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Denbo
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Many postings on similar situations but as you know every situation is unique!! Sorry its such a long story!!
Tenants moved in to my house in early Nove 06, references checked out and was really happy with my choice. Tenants were social welfare and were receiving payment driectly and suppose to pay on to me. They are a family of 6, parents and 4 childern. They however turned up on my driveway on the day they were to move in with furniture and childern in tow and advised me they didn't have the deposit to pay. I relented and allowed them to move in,( a decision I will regret for a long time to come) on basis they would pay deposit by end of Nov, but they never did, sat down with them in Dec to work out a plan for them to pay over a period of a few months, they made partial payment, 500 out of 1400, tried to negogiate a solution again but all communication broke down. They also were consistenly paying their rent late every month. I issued an evicition notice and contacted their social welfare officer to explain the situation, he was very sympathetic and offered to put the last months cheque on hold and send to me direcly once tenents move out to ensure I got payment.
They however ignored eviction notice, when I called them a couple of days before the notice expired to ask them would they be moving they advised me they wouldn't, on the same call I asked could I make an appointement to view the premises they were non responsive. A week later I got a call from Threshold, advising me I could not evict the tenents until the PRTB hearing, I was extrememly alarmed when I got the call, as the lady informed me the tenents had visited her, I asked her had they accussed me as a landlord of harrasing them to leave, she said no, but I don't know why I got the call if they didn't make such an accusation?
Currently waiting for PRTB to view the case, social welfare officer still holding the cheques( which now mount to 3.5K)
My concerns are:
Tenants are fabricating lies about me being an unreasonable landlord, will this be considered by PRTB? I don't know of any evidence they can produce to support this but their visit to Threshold has alarmed me!
I fear I am facing a long period of time before I see the back of these tenants, and since I can't give them a reference, how will they ever find another landlord??
If PRTB uphold my eviction notice, how will it be enforced, can these tenants stay as long as they want claiming the can't find any where else to live, at what point will PRTB take into consideration I may go bankrupt?
I was due to make a stamp duty payment which I witheld to cover my rental expenses, living in fear tax man will knock on my door some day?
What are peoples experiences with PRTB, are they always sympathetic to the tenents?
Also can social welfare make payment of backlog rent eventually to me, this is a large sum of money, I fear if tenants get their hands on it I will never see it?
All advise welcome, I probably sound a bit dramatic but extremely stressed about the situation I am a small time landlord, and really need income to cover mortgage on the property!!
Tenants moved in to my house in early Nove 06, references checked out and was really happy with my choice. Tenants were social welfare and were receiving payment driectly and suppose to pay on to me. They are a family of 6, parents and 4 childern. They however turned up on my driveway on the day they were to move in with furniture and childern in tow and advised me they didn't have the deposit to pay. I relented and allowed them to move in,( a decision I will regret for a long time to come) on basis they would pay deposit by end of Nov, but they never did, sat down with them in Dec to work out a plan for them to pay over a period of a few months, they made partial payment, 500 out of 1400, tried to negogiate a solution again but all communication broke down. They also were consistenly paying their rent late every month. I issued an evicition notice and contacted their social welfare officer to explain the situation, he was very sympathetic and offered to put the last months cheque on hold and send to me direcly once tenents move out to ensure I got payment.
They however ignored eviction notice, when I called them a couple of days before the notice expired to ask them would they be moving they advised me they wouldn't, on the same call I asked could I make an appointement to view the premises they were non responsive. A week later I got a call from Threshold, advising me I could not evict the tenents until the PRTB hearing, I was extrememly alarmed when I got the call, as the lady informed me the tenents had visited her, I asked her had they accussed me as a landlord of harrasing them to leave, she said no, but I don't know why I got the call if they didn't make such an accusation?
Currently waiting for PRTB to view the case, social welfare officer still holding the cheques( which now mount to 3.5K)
My concerns are:
Tenants are fabricating lies about me being an unreasonable landlord, will this be considered by PRTB? I don't know of any evidence they can produce to support this but their visit to Threshold has alarmed me!
I fear I am facing a long period of time before I see the back of these tenants, and since I can't give them a reference, how will they ever find another landlord??
If PRTB uphold my eviction notice, how will it be enforced, can these tenants stay as long as they want claiming the can't find any where else to live, at what point will PRTB take into consideration I may go bankrupt?
I was due to make a stamp duty payment which I witheld to cover my rental expenses, living in fear tax man will knock on my door some day?
What are peoples experiences with PRTB, are they always sympathetic to the tenents?
Also can social welfare make payment of backlog rent eventually to me, this is a large sum of money, I fear if tenants get their hands on it I will never see it?
All advise welcome, I probably sound a bit dramatic but extremely stressed about the situation I am a small time landlord, and really need income to cover mortgage on the property!!