Bugsy Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 [quote user="legb4"]Comment deleted by the moderators as per post above[/quote]Congratulations legbefore,That must qualify as one of the most stupid comments ever made on a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko Posted December 23, 2007 Share Posted December 23, 2007 Not even close ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5-element Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 [quote user="legb4"]Comment deleted by the moderators as per original post above[/quote][:D][:D][:D]In fact, they should be banned from the housing market altogether. Why has nobody thought about this before? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 And all the houses in France should be (a) sold or (b) rented to people from - say the UK - where this sort of thing never happens of course because no Brit ever defaults on their rent or utility bills.You run a business and rent out property - you take a risk and you should know what you can do in this event in advance, the fact you're in SA is something that you should have factored in should your tenants do this to you - and if the electrical system is dangerous, do you have any culpability?Most of what has been suggested in this thread is illegal, you do it and you're in the wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 As sombody who rented out in the UK property market let me say I could write a book about all the double dealing.. back stabbing ...brothal bred tennants I have come accross .....it would be a best selling horror storey ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 My brother rents out properties in the UK and the worst exeprience he had was a crack addict who literally stripped the house of anything and everything saleable. This wasn't just furniture and appliances - he stripped out the entire kitchen: the kitchen units and worksurfaces, sink, taps even the tiles, bathroom likewise, even the central heating system and immersion heater etc were removed. When he had no heating he simply lifted floor boards etc and burned those.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 One of mine against the tenancy agreement kept Simese cats...hid them up when I called....she then went to the USA for three weeks having asked sombody to go in the house and leave food empty litter trays ....The cats shut in had free run of the house... they were the best wallpaper strippers I have ever come accross......they stropped their claws in every room of the house.... wallpaper.... beds ....... chairs ....After I was informed by a neighbour what was going on and I tackled her about the situatioin .......she fled owing rent ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Frankly I think the tenants have achieved what they wanted - they have Fiona's attention. Whatever happens to the tenant and/or the property it seems the electrics need attention, so as I think someone else suggested the best plan may be to get an agent, get the repair done and regularize the rental situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 Frederick, presumably you meant brothel bred - and the problem with that is what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 he moderators have deleted the content of this post, as it breached the forum Code of Conduct.Please do post messages which: Are insulting, abusive,racist, sexist, or derogatory in any way to others, whether they areindividuals or companies, users of the Forum or I've not hit the Christmas booze (yet) but as far as I can see the mods ARE now encouraging posts which are insulting, abusive, etc etc.It definitely DOES say "Please do post messages which: are insulting etc etc.Maybe I should get out more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Ooops! I blame the sherry![:$] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin963 Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Nice to know that you're fallible Clair.Glad you're having a good one!M Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 [quote user="Martinwatkins"]Nice to know that you're fallible Clair.Glad you're having a good one!M[/quote][IMG]http://smileys.on-my-web.com/repository/Drinks/drinking-41.GIF[/IMG][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiona Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 Firstly, apologies for my delay in replying to your suggestions but once I posted my question, I then couldn't find my way back again! - Until now... (perhaps now you can understand why I've got into such a bind with my tenants!) Anyway - I must say thank you to everyone who has taken the time to respond to my questions. Whilst I think some of the suggestions are perhaps going a little too far (!) they've certainly made me smile wryly - some even laugh out loud...but I think perhaps this response from Frederick is the most useful and certainly one that I intend to follow up on. I have to say that I have also come to realise my cupability in this situation...I haven't taken enough care of them or the house and have kind of hidden my head in the sand hoping the problems would simply disappear (not a hard thing to do in the beautiful beaches of the cape it has to be said!) - but now ofcourse it has all come to a head. I will indeed let you know how the situation resolves itself and will try to deal with it as decently as I can.It is sad for me to see how many people are in similar situations...by the way, given some of the comments about French renters versus British renters - perhaps I should mention that this couple is British! Regards Fiona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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