agibson
25-11-2009, 15:24 PM
So you want to rent to DHSS This is my story
2001 bought myself a lovely new two bedroom flat in new development in a good area, there were 5 flats in the stair and all my neighbours were fantastic and we had 6 years no problems.
Jim the owner of the flat above me decides to rent out his flat to his son Allan.
He turned out to be a total waste of time and had a drink problem he would go out at the weekend and invite all the local junkies and drunks back to party in the flat this went on for a few months. What I did not realise at that time was that when the junkies get used to being in your stair they start to eye up the flats for robbery, so apart from the door in the stair being kicked in twice all the noise a junkie girl pissing in the stair johns flat was broken in to. cost us £150 each to fix the door and get a new bit carpet. I met the guy in the stair after he had trashed Johns flat I had seen him going to the party the week before. I called the police and was able to identify him from his mug shot. This was the start of my new relationship with police and anti social behaviour team. Little did I know at the time that I would have to learn all about Procedure to get anything done?
Finally Jim gets rid of his son and decides to give the flat to a management agent Orchard & shipman on a five-year lease.
Orchard & Shipman are responsible for housing the bottom end of the market for the council they now have 2000 flats in Edinburgh.
So here we go you have spent £200,000 on a flat work hard to pay for it pay the council tax and the expensive factor. Orchard & Shipman are like a big fat cuckoo depositing its eggs in your nest.
There first tenant was a single mother with a scowl that would turn milk so before we new it the stair was like a episode of rab c nesbit and she had family straight out of a episode of street wars they liked to come and visit and could not believe how lucky there wee girl was.
But the wee girl had a friend a twenty year old lad with a track suit and cap who liked to party and would regularly hang out the window on his phone to order his drugs. This was a couple that had the firm belief the world owes them a living So after a year of Police calls anti social behaviour team call outs the were evicted for benefit fraud.
Orchard & Shipman’s next attempt was a young single guy with issues David, the first night David moved in he came to my door to see if I could give him a loan of £2 having never met him before I sad no.
David had ambition to be on the xfactor and he loved to practice on his karaoke machine he was dreadful and could not be persuaded to stop.
David also had a friend a girlfriend who moved in they decided to get a pup.
Well they forgot you have to take it out and the poor pup never saw the light of day. They also used to go away for days on end a leave the pup on its own, the pup used to Howell , I went up to the door looked through the letter box and there was dog **** a piss every where the pup destroyed everything. So what were they going to do. (insurance scam)
The next weekend David went to stay at his mothers and while he was away the girlfriend came around with her friends and trashed the flat.
When David came back the next day he came to my door and said he had been broken into so I called the police.
The police eventually came to see me and see if I new anything, my story did not tie up with his. David and his girlfriend did not realise that the stair cctv recorded everything and they were caught. David did a runner leaving all the unpaid bills unpaid rent and council tax and a trashed flat
He was able to do that because the HB was paid to him.
After more complaints to Orchard & Shipman and the council I was promised the next tenant would be a sensitive let.
Orchard and Shipman done up the flat and put in new furniture and let it out again.
The new tenant was another single mother who liked to party she also has a friend a girl friend who has moved in Her Partner, more benefit fraud the girlfriend likes to drop her lit cigarettes out the kitchen window straight in my window. They also like to have there friends and family round and my experience when you get 6 lesbians and they get drunk they all fall out and its one big drama at 2am. They farm the child out to the father go out and get drunk come home and fall out. Bang about the flat at 2am . She also likes to hang out the window on her phone discussing her court case for assault not paying her rent and council tax, a responsible mother I don’t think. Orchard & shipman don’t return my calls anymore they are busy dealing with their other 2000 tenants and I would bet my house on it 50% of them will be the same as the 4 that we have had in our stair. Yes rent to DHSS and you have a 90% chance of big problems and get done out of your rent
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
2001 bought myself a lovely new two bedroom flat in new development in a good area, there were 5 flats in the stair and all my neighbours were fantastic and we had 6 years no problems.
Jim the owner of the flat above me decides to rent out his flat to his son Allan.
He turned out to be a total waste of time and had a drink problem he would go out at the weekend and invite all the local junkies and drunks back to party in the flat this went on for a few months. What I did not realise at that time was that when the junkies get used to being in your stair they start to eye up the flats for robbery, so apart from the door in the stair being kicked in twice all the noise a junkie girl pissing in the stair johns flat was broken in to. cost us £150 each to fix the door and get a new bit carpet. I met the guy in the stair after he had trashed Johns flat I had seen him going to the party the week before. I called the police and was able to identify him from his mug shot. This was the start of my new relationship with police and anti social behaviour team. Little did I know at the time that I would have to learn all about Procedure to get anything done?
Finally Jim gets rid of his son and decides to give the flat to a management agent Orchard & shipman on a five-year lease.
Orchard & Shipman are responsible for housing the bottom end of the market for the council they now have 2000 flats in Edinburgh.
So here we go you have spent £200,000 on a flat work hard to pay for it pay the council tax and the expensive factor. Orchard & Shipman are like a big fat cuckoo depositing its eggs in your nest.
There first tenant was a single mother with a scowl that would turn milk so before we new it the stair was like a episode of rab c nesbit and she had family straight out of a episode of street wars they liked to come and visit and could not believe how lucky there wee girl was.
But the wee girl had a friend a twenty year old lad with a track suit and cap who liked to party and would regularly hang out the window on his phone to order his drugs. This was a couple that had the firm belief the world owes them a living So after a year of Police calls anti social behaviour team call outs the were evicted for benefit fraud.
Orchard & Shipman’s next attempt was a young single guy with issues David, the first night David moved in he came to my door to see if I could give him a loan of £2 having never met him before I sad no.
David had ambition to be on the xfactor and he loved to practice on his karaoke machine he was dreadful and could not be persuaded to stop.
David also had a friend a girlfriend who moved in they decided to get a pup.
Well they forgot you have to take it out and the poor pup never saw the light of day. They also used to go away for days on end a leave the pup on its own, the pup used to Howell , I went up to the door looked through the letter box and there was dog **** a piss every where the pup destroyed everything. So what were they going to do. (insurance scam)
The next weekend David went to stay at his mothers and while he was away the girlfriend came around with her friends and trashed the flat.
When David came back the next day he came to my door and said he had been broken into so I called the police.
The police eventually came to see me and see if I new anything, my story did not tie up with his. David and his girlfriend did not realise that the stair cctv recorded everything and they were caught. David did a runner leaving all the unpaid bills unpaid rent and council tax and a trashed flat
He was able to do that because the HB was paid to him.
After more complaints to Orchard & Shipman and the council I was promised the next tenant would be a sensitive let.
Orchard and Shipman done up the flat and put in new furniture and let it out again.
The new tenant was another single mother who liked to party she also has a friend a girl friend who has moved in Her Partner, more benefit fraud the girlfriend likes to drop her lit cigarettes out the kitchen window straight in my window. They also like to have there friends and family round and my experience when you get 6 lesbians and they get drunk they all fall out and its one big drama at 2am. They farm the child out to the father go out and get drunk come home and fall out. Bang about the flat at 2am . She also likes to hang out the window on her phone discussing her court case for assault not paying her rent and council tax, a responsible mother I don’t think. Orchard & shipman don’t return my calls anymore they are busy dealing with their other 2000 tenants and I would bet my house on it 50% of them will be the same as the 4 that we have had in our stair. Yes rent to DHSS and you have a 90% chance of big problems and get done out of your rent
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED