Repairs on HAP

Nomis21

davo10 wrote:

I didn't, you do understand that the ops situation is covered in the RTA? Non payment of rent is a valid reason for eviction.

For many years I have paid the rent on time and looked after the property. My LL has been happy with me and I have been happy living here. Then along comes the council and says they are not happy. The result of this could be one more derelict abandoned boarded up property and one more homeless person. It is a scandal that regulations that are supposed to help tenants and Landlords actually causes both parties problems. If the tenant is happy with the standard of his accommodation then why is it the business of the council to interfere? They should only act on complaints from tenants and not otherwise interfere.

This forum is populated almost entirely by landlords whose greatest fear is having a problem with a tenant and their reaction on here is understandable, but I do find the concern for my future reputation as a tenant just a little bit fake.

davo10

Nomis21 wrote: »

For many years I have paid the rent on time and looked after the property. My LL has been happy with me and I have been happy living here. Then along comes the council and says they are not happy. The result of this could be one more derelict abandoned boarded up property and one more homeless person. It is a scandal that regulations that are supposed to help tenants and Landlords actually causes both parties problems. If the tenant is happy with the standard of his accommodation then why is it the business of the council to interfere? They should only act on complaints from tenants and not otherwise interfere.

This forum is populated almost entirely by landlords whose greatest fear is having a problem with a tenant and their reaction on here is understandable, but I do find the concern for my future reputation as a tenant just a little bit fake.

You do understand that in order to get a future rental, it is your reputation/reference that the prospective landlord assesses? That is the point we are all trying to get across to you, unsuccessfully it seems.

Honestly, none of the posters have a vested interest in your future reputation , we are however giving you a landlords perspective when you apply for a new rental. No reference and an RTB judgment means absolutely no chance of renting ever again. Also, you and your situation are a prime example of why owners do not want HAP tenancies, you could be the best tenant in the world, but HAP scheme is not in any way appealing.

deirdremf

davo10 wrote: »

You do understand that in order to get a future rental, it is your reputation/reference that the prospective landlord assesses? That is the point we are all trying to get across to you, unsuccessfully it seems.

Honestly, none of the posters have a vested interest in your future reputation , we are however giving you a landlords perspective when you apply for a new rental. No reference and an RTB judgment means absolutely no chance of renting ever again. Also, you and your situation are a prime example of why owners do not want HAP tenancies, you could be the best tenant in the world, but HAP scheme is not in any way appealing.

Do you know about all those under-age kids who forge ID so they can get into pubs/clubs?

In the same way, it's terribly easy to get a false reference, so your concern seems rather false to me.

deirdremf

Fol20 wrote: »

Clearly you don’t have real world experience of how the market works. A lot of ll supplement their own PAYE income to cover expenses,taxes etc to pay for their buy to let property. If this property requires a lot of work and isn’t generating a lot of money to begin with that could offset his past profit by a good few years.

I've been an "occasional" landlady in my time, so yes I have experience of "the real world".
I've also been a tenant, so I know the "real world" from both sides.

If the property isn't washing its face - and this includes necessary work to bring it up to standard - then the LL should cut their losses and get out.

Of course, we only have the LL's word for it that they can't afford to do the work. Frankly, I don't believe a word of it.

Maybe it was that last holiday in Mauritius that used up the last of their money?

splinter65

deirdremf wrote: »

Do you know about all those under-age kids who forge ID so they can get into pubs/clubs?

In the same way, it's terribly easy to get a false reference, so your concern seems rather false to me.

Any landlord can check with RTB. That won’t be a fake reference. If a tenant has been involved in a case it will be there for all to see. No landlord will rent to someone who, rightly or wrongly, took a case against another landlord.
That would be lunacy.

Fol20

deirdremf wrote: »

I've been an "occasional" landlady in my time, so yes I have experience of "the real world".
I've also been a tenant, so I know the "real world" from both sides.

If the property isn't washing its face - and this includes necessary work to bring it up to standard - then the LL should cut their losses and get out.

Of course, we only have the LL's word for it that they can't afford to do the work. Frankly, I don't believe a word of it.

Maybe it was that last holiday in Mauritius that used up the last of their money?

What is an occasional landlady. You either had experience or not.

Yes of course we only have his word. It could be true or it might not. As mentioned already some genuine ll don’t have the funds, others might be flowing in it, and some may just not want to provide the funds to renovate. All that really matters here is that the property will not be renovated.
Your very anti ll with that last comment and don’t really seem to have a grasp of what the situation for ll are really. Too many assumptions with no facts.

Ginger83

deirdremf wrote: »

Do you know about all those under-age kids who forge ID so they can get into pubs/clubs?

In the same way, it's terribly easy to get a false reference, so your concern seems rather false to me.

How will that solve the RTB check?

deirdremf

Fol20 wrote: »

What is an occasional landlady. You either had experience or not.

Someone who rented out a property when they moved, not sure whether it would be a permanent move or not.

Yes of course we only have his word. It could be true or it might not. As mentioned already some genuine ll don’t have the funds, others might be flowing in it, and some may just not want to provide the funds to renovate. All that really matters here is that the property will not be renovated.
Your very anti ll with that last comment and don’t really seem to have a grasp of what the situation for ll are really. Too many assumptions with no facts.

Most landlords are shíte - in my not-so-limited experience.


I've had all sorts, some good at fixing stuff (all of which was, like the house, 3rd rate). Others with nice property, shíte at fixing stuff. Others rent out 5th rate property, and take no interest in it except for what they can get out of it.


I've also rented abroad, and nowhere, absolutely nowhere have I come across the crap that I have dealt with here.

BowWow

amcalester wrote: »

Has everyone missed the post where the OP said they buried a €250K inheritance in the garden.
Has to be a wind up.

On another thread the OP discusses his/her inheritance of that amount.

amcalester

BowWow wrote: »

On another thread the OP discusses his/her inheritance of that amount.

And then buried it in the garden? Come on, OP is on a wind up.