[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by the truth

the system over protects the tenants and offers zero protection for landlords....I tried everything in my power to maintain the house. Why would any landlord allow leaks and damage to their house and ignore it? when its going to cost them tens of thousands in the long term? there is motivation for landlords to maintain their properties and they are accountable if they dont, there is no motivation for tenants to do likewise and they are totally unaccountable.

A pig will make a sty of any home - terrace or palace - and a pig does not have to be on benefits to be a pig, but he will always be a pig whether he is on benefits or not.

Tenants who are not pigs will treat any house as their own and look after it, whether it is a terrace house or a palace, and whether they are on benefits or not.

As in all matters, it is the type of person not his circumstances which defines what kind of tenant a person is.

You have been unfortunate Truth, and my sympathies and empathy (having experienced the same) is with you.