How The Tenant From Hell Wrecked My House

Well, what can I say....

I am at a loss for words, after 4 months of waiting for the courts to do their thing and numerous payouts and finally a baliff, and no rent from the woman...

My house in Walton on Thames was destroyed by this dirty, filthy, disgusting woman...Dorothy Hinchliffe and her black labrador....

I can't belive how someone can have no pride whatsoever.

I have to foot the bill to clean the place, repair thousands of Pounds worth of damage and she walks away from it all without lifting a finger and also not having paid me rent for over 4 months.

Just wonder how the law works, protecting people like her and making honest, hard working people like myself suffer.

I used to live in that house and it was beautiful...I spent a lot of money doing it up and am still waiting for the photos of the living room and the brand new kitchen I had put in....

Here are some of the photos, but for the full horror, see my photobucket site at www.photobucket.com and search for my album vetchick and see the sub album How Dorothy Hinchliffe wrecked my house...

[Lissa]

Bloody Hell, Jen.

That's terrible. Surely there is some way you can bring a suit against this woman for the damage, even if you have to make it a civil action?

[Wideboy]

MY GOD!! that is disgusting! how the hell can some one live like that, get her done that is rank

would call her a filthy pig but they wouldnt live like that!! Dorty fook1n beactchhhh!

Unfortunately protecting the innocent and punishing the guilty doesn't seem to be on the agenda of this countries government.

I know, I know I am gonna have to gut the place gonna cost me a damn fortune *cry!
I cant believe it either but yes she lived there right up till the baliff kicked her out on the 22nd August.
She wrecked my boiler too so she hasnt had any central heating or hot water for months either, I am dreading the pics of the living room and the kitchen..
I like to keep things neat and tidy so this is like a nightmare for me.

Cant bring a lawsuit against her as she has buggered off into the smoke. I will spend a lot on a lawyer and get nothing thats what they told me anyway, I reported her to the police for criminal damage so hopefully they can track her down.
But other than that I am trying to get Natwest to give me more money on the mortgage or I will have to sell my bike and some other stuff of mine to raise the cash to repair it all.

My god, thats awfull! I feel really bad for you, thats really disgusting. How long was the tenant in the house? At the flat I rented form the university, every term we had someone from the uni come round and inspect the property (part of the contract) to make sure it was in good condition. Perhaps you can try this if you continue to rent? Then if someone else treats the property bad you can tell them to clean up, or clean out (make it a contract clause).

Good luck with the clean up. How could have the tenant lived in that filth anyway?

disgusting.

Matt

She lived there for a year, she was supposed to move out in May 07 but was a difficult woman and unfortunately you have to get consent to inspect the property which she denied on every occasion, she refused to move, refused to pay, refused to let anyone in, including the corgi registered chap to do my landlords gas safety certificate.

I tried everything but she wouldnt speak to me on the phone, she said that she would report me for harassment if I contacted her and she basically just didnt leave the place
She was a nightmare, she breached every clause in the contract, squatters have rights too you see, even if they arent paying the landlord.
She had loads of dosh in her bank when the letting agency did the checks on her but then she tried to get benefits and then the housing dept was paying her but she wasnt paying me. I asked them to pay me directly so they agreed but then investigated her and found that she wasnt entitled so I didnt get my money.

I dont know how anyone can live like that, I am so gonna be yakking when I have to go and clean it up.
Normal tenants would have to pay for professional cleaners to go and sort it but since she has gone and the deposit was long ago used for rent arrears, not to mention all the damage cost, plus she has left a lot of cr*p in the house which I will have to pay to have removed....I cant afford to have em in and she certainly wont pay up.

could be alot worse.......... although i could not see the photobucket ones

it needs a good clean, and probally a bit of decorating,

the same happened to a freind, but they smashed most the windows & punched all the walls & doors throug (amougst other things)

that is really bad i dont know what to say that hasnt already been said the law does suck.