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Feared tenant is evicted from home
A disorderly tenant who made his neighbours’ lives a misery over a prolonged period in which he even threatened to kill people has been evicted. Carl Prosser, formally of Pilton Close, Paston, Peterborough, was evicted
Read More »‘Referencing protects tenants as well as landlords’
It is often said that tenant referencing checks should not be seen as an "optional extra" but rather a necessary requirement for landlords when renting out their properties. However, figures released by Total Landlord Insurance
Read More »9 Ways to Avoid Bad Tenants
Talk to any group of landlords and you’re bound to hear horror stories about professional tenants who rip off one landlord after another, leaving behind a trail of trashed rentals and serious financial losses.
Read More »Renting: Tenant, landlord disagree on damages
I am a landlord, and I had a tenant move out of my duplex last month. I sent her a detailed document listing the damages I felt occurred. But she completely disagrees with my
Read More »Bad tenants to face eviction under new point-scoring rules
New tenants of Huntingdon social landlord Luminus will be evicted if they do not score enough points under a new tenancy scheme. From next April tenants will be marked on how they pay their rent,
Read More »Landlord’s stuff taken by tenant
When a Blenheim man decided to move flat, he took all the landlord's property as well as his own, police say. Jason William Patchett, 21, a landscaper of Blenheim, moved into a fully furnished flat
Read More »Landlords cost alert to tenants going bust
A LEGAL firm has warned that hundreds of commercial landlords across Cumbria could be left counting the cost if their tenants go bust. Experts at Carlisle-based solicitors Cartmell Shepherd say landlords must take steps to
Read More »Landlord Arrested For Finding Tenant’s Drug Stash And Reporting It To Cops
File this under “No good deed goes unpunished.” REX, Ga. —A man and his wife were arrested after telling police about drugs they found in a rental property they own.
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