Tenants will pay the price for council’s entry threats warns landlord

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/12/2025 – 15:41
Was thinking the same.

Reply to the comment left by Jimmy Smith at 04/12/2025 – 14:51
What colour shirts did Stalin’s secret police wear!

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/12/2025 – 15:41
So what should we be advising the tenants ?

Mick, sod the tenants. Your priority should be you and your family. Sell up as quick as you can (I think you are already selling some).

Reply to the comment left by Reluctant Landlord at 04/12/2025 – 15:41
9% of my tenants won’t let them in, they can’t stand Licensing, one would & hope she does & they give me bill, gives me reason to sell hers quicker.

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 05/12/2025 – 07:32
23 completed this year since May, another maybe another 7 completed by end Jan.
Then work on the rest, some aren’t selling cause tenant not paying enough. That’s gonna’ be difficult.

Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 05/12/2025 – 09:28
Have asking prices in your area dropped and are your properties being purchased by investors?

Reply to the comment left by David at 05/12/2025 – 10:43
I haven’t spoke to the agents in about 2 months, but in Nottingham Bulwell, Hucknall, Bestwood Park, areas, prices not dropped.

75% I’d say are by Investors. I’m having to reduce to keep the tenants safe, but have a limit of about 20k drop.
So say 170k mint house.
Tenant wrecked it. So worth 140k.
I’m selling 120kish.

If rents right, Investors looking and buying, those through the agents don’t know though that the tenant isn’t gonna’ ask for ote, so they put off when needs work. Tenants aren’t talking up & telling them.
My Landlord mates who’s bought several off me, know I tell the truth so happy to buy as is, just have to wait for them to build up their deposits again.

I’ve got to go & see the hard to sell tenants in Jan to see the next plan as if they aren’t paying enough & Landlord doesn’t buy cause of that, that isn’t my fault. This is what I sent tenants Jan 2025 & am gonna’ have to change it for the difficult lot next year.

To Tenants:
I’ve had enough of Council and Govt interference. I’m a certain age soon and can’t cope any more. Office Saturday Sundays.
So gonna be selling most houses within next 2 years. This is nothing to do with you. Most of u have been perfect last few years. I’ll come & sit with you to explain.

1. I think this is your main choice, we can try and find u a Landlord that’s gonna buy to keep u in the next 10+ years. Those that’s paying market rent, this shouldn’t be hard. I do have some Landlord mates that’s bought a few off me last few years.
Those that’s paying cheaper rent, u may have to agree to pay higher rent for new Landlord to keep you in. This is my fault for subsidising you all these years and you get used to it. You will only have to pay higher rent elsewhere, this way u get to stay in your home.
We may have to get u signed up to Letting Agent (at my cost) so paperwork is all super compliant for new Landlord to take u, but also so he can’t do no silly evictions or rent increase in 1st year, but remember these Landlords are buying to keep u in, if u r good (which most of u r) and your rent is acceptable.
You all going to have to go with Letting Agent soon anyway with Labour saying we have to use their tenancy as I can’t cope any more with all these changes. You should be writing to MP’s to tell em u han’t got a problem and them changing stuff all time is wrecking you on cheap rents.
We may have some requests from some landlords we may not like, like providing certain ID’s documents to sign, but remember, easier we make for them & more u show u r complying, more u show Landlord he will want to deal with u. If we can’t get Landlord to buy, then either me or u are doing something wrong, so let’s correct it.

2. I’d rather sell to you at a discount if u or u can get someone to buy it to keep u in. Although I understand most of you not earning enough, although some of u r. If any of u has someone to buy for u & keep u in there & can show me proof u can sort this soon, I’ll wait for you.

3. I can sell empty as I’ll get a lot more. This is financially better off for me. If you haven’t got the funds, I can pay your deposit and 1st month’s rent for next house. As long as you give me several months notice to get your house on the market with agent as sales take over 6 months from start to completion.
As most of you paid a bit up front years ago and really should have increased this with newer rents, but I’ve not asked u, so you are quite behind the curve on this.

We can find a way to keep you in the house if u fully agreeable with working with viewings and new landlord. If you are good to me, and most of you are, I will be good to u and do my best to get Landlord to keep u in there.
Should the sale complete, I will pay u £20 for every viewing as incentive to get back & tidy up etc.
I’m also gonna’ give u commission over a certain price we get, so u have an incentive to clean up tidy up, any repairs/paint needs doing. Again incentive works for u & me.
This commission u may have to use to pay your rent a proper full month up front to new Landlord as they probably won’t allow you to carry on as you have with me, paying it for some period in the past.

It’s not my intention to ask you to leave, I will do my upmost to keep u in your home. If I can keep every one of you in your home on every sale, we’ve done well.

If we can get u to a proper rent what you’d have to pay anyway, much better chance of good Landlord buying it to keep u in at that price. Please pay every rent on time, as they will want to see past record of rents. If you remain on low rent, they not gonna’ want to buy + also will want to put rent straight up. If we can get you somewhere near, good chance they’ll accept it & leave it.

Please don’t be upset, I am not gonna’ be here forever, doing it this way I can still have some energy left to try get u another Landlord to keep u there. Look at it this way, I’ve housed many of u at a loss last so many years compared to if I sold the house.

Council’s & Govt asking me to go on courses back to school at certain age-Would u go back to school?
It’s gonna’ take 2 to 3 years as it is. If I don’t start, it will take 35 years & I’ll still be selling at age 90.
Regardless later in the year, you going to have to sign with Letting Agent as Labour are making you all have new tenancies to their requirements & I can’t cope much more.

Most of the 2 beds in Derby have been ‘stuck’ for the past 3 months due to the late budget. I sold a 2 bed to one of these ‘we buy anythging in any state’ companies at £40k less than the ‘market rate’.

Having said that I am not unhappy (as it only cost me £37k anyway) – I save on tax and if it was to sell now it wouldn’t go through until February at least – the council is not very good at doing the searches.

Reply to the comment left by GlanACC at 05/12/2025 – 11:00
Wow yes there’s lots of them offering to steal the houses off me.

I can relax now more the budget gone, I’m in no rush if still getting the rent in, only in a rush on empty houses.