There is nothing right about the housing situation in this country; not
enough of it for the rapidly increasing population and too expensive. I bought
my first house after being at work, starting on £403 a year, for only four
years; but who would help out by being a landlord now?
My neighbour of eight years moved to Basildon, Kent (sic) last week. He had
literally never ever attended to his front garden - I cut his lawn and trimmed
his hedge or I’d have to look at the eyesore daily - and the jungle at the back
was cut down only once a year.
Now he has gone and every window has been left open through which one can see a
dilapidated kitchen. The garage door is broken and hanging off its hinges and
behind it is a mountain of old toot.
Probably worse is the van he left behind. It has stood outside his house
rendering his neighbour’s drive virtually unusable since 2014. Removing it will
be a very expensive job. It will need six new tyres, a new battery, insurance,
VED and an MOT which it will never get. The landlord lives abroad, he is in for a shock.
