"Scumlord"

[SueDonim]

Since joining the farcebook group dedicated to tenants I continue to be gobsmacked by some of the things people are doing to other people out there in renter land. The Stuff stuff is the tip of a much bigger iceberg. And of course there are useless tenants as well, that goes without saying. But these stories make me aware of just how lucky I am to have the lot I pay rent to. They may be several pounds of commonsense short of normal, you get that in corporates,  but at least they are well meaning and we have security.

So many just don't. And really, as a civilised nation we ought to be doing something about that. After all, shouldn't decent safe housing be a human right?

"I continue to be gobsmacked by some of the things people are doing to other people"

As someone whose DH spent many many years doing the repairs and renovations on other people's rentals, and who now also has a few of our own, I continue to be gobsmacked by some of the things tenants do to their landlords and the houses they live in. And see landlords trying to do a good job, only to have to spend tens of thousands of dollars to fix what delinquent tenants have done to them. We haven't had any huge problems ourselves but have seen the worst case scenarios in DH's customers' experiences. Landlords who are good people trying to earn a living in an important service.

Elsewhere there's a thread about how many houses is too many per landlord. I'm still waiting to see someone come up with a sensible number, or even real reply. Meanwhile, the more I think about it the more I think it's how many houses does a landlord need to have before they know what they are doing. Some of the biggest landlord problems are out of ignorance. People who buy or are bequeathed a house and think they can make huge amounts of money without realising what is involved.