tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post4380173397391879443..comments2024-03-12T15:28:22.012+01:00Comments on The Poet Laura-eate: Landlords Then and NowThe Poet Laura-eatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07779308486569849157noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-59317810189367233802012-02-29T19:48:47.471+01:002012-02-29T19:48:47.471+01:00I lived in "digs" in London in the 1970&...I lived in "digs" in London in the 1970's. Hampstead, Belsize Park and Gospel Oak provided thousands of us with one or two rooms - some unfurnished lets. They weren't marvellous but they were affordable. Rents now are totally out of the reach of modest people "like what I were".<br /><br />There really should be no distinction between rented housing provided by the state or private capital. It works on the continent. In this country we seem to have the unerring knack of getting it wrong in all directions.<br /><br />There is a serious risk of exploitation in the private rented sector. Also it's too fractured too many under-resourced individuals and companies providing barely acceptable places at rents that leave many struggling to keep body and soul together. <br /><br />We appear to be heading back to Victorian squalour via Rachmanism.Marginaliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01175372147298306908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-26433580868931364922012-02-28T15:20:11.190+01:002012-02-28T15:20:11.190+01:00I thought of you as we wandered around Oxford this...I thought of you as we wandered around Oxford this weekend...this is a great, well thought out and presented piece<br /><br />...anyway I too am a landlord, but I only let to professionals and even then it's a strain. Thank heaven mortgage rates are low otherwise I'd be selling my own house to pay for the upkeep of the rented ones. I have fond memories of terrible student accommodation. My girlfriend's. I sensibly stayed in halls of residence.Nota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-81325031152407666052012-02-28T11:35:04.475+01:002012-02-28T11:35:04.475+01:00As a scrupulous landlord Im finding it harder and ...As a scrupulous landlord Im finding it harder and harder to keep up with my tenants and legal demands. A flue from a gas fire which has passed for 20 years is no longer allowed. I had to take the gas out and put an electric one in. More expense for me and expensive to run for tenant. My rental house got the new boiler, carpets, decorating first whilst iI scrimp to do the same for my own home. I make no money at this game but the capital gains axe means I keep hanging on in there. I've spent so much money on that house I wouldn't let a student within 10 foot of it! Professionals only!!AGuidingLifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823333742737762759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-10410376700516511792012-02-24T09:05:31.189+01:002012-02-24T09:05:31.189+01:00Here in Leamington the local authority has jumped ...Here in Leamington the local authority has jumped onto the landlord bandwagon and is erecting brand new dedicated student accommodation blocks all over the place. How are unscrupulous landlords supposed to compete?!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6239241293494668004.post-87796043658449947762012-02-24T05:29:43.827+01:002012-02-24T05:29:43.827+01:00I've been on both sides of this particular bon...I've been on both sides of this particular bone and being a landlord was enormously stressful for many years until I finally acquired a good tenant. <br />The laws are completely unsympathetic in the Toronto area and actually support tenants who don't pay or are destructive. <br />XO<br />WWWWisewebwomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281689872840844191noreply@blogger.com