From Scam Artists to Family Feuds – ‘Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords’ continues

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In this week’s episode of Channel 5’s ‘Nightmare Tenants
Slum Landlords’, Landlord Action tackles two very different eviction cases, one
involving an illegal sub-let by a ‘professional’ scam artist, the other which
sees a favour turn into a family feud.

In the first case, young landlord Han Yip discovers his West
London flat is being illegally sublet to three unsuspecting students. They have
been paying thousands of pounds to live in an exclusive part of London, but
their rent is being pocketed by the man who posed as the legitimate tenant.
Flaunting his seemingly ‘flashy’ life on Instagram and showing off about his
‘property business empire’, he is in fact a scam artist, who has spent time in
a US prison on fraud charges.

Calling on the help of Paul Shamplina, founder of Landlord Action,
Han Yip is determined to expose the rogue tenant and reclaim his debts. Paul comments:
“Han Yip was very unlucky. He had done everything correctly, from using a
professional letting agent to carrying out thorough referencing. Unfortunately,
this particular fraudster had changed the spelling of his name among other tricks
to slip through referencing.  Illegal sub-letting
is becoming something of an epidemic in London and more needs to be done to
prevent cases like these.�

In the second case, Landlord Action is called upon to help
end an unusual family disagreement.  Three
years ago, Sade Ademoye took pity on her cousin Kirk, who was in dire straits
after his divorce. Agreeing to temporarily let a room to him in her elderly
mother’s home, Sade also gave him a cheap rate. But after her mother passed
away, he refused to leave. With this family feud turning acrimonious, Sade also
turns to help from Paul and his team to evict her cousin.

“This tenant took advantage of his cousin’s late Mother
and took over the property, even though the agreement was only to rent a
room.  He then refused to leave. These stories,
and others throughout the series, demonstrate the diversity of cases that we have
to deal with at Landlord Action and the reasons landlords look to gain
possession.  It is rarely non-fault but
often landlords feel powerless and turn to eviction as an absolute last resort.�

Watch Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords on Channel 5, Mondays
at 9pm

About Landlord Action

Landlord Action is a UK based organisation helping landlords,
letting agents and other property professionals. As a champion for landlords,
it has campaigned extensively and was instrumental in getting the law changed
to make squatting a criminal offence.

It was founded in 1999 as the first ever fixed-fee tenant eviction
specialist, they revolutionised this area of legal practice. They have now
acted in more than 35,000 problem tenant cases and are considered the authority
in this field.

Landlord Action run a free advice line to help landlords and
property professionals understand their rights: 0333 321 9415

www.LandlordAction.co.uk

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