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Michelle Amato

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Finally a victory for a landlord against an unscrupulous tenant. Hope she enjoys her bird

From: Michelle Amato 12 July 2019 11:09 AM

You know with all said and done, the Government rely on the PRS and yet every housing minister comes up with some hair brained regulation and always against the Landlord. They want rid of the landlord that only rents out his old hone. They want rid of the small portfolio landlord. What they want is Housing Associations purchasing more rental or building where they can then take from the LA's homeless list. They are working their way to bringing back rent controls for sure but somehow forget or really don't care about rental prices being set by a supply & demand market. They are already forcing banks to remove the BTL mortgage offer clause about only renting to professional tenants, which basically we all know is anyone in a job and not anyone on benefits. It's a business. At the end of the day, I'm not here to subsidise the councils lack of available housing. That said, twice I have rented to tenants on benefits and twice I've had to evict them and deal with the expense of getting the properties back to a good standard. The arrears and damage we write off. If they gave a job, trace them and go for attachment to earnings!! Fortunately I am able to deal with S21 & S8, and complete and submit claim forms to the Court myself, deal with all evidence and attend Court and no I'm not a lawyer or in the legal profession but I've been a landlord for many years and in the property business for over 37 so I'm familiar with Where agents and landlords go wrong. . WHO WOULD BE A LANDLORD IN THIS DAY ABD AGE? 😂tongue in cheek

From: Michelle Amato 21 June 2019 20:04 PM

I agree with you. Ultimately the Landord is the professional and should know the legalities. The buck stops with the Landlord. The eviction process is tedious and time consuming and we know there are more laws to protect a tenant than a landlord so he Landlord needs to ensure that he is fully compliant with paperwork and evidence to get a swift decision by the courts

From: Michelle Amato 21 June 2019 19:28 PM

Contact the Zhousing Benefit department immediately and let them know. They will stop housing benefit payments to the tenant and pay you direct. Might take a few weeks though to kick in. If you're not getting the rent then make sure they are not getting the benefit!!!!

From: Michelle Amato 03 August 2018 08:26 AM

Unless they owe 2 months rent. If a tenant on housing benefit is evicted for rent arrears under S8 then the Councils won't assist them as they've made themselves intentionally homeless by not paying the rent. They will still advise "wait for bailiff" though 😡

From: Michelle Amato 03 August 2018 08:24 AM

Of course the Councils tell tenants to remain in the property to Bailiff appointment. This is nothing new. It's been going on for years. Just think about it for a moment ..... Whilst they are in your property costing you thousands, they are no liability to the Councils who have an extreme shortage of housing! I'm not saying it's right; just telling you how it is 😢 I've attended and dealt with hundreds of evictions and I have never seen a property returned clean and in good order. Malicious damage is par for the course I'm sad to say

From: Michelle Amato 03 August 2018 08:20 AM

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