By Samantha Knight<\/p>\n
It is often the case that when a tenant decides not to pay their rent, the creative side of their personality can go into overdrive and what they believe to be a valid unique excuse, is just a story we as agents and landlords have heard oh so many times before.<\/p>\n
\u00a0And today\u2019s excuse is!<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a01)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Banking Error<\/p>\n 2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A death in the family<\/p>\n 3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 An illness or accident resulting in hospital treatment<\/p>\n \u00a0My advice is not to be afraid to challenge the reason you are given or suggest ways of helping to resolve the situation, there will be occasions where the reason is genuine, but it is only by speaking with your Tenant and through your \u00a0experience, that you will be in a position to understand what the real reason for the non-payment is!<\/p>\n \u00a0Remember, your tenant has signed a contract which they must honour and excuses do not give them a reason for not making that payment, much the same way as there is no excuse for you as a landlord not to deliver on your repairing obligations.<\/p>\n \u00a0But be careful how you proceed.<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0But whilst it is the correct procedure to take a tough line on arrears, you have to be careful that you do not cross that fine line between tough arrears action and harassment<\/a>.\u00a0 Be sure not to leave yourself open to any such claim, as the courts take a dim view on harassment claims which could be considered as refusing to leave the property when visiting, changing the locks when the tenant is not home, continually visiting or even watching the property and of course abusive communication and physical violence \u2013 this list is not exhaustive.<\/p>\n \u00a0So can we help you?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0So if you do think your Tenant is not being truthful in what you are being told, how do you proceed? This is of course where Professional Letting Agents <\/a>can help.<\/p>\n \u00a0At what cost?<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong>I would venture to say that our methods <\/a>which have been built over years of experience are probably going to produce a scenario which will save you money against having no rent for several months whilst the problem drags on unresolved. So the advice is proceed with strength or turn to that Professional agent, who will probably not only provide a solution but also be the answer for the longer term as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Samantha Knight It is often the case that when a tenant decides not to pay their rent, the creative side of their personality can go into overdrive and what they believe to be a valid unique excuse, is just a story we as agents and landlords have heard oh so many times before. \u00a0And …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55],"tags":[24,64,65,67,69,72],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1846,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201\/revisions\/1846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.castle-estates.co.uk\/staffordshire\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}