Tag: Cannabis farms

Landlords face huge cannabis farm bills

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th September 2026, 2 months ago | 1

Landlords whose properties are turned into cannabis farms can face repair bills running into hundreds of thousands of pounds, an...

Illegal Activity by Tenants – Are You Covered?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

23rd December 2025, 11 months ago | 2

One of the worst-case scenarios for landlords is discovering that tenants have used a rental property for illegal activity. Cannabis...

Does landlord insurance cover tenant damage?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th June 2025, 1 year ago | 1

Even the best of tenants can cause damage to your property, but what happens if something goes wrong? It’s important...

Cannabis farm in my rental property?

Author: Readers Question

4th February 2025, 2 years ago | 10

Hi everyone, I’ve recently found out one of my tenants has a cannabis farm in my rental property. I’ve informed...

Landlords urged to join the fight against cannabis farms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th July 2023, 3 years ago | 1

Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC) across the South West have united to lobby landlords and letting agents to identify and...

Landlords warned of criminals using properties as cannabis farms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2023, 3 years ago | 1

A new campaign has been launched to raise awareness of rented properties being used by criminal gangs to produce cannabis....

The growing problem of cannabis farms

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th April 2023, 4 years ago | 4

One of the worst nightmares for landlords is finding their property damaged by cannabis cultivation, which is becoming all too...

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Drugs police raid a cannabis factory once every hour

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

30th April 2012, 15 years ago | 0

Drugs squads are raiding a cannabis factory nearly once every hour and seizing drugs worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

Buy to Let Cannabis Farm Goes Up in Flames

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

12th September 2011, 15 years ago | 0

A landlord is counting the cost of taking a year’s rent upfront from renters who turned out to be a...

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Landlords in the front line in war against drugs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Police, landlords and letting agents are in the front line of the fight against drugs in towns and cities across...

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Latest property horror stories

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Council spends £25,000 on repairing death-trap HMO A death-trap letting property seized by a council because the tenants lived in...

Cannabis farms are a growing problem for buy to let owners

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th May 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Cannabis factories is a growing problem for buy to let landlords as more criminal gangs rent homes to grow the...

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Buy to let cannabis farmers jailed

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2011, 16 years ago | 0

The risk of drugs gangs preying on unsuspecting buy to let landlords to set up cannabis farms was highlighted in...