I most definitely will be deducting the excess from them if it bursts after what i saw yesterday! By law I can do this...
Im the most quiet, reserved person - anyone who is my friend would tell ye this. I hate confrontation... honest! My opinion of this whole thread is ill go with what my solicitor tells me to do & will follow his advise very carefully if something happens in the house whether its immoral or not! My reason
being....
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?t=66919 - this is a thread I posted before....
I called to check the piping system yesterday WHAT A SIGHT!!! (im changing the topic a little bit here so bare with me)
1. - The house is stinking, I MEAN STINKING!
2. - There is a car port after being errected out the back which is in full view to the front of the house, this guy is no builder let me tell you - its horrendous & they did not seek permissing to errect such a structure.
3. - There are 2 dogs & kennels out the back. First I knew of it
4. - Rent has been late EVERYTIME to the point my solicitor has written to her. i stopped chasing her. Even though she gets RA
5. - The garden has not been maintained at all, its completely
full of dog poop
6. - The gravel has weeds growing up through it. I clearly stated in the contract I would maintain this but it was the tenants duty to inform me of same.
7. - The rubbish in the kitchen is right up beyond the counter top!!!
I checked to see if she had dustbins outside, nothing! There is black bags of rubbish torm open outside! IMHO this will draw rats
8. - There was 5 children in the house... wait for it.... she told me they were all hers. My understanding was she had 3 kids. all of whom I wrote on the PRTB forms. She forgot 1
and she has a brand new baby there now too
9. - There is a car abandoned at the side of the house on top of the sleepers (curbing) this has actually caused the sleeper to move, which I might add are bloody heavy to do... anyway.... not really a big issue, just unsightly
10. - My timber decking out the back is partially burnt, as in bits broken off a burnt
11. - I bought a beautiful antique cast iron stand alone letter box which I can honestly say im so proud of and people have often commented on it. It requires a key to open which she has. There a note on it stating "postman, box bust please leave post in tin on ground"... devastated
I did not discuss anything with tenant as I was teary eyed & had a lump in my throat.
So for those of you who called me greedy / bad attitude / shame on me & such... I will most likely be serving that tenant notice along with her 5 children to find alternative accommodation. And whatever it costs me to get the house back to "renting standards" I will be deducting from her deposit. Ill give her notice tomorrow for the 25th feb. That should give her enough time to get out. Thats when her lease is up.
I bought that house on my own as a single parent. I worked 3 jobs (honestly) and the day i moved in I had 32p in my bank. My mum gave me a loan of 5k to furnish it. It was one of the happiest but toughest times of my life. To see my beautiful house destroyed in such a short period of time was so upsetting yesterday....