New tenants moved into my newly refurbished house a few months ago.
They pay the rent on time and are suspiciously good at fixing things themselves.
They have four children so more than average wear and tear can be expected. They have a 12 month lease. A visit to tidy the garden before the winter revealed that the house is in a very bad state and it looks like quite a big job will be required to get it back to normal.
The biggest issue is that the neighbours who I have no reason to doubt are making complaints about the parenting skills of the tenants. The mother works a lot and the dad appears to be struggling. It seems he resorts to locking the children outside the front door. Another neighbour phoned me to tell me this but I did not pay much attention until the second neighbour verified it yesterday without prompting.
I phoned them and advised that I wanted the house to be tidied up by next week and an inspection would take place. I was told this is unfair as the wife is working (the husband does not work). I also advised that I had received complaints. Needless to say they were shocked!
The sad thing is the wife may not actually realise the extent of the issue given she is never there it seems.
Any ideas?
They pay the rent on time and are suspiciously good at fixing things themselves.
They have four children so more than average wear and tear can be expected. They have a 12 month lease. A visit to tidy the garden before the winter revealed that the house is in a very bad state and it looks like quite a big job will be required to get it back to normal.
The biggest issue is that the neighbours who I have no reason to doubt are making complaints about the parenting skills of the tenants. The mother works a lot and the dad appears to be struggling. It seems he resorts to locking the children outside the front door. Another neighbour phoned me to tell me this but I did not pay much attention until the second neighbour verified it yesterday without prompting.
I phoned them and advised that I wanted the house to be tidied up by next week and an inspection would take place. I was told this is unfair as the wife is working (the husband does not work). I also advised that I had received complaints. Needless to say they were shocked!
The sad thing is the wife may not actually realise the extent of the issue given she is never there it seems.
Any ideas?