Tenants Turned Out to Be Vermin

When tenants turn out to be vermin, this is what can happen to a flat that just three years before was pristine:

Unpaid rent £15,000.
Industrial clearance and deep cleaning £4,000.
All furniture scrapped to be replaced.
Carpets scrapped to be replaced.
Kitchen units scrapped to be replaced.
Total estimate in the region of £40,000 to £50,000.

I had to collapse my beautiful career six months ago.
I feel like I am battling to survive emotionally/physically /and now financially.
(Thank you Tinnitus.)
Good job I’m only 76 years old, and still young enough to cope with all this!

“Life’s a bowl of f***ing cherries,”
( in 5/4 time for the musically inclined.

 

WTF @Jazzer

Were they drug users? How could they get the apartment into that shape?!?!?!

 

Drugs - Drink - charming when we met them,
but in reality obviously hateful.
They left my flat six months ago, but refused to return the keys to me.
Under U.K. law the landlord is not allowed to enter the flat until the tenant has returned the keys to terminate the tenancy.
The flat has been locked up unventilated for six months through that long hot summer with used nappies laying all over the carpets, stale food, excrement......just appalling.

 

That is just awful. I don't understand why some people are so vicious. I hope you can sue them. You don't deserve to be treated like that.

 

They own nothing so they know I will never get one penny from them.
I can get a County Court Judgement against them to stop them getting credit cards, loans etc...
but that is about all I can do SM.

I always treated them with kindness.

 

Oh that is awful @Jazzer!!!

Over here it is sort of the same regarding owners vs. renters. Takes over a year to have such a person evicted.

It makes no sense whatsoever!

 

@Jazzer,
that's awful to leave your flat in that condition.

I know it's left you devastated and you have enough to cope with giving up your life career and tinnitus.

I wish I was there in person to give you a big hug and tell you everything will turn out fine in the end but it's getting there and the emotional wobble it can have on you.

You're amazing Dave and don't let this bring you down because you did nothing wrong.

We are here for you always and a shoulder to cry on if ever need us.

Today's a new day and we can't change the past but learn from it and make the future better.

love glynis xxx

 

Thank you glynis,
Love
Dave x

 

@Jazzer ditto from me too. Hum...I have a great collection of cowboy boots and can kick real good.
@glynis can hug you and I can kick em for you. Time for us girls to protect our guy. Well...nice to think about at least.

 

If there are used diapers and toys then there were children living in this mess. Here in the USA we have CPS (Child Protective Services). I know it will not reduce the nightmare of having this mess cleaned up, but you would be striking back a little as well as helping a neglected child by showing these photos to whatever form of CPS you have in the UK. These people need to be investigated and their children rescued from them.

 

‘Wow - Star - Glynis
I just love you guys,”
Dave x

 

SM - I contacted Social Services to ask them to visit the flat.
Babies of a year and a half, and three years old, an older child of nine years already taken away from them, the mother pregnant yet again, with drugs and alcohol involved.

“I’m sorry sir - we cannot get involved unless the mother herself cries out to us for help.”

Me. “So you don’t care about these two little girls then.....?”

“No - that’s not what I said sir.....”

I tried on three different occasions SM.

 

Wow. Here they take away kids they shouldn't take away and there they don't take away kids they should take away. Where's the common sense - in the middle of the Atlantic?

 

I have always made tremendous efforts and contributions to charity.
I always did far more than ‘my bit.’

Now that I need a £40,000 loan to cover catastrophic damage, at my advanced age, and am without an income, I may need to cut back on the charity contributions just a tad.

 

That’s utterly disgraceful, Dave. Some people are just scum, unfortunately.

 

@Jazzer thats actually disgusting, what scum! I’m so sorry Dave, you try to make a few extra pounds and somebody just shits on it. Hope you are doing ok man?

 

My quote from the clean up team just jumped from £3,000 to over £6,000.
Two rats nests - 16 adult rats + babies.
Hundreds of sharps (hyperdermics.)
Dozens of spent contraceptives.
Six month old used babies nappies left lying on what was a new carpet.
I had central heating installed before this young couple went in.
The waste rubbish is so dangerous that it now has to be hand sorted because of the danger of HIV and hepatitis infection.
There were plenty of sharps disposal boxes which had been in use (blood stained) which had been emptied all over the floors to cause danger and mayhem.
I am a decent guy, who always treated these tenants with kindness, and this is my repayment.
Nice eh buddy ???

 

Buddy it’s absolutely disgusting, I’m gutted for you. There will always be somebody who try’s to take advantage of somebody who is kind hearted, this though takes the p##s big time. Obviously drug addicts and you say they had children, it’s heart breaking.
Will you be selling up once they have sorted out this disaster?

 

Its almost like it’s been staged for some ‘hoarders from hell’ TV show. Insane.

 

They should be made to do 200 hours each community service,I know that won't help you Dave but will some how make them pay and not do it again or send down for severe property damadge ...
Try enjoy your time away from home Dave and enjoy family time ...
Lots of hugs
love glynis xxx

 

“All Part Of Life’s Rich Tapest
- Apparently”

 

The worst case the guys have ever seen in a lifetime......x

‘Don’t give a shit!
Life goes on - I’m a survivor remember !!’

 

Sorry for hijacking this topic. Glynis I am trying to send a pm to some users but get this message "You do not have permission to view this page or perform this action". Was I reported or did I break some rule here on TT talk?

 

Reassuring to know they practiced safe sex whilst shooting up in a pile of rat shit.

 

Is this evaluation of your flat cleanup enough to add support to your complaint to social services? The fact there were children present for this drug fest greatly disturbs me.

I know they might be broke but I encourage you to seek legal action. This is not okay. If it makes it tougher for them, they may end up having to pay you back.

 

@Red - I am perusing a County Court Judgment against them for £14,000 unpaid rent, but will never see one penny of it - they are wasters, unemployed, losers, addicts, who will never own anything.
But at least a judgement will stop them ever getting a loan, or credit card, mortgage or tenancy ever again.
But my loss is collossal.

 

You can only send 4 pm's a day unless it's from a conversation in your in box already started.

love glynis