Tenants from hell evicted after 6-month battle

[muppet]

Tenants from hell evicted after 6-month battle

ANNA TURNER Last updated 05:00 10/10/2013

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STACY SQUIRES/ Fairfax NZ
TRASHED: Brent Newsome’s Avondale property has been left ‘‘a tip’’ after his tenants refused to move out.


STACY SQUIRES/ Fairfax NZ
INSIDE STORY: A trashed bedroom in Brent Newsome’s Avondale house.

A Christchurch landlord had his property trashed for six months while he fought to remove his tenants.
Brent Newsome, 65, has been left over $5000 out of pocket and with a house filled with rubbish, faeces and clothing after his tenants from hell refused to leave his property.
"I've never seen anything like it. It's utterly disgusting," he said.
More at

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/9264289/Tenants-from-hell-evicted-after-6-month-battle

[muppet]

The most telling statement from the above story....

"As a landlord I probably could have nipped it in the bud earlier, but I want to show others how few rights you can have as a landlord and how hard it is to get someone out of your own home.

"The system doesn't really favour the landlord."

[ScottSI]

I like this statement: "Every time I went round there she'd let the pitbulls into the corridor or lock the door. I texted them, called them; they wouldn't get out. They kept promising to go but never leaving." Then finally he goes to tribunal to get a possession order.

[donna]

Umm a good reason to use a property manager - vetting the tenants, doing the regular inspections etc.

cheers,

Donna

[flyernzl]

Yes, I'd say its 40% a landlording problem.
Ameteur landlord without a clue.

As I keep saying, being a Landlord is a business and you have to be businesslike to keep it running.

[skid]

Umm a good reason to use a property manager - vetting the tenants, doing the regular inspections etc.

cheers,

Donna

Or do it yourself --the right way

[Wayne]

Or do it yourself --the right way

yes - the right way is the key.
He didn't deserve what he got but did prolong it by not using the proper process earlier.

[Glizzle]

being a Landlord is a business

Quoted for truth.

[Meehole]

Why is there not a public register where the tenants names can be made public? I have a couple of ex tenants whose names I would like to share.
YOu can do such things on sites like NO Cowboys. If you have grudge about a tradey or a business (could be opposition) you post a bad rating and it stays there forever like the proverbial to a blanket!
Can't remove it, don't even have to be registered with the site. I want a site like that so scum bag tenants can be named for private and professional property managers to view.

[Keys]

Post the TT order here.

OH!

Just thought, you did take them to the TT?

[Meehole]

Post the TT order here.

OH!

Just thought, you did take them to the TT?

Different applications for different situations. Sometimes not worth the aggro of going through TT so like many private landlords just let it go.
I have just dispensed with a PM company because they don't credit check or investigate tenants application thoroughly enough for me. Sometimes just checking out their FB or googling them will give you what you are looking for.

[Keys]

Different applications for different situations. Sometimes not worth the aggro of going through TT so like many private landlords just let it go.

You want me to "go through the aggro" every time so that you can have the benefit and yet you are too lazy.

Gee.

Thanks.

[Glenn]

I just wonder what happens when he wants his car fixed. Does he pull it apart himself then blame the Repco when the oil pours out all over the garage floor. I bet he gets a real dentist onto his teeth. I think he got what he deserved. Great advertising for property managers. The trouble is most people do not connect the dots ....... ....... ..I have spent the last couple of days searching all the tribunal orders for the last 12 months in Nelson. Some orders were for massive rent arrears. All the large ones were private landlords apart from one firm with a name starting with Q.
Little wonder that firm keeps moving to smaller and cheaper premises.

[eri]

A brother and sister who sold whiteware belonging to the brother's landlord have been charged with theft after the landlord found his items in a secondhand store.

Saara Spotswood, 24, and Dion Spotswood, 20, appeared in Napier District Court yesterday where the pair pleaded guilty to a charge of theft in relation to the incident.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11141202

[Keys]

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