Rent Gone Rogue ~ Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords

The Patels signed a guaranteed rent agreement with a dishonest letting agent who manages their property in Walthamstow, East London, but now there are rent payments overdue. In Wigan, Lancashire, they’ve been complaints of rubbish from council, so agents carry out an inspection of a filthy property. And in Blackburn, Lancashire, a landlord wants his flat back, his tenant is uncontactable, and thousands in arrears

This series follows the eviction specialists whose job it is to tackle tenants who can’t, or won’t pay the rent, and local authority housing offices tasked with going after rogue landlords. We also follow the work letting agents dealing with problem tenants. From a weed farm in a three-bedroom Blackburn semi, to drug addicts in a Blackpool bedsit, to 25 migrants squeezed into a suburban London home, Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords, delves into dark side of Britain’s housing crisis.

[trollmeistergeneral]

Why are we not being told the name and identity of the letting agent who ripped off the Patel’s?

[MiWri]

That first letting agent can't even string a proper sentence togevva, innit 😅😅😅

[techbaffle]

The rogue letting agent was PSL Properties in London, previously ALE Properties (they just covered the letters on the sign). Lots of negative reviews about Ali Hassan, who failed to pay landlords their rent either partially or completely. I guess he didn't want his reputation to get even worse, hence why they had to censor his name! The business is currently Nest Properties Advisors, yet another new name, new sign, but same bad reviews of no rent payments.

[ninathompson]

The letting agent needs to be prosecuted, the tenants shouldn't be evicted.

[davidmcdonald]

Those two women are an excellent example of truly decent human beings. Their dedication to the tenant's mental wellbeing, matched by their attention to the house, demonstrates a deep understanding of mental health issues, which can lead to severe regression and shutdown. We need more people like them in the world.

[philiptownsend]

That Paul chap on the flat repossession seems to be a thoroughly nice man with excellent people skills that got the result needed.

[moominmay]

I just don’t understand why that dirtbag agent who ripped off the Patels can’t be named and shamed. Isn’t it in the public interest to ensure other landlords are aware of the dirty tricks he plays?

[craftyhobbit]

The letting agent is a crook.

The guy who abandoned the property is just weird - he could have solved all his rent money issues by handing in notice that he's moved out and allow the landlord to re-let it/sell it.

[BA]

That letting agent is scum..claims He can not pay the real landlords £1000 while driving a Porsche 😡

[Comisionado]

The guaranteed rent agreement really annoyed me, agent was dodgy as hell

[Phatthana]

How on earth is this letting agent allowed to carry on business it goes to show how lax our legal system is

[bevmcarthy]

The letting agent is as dodgy as his suit!

[colinsace]

I am so glad the lady cleaned her house up and it looked so much better,
I remember in 2021 I was in a bad place went to jail for a stupid fight I came out back to my flat as I paid the rent while I was in jail and couldn’t believe the state of the place when I came back to it (I wanted to move) but now 3 years on it’s nearly all done and completely transformed into my home 🏡💙
I only have the hallway and living room to do now bedroom ✔️ bathroom ✔️ kitchen ✔️ all re decorated and nice and clean.
Kudos to the housing officers they seemed like they cared, I was lucky enough that my housing Association were nice to me to and helped me get back on my feet. And rent arrears free 🙂

[connishmaude]

The way the grandmother keeps saying right, as if its nothing. No wonder the grand daughter has the house like a pigsty

[ripeager]

I hate when the landlords kick out the tenants who have been paying their rent on time every month, just because the landlords were stupid enough to trust the wrong letting agent. Like WTF these were ultimately good tenants

[TheSarahlou]

The female in Wigan did an amazing job. She must have been going through something and the way the two women handled it was fantastic they built her up after she'd done the work.

[AnneSegard-hh]

The Tennant’s shouldn’t be evicted. I don’t see why they were. They weren’t at fault the listing agent was.

[MisterArgos]

Why do you have 4 children you cannot afford to have?

[kingmilanovic]

My blood pressure goes through the roof watching this....people make me puke!

[sarahmckay]

Hi from Australia, Our real estate's here, always inspect our rental every 3 months or 6 months, & if things are not the way they were when we moved in, they would tell us, say the fan above the shower needed to be cleaned, or 1 or 2 cobwebs, not anything like some of the homes on here, I don't understand how the agents can let someone's home get that bad, if they are inspecting them regularly, disgusting.