Subletting a growing concern for landlords
Landlord Assist is warning landlords to protect their properties against the growing trend of tenants subletting their properties to make a profit.
The nationwide tenant eviction and rent recovery firm has witnessed an increase in the number of tenants obtaining a tenancy with the deliberate intention of subletting the property for a higher amount than the rent they pay.
Graham Kinnear, managing director at Landlord Assist says letting agents and landlords should make regular checks on their properties to ensure that they are not being sublet and to ensure they are properly maintained by their tenants.
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He says: "With demand exceeding supply in the rental market at present, some unscrupulous individuals are exploiting this shortage by signing for a property on the pretence that they want to live there, but are then illegally subletting the property.
"In most circumstances, people renting the property are unaware of the fact that their 'landlord' is in fact a tenant who has broken their tenancy agreement.
"It is critical that landlords make regular checks on their properties to prevent tenants from subletting to people without their permission."
4 Comments
by timplymouth
Thursday, March 14 2013, 9:42AM
“Landlords are all greedy b****rs”
by timplymouth
Thursday, March 14 2013, 9:41AM
“Landlords are all greedy ********”
by HermesThelema
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 11:06PM
“Although 'G-----' may have fabricated a letter or two for his own files to cover his tracks; in similar manner to how a solicitor and a member of Hatcham Lodge fabricated an invoice, amongst other things.”
by HermesThelema
Wednesday, March 13 2013, 11:03PM
“Rather quaint for you to make an appearance on stage Mr Graham Kinnear. A growing concern for tenants is finding suitable landlords of quality. Whilst the owner of my current property is quite sweet, at previous properties a landlord has attempted to get me sectioned under the mental health act in order to regain possession of a property he said he was selling, and in another property the landlord threatened to kill me and then stole my property after locking me out of the property to correct life-threatening mould (after harassing previous tenants also). Whilst legalities such as the "Protection from Eviction Act" exist, on the second occurrence of attempted illegal eviction Trobridges Solicitors failed to achieve a thing except drain from the legal aid pool and not return calls twice from the landlord and twice from the police. One wonders where muppets like Mr Kinnear draw wisdom from as this article looks more like encouragement for landlords to bully their tenants rather than suggest Landlord Assist is nothing more than a scam (for money) – and is clearly not the 'Landlords Association' the telephone number of which is readily available.”