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Add to that: Landlord is not a criminal Does not have rats

elcct 11y ago
Is not next to a squat Not a council house Was not previously occupied by criminals It doesn't have elderly neighbours No kebab / chicken shops within x metres
- smcl 11y ago
  I'm curious - why would you not want elderly neighbours?
  - Herald_MJ 11y ago
    Actually, I don't think any of those criteria should definitively rule a place out.
    - smcl 11y ago
      Personally me neither but I can understand the other reasons to some extent
  - elcct 11y ago
    Because some are difficult - for example being nosy, over-sensitive to noise and so on.
    - lgieron 11y ago
      Everyone can be difficult - I rented a room in London where the guy below us had a habit of playing shooter games on his home cinema system around 10-11 pm. During those hours, it felt like living in the warzone (constant loud explosions, shooting etc.)
      - elcct 11y ago
        That is true, but I found out that issues with living among elderly neighbours are much more troubling. So I would like to filter that out if I was ever to look for a flat again.
- efaref 11y ago
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- NLips 11y ago
  Why not an (ex)-council house? Or do you really mean not a council house, in which case the question is "what letting agents are advertising current council houses?"
  - elcct 11y ago
    with (ex)-council house / flat there is a good chance it is surrounded by operating council houses / flats.
Symbiote 11y ago
I don't think London's rental market problems can be solved by startups, at least not beyond what's already been achieved. The Deposit Protection Scheme was introduced in 2007, and that made a huge difference. Landlords could no longer expect to steal deposits. There's already schemes to license landlords renting a "House for Multiple Occupancy", whose definition varies by area. Typically, it's 3 or more people who aren't related to each other. This should be extended to all landlords. I lived in an illegally converted flat for a year, though I didn't realise it. At the end of the year, an inspector from the council appeared, and said there shouldn't be a "37A", "37B", "37C", but just a "37". The house had been converted without planning permission _fifteen years earlier_. 3 million Londoners weren't born in the UK, and in my experience are less aware of the rights they do have. I don't know how to solve that one. But 39% of Tory MPs, and 22% of Labour MPs, are landlords, so I don't expect the situation to change. [1] [1] http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/14/mp-landlords-number-risen-quarter-last-parliament-housing-bill http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/14/mp-la...

elcct 11y ago

Is not next to a squat Not a council house Was not previously occupied by criminals It doesn't have elderly neighbours No kebab / chicken shops within x metres

smcl 11y ago
I'm curious - why would you not want elderly neighbours?
- Herald_MJ 11y ago
  Actually, I don't think any of those criteria should definitively rule a place out.
  - smcl 11y ago
    Personally me neither but I can understand the other reasons to some extent
- elcct 11y ago
  Because some are difficult - for example being nosy, over-sensitive to noise and so on.
  - lgieron 11y ago
    Everyone can be difficult - I rented a room in London where the guy below us had a habit of playing shooter games on his home cinema system around 10-11 pm. During those hours, it felt like living in the warzone (constant loud explosions, shooting etc.)
    - elcct 11y ago
      That is true, but I found out that issues with living among elderly neighbours are much more troubling. So I would like to filter that out if I was ever to look for a flat again.
efaref 11y ago
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NLips 11y ago
Why not an (ex)-council house? Or do you really mean not a council house, in which case the question is "what letting agents are advertising current council houses?"
- elcct 11y ago
  with (ex)-council house / flat there is a good chance it is surrounded by operating council houses / flats.

Symbiote 11y ago

I don't think London's rental market problems can be solved by startups, at least not beyond what's already been achieved. The Deposit Protection Scheme was introduced in 2007, and that made a huge difference. Landlords could no longer expect to steal deposits. There's already schemes to license landlords renting a "House for Multiple Occupancy", whose definition varies by area. Typically, it's 3 or more people who aren't related to each other. This should be extended to all landlords. I lived in an illegally converted flat for a year, though I didn't realise it. At the end of the year, an inspector from the council appeared, and said there shouldn't be a "37A", "37B", "37C", but just a "37". The house had been converted without planning permission _fifteen years earlier_. 3 million Londoners weren't born in the UK, and in my experience are less aware of the rights they do have. I don't know how to solve that one. But 39% of Tory MPs, and 22% of Labour MPs, are landlords, so I don't expect the situation to change. [1] [1] http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/14/mp-landlords-number-risen-quarter-last-parliament-housing-bill http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2016/jan/14/mp-la...