Featured in: Daily Star, Daily Express & Evening Standard
Distressed landlord: Denise Joannides.
From the thousands of tenant eviction cases that we have handled, we occasionally come across a tenant with an affinity for pinching the odd item from their landlord.
This is to be expected. It is part-and-parcel of what we do as landlords. However, there are some cases that still make our jaws drop.
Today’s Daily Star and Daily Express feature such a case that Landlord Action acted on (The Evening Standard will print it this afternoon):
At last! Kosovans have gone, with my furniture and even a loo seat
Daily Express, 10 February 2011
Kosovan Squatters stole my loo
Daily Star, 10 February 2011
Technically, this wasn’t a squatter’s case. There was a tenancy agreement in place. But, the disturbing nature of this case is that the tenants behaved like squatters, looting most of the furniture from the property and causing significant damage.
The unfortunate landlord is now facing a repair bill of £50k. Understandably, she was devastated when she saw her property.
Cases like this reinforce the need for landlords to act as early as possible. If landlords are not sure when the right time to act is, they can call our advice line and speak with our team.
