Filthy Tenants, Ignorant Landlord
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Few years ago the house beside me was let out and a 'family' moved in. How they afford the rent is one thing but thats for another day. My main concern is that since they moved in they have done absolutely nothing to keep the house clean, tidy or in anything like good condition. The windows are filthy, sills are green and covered in lichen, driveway covered in weeds and overgrown as is the garden. Gutters are leaking and so is the down pipe which meant a dividing wall I recently painted was covered in the contents from their sink, absolutely disgusting.
Basically it looks a right mess and without wanting to sound like a snob it's a real eyesore in the street.
The landlord calls up once a month for the rent and despite a few attempts to drop hints that he might want to maintain the property he has done absolutely nothing and doesn't really care. Is there anywhere I can contact as i'm certain the inside of the house is in similar condition to the exterior. I looked up and found he was a registered landlord. Surely there is a certain standard a property needs to be kept in.
Basically it looks a right mess and without wanting to sound like a snob it's a real eyesore in the street.
The landlord calls up once a month for the rent and despite a few attempts to drop hints that he might want to maintain the property he has done absolutely nothing and doesn't really care. Is there anywhere I can contact as i'm certain the inside of the house is in similar condition to the exterior. I looked up and found he was a registered landlord. Surely there is a certain standard a property needs to be kept in.
No one is going to force him make the front of the house look pretty for you... And nor should they. They have the right to live however they want, if they are not physically causing anyone harm. I don't clean my car very often. It's been remarked that I drive around in a skip. But I wouldn't take kindly to some council type telling me to clean it up.
If the down pipe is damaging your property that is one thing... And you can take that up with them. But the rest of it just stinks of someone who is a busy body. You live in your house - if you don't like the way theirs looks then either move or don't look at it.
If the down pipe is damaging your property that is one thing... And you can take that up with them. But the rest of it just stinks of someone who is a busy body. You live in your house - if you don't like the way theirs looks then either move or don't look at it.
Can't say I agree with the other responses. Living next door to a tip is not everyones ideal and I would see it as anti-social. I'd have words with the landlord, ask if he would want to live next door?
Apart from the downpipe I suspect there probably is little you can do about it other than keep on at him.
Apart from the downpipe I suspect there probably is little you can do about it other than keep on at him.
Sadly, as others have said, if the landlord really doesn't care, then there is little that you can do. One might guess that their rent is being paid by a higher power, and therefore the landlord will have little reason to get shot of them.
You can keep mentioning the downpipe, but he can also keep fobbing you off. If you are concerned that it is damaging your property, or is likely to cause a damp issue, then I might be tempted to just go ahead and get it fixed myself (you'll need to let the landlord know first though, obviously).
You can keep mentioning the downpipe, but he can also keep fobbing you off. If you are concerned that it is damaging your property, or is likely to cause a damp issue, then I might be tempted to just go ahead and get it fixed myself (you'll need to let the landlord know first though, obviously).
Spread some fine kitchen salt over the drive during a quiet period? That'd kill some off the weeds and crap there. That's a start? Fix what you can? Or at least bodge it so isn't damaging *your* property?
Can understand your frustration though, everyone wants a nicely kept neighbourhood over a pigsty.
Can understand your frustration though, everyone wants a nicely kept neighbourhood over a pigsty.
I understand where your coming from having worked for a lettings agency in the past.
You mention the down pipe but not whether it's damaging your property.
If it is then as per normal they need to fix (owner) if it's not damaging your property theres unfortunately nothing you can do.
As for it looking a bit of a hole, again you can't force them to do anything although you could knock on the door and offer to do it for them, but if they tell you to eff off, then it's tough.
You could report to the local authority housing dept and see what they do.
Hope this is of some help.
Matt
You mention the down pipe but not whether it's damaging your property.
If it is then as per normal they need to fix (owner) if it's not damaging your property theres unfortunately nothing you can do.
As for it looking a bit of a hole, again you can't force them to do anything although you could knock on the door and offer to do it for them, but if they tell you to eff off, then it's tough.
You could report to the local authority housing dept and see what they do.
Hope this is of some help.
Matt
I dont have time to tend to my garden but I still do it, last Sunday I spent the day cutting the grass and doing all the weeding despite needing a day off.
These t
ts that are on the dole have all fking day to sort the garden out yet those are the ones that let it get like a jungle. If I was in charge of the benefits system, nobody would get any money until the gardens looked nice.
fking lazy tramps.
These t
ts that are on the dole have all fking day to sort the garden out yet those are the ones that let it get like a jungle. If I was in charge of the benefits system, nobody would get any money until the gardens looked nice. f
king lazy tramps.In exactly the same position. I live next door to a rented property. The last tenants moved in, after a week they stuck a filthy yellow mattress down the side access of their property. Presumably I thought, until they could have it collected or removed. They left that mattress there for 18 months and it was still there when they moved out. It looked disgusting and rotten and actually stunk. The position of their front door made it so that they probably never even saw it again after chucking it there. Yet it was in plain view of my front door and visible as you drove up to my property and on to my drive.
They moved out leaving a pile of rubbish and a spilt tin of paint on the drive, along with a broken car on the street blocking someone else's drive. Luckily the mattress and all the mess was cleared away by the landlords.
A month later and a nice young woman and her little boy move in. A week after that the same area has a few bags of rubbish, being added to a bit at a time. Now there's a wooden bed frame, a broken up chipboard wardrobe and some bags of garden waste.
I'm now just waiting for a free day where I can go and offer to take it to the tip for her. She probably doesn't get time being a single parent who seems to work full time and I have now realised that it's actually my problem, so if I want it sorted the easyiest and quickest way is to do it my self.
I'm not suggesting it should be this way, yet it's probably the only way.
They moved out leaving a pile of rubbish and a spilt tin of paint on the drive, along with a broken car on the street blocking someone else's drive. Luckily the mattress and all the mess was cleared away by the landlords.
A month later and a nice young woman and her little boy move in. A week after that the same area has a few bags of rubbish, being added to a bit at a time. Now there's a wooden bed frame, a broken up chipboard wardrobe and some bags of garden waste.
I'm now just waiting for a free day where I can go and offer to take it to the tip for her. She probably doesn't get time being a single parent who seems to work full time and I have now realised that it's actually my problem, so if I want it sorted the easyiest and quickest way is to do it my self.
I'm not suggesting it should be this way, yet it's probably the only way.
Great bloke but he couldn't care less to keep the place clean.Squatters moved in next door to me last year, the property usually stands empty for half the year as the owner works in Dubai and London. I tried for 5 days to get hold of him and the place was becoming an absolute dump, they were throwing cans of beer out the back door onto the grass! Anyway, as I hadn't contacted the authorities, when the owner turned up a week later with several rough looking guys they literally just threw the squatters out into the street. It was hilarious to watch!
Some people just don't give a st about the state of the place they live in.
I recently moved into a brand new block with private parking, special locking (garage-sized) room for the bins etc.
Some people take junk mail out of their letter boxes (in the entrance hall) and just drop them on the floor.
Some people put rubbish inside the bin store but not in the bins - Viola or what ever they're called will only empty the bins, not stuff dumped around them
Some people don't even bother opening the store but leave bags outside.
Why? How can someone think, "yeah, it'll be right, who cares?"
Sadly a lot of people are like this but luckily there are people who, when they're on their way to the bin store just pick up all the junkmail and put it in the recycling.
So, I agree with the poster who has the single parent next door, sometimes if you want it done, offer to help / do it yourself.
t about the state of the place they live in.I recently moved into a brand new block with private parking, special locking (garage-sized) room for the bins etc.
Some people take junk mail out of their letter boxes (in the entrance hall) and just drop them on the floor.
Some people put rubbish inside the bin store but not in the bins - Viola or what ever they're called will only empty the bins, not stuff dumped around them
Some people don't even bother opening the store but leave bags outside.
Why? How can someone think, "yeah, it'll be right, who cares?"
Sadly a lot of people are like this but luckily there are people who, when they're on their way to the bin store just pick up all the junkmail and put it in the recycling.
So, I agree with the poster who has the single parent next door, sometimes if you want it done, offer to help / do it yourself.
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