He lives upstairs and doesn’t want to smell it A landlord is seeking tenants but has a rather restrictive condition – they can’t cook meat or fish in the apartment building. According to The New York Times (NYT), a real estate listing in Brooklyn advertised two sunny, wide brick townhouse apartments in Fort Greene with […]

1 year ago

Nilendu Das has previously been jailed for harassing tenants ‘Britain’s worst landlord’ has been given the longest ban on letting properties in the country after renting out “dangerous” houses. Nilendu Das, 55, has a “long history of operating and managing extremely poor quality housing”, and was once jailed for harassing tenants. Shocking pictures from properties […]

2 years ago

Police labelled it a ‘truly brazen crime’ A tenant has been jailed after trying to sell his landlord’s house for over £400,000 just a fortnight after moving into the property. Andrew Smith, 41, listed his landlord’s property in Cambridge with a fake estate agent two weeks after he was handed the keys to the house. […]

3 years ago

The entire bathroom – let that sink in A landlord has admitted to ripping out a tenant’s entire bathroom because they hadn’t paid their rent. Terrence Kermode tore out the toilet, sink and bathroom fittings from his own rental property over the outstanding rent and bills. Mold Magistrates Court heard that this was a ‘moment […]

3 years ago