We bought an apartment in a lovely Cornish village to use as a FHL (holiday let) a year ago. It's a village I know very well and a great apartment, with a serious fly in the ointment... the guy upstairs.
He wasn't there when we bought the place and somehow tricked his landlord into believing he was a normal guy, but over the last year has gone from eccentric to offensive and borderline dangerous - he's had the police round again and again for playing incredibly loud music all night, has verbally threatened to kill neighbours, etc. Clearly mentally disturbed but something has sent him off the rails from weird to scary to the point he is notorious in the village.
The worst thing is we have communal access to our flat and his, so he can (and does) corner the tenant as they try to come and go. They have now left and the agent is unwilling (rightly) to advertise the place until he goes.
His landlord has been sympathetic and gradually escalated letters of warning, end of tenancy, and possession notice all to no avail. He said he was going to start formal eviction rolling at Christmas but has not done so and is now claiming the guy wants to leave and it'll be easier to wait it out - I have no trust in this at all. I'm sure he wants the guy out, but doesn't want to pay the fees - meanwhile I am out more than that already in lost income with no end in sight.
The flats are leased as part of a small company owned by the landlords and managed by an external company. I wondered if there is likely to be some way to force his hand - "bringing the property into disrepute" or similar? The tenant has violated many rules the owners have contractually agreed to follow so is it likely we might be able to insist he removes the tenant?
If not, is there anything I can do beyond keep pestering him? I don't want to start a legal war as I'd rather get on with the other owners and he seems on OK guy, but it's reaching the point I start to doubt anything is going to happen.
He wasn't there when we bought the place and somehow tricked his landlord into believing he was a normal guy, but over the last year has gone from eccentric to offensive and borderline dangerous - he's had the police round again and again for playing incredibly loud music all night, has verbally threatened to kill neighbours, etc. Clearly mentally disturbed but something has sent him off the rails from weird to scary to the point he is notorious in the village.
The worst thing is we have communal access to our flat and his, so he can (and does) corner the tenant as they try to come and go. They have now left and the agent is unwilling (rightly) to advertise the place until he goes.
His landlord has been sympathetic and gradually escalated letters of warning, end of tenancy, and possession notice all to no avail. He said he was going to start formal eviction rolling at Christmas but has not done so and is now claiming the guy wants to leave and it'll be easier to wait it out - I have no trust in this at all. I'm sure he wants the guy out, but doesn't want to pay the fees - meanwhile I am out more than that already in lost income with no end in sight.
The flats are leased as part of a small company owned by the landlords and managed by an external company. I wondered if there is likely to be some way to force his hand - "bringing the property into disrepute" or similar? The tenant has violated many rules the owners have contractually agreed to follow so is it likely we might be able to insist he removes the tenant?
If not, is there anything I can do beyond keep pestering him? I don't want to start a legal war as I'd rather get on with the other owners and he seems on OK guy, but it's reaching the point I start to doubt anything is going to happen.
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