I just want to be able to bang a nail into a wall without asking somebody's permission first.

( Kroney, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:35, 1 reply, 11 years ago)

And you shall,
I'm not saying don't buy a house, I'm just saying the system is stupid, and landlords ought to allow tenants to make improvements in their homes.
Like, 1st year, do nothing. 2nd year, minor works, 3rd year decoration control. 4th year, go ahead, take a wall down. And then if they do damage, there should be legal means to recoup any loss of value or cost of repair on a property.

Although, this wouldn't count for those on benefits, because they not people
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:45, Reply)

I had a dude at my old firm who had been renting the house since the 80's. He insisted he owned it. Because the landlord was from Pakistan, and "only Brits can own british property".

I was sad that one never went to court. I'd have loved to see him run that argument, the racist old fuckwit.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:48, Reply)

So how did he explain paying rent?

( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:52, Reply)

"The social chose to do it"
It was one of those bonkers old rent act tenancies so he's probably still there paying an absolute fraction of market value. He'd done millions of "repairs" without permission and whilst some of them were ok, some of them were frankly horrendous, eg replacing an entire lovely lawn with 80's crazy paving... Hence claiming it was his house to do what he wanted with, when the landlord inspected and went spare...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 11:55, Reply)

Fantastic.
He sounds like a hoot.
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:04, Reply)

he'll have barricaded himself in and be threatening the police with a defused WW2 grenade by now

(old man river possible lesbian, Thu 4 Dec 2014, 12:21, Reply)