Tenants From Hell Part 1 | The Eviction | 10 Months Of No Rent | Taking Tenants To Court | BTL 

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i`d rather pay some heavies 3k to get them out . The system is all in their favour its an absolute joke. Good luck Dan

So insightful, these are the stories that go untold so many times - thank you for this transparency!

The side of being a landlord we never see ! One of the most helpful videos I've seen on property.

Absolutely ridiculous how long and biased the process is toward the tenants. I'm all for protecting tenants that pay on time and are respectful of the property. Once a tenants misses payment they have broken contract and should not be entitled to any of the protections that a contract gives

Mate what a headache, well done for not giving up! like others i would of paid some big lads to go handle it lool. You probably handled it the best way tbh. Thanks for the info, hardly hear about this side of property investment and in so much detail, so thanks for the vid. Seeing this in august, hope they are out by now.

One the most useful videos about BTL. Thank you so much for putting this all together.

Well Done...Patience of a saint!

Wow , my heart goes out to you , as a one property landlord, this is my worst nightmare. This is scary . No rent for a year , over £1000, in court fees . Please do a video of how we can avoid this type of horrible Tennet.

Shocking. And even worse the judicial system making you wait 10months

Makes you think if residential property is something worthwhile investing in... Great very informative video! 👍👍

That was very insightful. I admire your patience.

Very nice video, it must have been very stressful 10 months, I am glad to hear u got the property back.

Thank you so much for a fantastic video but as I am practically in the same position it's crushingly devastating that we have to go through so much when we've been nothing but good landlords

I've been a landlord for 22 years I'm glad to say I've never as yet had it this bad.

This is an excellent case study of the realities of being a landlord. This is something I am going through and I am totally appalled by how the gov has set this up. There is no consideration for the landlord. It is totally one sided. Everyone in the process is ticking boxes and being paid to add no value. It’s a total scam.

Excellent video with excellent advice...so much stress for you and your family.

Thank you for documenting the journey. Good insight

Horrified by this story as somebody who wants to get into rentals. The government relies on landlords as their house building is atrocious, but this is the way they treat people providing houses? Cannot believe the power tenants have. Surely this will have to swing back into landlord favour eventually?

So much "Red-Tape" and wasted money. Highly typical for our very broken legal system. A very informative video, good job Dan.

Hats off to you for your patience, extremely hard graft with your property journey and for sharing it in such a practical realistic way. Best wishes.

I have liked your video and it so insightful I have similar problem but will use what I have learned from your video to get my tenants evicted

Hi Dan. Just got your book in the post thanks for that .. just had tennants use our property as a dog breeding kennel too. The smell was so bad we had to recarpet the whole house and repaint throughout … ripped off bedroom door , and a 90litre dustbin of dogs… incl. maggots .. lovely .. all part of the learning curve I suppose .. 3 grand of costs for us .. and they make 7 grand selling puppies .. tried to get in for inspection .. but they had „ Covid „. Any tips to stop these people ??merry Christmas . And thanks for your great content

It's when they can pay but won't is when its infuriating!

Thanks for sharing your story Dan, lots of learning points. Your perseverance is ++ Do you think landlord rent guarantee insurance is a must in the current climate?

The system is skewed so much for the tenant instead of the landlord. Just because you made smart decisions in your life and invested wisely, you get treated like the red headed step child and the tenants are treated like royalty. I'm blessed with my tenants. Very rarely do I have to evict. In fact, out of 20 properties, this month is my first eviction in close to ten years. Everyone pays by the fifth and stays in the property. I'm a pretty attentive landlord, though, and if they call with a problem I am there that day or the next day at the latest. I treat them well and they treat me well. The person I had to evict were actually already in there when I took.ownership.when my dad died and left it to me in 2007. They had been there since 2003, so almost 20 years. They were section 8 for a long time but eventually became paying customers. When the mom moved out.and the daughter's boyfriend moved in, that is when my problems started. When t I started having to chase them for the rent, I told them it was time.to go(they were on month to month rent at that point). They were angry, I didn't care. I'm not chasing anyone for rent. So, they left, and left a huge mess, but it could be worse, and I am done with them. Thank you, God. All I did was send them a letter saying that our agreement says all I need to do is give 30 days notice, so here's the 30 day notice. Be out October 1. And they were. No court filing, they just left. They didn't pay September but that was the only month they didn't pay. I'm re doing the place now. Yay!!! Now, I can pick a tenant myself, and they will be like all the others I have chosen..good, reliable, clean tenants

Aggh !! The pain of this process!!! I was letting a property to a non-paying tenant, and even after going to Court and getting a Possession Order, they still did not leave. This went on for 10 months !!!! I ended up instructing a private company called Quality Bailiffs to do the job and my tenant was gone in 4 weeks !! Can't recommend them enough. Safe to say, it put me off letting out my property for a long while :')

i need a beer after that

I'm so sorry you experienced that absolute shit show. As a life long tenant that's such disgusting behaviour. Sadly my landlord is the landlord equivalent of your tenants. It started after I complained about his son propersitioning me for sex and was stalking the house. Although my landlord was apologetic at the time the tenancy descended into years of years of both my landlord and his son tuning up at all hours. Constant threats to evict me and my kids for reporting repairs and general abuse, personal comments and being shouted at. I hadnt reported any repairs for 2 years over covid and then the bath developed a plumbing issue. This time my landlord started yelling at me threatened me with evicting (AGAIN) demanded that I pay for the repairs and accused me of intentionally unscrewing the waste pipe. This was not the case. It was just the sealant that had gone. I've lived here 13 years so that sort of thing happens after many years. Anyway, when he came to repair the bath he apologised and asked me is I'd like a energy efficiency survey of the house as he'd been offered one for free and it might help me save money. Turns out it was him gaining access for the energy efficiency cert he needed to serve a sec 21. Over the next couple of weeks he turned up with further paperwork so that he could evict us. I thought it was odd but I'm desensitised to this guy invading my right to quiet enjoying of this place. Then he turned up again, this time to serve the sec 21. I have a ring doorbell recording of the beginning of the conversation... its honestly was disgusting the way he spoke to me... but then again, that's not unusual for him. Anyway, since then he's withholding a boiler repair, carried on with the abuse and insults and generally been action like a d*ck. Fortunately for me there's unaddressed mold in the house so I have reported this and his refusal to fix the boiler to environmental health. This should void his sec 21 and give me an opportunity to find a new home on my terms and not his. I don't owe this guy any rent. I've looked after the house but have been made to feel uncomfortable for years and I'm not sure why. If I could have moved before now I would have, but with a very sick daughter it's not been a priority til now. The reason for telling you this is to say well done for being receptive and reasonable. It's restored my faith that not all landlords are like mine.

wow, what a pain. unbelievable behaviour

Sobering video Dan and I commend you for sharing the experience the way you have. I have always screened and referenced tenants myself and I wanted to ask you the steps your agent went through? (I noticed you’ve replied to another post suggested they are making improvements in future). Look forward to the next instalment - great content as always… James

Not in favour of heavy approach but sometimes it needs to be done

Get landlord insurance

Hi I am going through same situation. My Tenant have never ever paid rent on time and last year when I mentioned I lost job and I need to sell my property as I am not entitled to any state benefits due to this property I owned and I need to sell to live off it,until I find job again.She completely stopped to pay me rent and started to put barrier in my way of re possession. I have not been able to inspect my property since last 12 months and she keeps damaging property deliberately and reporting to Council and when I tell them situation they say,you must repair and than try taking legal action, but until than you must take step to repair all damages been reported to us. So far I served section 21 and I lost the possession case after 11 months and I spent 5k on legal fees and she used legal Aid...I lost job I am on ESA only and I have 2 young children to feed.I have am only entitled to child benefit and ESA and I still wasn't able to get legal Aid or any support. This system is unfair and absolutely insane

This is completely insane. You can do a year for free basically. Just make one payment at the end and you can basically steal a whole house.

Wow... Scary to think how sure of themselves they were; sounds like they'd had previous or had advice from those that routinely do this.

Btw they didn't need to let you inspect the place even with 24 hours. If they refused younwould need a court order to gain access UNLESS there was a provable emergency. Otherwise it's harassment.

This is a very good breakdown of your case and I appreciate the video explaining it all. However, it would be very useful if could you tell us the names of the solicitors and eviction specialists you used including those who did not meet your expectations? It would greatly help the rest of us.

i had a squatter family who wouldnt leave ..i met them told them to go they refused i said fine on such a such date i am moving in with 10 other people and they are welcome to stay....aka dont evict the squatter become one yourself.. ..on the date i was to move in i put the key in the door went inside and low abd behold the house was empty...i guess the shelfish tenants did not like sharing

Why would anybody be a landlord ?.

Wow, great content

I can't believe they did that to your house

Thank you for the video! It’s horrible to have that sort of tenants. Did you managed to have any payments from them after the eviction ? You mentioned in the video that they are both employed. Does it make any difference to the unemployed non-paying tenants?

The whole system in the UK is broken. You get shite landlords and shite tenants. Trouble is if you have good tenants or landlords...eventually both will come jaded over time because they will eventually come across bad ones, respectively. So , if you are a good tenant and you end up with a bad landlord it might make you jaded and become a bad tenant ,likewise for Landlords. This creates a never ending cycle of bad sentiment. The Law needs to change for the betterment of decent Landlords and Tenants alike and more punishing for bad tenants and Landlords.

It's disgusting people like this that make it hard for people with pets (who actually clean up after them) to find a decent place to rent.

Great video, thanks. The in-video link at the end is wrong though. Where is the video showing the condition once you gained entry? Do you have a link for that? Or is that still to be released as a part 2?

Well done 👍 👍👍👍👍👍

I feel sorry for ANYONE-be they good bad or neutral, who has dental problems. I would not wish dental problems even on someone I detested.

I think that my house would be perfect to have an episode the people left my house in ruins I'm being forced to sell because it is so damaged

Once you have the possession order with the money order can get an order from the court to see the tenants’ bank statements, check books, any investments the have, all financial documents which they have, and then they have to turn up to court and answer loads of questions under oath as to why they haven’t paid up, what they have done with their money instead, etc, and then you can get a CCJ AND a payment plan in place to pay you back ordered by the judge if they aren’t in employment, decided by the judge, and you can also gert their bank accounts frozen as well if they don’t comply. So they have to pay all your court costs as well, and they have to provide a income and expenditure sheet so you get to decide with the judge how much they have to pay every week or month. They then have to stick to it as if they don’t you enforce the CCJ and you send the bailiffs to their new address. They can’t hide. Don’t let them away with it

Jesus. I need to think again.

Never invest in UK properties. Their laws protecting the tenants are ridiculous.

It shouldn’t be this hard to evict a non-paying tenant. 🤦🏻‍♂

Seams a little unfair towards the landlord! The system needs looking at!

I think the dog shit on the floor is a deal breaker from the get go. Why assume they're reasonable individuals when they've clearly revealed their disdain for the landlord's rights and their intention to exploit the system to the fullest.

Hi, I am interested to know how you will recover the money owed to you. I have a tenant who has disappeared and owes me over £3k (inc costs) and I intend on tracking him down to collect but have never done it before so I would be interested to hear what you have done. By the way, thanks for your content, I have been watching for some time.

Wow. Obviously the system is set up to make sure the court system and the solicitors are well compensated. I am sorry to hear how much non-sense you are going through. Here in the US the eviction laws are set by each state. Conservative states like Texas and Florida allow removal within the month and Liberal states like California and New York can take years. These "compassionate" laws only help the professional dead beat tenants. At the same time they drive up rent costs for everyone else. No coincidence that rents tend to be proportional to how hard it is to remove a bad tenant. Your experiences makes our process in Virginia look like a cake walk. Hope you are able to recover some of your losses but based on your first video I wouldn't hold my breath. CHEERS.

Nightmare mate. What dirty horrible people. Did you not have a guarantor to chase for payment?

*winces* I feel sory for ANYBODY with tooth trouble, anyone at all, be they good or bad or even personal enemies of myself.

And you don’t need a solicitor. You can represent yourself

Thing is those notices are difficult to get right!

Christ almighty, the scruffy bastards. Thanks for the video, incredibly insightful.

I’m currently going through this I’m six months in now and had no rent payment and the house is trashed. Any advice or support would be appreciated

What i dont get is why a landlord who has a property business has to live in "hope" of rental income and be a psychologist; employment officer; Samaritan and a mediator just to get the damn money? I can't take a taxi anywhere an not pay. I also can't walk into a shop and take all the food i need and not pay and if I did and knew that the ASDA had to ask me nicely for almost a year and give me a job and wake me up with a coffee, drive me to work and wipe my arse, I'd be taking food all day! What are Shelter doing in these situations? They should be giving tenants a GOOD name instead of letting these punks get away with making landlords add another reason to avoid certain tenants. Should the government or local council not have a faster system that protects landlords? Thats months these thiefs have gotten away with not paying when there's a huge backlog of people looking for housing that the local councils could put in there with guaranteed rent. Isn't Australia's eviction process a lot faster? Do we not have that and if not, why?? I know 3 "companies" now in Scotland that you pay £300 to and they approach bad tenants away from the properties and urge them directly to leave the area (without mentioning the property). This is becoming common place and the be honest, I'm totally for it until the government start protecting landlords. Just listening to the amount of work and money this guy has to go through to evict someone from HIS asset is criminal so why is he the only one being fair when the tenant and government are not?

I don't understand why you didn't just hire a solicitor, they would have done all the leg work for you. Of course its very expensive, but I think it's worth paying out for the stress-free process.

I would reference my tenants myself and then let the agents “manage” it

welcome to my world lol, i use to just chuck em out but after them taking me to court several times , i m on a suspended !---- again !

No body has removed sec 8 tenetS . There air tight !

I feel for you Dan. Bastards.

did you not have any insurance with legal cover for this sort of thing?

Question. Here in The Netherlands the bailiff can seize your bank account so the paiments will be automaticly taken of that bank account or they can freeze the bank account. Does England have something like that? because all i see is that the ballifs do is take cars or the stuff inside the house

ripping out the carpet and painting the floor boards like that WTF

Were you able to chase some moolah from them Sir? Did they pay you back in some kind of installment plan?

Well, it could be that watching crypto investments tanking might be less stressful than owning rental property.

I would hate to be their landlord.

If she changes jobs hire a skip tracer. He'll find the current living address and employer.

Hire a couple of thugs to take those tenants out into the middle of nowhere and drop them off. By the time they find their way back home you could have the rental property cleaned out, fixed up and rented out to real humans who give a shit about your property. This is just ludicrous.

Like there government !

When is part 4 Dan?

Name and shame the eviction specialist?

the squatters have mental health issues

you wont get a penny from me

Did they sell your carpets lol wtf. That is HORRLE.

Why don't you just garnish their bank account??

Too much yapping!

you talk way to much and not enough about the tenants and their side of it , you can not assume everyone is the same and just trash ,, anyway couldnt get through this video so the next 3 are NOT BEING WATCHED i almost fell asleep

Florida the tenants are out in 30 days , move to a landlord friendly place