Understand it! - there are plenty that will do it. It's disgusting - especially when you have to pick each and every one of them up. However, I'd imagine if this is the worst experience you have, you'll be getting off lightly.I can't understand why anyone would think it acceptable to stump out hundreds of cigarettes in anyone's garden, even if they are renting, when all they need to do is get a small covered bin/couple of ashtrays to put them iinto.
There is a letting agent.
I had to get some maintenance done on house I was renting out. With the tenants permission I went to the house with builder.
However, when I went to the house, it was filthy. In the garden,which has a lovely patio, was strew with hundres of cigarette buts. They butts were also thrown into the plants on the raised border. There was bits of food on the floor and dishes with half eaten food left on the table, though they were all away for the weekend. Upstairs, the doors of the bedrooms were black with dirt and fingermarks - they have only lived there since August - the stairs to the attic room was also black and thick with dirt.
There are four women, all 'professionals' in the house. There is a letting agent. What to do? They're away for weekend, so texted them that I was unhappy, but got no reply!
Any ideas/thoughts how to handle situation would be welcome.
I actually have never had anything of this kind with tenants before, not dirtiness anywya.
I would imagine they have seen it all before and that what you describe is the thin end of the wedge. Rented out rooms in my house over the past 7 years to both irish and non-nationals. The messy ones were irish.the letting agent took your view, and I can see where they are coming from to a large extent. I never intended it to be an inspection of the property, but I was just so shocked at the state of the back garden, and also the downstairs of the house.
. The bathroom was also filthy with excrement - dried in faeces and blood. The toilet bowl was covered with brown staining - ?
If it's so obvious that the property is filthy, then the landlord has every right to point this out to the tenants as they are obliged under the terms of their lease to keep the property in good and clean order. It's better to nip the situation in the bud before the filth becomes so ingrained that it becomes very difficult to clean.You entered the house to do maintenance, not to "check" on the property.
They are also required to keep the property in 'good and clean order' during the tenancy.As you say these are four professional women, they rented a property in a certain condition, they are expected to leave the property as they found it.
I am sure they paid you a deposit?
The LL has every right to point out that the tenants are in breach of their tenancy agreement.IMO, you had no right to text them as the purpose of your visit was to gain access for maintenance.
You have no right to comment on how they choose to live - dirty dishes and butts can be cleaned up.
The Letting Agent doesn't care about your property, all the are interested in in getting their fee every month and they don't want the hassle of dealing with tenants or finding new ones.Hi! Delgirl and Commonsense, thanks for your comments. Commonsense, the letting agent took your view, and I can see where they are coming from to a large extent. I never intended it to be an inspection of the property, but I was just so shocked at the state of the back garden, and also the downstairs of the house.
I would imagine they have seen it all before and that what you describe is the thin end of the wedge. Rented out rooms in my house over the past 7 years to both irish and non-nationals. The messy ones were irish.
If it's so obvious that the property is filthy, then the landlord has every right to point this out to the tenants as they are obliged under the terms of their lease to keep the property in good and clean order. It's better to nip the situation in the bud before the filth becomes so ingrained that it becomes very difficult to clean..
They are also required to keep the property in 'good and clean order' during the tenancy..
You've obviously never had to clean up after dirty tenants have vacated a property. The vast majority of tenants will use their deposit as the last month's rent and if they leave the place dirty, the LL has to either clean the place themselves or fork out for a cleaning company to do it. .
The LL has every right to point out that the tenants are in breach of their tenancy agreement..
The last tenants I had to clean up after filled the bins in the rear garden with a mixture of ash from the fire and dirty nappies. We couldn't move the bins as they were too heavy, so they had to be emptied with a shovel..
They had also burnt all/most of their rubbish in the open fire with the result that we had to get a chimney sweep in who removed loads of plastic from the chimney. They left a skip full of rubbish in the cupboards, garden shed and in the attic and the house, blinds, walls, ceilings, carpets, wooden floors and tiles and all the applicances were absolutely filthy.
It took 2 weeks to clean the house and remove all the rubbish and cost a lot of money which, as they were in rent arrears when they left, was not covered by the deposit.
I recall a case with the PRTB where the adjudicator said that if the landlord had used his power as given him in the RTA 2004 to inspect the property from time to time, then there would not have been so much damage to it. Accordingly he reduced the landlord's claim for damages.
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