the only winners in legal cases are the solicitors and this could be disproportionately expensive for both you and your landlord.

So a common sense short-circuit, which does not line the pockets of solicitors, is the diversion of the rent money from the landlord to the repair they have failed to complete.

If you do this, then I'd suggest some steps to keep your position water-tight:
- Do it in writing;
- Tell the landlord what you plan to do and offer plenty of time for them to step in and do the repair themselves;
- Tell them clearly why you think its their responsibility, not yours. Offer them the opportunity to disagree with your opinion.
- Get a number of quotes, to show you've shopped around. Use the best value for money one. Use one who will not only un-block the drain but also tell you why it was blocked. Accept it was you, if that's what they find.

Hope this helps.

it is 100% not my fault the only thing flushed down it what goes down a loo i do not flush sainitary products down the loo

he got his mate to do it twice and the blockage was 40 feet from my drain cover in the next garden the woman next drain cover was covered in grass years ago and need digging up the problem started when building work was going on 2 years ago she wants to split the cost my landlord wont pay her loo not effected as the blockage is before her outlet i spend the day upstair as my disability means i need my downstairs loo

Fed Up.

OK - I do not know all the facts here and without knowing the layout of the properties I don't know how many properties share the drain BUT if it is a shared drain then the repairs should be covered by the Landlords and the neighbour's buildings insurance. If it IS a shared drain/sewer then the cost of repairs would be split by however many properties share it.

If the drain is being blocked 40 feet from your property under the neighbours garden then I'm sorry, I really don't think you should be too hard on your landlord after all he is unable to walk onto your neighbours land to dig up their garden. Additionally, if the blockage has been caused by a collapse of the pipe under your neighbours garden then the landlord is unlikely to have known about this 9unless he has xray vision or a drain cam)and he certainly should not be blamed as, if the property is older, clay pipes would have been used and they can be badly affected by roots from trees etc.

She is entitled to split the cost.

Who's building work? your property or next doors? You need to give more information please fed up!

building work was next door landlord as rodded the drains 3 times 2 years and keeps saying i will get it sortedi have spoken to the landlord and he says not got my rods at the moment just dont use downstairs loo i may rent of £550 per month we do not get housings benefit pay our rent on time but he never wants to do repairs we would love to move but find it hard saving deposit for new property

as i first suspected my landlord loo as now backed up he as come round with his rods but it wont clear

Fed up; ????

my landlord lives next door his loo is now blocked so he came round to rod the drains , it wont clear and lookes like the drain as collapsed on other side

In addition to Mike's useful advise about dealing with a leaky pipe that your landlord can't be bothered to fix (copied below), don't forget to bill them an admin charge for doing their work for them; time is money after all.

My approach would be,

1) Shut off the water at the stop tap (minimise damage)
2) Get 3 quotes (not estimates) from plumbers with reasonable (not 3-line) ads in yellow pages
3) Take the best quote
4) Pay for the plumber, deduct it from rent
5) Supply receipt & all 3 quotes to the landlord - pointing out that you have selected the most economic quote.

You might also need to get professional help to repair the water damage once the pipe has been repaired. Follow the same process.

Regards

well here i go again drains blocked yet again it only been since begining of march that they were roded, even started using the 2ply loo roll, no idea what i can do, my rent is upto date, we saving to move at the moment but it hard since hubby found out today they closing his factory over easter and he wont be paid

drain problem half sorted and it wasnt my fault after being blamed for over a year it turns out it the over grown holly tree in my garden root have got into the drains, landlord says it my responsability to pay for the tree cut back been quoated £500 upwards i have got that type of money can anyone tell me is it my job to sort the tree ( i live in a green belt area and also need planning permision to do the job)

Fed Up,

this website might be of use for you:

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/

I'm not a solicitor, but the way I understand it is that the responsibility lies with the owner of the tree, i.e. not you as tenant.

thanks

how long is it reasonable to be left with no front door its been 2 weeks, my landlord got the person who put the door in 8 years ago he passed it to someone else who came without notice when i had a hospital appointment so was not in he did phone and say will get there when i can i am busy,

can not afford to do it myself as husband as had to take a drastic pay cut of £400 per month in order to keep his job

spoke to my landlord today re the front door he said if i am not happy waiting we can pay ourselfs but he will not be paying us back, i think almost 3 weeks is long enough not been able to use a door am i been unreasonable to expect the landlord to fix the door all i have done is open and close the door over the past 9 years

FUCK ALL LANDLORDS.... buy to let has become a modern update on the FEUDAL SYSTEM... sick, greedy landlords pushing every penny out of hard pressed tenants. You are all absolute scum; I have never, EVER, met a decent or honest landlord. I feel that it exposures the worst side of human nature... but I don't care. You're ALL SCUM!

Lord Tennant

My Landlord will not give me a new temmant agreement on paper said i have one from 2007 we need hoising benefit at the moment can not get it till we get proof of rent his reply i do not want you making a claim get the cash of your dad we have borrowed rent for April May if we do not get this benefit we can not make the full rent for June i have give the benefit section his contact details,

my landlord took a month to sort my front door we are planning on moving asap as we have no contract i assume i can go without notice

Hello Lord Tenant,

Just a bit unsure here. You say "F+++ All Alndlords". Then you complain only about BTL.

So is it all landlords. Or all BTL landlords you wish to see f+++ed?

we have had our application for housing benefit turned down because our landlord will not give us a paper contract he on our backs for the rent we owe (due to husband being laid off for month) we need HB to pay him its logged with the council that we have made over 10 requests for this today he said well tell them if they want it contact me directly if we do not get the contract to the HB by Friday next week our claim will be refused my landlord responms was get it from your dad he as a massive police pension

I moved into this place about 2 years ago.. The first day , we were here I went outside to see the kids off to school , well they had left already to the bus, so I was alone and I stepped outside and fell thru the porch , There was rotten boards, so I kinda hurt my ankle then, and I told my landlady and they came out and fixed that no problem... well I noticed a few months back that there were more rotten boards on the front porch.. So I told my landlandy about them , and she acknowledged that, they never came out to fix the boards, so now its spring and I had made me some really pretty hanging baskets, I was out watering them and I fell backwards off the top of the porch steps and my foot landed in the hole where the rotten board was and my ankle bent back in ways its not ment to ... so now I have a grade 3 sprang on my ankle.. and I have to wear a walking boot for 4-6 weeks.. and on top of that I can't stand longer then 5 mins or my hips and lower back start to ache.... so I really don't know what to do , I'm really fed up.....

missghost
i feel for you we have a landlord who will not give us proof of rent been asking for 9 weeks he fixes nothing either, trying to move but as we now need housing benefit finding it hard borrowed 2 months rent but can not borrow more my landlord sucks
i so want to move and leave him in a mess to re rent he need to spend

Hello MissGhost: What country do you live in?

I think landlords take advantage in Britain of the general lack of housing which means that bad landlords can still make a profit. Most other businesses need to keep their customers satisfied or they go bust. Landlords (particularly in London) know that tenants are a) unlikely to fully enforce their rights and b) there are always other eager tenants. Essentially there is minimal punishment for being a poor landlord unlike other professions so you a lot of terrible landlords.

I've had a landlord who rented a flat to me which was in the words of the local council "unfit for human habitation", another one whose husband broke into my flat, and numerous examples of deposit taking which used to result in a small claim but thankfully now is simpler. However even with the deposit protection scheme there still isn't enough protection for tenants as the landlord has no monetary risk so can claim for as many deductions as they wish and hope the arbitrator agrees with them. If the landlord had to pay a deposit, and for every wrongful deduction they claimed from the tenant they had deductions then they would be far less likely to seek deductions for items they weren't sure of.

Ultimately I think the only long term solution involves proper regulation, with landlords who won't fulfill basic legal requirements having their right to let taken away. Sounds extreme but I think living in a flat that meets basic standard of living is a human right.

'The landlord has no monetary risk'
I disagree. The landlord is risking their property, which is of far higher value than the tenants deposit.
It is very difficult for a landlord to disappear but relatively easy for a tenant to do so. Additionally, a landlord has an asset to place a charge against, tenants rarely have.

Hello Mike,

I'd agree with much of what said, if only you'd have started off by saying: "I think a minority of landlords take advantage ..."

You are right. There are some bad landlords out there. Ever had customer service in a shop? Was the shop there a week later? A month? A year? Sometimes the link between giving poor value for money and going out of business does not feel strong.

But at the moment landlords of all kinds are enjoying two temporary fair winds: Banks restricting their mortgage lending has led to a really strong demand which in turn has led to increased rents because landlords can't expent their holdings fast enough to keep pace with demand.

Soon as the banks mortgage lending gets back to normal (couple of years?) then the rental demand will subside and so will rent amounts. At this stage in the economic cysle, tenants can be more discrening and demanding and only the higher quality landlord is going to survive.

By the way, there are umpteen dozens of laws and regulations which govern the residential landlord at the moment. If regulation came in, it seems difficult to see how it would have anything new. It would just cost to cover what's already legislated for. Those costs would need to go somewhere. Result would be higher rents. Or landlords leaving the market. Which would reduce choice and reduce supply, which also puts up rents. That's not good for tenants.

My suggestion is that the existing legisation is more actively enforced. Because it annoys me to see bad landlords out there, they make life more difficult for the decone ones.

I'm renting in Wollongong, NSW, Australia. My landlord is a creep, he is married with kids and always asking me to out with him, give him a massage, sends me texts on Valentine's day. He also puts the rent up $20.00 per week per year. He also comes onto the property when ever he feels like it and allows his kids to park on the property as well. He fixes everything himself or uses relatives to fix what he can't. It seems to be normal around here for the home owner landlords to do everything themselves. I'm with Elders Wollongong, but they let him do what he wants. I'm sick of hearing the excuse that Landlords don't know Tenant laws, they do, and they don't care. I hate this creepy man, I'm getting out. It's only getting worse.

Lor,

$20 per week rent increase seems excessive.

If your rent is higher than neighbouring similar properties, you can apply to the CTTT to make an order of what is a fair increase.

Your landlord must give you 60 days notice of any rent increase, you then have 30 days to apply to the CTTT.
Here are their contact details;

http://www.cttt.nsw.gov.au/About_us/CTTT_registry/Wollongong_registry.html

Thanks Benji for your advice, it will help me. :)

I'm working on a programme for BBC3 about the property market, which is going to include an insert on renting horror stories and nightmare landlords.

Belle - your case inparticular sounds exactly like the sort of story we'd like to feature. Do you have any images which further illustrate the conditions you describe?

It would be great to hear off you. If you reply to this post and would be willing to talk to me about your experience I can send you my email address/phone number.

Of course, if you wished, your contribution to the programme could be completely anonymous.

Thanks!

@Jessica,

This is going to be another balanced programme from the BBC then is it? A good use of licence payers fees?

The best you can come up with is a one sided version of events from over a year ago. Completely anonymous with unverified 'images'.

As Jeremy asked Belle at the time "Why did you renew your tenancy if it was as awful as you say!?"

How about asking this feller about his renting nightmare;

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Landlord-left-to-clean-up-mountain-of-rubbish-20130408175750.htm

“It has been left absolutely ruined. There has been a lot of damage done.

“The lady stopped paying rent last year, and I’ve been trying to get her out ever since. I had to go to court to get an eviction notice. It’s taken nearly a year.”

Despite finally getting rid of his troublesome tenant, Mr Singh has been left with nothing to smile about after being left with the bill for cleaning up the mess left behind by the family, as well as losing out on rent payments which date back to May 2012.

And before you and your anti-capitalist overlords start doing the hokey-cokey over the demise of another hated landlord, consider this;

What effect will this behaviour have on rental prices?

Are landlords likely to give someone desperate a break, when they know they can't evict a non-paying scumbag for months?

Will the Rachmans spot another niche market to exploit?

HTH

someone please help me i have a contract till May 2014 my landlord as promised to do the boiler check since October 2012 i have spoke to him every month, he said if we leave before 2014 he will take us to court for the rent, we do owe £58 in rent due to hubby being on short hours at work out rent in £550 per month due to being 2 beds we can not claim anything

Hi everyone, nice to see others hate their cunting landlords as well. So this is my query...I know our landlord will not give us our deposit back, and since it is a LLC property, there is nothing much I can do that would be effective - except one thing: I am currently running the cold water in my bathtub, approximately 10 hours each day, 3-4 days each week, until our lease is expired in June, so that gives me about 3 more months to run the water bill up to compensate for the deposit he will keep. I have looked to see how much it costs to fill a pool to get an idea of how much time I need to gouge him to break even. A 10,000 gal pool costs roughly $80.00 to fill and takes 2-5 days, so at the very least, on my current schedule, I will 'soak' him for several hundred dollars before we even leave. And the icing on the cake is that he will know what happened and that I did it intentionally, and there is not one fucking thing he can do about it but kiss my ass^^.

You cannot just bark "These are my rights!" Now a days. Not if you're in a bad position like me, having lost my business & having disabled children- hence having to claim benefits (which I hate!). I've applied for 30 jobs last month alone. Can't even get an interview. So I'm stuck in a shitty damp filled house, with no fence around the garden and the land lord uses half of it for his personal tip! Nice. Thanks.

I can't rent anywhere else because *Alarm bells* I claim HB. Might as well be a Jew in Hitlers Germany. If I complain, he'll evict me. I know this for certain. So Mr. Know your rights. What do I do now? I pay my rent on time, I keep this place tidy like it was my own. I've never defaulted.

I'm trying to find work. There isn't any. I can't rent anywhere else on benefit.

My landlord tried to tell me that I took a hammer to the window on the house stove and that is why it cracked. Simply would not believe that some SEARS Kenmore stoves have a known defect whereby when the self-cleaning setting on the oven is activated, the glass in the oven door glass shatters. Manufacturer's defect & well documented. The landlord thus kept $250 off of my damage deposit and would not give it back. SEARS is the company who needs to pay for the repair of the stove window, not me. This is wrong, wrong, and wrong. A good landlord should listen to their tenant and then go from there but don't immediately put the tenant into the zone of 'you did it'. Epic Fail ! I told her I should have left the oven dirty, not used the self-cleaning feature, and then the next tenant (i.e. victim) could be accused of breaking it when they went to self-clean by heat, the oven. My biggest wish on earth is to quit being a tenant.

Ill tell you why I hate owners of rental units(I don't use landlord, it implies that the owner is above me in stature, lord? fucking please)in ten easy to relate to points.
1.You had to beg your way into this shithole of a home and put on the fakest shit eating grin while listening to this sack name his terms and conditions in the hope that you may have a fighting chance to have a home for your family.
2.You had to put up 1 maybe 2 months of deposit down while crippling you bank account and your ability to pay your other bills.
3.You have to deal with shit on his timeframe, never on yours. So what is he now, fucking God?

After more than 30 years of renting I can say that the Landlord/lady is the most vile example of modern greed and vulgarity, exploiting a ridiculous imbalance in the force. Can't be bothered to give anecdotes, just take it from one who has real knowledge of what it's like to make others rich without the slightest respect for that unlike any other facet of life where paying someone means you are a valued client on some level. It's like it's the word of God for them that they must be better than you as they own the world and you have to pay them to shelter in it. Makes me wanna become a communist.

Aaaaaargh just read the comment by 'Benji' above and isn't that just typical. Yeah your property (ugly word by the way) is really at risk, I mean that nasty tenant might decide to steal it, just put it in their pocket and have it away, thieves that we all are. Maybe renting puts the price of property down in the area, damn now thats a dilemma. Also we are responsible for stuff like rain that causes you to have to spend some of that free money (you absolutely deserve for the service you provide making your tenants understand that nothing is theirs even after paying) on maintaing the steady rising value of the assets you worked so hard for (or more likely left to you by your aunt). You conveniently ignorant beneficiary of a world gone mad. If I was king I would say 'fine, allow people to make money this way, after they have rented for a minimum of ummm 10 years themselves in order that they actually understand in their bones what it is to be a 'tenant'. Oh and that word, can we change it please? I like CLIENT better or how about CUSTOMER, less feudal, more in keeping with our modern enlightened times.

Aaaaaargh just read the comment by 'Steve' replying to a comment I made years ago.

No idea what you are on about you mad bastard.

Regards,

Benji
(Rented for more than 10 years, never had an aunt or any other fucker giving me money.
The only inheritance I've ever had is the genetics to get off my arse and do something about it instead of moaning about how unfair it all is to someone posting a comment years ago on an anonymous blog, never expecting they would reply)

Wow so much hate! I get it though.

I spent 15 years as a tenant. I'm currently a Landlord (or homeowner if you prefer)

Also for the last three years as a homeowner I've been a tenant concurrently.

The last three years of renting have been my worst experience but mostly my landlords were pretty good at honoring their obligations. I know this is not always the case.

I myself have had a single family rent my home for the last 3 years for below market rent (just enough to almost cover my mortgage)

Zero rent increase in three years.

I arrange repairs immediately for everything as soon as I am notified. Excepting one case where the repairs were for an item that failed inside a warranty period and the tenant did not advise until the warranty period had expired (not that they knew that) and the repairer would not honor.

That bill was almost $1000 and I had to wait 2 months before i could pay.

In that situation it was not anything that was affecting the tenant but was in regard to a service they were required to pay for.

So as I could not afford repairs i lowered the rent by the cost of the service they were paying for.

My tenants are very nice, responsible people who are taking good care of my home, and in turn I believe I take good care of their needs as my "client".

Not all tenants are bad. Neither are all landlords.. certainly there are a number of *unts on both sides ;)

Tenants and landlords need to know your rights AND obligations remain calm and use the tools at your disposal give instructions in writing and keep all comunications. Demand written confirmation of all agreements.

There are protections for both sides.

I live with my landlord lady. She told me off when I was making my breakfast. No toast, No tea! She says People usually eats cold breakfast. She sleeps just on the other side of wall where kitchen is. Cant stand any noise in the morning, but sorry I need to make my breakfast, I am not at home for 12h a day!!!!!! If you read this. I hate you!

My home was found by the council through the private housing initiatives. Feel reassured ..... not...my landlord is a nasty manipulative old man woth one foot in the grave! When I moved in 2013. He decided 6 months later that the boiler needed servicing. Not a problem? Suspicious yes nonetheless I innocently gave him a list of dates that I wouldn't be available.

That day after saying that the boiler had been serviced I noted that he gone through all the rooms including my drawers in which he hastily gave reason for this was that the engineer had to go through the rooms to "bleed" the radiators. Yet there was no evidence of this having been done.

However at that time I thought oh great so his fixed the heating then but the heaters still dont work and I pointed this out to him. In fact I said the heating system have never worked since I moved in. Secondly servicing wouldn't include "bleeding" the radiators unless I have informed you that the heating wasn't working.

The old prune had the nerve to argue back that the heating was operating when he left!!! Emails went back and forth as this old old man argued with me. The lies that foamed from his prune mouth!! I just left it as he disgusted me.

After a freezing Christmas period come January I couldn't take any more of the cold. My attempts in getting him to fix the heating just led to this old prune dragging it out further to the point I called British gas out to come and inspect the heating. They confirmed that it hadn't been serviced, boiler was not up to standard legal requirements and needed to be replaced furthermore the heating was not working.

The old prune continued to argue until June when the council stepped in and ordered him to fix the heating. New boiler was installed YET heating still does not work.

Five days of putting up with irresponsible builders mess and pretense of fixing the heating led to me saying no more visits. They were all running rings around me and I blame the council for placing me in this property with what the say is a "responsible landlord" when clearly they did no checks.

On top of that due to the freezing cold most of the windows interior have snapped and broken that during bad weather the wind blows them open. You would expect the council to be on top of rogue landlords but they have done nothing.

I continue to live in this appalling property to this day with no heating and windows that open. It's my son that is suffering. This evil landlord needs to step into his coffin completely and just close it.

Jewish landlords are the best.

I am sick of paying rent. my landord is a jerk. We need another washer in the building we used to have 2 washer 2 dryers. now we are down to 1 washer 2 dryers he never replaced the other one like he said he did . he does the driveway with stones and dirt and when winter time is here... the snow removes them away. then he puts stones and dirt all over again in the spring and summer. he does this every year. that is BS. it runis the cars here. we have to many potholes in the driveway. he has to use black top. he is to freakn CHEAP. he does the roof gutters with stuipd wiring fence that is soo dumb. you are supposed to use gutter helmet for the roof. . as we were pulling out of the driveway... going to the store... he pullss right next to us so close that he can scratch our car and he told us get off the road. we were not on the road. we were still on the driveway still. he had more room on the other side to pull in the driveway on the right side . what a jerk he is. . we have hard water here that's terrible i hate hard water. he is a pervert as well.what can we do.

The government seriously needs to put a CAP on the amount of rent a landlord can charge. Mine recently has asked for a 20% rise on £1500 I pay her on a monthly basis. I've been told the rise is due to inflation and also a landlords permit is required. Never heard such horseshit. It's a fight to get anything fixed and it's always a botched job when it is done. Like most tenant, I pay on time and have kept the house clean and tidy but I'm constantly made to feel like I shouldn't be asking for anything. My Landlord is a passive aggressive pig of a woman. I hope she chokes on her own vomit after what she's put me through. Greedy, nasty and cunning.

I have lived in this house for 10 years, over the years there has been many cowboys come to fix certain little things, until about a year and a half ago, when I had severe amounts of water coming in through the roof, about 6 different companies came out and all said their was a whole new roof, chimney, beams and batons needed, but nothing has been done, there is so much water getting in when it rains that the main structure of the house is starting to subside, the ceiling in my sons bedroom is bulging, and cracking, nearly every wall to the downstairs is seriously damp, cracking walls, and large amounts of plaster falling off, pipes are damaged, I have severe amounts of mold growing in the attic, no water proof felt, and my son is asthmatic and my daughter has kidney failure to one kidney, my landlord is abusive, and shows signs of narcissistic behaviour, I suffer with mental health, and he has made me feel worse, I have a support worker, I've been through shelter, I have also had environmental health involved for the past 9 months, all the work was meant to be done with in 3 months, but my landlord kept telling them that I was denying him access which was untrue, he came in a few weeks ago to put a hand rail on the stairs, drilling into the cable that runs my shower, and that went bang, not only has he left me with no shower, he still hasn't got any one here to check the electrics over, it don't matter what I do to try get out of here it not working, I'm at the point where I'm to scared to close my eyes at night just in case anything happens, I don't know who else to go to...

I no what you mean i keep tripping on the floor cause it bulking up and im a dialectic and my one eye i have problems seeing out of they want that rent every month but they dont want fix nothing its a bunch of shit they had a young boy come in here and fix the leak under the sink and didnt tight it up its still leaking and personally im fed up im thinking about not paying rent and put it in escrow tell they fix floor im very unhappy i feel like nobody can be that dumb i feel the shit being done on purpose

The fact of the matter is, the wealth divide globally is going to come to a boiling point soon. Violence will start leaking out. If you're a landlord, you better hope you're dead by then. 'Eat the rich' and anti-rich sentiment is everywhere. It's in movies, all over social media, postered on street poles and side walks. Even in America, where aspiring to be rich is 'the dream', this illusion is shattering more and more every day.

If I were you, I'd stop socially leeching off tenant income, get into your property, and secure it. A lot.

Because soon enough people like you are going to be in a very vulnerable position. Having an entire blog about having more than everyone else, driving up prices and making availability scarce for something that should be a public health commodity makes you a biiiiiiiig moving target.

Got to vent somewhere, I am furious with my stupid bimbo of a landlady. During the Pandemic I was furloughed off my job but this took months to come in so I had no choice but to get Universal Credit for the first month of lockdown I only paid a third off my rent as I had no idea what my cash situation would be. The abusive text messages off this bitch were dreadful, literally saying I was making up excuses not to pay, like I was pretending a world wide pandemic was going on just so I didn't have to pay for the bitches botox injections.
I work so hard for my money and am a single parent, her poxy buy to let flat that daddy gave her is not worth the excessive rent I pay anyway the kitchen was put in in 1980 and its a rat run.
Anyway after her trying to call me a total tramp and how I can find somewere else to live, easy done in lockdown, even though I did not want to and did not HAVE to by law, I got employment cleaning the hospitals, covid wards. My daughter used to get really upset and beg me not to go as I am the only family she has. I paid my rent and extra to cover my debt a few days late as my pay date had changed. Oh my god more abusive texts saying how good she is for allowing me to default on my rent. BITCH, me and my daughter have been living out the food bank to pay this greedy cow her rent. AND I DID NOT HAVE TO. Now I am at the end of my tenancy THANK GOD and have secured property of a housing association as I have been renting for 12 years now and this bimbo parasite has made me realise I am sick of linning dickheads pockets who think they are entitled to all my money. I only find out this bimbo did not secure my deposit ?????????????? probably never had any intention of paying it back, now by law I can take 3x my deposit off her. So I text her to let her know I know and what did she text back, I have been so good to you I let you pay when you decided to pay ????????????? what a useless thick cunt.

Thank you that feels so much better getting it out.

Current landlord is alright I suppose. Bit of a boring old fart that you don't want to get stuck in a coversation with and I thought he was a bit petty and pedantic about a particular issue but never mind. Oh and his wife moaned to the neighbours that the previous tenents didn't do up the house which I thought was a bit cheeky,m expecting them to do it up for her on top of the rent they get for their free, inherited house. But again, never mind.

My previous landlord can suck a bag of dicks. Horrible, horrible person who tried to rip me off by lying about an expensive mirror I apparently broke that I had never seen before in my life. Incerdibly rude and didn't ulfill a single one of his responsbilities. I sued him for not protecting the deposit and the bastard deserved it. Him and his bitchy little secretary he was clearly screwing behind his wife's back.