The grumpy thread

[Ghosty]

Gov't is actually planning to abolish Section 21 in the next term of parliament, on the grounds it's unfair on tenants. 

Sooner the better. 
 

[Kiltox]

Unlikely they'll completely abolish it - even in Scotland where the rules are now *much* stricter for evictions, some of the grounds for eviction are common with those you'd issue a S21 for.

[omegod]

We are away to Fuerteventura tomorrow for a week, just realised it's 15kg luggage allowance not 20 as it usually is, my unpacking is akin to a scene from "The Martian" when he's stripping the spaceship to shed weight 

Why the fuck have I packed 15 t shirts ? 

[High Jetter]

1 hour ago, Popsicle said:

 

 

Handy to have that arrow there, or I might have missed it! Give it a bit of time, follow orders, and you'll be fine

[Metal Guru]

2 hours ago, Ghosty said:

Gov't is actually planning to abolish Section 21 in the next term of parliament, on the grounds it's unfair on tenants. 

Sooner the better. 
 

Surely you’re allowed to sell your property as and when as long as you give the tenant the correct notice etc.

[andy18s]

9 hours ago, Pieman said:

Apparently the landlord of my girlfriend's house has put the property up for sale.  The first she knew about it is when someone put a for sale board outside it without even telling her, and she was sitting inside it at the time.

Can they legally do that??

We had a house sold from under us whilst renting in Shrewsbury. 

Landlord had 4-5 properties let out and split from his Mrs

She demanded he sold them and split the money so he put them on the market for something like 50k over market value to discourage any buyers.

Kept us on the loop and agreed with reasonable times for any viewings ect.

We got 2 viewings and he had offers on them all within 3 weeks.. 

We got 2 months to find somewhere who would take 3 dogs as well as us..  

[Sham]

Sadly, yes he can sell it without involving you as long as potential buyers don't enter without the tenants knowledge.

If the old landlord doesn't ask the tenant to leave by giving proper notice, the tenancy transfers to the new owner.

The new owner will then have to give the usual notice period if they want a tenant to leave.

 

Sorry.

 

[Zelandeth]

Yep, happened to us back in 2013.  Letter arrived the same day the sign went up - the week before Christmas.

That was fun!  Wound up living in the hotel in Newport Pagnell services for a fortnight before we could get the keys to our next place.

[twosmoke300]

15 hours ago, chaseracer said:

You know the saying 'no good turn goes unpunished'?  A colleague borrowed the Lexus to take her daughter back to university, and brought it back with the tank full.

Of diesel.

🙄

How is that possible ? The petrol filler hole in a petrol car is too small for the diesel pump nozzle.

[chaseracer]

1 minute ago, twosmoke300 said:

How is that possible ? The petrol filler hole in a petrol car is too small for the diesel pump nozzle.

I thought so, too...

[Back_For_More]

2 hours ago, chaseracer said:

I thought so, too...

Last time my ex tried it she was doused in Diesel..... You'd need to have hammered that thing in I thought 

It's not red is it? Or are the local vans all drained 😉

[myglaren]

3 hours ago, twosmoke300 said:

How is that possible ? The petrol filler hole in a petrol car is too small for the diesel pump nozzle.

I thought so but narrowly missed filling the Civic with Diesel.  Fortunately there wasn't any;  narrow escape.

[Lacquer Peel]

13 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

Surely you’re allowed to sell your property as and when as long as you give the tenant the correct notice etc.

People shouldn't own multiple "properties"

[Neil clark]

13 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

People shouldn't own multiple "properties"

Why?

[Metal Guru]

15 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

People shouldn't own multiple "properties"

I wouldn’t if interest rates weren’t so low and I could get a decent return from money in the bank , but thanks to 99% of the population acting like children and wanting everything on demand, we had an economic crash and interest rates have been near zero since, further pandering to the “ I want it now!” brigade at the expense of people trying to live on a pension.

But  hey, of course I should only charge £10 a week rent , which should never increase and I won’t ever evict them even if they refuse to pay or trash the place.

Get real. 

[reb]

The real culprits behind the economic situation around the world will be very happy that you're so quick to blame your fellow proles.

[Lacquer Peel]

3 hours ago, Metal Guru said:

I wouldn’t if interest rates weren’t so low and I could get a decent return from money in the bank , but thanks to 99% of the population acting like children and wanting everything on demand, we had an economic crash and interest rates have been near zero since, further pandering to the “ I want it now!” brigade at the expense of people trying to live on a pension.

But  hey, of course I should only charge £10 a week rent , which should never increase and I won’t ever evict them even if they refuse to pay or trash the place.

Get real. 

Nationalise your "properties" without compensation.

 

[Lacquer Peel]

3 hours ago, Neil clark said:

Why?

Because it's a basic necessity and shouldn't be a commodity 

[wuvvum]

3 hours ago, reb said:

The real culprits behind the economic situation around the world will be very happy that you're so quick to blame your fellow proles.

Damn those neoliberalists.

[/yes oui si]

[Neil clark]

36 minutes ago, Lacquer Peel said:

Because it's a basic necessity and shouldn't be a commodity 

Fair enough, when my father in law was going to get his house repossessed and begged me to buy it so he could rent it back at about £300 less than market rent I should of turned my back, lesson learnt 

[reb]

2 minutes ago, Neil clark said:

Fair enough, when my father in law was going to get his house repossessed and begged me to buy it so he could rent it back at about £300 less than market rent I should of turned my back, lesson learnt 

Wouldn't it be better to live in a world where you didn't have to do that?

[Neil clark]

1 minute ago, reb said:

Wouldn't it be better to live in a world where you didn't have to do that?

Yes, I'll mention it to the bank that was taking his home back

[reb]

23 minutes ago, Neil clark said:

Yes, I'll mention it to the bank that was taking his home back

I think you'll find "his" home belonged to the bank... Which is exactly the problem we're advocating be solved. 

 

 

[Neil clark]

3 minutes ago, reb said:

I think you'll find "his" home belonged to the bank... Which is exactly the problem we're advocating be solved. 

 

 

Not anymore, I do now 

[reb]

Just now, Neil clark said:

Not anymore, I do now 

Well, good for you.

You're clearly thick as pigshit, don't worry, it's not your fault.

[meggersdog]

I got a bill for the electricity used between 1st and 31st of August on Saturday. It was dated 5th September. I paid it on Sunday 11th at  the paypoint in the local shop. Today I come home to a demand to phone this number to sort out an outstanding debt. "we recently wrote to you about a debt over a month old "  It was dated 6th of September. Can't give the excuse of cross posted as they send out the bill one day then the very next day a threatening demand. 

Ova energy ( never heard of them) took over from SSE to supply my electric. I didn't change the supply they did. What used to be quartly bills are now monthly and I always pay either on the day it lands on the mat or the next day.  

[iainrcz]

Downloaded the Freeview app to listen to town on the freeview radio dogshit, because clearly normal radio is too easy for people to access.

Doesn't work, what a waste of time.

Back to text updates then.

[Yoss]

14 minutes ago, meggersdog said:

I got a bill for the electricity used between 1st and 31st of August on Saturday. It was dated 5th September. I paid it on Sunday 11th at  the paypoint in the local shop. Today I come home to a demand to phone this number to sort out an outstanding debt. "we recently wrote to you about a debt over a month old "  It was dated 6th of September. Can't give the excuse of cross posted as they send out the bill one day then the very next day a threatening demand. 

Ova energy ( never heard of them) took over from SSE to supply my electric. I didn't change the supply they did. What used to be quartly bills are now monthly and I always pay either on the day it lands on the mat or the next day.  

Ha, don't talk to me about SSE/Ovo. SSE blackmailed us into fitting smart meters. Came and fitted them on the 14th of February. They still don't work. 

Won't bore you with all the details as it's a very, very long story. Needless to say we were also transferred to Ovo without being asked in June which complicated matters exponentially. So they are currently sending us bills based on estimates of about 13-14 kwh usage a day when we are in fact using about 3.5kwh a day so every day their so called estimate gets further away from the truth and any phone calls go no further than whoever answers the phone that day. 

When we were with SSE the estimated usage was only about 5kwh a day but as soon as Ovo took over they tripled it. Nobody can explain why. 

Anyway, enough. It would take me all night to tell the whole sorry saga. 

[BorniteIdentity]

4 minutes ago, iainrcz said:

Downloaded the Freeview app to listen to town on the freeview radio dogshit, because clearly normal radio is too easy for people to access.

Doesn't work, what a waste of time.

Back to text updates then.

The EFL rights sold to radio stations are for terrestrial transmissions only, so as to geolock and protect revenue. 

[iainrcz]

3 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

The EFL rights sold to radio stations are for terrestrial transmissions only, so as to geolock and protect revenue. 

Pricks.