From Scam Artists to Family Feuds

From Scam Artists to Family Feuds

8:53 AM, 14th June 2019, About 5 years ago 1

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In this week’s episode of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords’ (Monday 17th June), Landlord Action tackles two very different eviction cases, one involving an illegal sub-let by a ‘professional’ scam artist, the other which sees a favour turn into a family feud.

In the first case, young landlord Han Yip discovers his West London flat is being illegally sublet to three unsuspecting students. They have been paying thousands of pounds to live in an exclusive part of London, but their rent is being pocketed by the man who posed as the legitimate tenant. Flaunting his seemingly ‘flashy’ life on Instagram and showing off about his ‘property business empire’, he is in fact a scam artist, who has spent time in a US prison on fraud charges.

Calling on the help of Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action, Han Yip is determined to expose the rogue tenant and reclaim his debts.

Paul comments: “Han Yip was very unlucky. He had done everything correctly, from using a professional letting agent to carrying out thorough referencing. Unfortunately, this particular fraudster had changed the spelling of his name among other tricks to slip through referencing.  Illegal sub-letting is becoming something of an epidemic in London and more needs to be done to prevent cases like these.”

In the second case, Landlord Action is called upon to help end an unusual family disagreement.  Three years ago, Sade Ademoye took pity on her cousin Kirk, who was in dire straits after his divorce. Agreeing to temporarily let a room to him in her elderly mother’s home, Sade also gave him a cheap rate. But after her mother passed away, he refused to leave. With this family feud turning acrimonious, Sade also turns to Paul and his team to help evict her cousin.

“This tenant took advantage of his cousin’s late Mother and took over the property, even though the agreement was only to rent a room.  He then refused to leave. These stories, and others throughout the series, demonstrate the diversity of cases that we have to deal with at Landlord Action and the reasons landlords look to gain possession.  It is rarely non-fault but often landlords feel powerless and turn to eviction as an absolute last resort.”

Watch Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords on Channel 5, Mondays at 9pm

Contact Landlord Action

Specialists in tenant eviction and debt collection. Regulated by The Law Society.


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Rob Crawford

11:15 AM, 18th June 2019, About 5 years ago

This new round of Nightmare Tenants and Slum Landlords is certainly more in tune with some of the issues faced by landlords or their agents. Less bias against landlords and really digging into the nitty gritty of bad tenants. But where are these tenants now? Not my properties for sure, but I can imaging a landlord falling off his/her seat if one of their new tenants is recognised!!

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