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Landlord Nightmares: My tenant was a prostitute

Karen has been sharing her experiences of working as a letting agent... When I worked as a letting agent way back when, one of the properties I managed was rented by a woman who worked as a prostitute. She worked from home and when we found out what she was up to, we had to do something about it. The woman in question was always a bit of a funny one: very demanding and slightly bizarre. But... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on September 22nd, 2010 in Evicting Tenants, Property Management

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Landlord nightmares: my tenant was running a cannabis farm.

We spoke to Bill, a private landlord, about his experience dealing with a dealer. I wish I’d trusted my instincts in the first place with this tenant. I let several flats in a converted Victorian house and there was something about him that I didn’t completely trust but his references were good so I let him one of my flats. Almost from day one, odd things started happening. One of my... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on August 20th, 2010 in Property Rental, Tenant Scams

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Landlord nightmares: The tenant and the tropical flat

For several years we let a very nice flat in a very smart part of town to a tenant who was often away travelling with work. I think he was a pilot. To say that he was a dream tenant is an understatement. He was never any bother, there were never any complaints and we just let him get one with it. That was until one of my colleagues was walking past the purpose built block of flats and noticed... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on August 16th, 2010 in Property Rental

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Landlord nightmares: the gruesome case of the dead tenant

Karen was a lettings agent for many years. She no longer works in the industry but she shared a story with us the other day: I think the most gruesome case I ever dealt with was the death of a tenant. It wasn’t just a quiet going in the night death either. The first we heard was from a neighbour. He reported a bad smell from our tenant’s flat and said his neighbour wasn’t answering... Read more

Posted by Dan @ Upad on August 4th, 2010 in Property Rental

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