tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post3207772378801208147..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Burning down the house.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-36210382216123189722010-09-15T10:08:26.569+01:002010-09-15T10:08:26.569+01:00I guess as a landlord you can lay down all your co...I guess as a landlord you can lay down all your conditions either verbally or better yet it should be written into writing on an agreement between the tenants. Landlords has the right to value their property and has the right to choose tenants that can live by the rules and agreements.andy4pinoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17066163437077669134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-8228993833055505812010-09-03T07:10:43.215+01:002010-09-03T07:10:43.215+01:00You know as a landlord both back in the U.K. and n...You know as a landlord both back in the U.K. and now in France, smoking really is not an issue as it is normal practice to redecorate after 5 years anyway. A long term smoker requires that the carpets and curtains have to be proffesionally cleaned and this usually comes out of the deposit, so it does not cost me anything if I have a smoker as a tenant, simply because people rarely read the small print in the contract about leaving the place as they found it. I have yet to have a bad tenant in France, in the U.K. about 30% of tenants caused problems, funnily enough I never had any cigarette burns on the carpets, I did once however have the carpets vandalized with an iron, but that's another story, as to France, no one over here would rent out a property with carpets, unfurnished means that, I am only obliged to supply a sink, a shower and a toilet, the tenants supply the rest, much easier way of doing things!Johnnyrvfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10760738027630644191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-34847564475763868722010-09-03T06:06:48.442+01:002010-09-03T06:06:48.442+01:00Given the age of Britain's housing stock and t...Given the age of Britain's housing stock and the fact that a generation ago most people smoked it is going to be tough to find a house that has never had a smoker in it. Perhaps the happy result of this attempt to cheat smokers out of their own property will result in antis sleeping in the streets. One can only dream.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-15638415769967612242010-09-03T01:53:01.127+01:002010-09-03T01:53:01.127+01:00Like you, I suspect that market forces will always...Like you, I suspect that market forces will always remain the deciding factor in house purchases and decent houses in good areas will always get a better price than wrecks in lousy districts. But even if it happened, as the anti-smokers no doubt believe it will, then surely that means that should smokers feel obliged to accept a lower valuation on the house, and thus a lower price, their houses will sell much more quickly than an identical property in the next street which has been owned by a bunch of puritan non-smokers. And over time, if this became a trend, the puritans would have to voluntarily lower their <i>own</i> house prices to match the smokers’ bargain properties, or else they’ll find they can never shift their properties at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com