Tenant has taken carpet, blinds and lampshades!

I stopped doing furnished accomodation after I bought my 2nd house, Just like a lot of landlords I learnt the hard way.

The No Deposit Option is not worth the paper it’s printed on for landlords. It is just a money maker for letting agents. I’ve allowed NDO twice but never will again: my lettings agents have been told to get the normal 5-week deposits or turn away applicants.

They say possession is nine-tenths of the law. Having tenants deposits means that they have to challenge the deductions from security deposits rather than me having to chase them endlessly to cough up for any damage or dilapidations they have caused.

As for lettings agents indemnifying me against losses using the NDO route? Well that’s a joke in itself.

Reply to the comment left by SimonP at 15/03/2024 – 16:43Exactly I would never touch a no deposit scheme. If the tenant can’t afford the deposit then they’ve got no back up funds if an emergency strikes and will likely miss mortgage payments. Plenty of quality tenants to choose from, so why choose the one that is skint.

I rented a house (unfurnished) to a couple. They asked if I could include a bed, as they had no money to furnish the place. So I bought a bed (a good quality bed and mattress, as I figured I would get many years use from it). They left after 18 months, and took the bed with them. They also didnt pay the last months rent, so that was the deposit gone.

I agree: the OP must punish them and make their life difficult as best you can. Landlords need to stick together.

Hollow laughter – but if only there were a National Tenants Registration Scheme, like the one proposed for landlords in the RRB! Then you could get them blacklisted as not “fit and proper persons” for the responsibility of occupying someone else’s property.

Have you no insurance for contents? Not that I like claiming or would bother in this situation, but I have a free £5000 limit for contents, as part of my insurance deal.