In the States you miss a months rent and the Police turn up and throw you out, there is a national database for bad tenants, once your on that, no more rental properties for you, UK is so soft, no wonder so many just take the piss.
In my last property I lived in (housing association) me and my daughter was nearly killed by a nightmare tenant living above us, as well as other threats and banging on my door with a hammer and other weapons. He did criminal damage to his own flat and the landlords never pressed charges, police couldn't do anything and also wouldn't. He got away with setting fire to the flat I was moved and he was put back in. He threatened to behead a woman on the street and he was finally evicted then. We are soft, we need to toughen up. Last I heard, he's in another property
That's not true. In the US, we have to go trough an eviction process and an eviction goes on your credit report which will result in it being very difficult to rent again.
@@ek2137 sounds a bit familiar to here, but if you claim you did antisocial behaviour because of drugs, alcohol and mental health issues, they get rehoused...at least my landlord association did, for it to start again to someone else. I hope all landlords aren't that soft. Should only be rehoused imo after something like that after rehabilitation
The landlord should have had the water, heat, and electric cut off, as soon as he discovered that it was not empty. Why was he paying for the utilities to be on.
HMOs are disgraceful. You can’t be an accidental landlord if you have deliberately split a property into tiny cells and no doubt charging an arm and a leg for all of them
@@krissander1 A nice slum is still a slum. There are nice HMO's yes but they are more expensive than anyone would reasonably pay, in my area it's like £600 for a room not that has any space for more than a bed and since most are on zero hour contracts they are pretty much guaranteed to get in rent arrears.
So debters prisons, go back to Victorian times, undo all progress made since then in society - good thing you lot have no say over anything lol, you'd destroy your own country given the chance
If everyone criminals nobody criminals you just make deflation of world you know who many ppl have problems with shit landlords who send mail about lv up costs of rent in 3 day or you need fak out from home ? And I'm not speak about drug addiction ppl normal ppl who work 2 jobs for not live on streets
@haroon4567 it not always possible move you probably not have kids and have lots money Moving it change school it find different programs it costs lots money ppl live from pay check to pay check gm rich kid life shit
The £11,000 arrears. [If] the tenant is in receipt of Universal Credit, paying the rent, how is it, that [if] the tenant is spending the money on anything other than the rent, surely they could be done for obtaining [state] funding by deception? They're not even paying the rent that UC covers! Do the Gov department ever go after these people for fraud? Just wondering.
The government made the mistake of stopping paying rent, directly, so these scumbags are getting in arrears. You cannot transfer responsibility to people who are just not responsible.
they pay the rent to the person who then has to use it to pay there rant, unless you ask them to pay the rent to the landlord its given to you 1st. they say this is so you can get used to paying your bills but it just makes people spend it on other things.
@@lynn5050If you're on other benefits you can ask for housing benefit to pay rent direct to your landlord. I'm on ESA & my Landlord will take people on it as a tenant , but only if the rent goes direct to him from the Housing Benefit Dept . It's a condition of the lease.
@@kimberlyruttenberg9567 they did at one point do that to stop you spending it, but they made the move to pay the person so they can get used to paying bills, but most of the time it don't work like that as people get so little they think why not spend a bit
That girl gives me a heart attack while driving she fails to stop at a zebra crossing 34:36 and every time I see her drive she gives me anxiety. Would never pass a test nowadays
That makes no sense. How could that woman live there? Rent free for 18 months without getting Evicted, not to mention thrown in jail for that kind of marrears. England's eviction policy is really stupid
Watching these videos make me feel like I’m living in an alternate universe 🤪 The laws overseas are extremely bizarre! I’ve heard of landlords who have literally pulled the doors off the hinges to gain access and repossess their properties. Please don’t come to the states with a UK renter mentality…you will be in for a big shock 😳
Depends on the state. Some states lean on being more Landlord friendly, while others lean more in the direction of England where tenants have more power. In most cases though, once a court order is issued, our police actually will help remove trespassers
I don't get the sober living places and people living in hotels/motels permanently. I guess that's what happens with two western cultures from different continents, it gets confusing.
I've got no sympathy for that guy renting rooms for over £600 a month it's pure greed on the landlords part. Yes the woman owed ths rent but he's just a greedy man & the rent for all his rooms would be well over the mortgage amount for the property makes me sick these people deserve to get scammed
Clearly you own nothing and freeload. If you owned anything and depended on it for your needs you might understand. Its leechy entitled trash like you that cause these actions. If living conditions are so bad why would people be in it. Its all poor excuses for sorry people that want others to pay their way. Grow up moron
It’s a business not a charity and how do you know how much his mortgage payments are. Im a landlord and it really isn’t that lucrative as you think as you have mortgage payments. Service charges and taxes on your rental income. In the end what are you really left with.
"Accidental landlord" - what bullshit! No one forces anyone to rent out their *surplus* property, and if for whatever reason he feels he 'must' rent it, instead of selling, then at least be a decent human being by renting it affordably to a family in need instead of individual rooms for higher profit. These exploitative liars playing the victim make me sick.
@@cdrone4066 you can spin ot however you like, but unless you are a non-profit bona fide *"housing provider"* being a landlord is freeloading exploitation, getting other people to pay for your "investment asset". Get a real job.
@@lynb1022 Exactly - and given the fact that people are unreliable, why trust a complete stranger to consistently pay for your 'investment'? (especially if they are on a low wage, or no wage.)
@@cdrone4066 It isn't a business. Just like patent trolling isn't a business, and ticket scalping isn't a business, and running a protection racket isn't a business. All of these things share the same thing in common with being a landlord which is that they are rent-seeking, parasitic behaviours. These people produce nothing of value and simply extract value out of the economy like leeches.
Because of the housing shortage letting rooms gives more than one person somewhere to live, but I believe the landlord shouldn't be charging so much. A fairer rent is ideal and fair.
These landlords aren’t rich people. They have mortgages to pay. No one has the right to lie and cheat to get properties and then live for free. The pressure to re-house homeless people should be the council and homeless charities. It’s not up to homeowners to re-house people for nothing.
@@toxiczombiewolf5692 Being a landlord is not a job, just like being a ticket scalper is not a job. Yes, they make money doing it, but they don't provide anything. Economists have known for hundreds of years already that those who profit from rent-seeking actually make the economy worse. They are parasites.
Don't you just hate when you accidentally don't put a home up for sale, accidentally convert it to multiple occupancy, and accidentally become a landlord?
Would love to buy our disabled son a flat one day- he's got grandparents that will leave us/him enough to be able to do so. But this show makes me worried for his future. How many people are living next to disgusting, lawless neighbours? Im just left feeling bad for those living above, below and next to these low life that bring drugs and rubbish and god knows all what else. I dont want my boy exposed to it, but how can one ensure to avoid it🤷. We were ideal renters, even through the pandemic, keeping house and garden, and always always paying rent on time. I'm hoping this show is showing a small small minority of people out there🤞🤞.
You can't be in love with or attached to your rental property. It's a business and needs to stay that way with no personal feelings about the property. If you can't do that sell the property, you are not ready to be a landlord
The warehouse - the owner is trying to let the place, why don't they just let it & pay the utility bills like every other person has to, instead of moaning that they have to leave their rent free place that does not belong to them.
I feel so bad for the landlord having to deal with that woman. I must admit that, if it were me in that situation, I would be tempted to take a less legal route. Pay a few of "da boyz" to get her out rather than going through the legal system.
The HMO landlord cracks me up, fair enough it’s bad not paying rent. But getting out the violin for the loss of his house/money when he’s got another 5 rooms being rented out for £3k per month!!! (he’s not literally out of pocket £11k) He fully made it a HMO to maximise his profits and that’s the risk you run (especially when it takes you 18 months to serve notice and not get a tenancy agreement!)
Lucky those kids never walked out onto the road at the zebra crossing 34.36 mins into the video....driving the car with no care ...just rushing from job to job
@lothar3610 it's dog shit most places I'm 25 and will never have a chance to own a property because health issues too me out of work past 3 years nobody wants to hire me. And my parents house is falling apart and unlivable but it's all we got. Makes you feel hopeless
Is UK the only country in the world with such ridiculous eviction laws? 😳😳😳 no point to own any property there if it can be legally taken over by anyone for months or years 🙅♀️⛔️🙅♀️ no point to pay rent if you can live for free for months. Who is behind this ridiculous law?
I know! It’s mind-boggling! If I go into a restaurant and order a bunch of food and then refuse to pay for it, they can call the cops. If it’s closing time in a store and I’m just laying there sleeping on the floor and refused to leave they can call the cops and they can drag me out. Why is it not the same for squatting and someone else’s property?
I don't understand how that lady was let in when she hadn't even signed a lease. What kind of idiot lets a person into a shared house without making them sign a lease first? I don't think he actually has a case since she doesn't have a lease that says she's supposed to be paying...
I'm always amazed by how those people in so much rent arrears able to find their next house to rent? I always pay my rent on time and have a full time job but still struggle when looking for a new place and worry about the referencing...ummm...
I dont get how people can just trash properties that dont belong to them, i have to live in a van with no bathroom no toilet, as i cant afford todays rents, i would treat a even a bedsit like it was a palace coz id be grateful for a roof over my head and running water
IF SHE LEFT THE HOUSE CAN HE NOT JUST CHANGE THE LOCKS STAY IN HOUSE MAKE SURE ITS SAFE 4A WEEK OR SO... GIVE HER BACK HER STUFF HE HAS 2DO THAT MUCH ANYWAY. SMALL CLAIMS COURT 4OWED RENT.. OR RIGHT THAT OFF. JUST MOVE ON.
How does the eviction process work in England? Do they have to wait 18 months to start the process then another 4-5 months for a judgement? Or did he just chose wait that first 18 months? On "Call the bailiff" one man had two rent arrears judgments totalling £180,000. I don't understand how that's possible.
It’s not possible. It’s clear that the landlord didn’t take action when they could. If there was no rent, they could have served notice after two months of no arrears and started court proceedings
So here in norway the social service pays land lords with big houses to house a bunch of addicts or outcasts at tremendous prices like 18000kr for one bedrom(and nothing else, shared kitchen and bathroom for like 8 people) so 1800 quid for a small bedroomin a house where no one sleeps and fights all the time, and the land lords will just unlock your door(bedroom door) whenever he wants
@ranbitcaroline666 We all know if you were rich you’d buy property and let people live there for free😂 Wealthy people can’ give all their $ away or they’d be poor and couldn’t provide jobs. Et the government provide affordable housing instead of stealing from people with $ that earned and deserve it. Socialism is not a good system with many failures.
Those guys squatting in the warehouse were taking the piss - if they can afford all that expensive gear, they could have easily used the money to rent a place instead - they were just wanting free accommodation so they could spend their money on what they wanted.
I find it really really HARD to understand u know , how can somebody walk in , Live , and trash other people's properties or houses WITHOUT paying their rent ?and they still have the nerve to face the owners ,taLk rubbish and even the peopLe who are kind enough to Let u stay in their properties ? With a lot of people ended up homeless , living in gutter these peopLe have roofs over their heads , have warm comfy beds to fight the cold so in terms of ' give and take ' law all they need to do is to pay rent on time and heLp the owner to take care of the properties it's that simpLe YET their brainless heads can't seem to grasp that idea 🥴 . Back in my earLy teen years , in the country where i live my mum and i moved a lot . Rent one house to another in few different locations and towns , in between 6 years alone we've moved about 3 times at that time i used to wonder why my mum made so much efforts to keep the house intact like no drawings on the walls , no picture frames hanging either cuz she doesn't want the to leave marks , if there is a garden or plantations surround it we'd do some gardening once a week , why should we do all that i mean it's someone else's house snd we pay the rent but she says " Paying the rent isn't your only responsibility u need to take care of it too bcuz well u rent it , don't u ? If anyone was to borrow something from u i'm sure u want them to return it to u exactly the way it was before ,so it's the same thing with renting a house cuz u basically borrow it from them " and we never had any issues with any landlords of the houses where we rent , i carried that advice till today in my adulthood and one of the owners of a flat i used to rent when i was 23 and worked outside of town even try to persuade me to stay Longer few weeks in advance before i was moving out saying that she Liked the way i took good care of it , i missed her homemade cookies though .
How do you let a person run up with £11,000 in rent arrears in the first place should of done it along ago before it got to that amount if she is claiming benefit they get housing benefit her must of been spending it the government should have her for fraud its stupid it should be paid straight to the landlord mine was when i was off work for 6 months
This has nothing to do with the gap between rich and poor and where the two meet. Seems to me those who are relying on rental income are right in the middle but dependent on the poorest m! Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me!
Wouldn’t putting cameras up on every side of the building be more worth it that having to pay a shat ton in court costs? And I thought London had CCTV like everywhere so why wouldn’t that have caught them breaking into the building. And you should also put up NO TRESPASSING signs with cameras. Also, why wouldn’t you shut off all of the power and water to the building if there are squatters there? I would… it might deter them from staying.
im not saying its right to avoid paying rent, we all have bills but i felt a bit bad seeing them fake a reference like that, its clear they just need a house and a job
These people really p**s me off, pay your dam rent! The rights tenants have over their landlords is scandalous, the fact people can owe £10,000, £11,000 and just walk off without paying it, is utterly scandalous, it makes me so angry!
I'm sorry to say but in a nice way, Sam comes across as too nice a person without a menacing bone in his body. That girl took advantage of his kind nature and she probably thought that he'd be a bit of a pushover. I know its moraly wrong but sometimes it's worth slipping a couple of blokes a bullseye each just to stand behind you while talking to the tenant. Sometimes the easiest way is the quickest way. Good luck Sam.
Yawn. There is no more law and order. I don't understand where this world went wrong. Governments should come up with laws like a person can only own two real estates. Also if a real estate is being empty for longer than 3 months, owner ( real estate speculator) should pay high penalty fees. All real estates should be ocupied, period. Prices would drop like crazy.
How can a landlord owns 100 properties plus ,what about other people who does not even have one small house Government must stop this culture of rich people of wanting to buy the whole town houses/land , restrictions should apply when it comes on buying properties/owning properties
Dude business is business! However he makes his money is his own business. If a MF doesn’t like it become a home owner and pay your own damn mortgage. That simple 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
In England squatting in private residential property became a criminal offence in about 2012 so squatters often turn to commercial properties instead as on the one with the solicitor helping get them squatters out. It is appalling people don't pay rent. Many landlords earn less than their tenants even and have to pay their own mortgage. They should start by removing the iphones some of these tenants have to sell them for say £800 towards £11,000 of rent owed. Then move to their jewellery and car if they own one and other possessions, but instead they seem to disappear and never pay.
each tenant in Australia pays a bond plus the first months rent up front and if u collect benefits from Centrelink u can get a bond from them and if they fail to make payments then Centrelink will take it out of your payments to give to the landlord
I might be naive, be what's the point of letting your property through an agency if they have no responsibility towards lost rent and damaged property?
KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!! this is a huge problem….. no one should be homeless…. shelter … food…. healthcare…medical and education people!!!! Once these basic needs are deprived you will have issues… FOREVER ….
Only way to do that is to make the government responsible for it which means making the tax payer pay for it. All of that would need to be done through getting a mandate which either means a General election or a Super-majority Referendum. Do you think the British electorate can be convinced to foot the bill?
@@keithd26 you're already footing the tax bill for big companies, I'd rather pay for people who need help, than pay for super rich companies who can afford their own bills.
@Simatra Good luck with that! Government doesn’t care. The people need to get together to make changes.. That doesn’t mean taking from the rich to make them poor. It’s about communities coming together, purchasing a site and then building cubicles as their are to many people to house. The more illegal immigrants the greater the demand. We can’t house the world!! Let’s come together to take care of our own citizens first!!
@@Alexandra_HillI agree. An allowance covering the basics for those who genuinely need it. Everyone needs a roof over their head, enough food, medical care etc and educational opportunities to better themselves. But again as someone has already said, the natives need to be looked after first!!
@@f.ikrama.leader6378 any 1st world country can do both and also if you think the Irish government is treating refugees better than its citizens - you’d be sadly mistaken, the way the refugees are treated here is disgraceful, look into direct provision here and how ppl there are treated, also there are ppl coming here that should be turned around , they rip up their papers etc because they’re from countries that aren’t considered unsafe, that annoys me and the government have it that way, they’re trying to change it but it’s too slow.
Unfortunately turning off electricity and water can get the landlords in trouble. One land lord just removed all doors and then windows, worked very well.
@@mimiity9585 now that sounds like something I would do since you can’t turn off the electricity take the front door. Oh, I’m just taking the door to be refinished. It’ll be ready in 6 to 8 months.
My god don’t be ridiculous! They cant make programs out of great tenets! Infact it’s the landlord that is notorious for being money grabbers before a tenant. There are more good tenants than bad significantly but that won’t make good tv. Dont be a sheep … have independent critical thinking… if you had money to buy to let you should have the critical thinking to be able to research and not watch 12 year old programs about problems only! It’s a ridiculous statement you made
OMSTARS! Everyone has had hard times in their lives, me included. I was a single mother with very little support from his dad for his entire life. Every single month the rent, electricity and food were the number one priority for me. Never was i ever late. Sure i had several jobs at a time while i attended university and times were many times very hard but it can be done if you make a plan and stick to it. Landlords have a mortgage to pay and they are damn sure not getting rich. Pay Your Own Damn Way in life because karma can be a bitch and definitely will catch up to you some day.
This show just reminds me of how far society has fallen worldwide. People need 5o be able to own their own homes and create some value for themselves 😢. All of these some called new owner relationships do nothing 🙄 for our futures !!! Wait till generation z fully comes along
I just don’t understand how squatting isn’t a criminal offence. If you broke into someone’s home or entered without permission, that should be enough to have someone removed. This law is insanity.
Never where I'm from. W0e can remove front door to gain access whether occupied or not. The outstanding rent is payed to the coirts by court order or wages, social security are all garnished until the dept is paid. It usually takes 12 weeks start to finish.
In the States you miss a months rent and the Police turn up and throw you out, there is a national database for bad tenants, once your on that, no more rental properties for you, UK is so soft, no wonder so many just take the piss.
In my last property I lived in (housing association) me and my daughter was nearly killed by a nightmare tenant living above us, as well as other threats and banging on my door with a hammer and other weapons. He did criminal damage to his own flat and the landlords never pressed charges, police couldn't do anything and also wouldn't. He got away with setting fire to the flat I was moved and he was put back in. He threatened to behead a woman on the street and he was finally evicted then. We are soft, we need to toughen up. Last I heard, he's in another property
1 thing you guys def have right
That's not true. In the US, we have to go trough an eviction process and an eviction goes on your credit report which will result in it being very difficult to rent again.
@@ek2137 sounds a bit familiar to here, but if you claim you did antisocial behaviour because of drugs, alcohol and mental health issues, they get rehoused...at least my landlord association did, for it to start again to someone else. I hope all landlords aren't that soft. Should only be rehoused imo after something like that after rehabilitation
Not in California, you can just break into a house and squat for months and months!
The landlord should have had the water, heat, and electric cut off, as soon as he discovered that it was not empty. Why was he paying for the utilities to be on.
Why don't the owners shut off all utilities? Am I missing something 🤔
What's the point in having a guarantor if not even they are held accountable for the missing rent?
Slum Landlords and Nightmare Tenants deserve each other.
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HMOs are disgraceful. You can’t be an accidental landlord if you have deliberately split a property into tiny cells and no doubt charging an arm and a leg for all of them
I thought the exact same thing. HMOs are glorified slums - no ‘nice’ person owns a HMO
@@TheFodFairy no I have seen some decent hmos, and if people are at the bottom of the market, they have to have somewhere to live.
@@krissander1 A nice slum is still a slum. There are nice HMO's yes but they are more expensive than anyone would reasonably pay, in my area it's like £600 for a room not that has any space for more than a bed and since most are on zero hour contracts they are pretty much guaranteed to get in rent arrears.
I felt 0 sadness for him whilst he’s taking in £3k per month regardless of the tenant not paying.
HMO's used to be called bedsits!! It was scummy then, and it's still scummy today.
Im shocked how can you not pay your rent ?That lady needs too get out !!!!!!!All that stuff in that warehouse costs money sell it .Get out !!!!!!!
I would not rent a house out people just trash it and don't pay.
Exactly. You'd be better buying some gold if you really needed to invest!!
Countries really need to change destruction of property by tenants and non payment of rent as criminal.
So debters prisons, go back to Victorian times, undo all progress made since then in society - good thing you lot have no say over anything lol, you'd destroy your own country given the chance
Exactly it’s stealing plain and simple.
If everyone criminals nobody criminals you just make deflation of world you know who many ppl have problems with shit landlords who send mail about lv up costs of rent in 3 day or you need fak out from home ? And I'm not speak about drug addiction ppl normal ppl who work 2 jobs for not live on streets
@@ratking1111 If they have shit landlords, they can just move out and find another place. Not paying rent wont solve anyone's problem.
@haroon4567 it not always possible move you probably not have kids and have lots money
Moving it change school it find different programs it costs lots money ppl live from pay check to pay check gm rich kid life shit
The £11,000 arrears. [If] the tenant is in receipt of Universal Credit, paying the rent, how is it, that [if] the tenant is spending the money on anything other than the rent, surely they could be done for obtaining [state] funding by deception?
They're not even paying the rent that UC covers!
Do the Gov department ever go after these people for fraud?
Just wondering.
The government made the mistake of stopping paying rent, directly, so these scumbags are getting in arrears. You cannot transfer responsibility to people who are just not responsible.
they pay the rent to the person who then has to use it to pay there rant, unless you ask them to pay the rent to the landlord its given to you 1st. they say this is so you can get used to paying your bills but it just makes people spend it on other things.
@@lynn5050If you're on other benefits you can ask for housing benefit to pay rent direct to your landlord. I'm on ESA & my Landlord will take people on it as a tenant , but only if the rent goes direct to him from the Housing Benefit Dept . It's a condition of the lease.
@@Muddy.Teabagger it's a bit different in the US, the government pays it directly to the landlord.
@@kimberlyruttenberg9567 they did at one point do that to stop you spending it, but they made the move to pay the person so they can get used to paying bills, but most of the time it don't work like that as people get so little they think why not spend a bit
Geez! They can't be broke.That warehouse was full of exspensive things.
That’s what my room was like at. Home when I didn’t pay rent. When you pay bills you can’t just buy partying stuff 😂
And you think they BOUGHT all of that stuff?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
They were probably running it like a club and charging admission!
Stolen goods , most likely!
Makes the most sense @@alisong2328
That girl gives me a heart attack while driving she fails to stop at a zebra crossing 34:36 and every time I see her drive she gives me anxiety. Would never pass a test nowadays
Totally agree, the small child is almost stepping on the crossing. retest needed.
It might not have been the girl driving, it might have been the camera crew
Yep, I noticed that too
@@Shamando-i7dno crew. They have dash mounted cameras filming them. Crew neet them at location.
That makes no sense. How could that woman live there? Rent free for 18 months without getting Evicted, not to mention thrown in jail for that kind of marrears. England's eviction policy is really stupid
Because he let her move in without signing a lease... He's stupid...
The United States is just as bad
So is America's, giving these people months to pay the money.
wow
I know!!!! She was taking him for a ride!!! That's why she didn't sign anything! The landlord seemed like a reasonable man.. Poor guy, honestly!!
18 months of no paying rent and she says "It's not fair" WHAT? Why do people think they deserve free stuff????
The biggest mistake is leaving all the utilities available for the squatters to use.
Yes!! Good point. Get utility's shut off !!!
I thought that too
The problem is he’s renting one room. Those are probably not separate utilities and a lot of times utilities are included with the rent.
Watching these videos make me feel like I’m living in an alternate universe 🤪 The laws overseas are extremely bizarre! I’ve heard of landlords who have literally pulled the doors off the hinges to gain access and repossess their properties. Please don’t come to the states with a UK renter mentality…you will be in for a big shock 😳
Depends on the state. Some states lean on being more Landlord friendly, while others lean more in the direction of England where tenants have more power. In most cases though, once a court order is issued, our police actually will help remove trespassers
I don't get the sober living places and people living in hotels/motels permanently. I guess that's what happens with two western cultures from different continents, it gets confusing.
I've got no sympathy for that guy renting rooms for over £600 a month it's pure greed on the landlords part. Yes the woman owed ths rent but he's just a greedy man & the rent for all his rooms would be well over the mortgage amount for the property makes me sick these people deserve to get scammed
Clearly you own nothing and freeload. If you owned anything and depended on it for your needs you might understand. Its leechy entitled trash like you that cause these actions. If living conditions are so bad why would people be in it. Its all poor excuses for sorry people that want others to pay their way. Grow up moron
But this is like the way people make money all over the world like she's the one who moved in after knowing the monthly cost. Its her fault not his
I pay £625 for a small room in hmo
It’s a business not a charity and how do you know how much his mortgage payments are. Im a landlord and it really isn’t that lucrative as you think as you have mortgage payments. Service charges and taxes on your rental income. In the end what are you really left with.
@@huzaifarahman2232 no I agree, I don’t even argue the costs. I know it’s hard out there honestly
Wow if I miss one day rent I get a breach notice a whole week rent missing and I'm gone...how are these people living for months upon months rent free
Who does that guy think he is to argue about being a squatter ??? 😡
Not being funny if you afford a pool table and a table tennis table and all that stuff how the hell can they not pay rent
That is how they can afford it, by not paying any rent😂😂
Why can't the landlord turn off the electricity, water etc? Oh, I guess that is against squatter's rights. Pathetic laws in the UK. 😡🦘
Eh those things can be given or found at yardsales for extremely cheap
It's pretty easy to afford all that stuff when you are stealing utilities and squatting
@@aussiemouth747 more likely, the gas and ekectricity switches are inside the property
"Accidental landlord" - what bullshit! No one forces anyone to rent out their *surplus* property, and if for whatever reason he feels he 'must' rent it, instead of selling, then at least be a decent human being by renting it affordably to a family in need instead of individual rooms for higher profit. These exploitative liars playing the victim make me sick.
To be fair, he didn't call himself an "accidental landlord" - that was the show.
Being a landlord is a business, not a charity.
@@cdrone4066 you can spin ot however you like, but unless you are a non-profit bona fide *"housing provider"* being a landlord is freeloading exploitation, getting other people to pay for your "investment asset". Get a real job.
@@lynb1022 Exactly - and given the fact that people are unreliable, why trust a complete stranger to consistently pay for your 'investment'? (especially if they are on a low wage, or no wage.)
@@cdrone4066 It isn't a business. Just like patent trolling isn't a business, and ticket scalping isn't a business, and running a protection racket isn't a business. All of these things share the same thing in common with being a landlord which is that they are rent-seeking, parasitic behaviours. These people produce nothing of value and simply extract value out of the economy like leeches.
Accidental landlord....converts house to HMO....yeah, quite the BS sob story.
The owner is still stuck with a lot of bills, though. At least he converted it legally.
Because of the housing shortage letting rooms gives more than one person somewhere to live, but I believe the landlord shouldn't be charging so much. A fairer rent is ideal and fair.
What I don't get is, how can they just talk crap? Get Out!
These landlords aren’t rich people. They have mortgages to pay. No one has the right to lie and cheat to get properties and then live for free. The pressure to re-house homeless people should be the council and homeless charities. It’s not up to homeowners to re-house people for nothing.
Maybe they should get a real job to pay for their mortgage then
@RM-yq5pb that is a job being the landlord of the property
We the Tax payer pay private landlords to house so many people. Does that mean many landlords are akin to benefits scroungers?
@@toxiczombiewolf5692 Being a landlord is not a job, just like being a ticket scalper is not a job. Yes, they make money doing it, but they don't provide anything. Economists have known for hundreds of years already that those who profit from rent-seeking actually make the economy worse. They are parasites.
Did you know that in England, it's legal to sell a property you own and then not have a mortgage anymore?
Don't you just hate when you accidentally don't put a home up for sale, accidentally convert it to multiple occupancy, and accidentally become a landlord?
Would love to buy our disabled son a flat one day- he's got grandparents that will leave us/him enough to be able to do so. But this show makes me worried for his future. How many people are living next to disgusting, lawless neighbours? Im just left feeling bad for those living above, below and next to these low life that bring drugs and rubbish and god knows all what else. I dont want my boy exposed to it, but how can one ensure to avoid it🤷. We were ideal renters, even through the pandemic, keeping house and garden, and always always paying rent on time. I'm hoping this show is showing a small small minority of people out there🤞🤞.
You can't be in love with or attached to your rental property. It's a business and needs to stay that way with no personal feelings about the property. If you can't do that sell the property, you are not ready to be a landlord
The warehouse - the owner is trying to let the place, why don't they just let it & pay the utility bills like every other person has to, instead of moaning that they have to leave their rent free place that does not belong to them.
Squatters have rights, apparently. 😮
I feel so bad for the landlord having to deal with that woman. I must admit that, if it were me in that situation, I would be tempted to take a less legal route. Pay a few of "da boyz" to get her out rather than going through the legal system.
The HMO landlord cracks me up, fair enough it’s bad not paying rent. But getting out the violin for the loss of his house/money when he’s got another 5 rooms being rented out for £3k per month!!! (he’s not literally out of pocket £11k)
He fully made it a HMO to maximise his profits and that’s the risk you run (especially when it takes you 18 months to serve notice and not get a tenancy agreement!)
So what he gets more money? It’s still his property and rent must be paid.
@@orthodoxblue7252if the tenants are getting housing benefit, who's money is he getting?
he clearly is it it for the money the yard is a dump (he should clean up the rotten apples from his trees )he is not spending a penny on the place
I dont think my conscience would let me stay in someone's house and not pay any rent. People are just weird
Lucky those kids never walked out onto the road at the zebra crossing 34.36 mins into the video....driving the car with no care ...just rushing from job to job
I was thinking exactly the same thing!
4:34 Are they not allowed to turn off the electric and water?
Hard to find good tenants. If you have a hmo expect a shit hole .
That's very true I've been in some right hmo crap holes and they won't spend the money on the property so people treat it the same a crap hole simple
The law in uk is shit that's why.
Good tenants don't tend to drift towards those HMO shiteholes, so you're left with mostly dregs.
@@museonfilm8919 that nonsense.
I've felt sick with nerves if my rent has been a day late
Sam the accidental hmo landlord. Are you kidding us. lol.
I could never live in that type of houses, piled up on each other… 😮😮😮
British housing isn’t the best.
@lothar3610 it's dog shit most places I'm 25 and will never have a chance to own a property because health issues too me out of work past 3 years nobody wants to hire me. And my parents house is falling apart and unlivable but it's all we got. Makes you feel hopeless
Is UK the only country in the world with such ridiculous eviction laws? 😳😳😳 no point to own any property there if it can be legally taken over by anyone for months or years 🙅♀️⛔️🙅♀️ no point to pay rent if you can live for free for months. Who is behind this ridiculous law?
bro literally owns a HMO and is trying to take the moral highground crazy
It's his property, he can rent it out how he likes. If people are willing to rent out a single room then so be it.
Why in this day and age can’t squatting be a criminal offence?
I know! It’s mind-boggling! If I go into a restaurant and order a bunch of food and then refuse to pay for it, they can call the cops. If it’s closing time in a store and I’m just laying there sleeping on the floor and refused to leave they can call the cops and they can drag me out. Why is it not the same for squatting and someone else’s property?
I don't understand how that lady was let in when she hadn't even signed a lease. What kind of idiot lets a person into a shared house without making them sign a lease first? I don't think he actually has a case since she doesn't have a lease that says she's supposed to be paying...
I'm always amazed by how those people in so much rent arrears able to find their next house to rent? I always pay my rent on time and have a full time job but still struggle when looking for a new place and worry about the referencing...ummm...
It takes way to long to get People out or caught who are trying to make Money by renting it to 10 people
In USA, 1 month court papers, eviction. Done and dusted. Harsh, yes, but this dragging out in the UK 🇬🇧, ridiculous 😮
Wow straight through zebra crossing with kids there, with those eyes you think she could see for miles.
I dont get how people can just trash properties that dont belong to them, i have to live in a van with no bathroom no toilet, as i cant afford todays rents, i would treat a even a bedsit like it was a palace coz id be grateful for a roof over my head and running water
This is the country the Tories have created... desperation and unfairness. And thats both on tenants and landlords.
IF SHE LEFT THE HOUSE CAN HE NOT JUST CHANGE THE LOCKS STAY IN HOUSE MAKE SURE ITS SAFE 4A WEEK OR SO... GIVE HER BACK HER STUFF HE HAS 2DO THAT MUCH ANYWAY. SMALL CLAIMS COURT 4OWED RENT.. OR RIGHT THAT OFF. JUST MOVE ON.
Can’t afford the rent, but can afford to keep dogs??
HMO Landlords should be ashamed to show their faces they are the culprits of rents going up and people living in squalor
Sell, don't rent. It's not worth it.
It is insane to me how the laws back home in the UK seem to favor tenants and squatters.
How does the eviction process work in England? Do they have to wait 18 months to start the process then another 4-5 months for a judgement? Or did he just chose wait that first 18 months? On "Call the bailiff" one man had two rent arrears judgments totalling £180,000. I don't understand how that's possible.
It’s not possible. It’s clear that the landlord didn’t take action when they could. If there was no rent, they could have served notice after two months of no arrears and started court proceedings
So here in norway the social service pays land lords with big houses to house a bunch of addicts or outcasts at tremendous prices like 18000kr for one bedrom(and nothing else, shared kitchen and bathroom for like 8 people) so 1800 quid for a small bedroomin a house where no one sleeps and fights all the time, and the land lords will just unlock your door(bedroom door) whenever he wants
I wouldn't be able to sleep knowing I own another person money :o
Stop rich investors buying up all the property. Offer more affordable housing.
@ranbitcaroline666
We all know if you were rich you’d buy property and let people live there for free😂
Wealthy people can’ give all their $ away or they’d be poor and couldn’t provide jobs.
Et the government provide affordable housing instead of stealing from people with $ that earned and deserve it.
Socialism is not a good system with many failures.
Can you imagine fighting for your property in court against squatters
You have been squatting for how long you have had plenty of time to save up for your own place
Iiiiioi😅😅ooooooo😅oo😅😅o 1:25 😅😅😅 1:36 1:37
Those guys squatting in the warehouse were taking the piss - if they can afford all that expensive gear, they could have easily used the money to rent a place instead - they were just wanting free accommodation so they could spend their money on what they wanted.
I like Paul Shamplina. He’s a badass!
I find it really really HARD to understand u know , how can somebody walk in , Live , and trash other people's properties or houses WITHOUT paying their rent ?and they still have the nerve to face the owners ,taLk rubbish and even the peopLe who are kind enough to Let u stay in their properties ? With a lot of people ended up homeless , living in gutter these peopLe have roofs over their heads , have warm comfy beds to fight the cold so in terms of ' give and take ' law all they need to do is to pay rent on time and heLp the owner to take care of the properties it's that simpLe YET their brainless heads can't seem to grasp that idea 🥴 .
Back in my earLy teen years , in the country where i live my mum and i moved a lot . Rent one house to another in few different locations and towns , in between 6 years alone we've moved about 3 times at that time i used to wonder why my mum made so much efforts to keep the house intact like no drawings on the walls , no picture frames hanging either cuz she doesn't want the to leave marks , if there is a garden or plantations surround it we'd do some gardening once a week , why should we do all that i mean it's someone else's house snd we pay the rent but she says
" Paying the rent isn't your only responsibility u need to take care of it too bcuz well u rent it , don't u ? If anyone was to borrow something from u i'm sure u want them to return it to u exactly the way it was before ,so it's the same thing with renting a house cuz u basically borrow it from them " and we never had any issues with any landlords of the houses where we rent , i carried that advice till today in my adulthood and one of the owners of a flat i used to rent when i was 23 and worked outside of town even try to persuade me to stay Longer few weeks in advance before i was moving out saying that she Liked the way i took good care of it , i missed her homemade cookies though .
How do you let a person run up with £11,000 in rent arrears in the first place should of done it along ago before it got to that amount if she is claiming benefit they get housing benefit her must of been spending it the government should have her for fraud its stupid it should be paid straight to the landlord mine was when i was off work for 6 months
I can't believe he's charging that much per room. Hope it includes utilities and is in a prime location because it's a rip off otherwise.
Open door or not shouldn’t it be classed as trespassing?
This has nothing to do with the gap between rich and poor and where the two meet. Seems to me those who are relying on rental income are right in the middle but dependent on the poorest m! Doesn’t seem like a good idea to me!
How do these people get a flat when they don't pay rent
Crap landlords and desperate agents will take anyone, provided they at least get a rent deposit from them.
Wouldn’t putting cameras up on every side of the building be more worth it that having to pay a shat ton in court costs? And I thought London had CCTV like everywhere so why wouldn’t that have caught them breaking into the building. And you should also put up NO TRESPASSING signs with cameras. Also, why wouldn’t you shut off all of the power and water to the building if there are squatters there? I would… it might deter them from staying.
im not saying its right to avoid paying rent, we all have bills but i felt a bit bad seeing them fake a reference like that, its clear they just need a house and a job
These people really p**s me off, pay your dam rent! The rights tenants have over their landlords is scandalous, the fact people can owe £10,000, £11,000 and just walk off without paying it, is utterly scandalous, it makes me so angry!
What's the rent like at your place? It's outstanding!
I'm sorry to say but in a nice way, Sam comes across as too nice a person without a menacing bone in his body. That girl took advantage of his kind nature and she probably thought that he'd be a bit of a pushover. I know its moraly wrong but sometimes it's worth slipping a couple of blokes a bullseye each just to stand behind you while talking to the tenant.
Sometimes the easiest way is the quickest way.
Good luck Sam.
Yawn. There is no more law and order. I don't understand where this world went wrong. Governments should come up with laws like a person can only own two real estates. Also if a real estate is being empty for longer than 3 months, owner ( real estate speculator) should pay high penalty fees. All real estates should be ocupied, period. Prices would drop like crazy.
Paul is so handsome!
So 11 thousand across 18 months, she’s well not but should be paying around 611 pounds per month, that’s mighty expensive for a room
How can a landlord owns 100 properties plus ,what about other people who does not even have one small house
Government must stop this culture of rich people of wanting to buy the whole town houses/land , restrictions should apply when it comes on buying properties/owning properties
He doesn't own all of them. He and his partner are letting (leasing) agents. He did own the property in this episode.
Dude business is business! However he makes his money is his own business. If a MF doesn’t like it become a home owner and pay your own damn mortgage. That simple 🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️
Sam should sell the house straight away, tenants and all. He's letting it get to him.
In England squatting in private residential property became a criminal offence in about 2012 so squatters often turn to commercial properties instead as on the one with the solicitor helping get them squatters out. It is appalling people don't pay rent. Many landlords earn less than their tenants even and have to pay their own mortgage. They should start by removing the iphones some of these tenants have to sell them for say £800 towards £11,000 of rent owed. Then move to their jewellery and car if they own one and other possessions, but instead they seem to disappear and never pay.
I wonder if the laws have changed over there since then...? Especially since covid, there's a world wide housing crisis!!
the warehouse looks like crap no wonder squatters moved it
each tenant in Australia pays a bond plus the first months rent up front and if u collect benefits from Centrelink u can get a bond from them and if they fail to make payments then Centrelink will take it out of your payments to give to the landlord
I might be naive, be what's the point of letting your property through an agency if they have no responsibility towards lost rent and damaged property?
What has happened to the English people? Have they rented the uk out ??
Sadly none of us were asked if we wanted this to happen, it was just done
sadly you can lock it up but locks only keep honest people out…. deceitful behaviour will always find a way back in…. truly scary to be a landlord 😮
Don't worry you never be 😂😂😂😂
I don’t understand why the owners leave the water and electricity on to these abandoned buildings.
Here in the states, if you turn them off, the buildings could flood (pumps won't work) due to storms and pipes can freeze (with no heat).
It’s against the law to turn off utilities, that’s why utilities must be in tenants name, not the landlords.
Improve your home and your mind clears, don't be obsessive about it. Do yourself a favour if you can
That lad covering his face is all mouth and no action, I know Wigan very well and most of the so called hard cases are all hot air.
KEEP IT SIMPLE!!!! this is a huge problem….. no one should be homeless…. shelter … food…. healthcare…medical and education people!!!! Once these basic needs are deprived you will have issues… FOREVER ….
Only way to do that is to make the government responsible for it which means making the tax payer pay for it.
All of that would need to be done through getting a mandate which either means a General election or a Super-majority Referendum.
Do you think the British electorate can be convinced to foot the bill?
@@keithd26 you're already footing the tax bill for big companies, I'd rather pay for people who need help, than pay for super rich companies who can afford their own bills.
@Simatra
Good luck with that! Government doesn’t care. The people need to get together to make changes..
That doesn’t mean taking from the rich to make them poor.
It’s about communities coming together, purchasing a site and then building cubicles as their are to many people to house. The more illegal immigrants the greater the demand. We can’t house the world!!
Let’s come together to take care of our own citizens first!!
@@Alexandra_HillI agree. An allowance covering the basics for those who genuinely need it. Everyone needs a roof over their head, enough food, medical care etc and educational opportunities to better themselves. But again as someone has already said, the natives need to be looked after first!!
@@f.ikrama.leader6378 any 1st world country can do both and also if you think the Irish government is treating refugees better than its citizens - you’d be sadly mistaken, the way the refugees are treated here is disgraceful, look into direct provision here and how ppl there are treated, also there are ppl coming here that should be turned around , they rip up their papers etc because they’re from countries that aren’t considered unsafe, that annoys me and the government have it that way, they’re trying to change it but it’s too slow.
If the tenant never signed a tenancy agreement I'd have paid to have her removed by several strong men!
they should be able to evict squatters immediately. total cheek they have to go to court to defend it
Turn off the electricity and the water.
Unfortunately turning off electricity and water can get the landlords in trouble. One land lord just removed all doors and then windows, worked very well.
@@mimiity9585 now that sounds like something I would do since you can’t turn off the electricity take the front door. Oh, I’m just taking the door to be refinished. It’ll be ready in 6 to 8 months.
Puts me off buy to let. No thanks!
My god don’t be ridiculous! They cant make programs out of great tenets! Infact it’s the landlord that is notorious for being money grabbers before a tenant. There are more good tenants than bad significantly but that won’t make good tv. Dont be a sheep … have independent critical thinking… if you had money to buy to let you should have the critical thinking to be able to research and not watch 12 year old programs about problems only!
It’s a ridiculous statement you made
OMSTARS! Everyone has had hard times in their lives, me included. I was a single mother with very little support from his dad for his entire life. Every single month the rent, electricity and food were the number one priority for me. Never was i ever late. Sure i had several jobs at a time while i attended university and times were many times very hard but it can be done if you make a plan and stick to it. Landlords have a mortgage to pay and they are damn sure not getting rich. Pay Your Own Damn Way in life because karma can be a bitch and definitely will catch up to you some day.
So he would die for his mum but was not living with her???? Why????
Some countries in Europe if you miss 1 month rent you can evict immediately
Outta context 😅
@Gemma you’re so beautiful. ❤
34:34 So those agents don't stop for pedestrian crossings then?
HMO are the worst they should be illegal there’s always a greedy landlord on the other end
Paul is not exactly starving is he?
People who don't pay their way are simply just the grubs of society 😂
People who think letting out properties is a real job are the leeches of society.
That Graffiti is soooo amazing. I'm glad it was never painted over. That's someone's canvas.
This show just reminds me of how far society has fallen worldwide. People need 5o be able to own their own homes and create some value for themselves 😢. All of these some called new owner relationships do nothing 🙄 for our futures !!! Wait till generation z fully comes along
I just don’t understand how squatting isn’t a criminal offence. If you broke into someone’s home or entered without permission, that should be enough to have someone removed. This law is insanity.
Never where I'm from. W0e can remove front door to gain access whether occupied or not. The outstanding rent is payed to the coirts by court order or wages, social security are all garnished until the dept is paid. It usually takes 12 weeks start to finish.