I have a rental flat in Manchester and the tenant is not paying the rent
My flat in Manchester City Centre is rented to a tenant who is not paying the rent. He seemed such a nice boy when he handed over the 1st month’s rent. I am based in London and I am getting very frustrated as every time I call I get his answer phone.
I would be interested to hear how you found this tenant being such a long distance away.
Landlords sometimes think they can save a few quid on the agent fees by finding their own tenant. Sometimes this works out OK but I hear too many stories just like yours.
Bad tenants will purposely seek out private landlords as the checks that they carry out are minimal. The long distance landlord is even better (for the rogue tenant) because it is a long journey to the North West and when you get here they may be out or on holiday.
If you don’t handle things properly you can end up in court for harassment and then getting an eviction is almost impossible. To do things properly you need to make several visits and really need to be on the spot.
My advice is to talk to a solicitor to get this guy out as soon as possible and then use a reputable agent next time. A lot of the real rogue tenants just don’t apply in the first place as they don’t want to lose their application fees when they are rumbled.
At Kings Residential we would take care of this situation for you on our Fully Managed service. We have a strict protocol for handling arrears and the tenant knows from the outset that we will make promises regarding charges and eviction and we will keep those promises.