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Advice Needed - Student Son's housemate threatening violence !

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    Advice Needed - Student Son's housemate threatening violence !

    Anyone been in this situation? Any landlords out there?

    Only 2 weeks into a joint tenancy (3 students sharing a house) one of the tenant's antisocial behaviour has already reached the stage where there are threats of violence and the police have become involved, e.g. "it's your turn to do the washing up" escalated to the problem person getting a mate round threatening to do violence to the other two (my son and one other), and his mother reporting my son and the other to the police for bullying

    My advice to my son was involve (1) Police, (2) Landlord, (3) Student's Union

    Anyone got any other or better (legal) suggestions?

    #2
    Originally posted by Platypus View Post
    Anyone been in this situation? Any landlords out there?

    Only 2 weeks into a joint tenancy (3 students sharing a house) one of the tenant's antisocial behaviour has already reached the stage where there are threats of violence and the police have become involved, e.g. "it's your turn to do the washing up" escalated to the problem person getting a mate round threatening to do violence to the other two (my son and one other), and his mother reporting my son and the other to the police for bullying

    My advice to my son was involve (1) Police, (2) Landlord, (3) Student's Union

    Anyone got any other or better (legal) suggestions?
    Student union first thing tomorrow....
    merely at clientco for the entertainment

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      #3
      Is it a university managed property? If so then you probably have a lot more options open than if not
      Coffee's for closers

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        #4
        What type of tenancy agreement does he have? Is it a joint one for all of them or individual ones?
        'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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          #5
          Originally posted by Platypus View Post
          his mother reporting my son and the other to the police for bullying

          suggestions?
          Sounds like his mother's the real problem - kick her in the fanny.

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            #6
            Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
            What type of tenancy agreement does he have? Is it a joint one for all of them or individual ones?
            Joint ...

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              #7
              Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post
              Is it a university managed property? If so then you probably have a lot more options open than if not
              No, it's a private let

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                #8
                Start recording incidents. Line up a mate to replace the trouble maker.

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                  #9
                  Life is too short and shorter still when you need the focus for study.

                  Inform the landlord your son is moving out. When the questions start the landlord will probably kick out the protagonist. No landlord wants that situation.
                  "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
                    Life is too short and shorter still when you need the focus for study.

                    Inform the landlord your son is moving out. When the questions start the landlord will probably kick out the protagonist. No landlord wants that situation.
                    Am not so sure about that. Student landlords tend to be a hard line lot and know the system well enough. He doesn't have to do squat and is due the rent for the period regardless of what they people in the property get up to. You are going have to have a bloody good argument why the landlord would want to mess about like this when he has a year long contract and your deposit in his grubby hands (ok maybe the deposit isn't quite in his hands but you get my meaning)
                    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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