Britain's Most Controversial Landlord
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- čas přidán 19. 03. 2019
- Fergus Wilson is evicting 90 families because he wants to cash-in on his property empire, with every resident in one street in Kent possibly having to leave their home.
Wilson has been criticised in the past for refusing to rent to parents with young children or people who cook curry.
Reporter Richard Bilton meets the outspoken landlord and finds out what life is like for the families facing eviction.
Sack the sound editor for gross incompetence.
Socialism is the nature of incompetence
appaently listening to two voices can cause strokes, ask hillary clinton
I Concur
How horrible 🤧 actually wanted to watch this lol
The sound editor has committed a crime against humanity.
two conversations and stupid music playing at the same time....can't understand what is being said half the time!
wtf i am not native english speaker and even though i dont have this problem, just stupid accents with some music in background xDDD
this was done intentionally to avoid youtube flagging copyrighted materials from been flagged by the algorithm, very common on thing on youtube , you dummy.
@@maktry It's from an official BBC channel and I highly doubt they would have show/play copyrighted materials without the correct rights.
You can thank Dubbing Mixer David McCLEAN for that.
Omg seriously the editor did a crap job on this video
He 100 percent gets off on being a major inconvenience 😭😂😂😂
It’s a sad world when all you do is pay someone else’s mortgage and you can’t buy your own home
Work harder,stop drinking and stay out of the bookies
Why can we hear the people talking over the narrator? Who edited this? Are you sure this is the BBC?
sushimitten why you ask if your sure the bs is coming apart it’s unravelling I’m sure they just people money hungry video churning trying to stay afloat in the this new media era they can’t control who pays 4 tv really
BBC isn't what it used to be, all their graphics, green-screens and sound is the poorest of all news channels.
The problem does not exist on the original broadcast - which remains available on BBC iPlayer.
I suspect this is an earlier version that goes out to be put on youtube. I'd also gather that the TV version is probably up to snuff, and they'd rather that you view that instead of videos online.
@@kevinmrn Its cause they are fake news and barely making it financially. You should look up how many alt-left, liberal, democrat media companies George Soros has saved. He needs them to push his narrative. He just gave bla ck lyves madder(spelt wrong to dodge algo) 100 million(80% went to salaries of all the chapters world wide.
The young turks were about to end(Anerica would throw a Continent Party) until george soros and his socialist groups infused millions into them.
1960s UK - £2000 to buy a house > 2019 UK - £2.5k to move into a rented house.
The Thatcherian dream of a 'home-owning democracy' has been shown to be just that: a dream. Fewer people can afford to buy, resulting in more having to rent.
All part of the plan
Bit of a ridiculous comparision considering the average wage in the 60's was less than 1000 pound per annum (women 500) and normally there was one wage per household and now the average wage is 30,000 per annum and normally 2 wages per household!!!!!!!!!!
£5600 now 2022
dude this is a bbc production and its got these kind of audio problems? this is insane. fix and reupload.
Get better headphones.
@@elias_xp95 no the editor did a crap job with the audio. . .
They get their license fee from the paying idiots whether the audio is bad or good
The level of hypocrisy the BBC have on this one; criticising the landlord because he and his wife wish to sell up. Meanwhile, you're forcing people to pay their TV License with confusing terms and if they don't pay their fine they're threatened with prison. Unparalleled hypocrisy.
remember this couple only care for the profits , we get a service with the bbc . True no one should go to prison because of not paying there t v licence or even be fined unless they have the money .
Well Said!
Well said 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
It's another reason to stop paying a TV licence
The BBC don't like the truth
These landlords can't take the money to the grave with them.
That's boomers. They have no morals. Money is their god. They will never understand.
They will try.
If I have a house and rent it I better be able to decide who lives in. And stop having kids if you can't afford it ffs.
Britain's most controversial Landlord; Nicholas Van Hoogstraten, Hold my beer!!
I honestly thought this would be about Hoogstraten. I quite like him personally, but I think I'm in the minority there.
Landlords like these are the reason the government keeps making life harder and harder for the rest of the small time landlords
Landlords in general suck
What the heck is going on with the sound? Two people talking at once?!
The blame sits with the government and the lack of social housing. This has driven up private rents, as well as house prices.
No point blaming the government in charge now, blame thatcher for selling off social houses for penny’s and making private building projects build more, every new housing development has to build social housing and affordable homes, however the building project manager can request exemption to say “they won’t make enough money from it” and its normally granted, happens in my area all the time where new housing developments are springing up every couple of months because we’re right outside London, it’s easy for commuters as it only takes 30 mins to get into central London and London employees generally have a lot more money.
Reality is, people lapped up social housing in the 80s and 90s and are now private renting social houses to people who should of had those social houses in the first place.
As a 20 year old who’s at university studying mental health nursing, later on in life is pretty bleak with the fact I’ve lived here all my life and I won’t even be able to afford a home or even rent in my own area.
(Link about the housing development with no affordable home being built in my area: www.yourthurrock.com/2018/10/26/approval-given-new-housing-near-lakeside/ )
Too much social housing. Work it out
Luke Sommer what do you mean by too much??? Trust me, their isn’t enough.
@@rxss6154 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in_the_United_Kingdom.
Supply and demand. 55% owned by local authority. Sounds like the housing market is cornered. Do you qualify for social housing?
Luke Sommer did you ever listen in school? Never quote from Wikipedia.
Actually i do, but it goes on by who needs it the most, Im not classed as needing it the most because I don’t have kids, plus the wait for a house for homelessness is disgusting. I live in social housing. However there isn’t enough of it. 50% of houses are social housing, however the government classes “affordable homes” as social housing. So the real percentages isn’t 50% because a lot of homes aren’t “real social housing” only about 5,000 homes are social rent (from the government). You need to be earning under a certain threshold to be considered. If you earn even £1 over you don’t qualify, but rent prices has been steadily going up and up, meaning people can not afford it because wages aren’t rising with it, private renting fills the gaps but doesn’t give the same security ad social renting does, there isn’t enough social houses and the market. So in reality with a starting wage of about £24,000 I don’t qualify for social housing, but I can’t afford to rent either.
Read this: fullfact.org/economy/social-housing-last-30-years/
I didn’t have a huge problem with this guy until suing a family for £30k. I’m sorry but who cares if he had to pay them £1200. It’s petty and pointless.
Yup and he doesn’t care about ruining a young family when he’s got millions! £1,200 to the Wilson’s is pocket change and they should let it go.
I don't see the problem here at all, they are his houses, he wants to sell his assets. That's life
My landlord decided to sell and started organising viewings 2 months into my contract, but when I was able to hand in my notice, and I did, they decided to keep on renting, which means that they wanted it tenanted until they found a buyer. Also, when I moved out, I paid the landlord a cleaning fee directly so I didn’t have to organise a professional cleaner. They added fumigation because apparently the place was so dirty. Thinking back, when I moved in, they were still cleaning it themselves, so they’d obviously asked the previous tenant to pay THEM for the cleaning. They also tried to charge me for scuff marks on the wall and for breaking the freezer drawers. Luckily I had photos of the place when I moved in, so they couldn’t charge me. Also, even though I did pay for an inventory, there wasn’t one, and they said they were honest people so that’s why they don’t do it. But they weren’t.
Please everyone, remember to take photos of absolutely everything on the day that you move into rented accommodation to use as evidence for when you move out.
Agreed. You have to take steps to protect your self as a tenant. Landlords can be bad
If you have put a 6 week deposit down.
Just don't pay the last 6 week rent.
The most important things to take pics of is the gas meter and the electric meter upon departure as that is the final readings you can prove for any bill complications that may arise
I had a landlord charge us for a dresser that was already broken when I moved in lol we contested it and he obviously gave us most of our money back. We paid £550 each deposit and he only wanted to give us £100 back.
@@davecollins9075 that's illegal
How about doing a programme on tenants not paying, trashing houses and bankrupting landlords.
Keep shipping people into an overcrowded property market, and this is the result
If they want to sell their houses where is the problem.
So they are his houses and he wants to retire and sell them. These people signed up for 6 month rolling tenancies. What did they expect?
I have a rogue landlord who gave me a sham licence agreement and consequently has been breaking their covenant. The way I've been treated is abismimal. I wish I had a landlord like this Wilson fella, I wouldn't have a problem with him because I pay my rent on time and don't pay cause problems.
I don’t think you were paying any attention watching this. Didn’t you hear that he evicts people who pay rent and do not complain?
@@SabrinaDacosta this so called "documentary" is a hit piece. They usually aren't a reflection of reality. They just masquerade as reality and people eat it up because they want to believe it's real
In reality, the most professional landlords are the largest and most experienced ones.
It's not in his own self interest to evict people with no reason. You don't run a business by chasing away paying tenants. The story is often deeper
And if he wants to sell his own properties, I have no right to tell him he can't, even if I'm renting a house from him. Until my name is on the deeds, it isn't my house. Having a rental agreement doesn't give me ownership
He would kick you out after 6months mate
@@BBrunnel really, though? Really? How would that affect his business if he kicked out fully paying tenants and had to replace them frequently?
Landlords make money by keeping tenants happy. They do not make money by randomly evicting people for no reason, do they?
This so called documentary is not about representing the facts in a balanced way. It's about envy. Maybe if people stopped envying others the world would be a bit happier.
If you want to cure your envy, arrange a metting with a mortgage advisor and see how much a deposit you would need to buy a house. I'll give you an example - driving a car costs about £5,000 per year depending on how far you drive and if you have a decent car. Suppose a family gave up the car and bought ebikes instead, like I have. If you saved £5,000 per year, a deposit may be in hand sooner than you think and without changing too much in your life.
Envy is easy to cure. For those who have the right heart condition
@@BBrunnel thanks for your response, what happened eventually is the landlord a senior barrister at that, was gaslighting me for over 6 months, telling me tough luck I signed the licence agreement. Eventually he employed a solicitor who put him straight. I was served a section 7. I then sued him for 3 times the amount for not putting my money in a tent deposit scheme, with my windfall I then moved out and have been happy in my new property for nearly 2 years. He's supposed to be well respected, he was nothing more than a crook.
had no idea that complications with hearing could be hereditary. gonna have to do some reading up on it.
I was just wondering that myself.
whoever mixed the sound for the episode must’ve also been related to them
Somebody wanting to sell there property is unfortunate but understandable. However the section21 rule allowed landlords to evict people for no good reason. It means that tenants wont ask for necessary repairs to be done for fear of eviction. That is wrong I think
I think renting needs to gain you a stock in a house like a mortgage does. Say after 5 yrs of renting you might own 7% of the property and you can choose to sell or keep when you leave or are evicted. If you did significant damage to a propertysaid investment may be taken in the civil courts. If you end up getting 100% investment you can file a civil case to own it.
All that would be is a rent to buy scheme. Which already exist and all that happens is. You pay the normal rent price. As well as a purchase price on top of that rent.
The fact is. Rent is paying to use the house. Not to own it. If you want to own it. You pay again.
@@SCP--ck5ip no. Why should a landlord with all the responsibility give you part of their business? You’re out of your mind. You aren’t owed s***.
The BBC has the nerve to criticize this landlord for exercising his right to sell his properties, while they are happy to collect a TV tax from the people they pretend to care about and send out hefty fines to those who fail to pay.
What a very valid point that is
Ouch. A bit hypocritical from them.
And covering up peadophiles
If it's a 6 month lease. What's the problem if the lease is up and the landlord won't renew it, also giving 2 month notice. Tenants must know they don't have no say.. i.e renting.
Spot on.
How can the couple "plan to live there for years", when they signed 6 month tenancy agreement.
There are always at least two sides to every story but people have a habit of listening and believing in the first one they hear.
'nuf sed.
There`s always two sides to a story yes. And both sides are being heard here.
At the end of the day private landlords are business men.
Scum bags they are scum bags
@@arkanstigers6007 What makes you call them scum bags? Because they earn money? Because they don't want to work now and are old enough with enough behind them to retire at 70 years of age? Landlords charge rent because they have a mortgage to pay with other expenses of the home... What part of that makes them scumbags?
@@shaneoshea5166 the mortgage is a scam as well it’s was invented by banks so they can get more money out of working class people. The way I see it housing is a human right like education he’s a millionaire there so he won’t need to pay a mortgage or he doesn’t have to pay as much as well as the others because the governments have there back because someone keeps voting conservative. They are not making money they are stealing it from people who have to work several jobs to get food on the table it’s a dishonest way of making money land belongs to the people
@@arkanstigers6007 Absolute bollocks. If it was that easy, everyone would be able to buy a house. Fact is, life in unfair and everyone is trying to make a living.
You're calling the landlords scumbags... They're the ones providing housing within the circumstances that they are given. Your problem isn't with the landlords it's with the banks and whether you like it or not there is absolutely nothing you can do to change that outcome.
It takes years of saving and living well within your means to be able to get a good mortgage. The problem why most people can't afford their own is because they spend too much and don't save enough.
Being a landlord isn't easy and a lot of work has to be put into it as if you're not careful you can end up bankrupt and that's not good for anyone.
My point is; whether you like it or not. Banks & mortgages are a thing. That's not the landlords fault. If someones got a mortgage and they rent their building out; fact is they need their money. Once that mortgage is paid off no one gets to live for free and it'd be stupid to allow people to live in your property free. Rich people don't become rich by being stupid.
@@shaneoshea5166 without mortgages it would be without landlords it would be, why are you sympathising with people who do not care about you who will kick you out at your lowest and have no shame
This whole problem started when Maggie Thatcher started selling council house on the cheap. Yes it was a way for people to get on the property ladder but it took away affordable rented housing from those who needed it . They sold millions of houses without replacing them .
Yes yes yes ur absolutely right 👍
So they got on the property ladder by not owning a property 😂😂
It was amazing she did this, getting people cheap housing to buy.
@@banksy3169 in the short term
@@banksy3169 Maybe , but the downside is that it took those council houses away from people who could not afford high rent prices and no new ones were built to replace them
The real criminal is the solicitors charging 30K for a £1200 claim back? WTF! Sue the solicitors. Should be no more than £1k or £2k in fees. BS
The strangest part about this as a landlord in America is that it's actually a welcome thing for a lot of investors to have properties with reliable tenants already in them. It can be less of a headache having some of the properties in cash flow while others are vacant and can be rehabbed.
Property’s what? Think you meant properties, genius.
@@williamwilson6499 Congrats! Thanks for catching that for me! I appreciate you thinking I'm a genius, we all make mistakes. Even geniuses :)
right, but at their age, they dont need the constant stress
Don't know why everyone is moaning... he seems an absolute delight!
I rented my house for a while when I worked abroad. I would never do it again, I'd rather have the house empty . Landlords have a lot of risk
What happened to you?
Poor you lol
@@stephenhardy312 my tenant caused about £3500 worth of damage . She even left about £4000 in debt . The energy company forced entry into the house and changed the gas and electricity meters. There was quite a few more things damaged.
@@preparetoholdyourcolour7080 chip on the shoulder?
@@ab-js2gw what
I don't think he's done anything wrong,you sign a contract that's it.I rented for a short while one year contract one month before contract ends they could give me notice or could offer me another contract.These people have been given fair notice and if they look after property get their deposit back.Typical BBC,this landlord over the years has probably been decent,they are not being booted out ridiculous
The old man owns properties, now wants to sell them, where is the problem? He is not their therapist
What a sad state of affairs,the housing sittuation in Britain is flawless,bassed on greed .How on earth can some people own so many houses yet some cant even own one ?
Back in around 1997, you just had to make up a figure as your earnings, the back accepted that as your income, issued you mortgage, house price since then kept going up. You would have kept remortgaging on the equity, then put that down that as your deposit, another house in the bag. Piad only Interest as your monthly, soon the excess from rent, and more equity, ment within short period you could buy 2,3 house in one go on buy to let, on blt banks didn't ask for income as long as you had 15% deposit, which was easy for these guy. Money from excess rent + equity. These people got greedy and the system allowed them. 3 years ago osbourn made tax changes which meant pay 45% income tax on the the gross rent amount. This makes it pointless for landlords. And that's why people like this gentleman want to evict everyone and sell up. Also as a result rent price went up for everyone by about £500. I hope I've shed some knowledge.
Yes ,thanks ,very interesting
@@shakhan1848 Sounds like your talking from experience.
@@starofdavid9919 I took a step back from this rat race. Prefer the simple life. Just have one btl.
@@shakhan1848 I did have two at one point, both long term tenants, both lovely families, and both actually got mortgages and I sold up, they are still there to this day, but I really hope the interest doesn't peak the way it did in the 90s for the sake of any first time buyers, we both know it really is in the lap of the gods.
What’s the problem, if someone owns a house and let’s you live there, you don’t own it so play by the rules
Landlords don't "let you live there"....it's not some weird free charity. They advertise for people to live in a property they own in return for regular payment. It's a premium service and just like any premium service the customer expects, or should expect, a certain standard of service. I'm not sure how such an extremely simple concept has evaded you. In fairness to you, it's probably because the property laws in this country are about a century out of date.
safdsafe afsd im saying it’s not a great system but if someone owns a house then surely it is their right to sell a property if they want. All tenants know this. This guy picks his tenants, ( no benefit people etc) so basically it’s his chose who lives there so yes he does “ let you live there”
@@safdsafeafsd9592 if you have a 6 month tennacy after 6 months the landlord is perfectly within his right to ask you to leave. All of the people evicted say they didnt want to move out so i imagine they must have been happy with the quality of service.
@@safdsafeafsd9592 If you rent you dont buy. It does NOT become property of the tenant.
Everybody wants to own a house but not everyone wants to pay for one. That's why some people rent a house but pretend like they own it. I doubt these people would act any different if they were on the landlord's side tbh. Being a landlord can actually be a nightmare beacuse of entitled people who can't take care of their own lives, ask their landlord to take care of every single household problem they cause, and then just disappear at some point without paying the last months rent cause it isn't worth pursuing for the landlord. You realise keeping a house in shape is actually expensive, right?
I live in the states and this happened to me after my private landlord got himself into financial trouble. I was never late on my rent, I caused no problems or damages however the basement flooded every time it rained which ruined everything I was storing down there most of which was irreplaceable because it had been handed down as family heirlooms, holiday decorations, and clothing as that's where my washer and dryer were . I did make a complaint but no repairs were made in the 3 years I rented. I had 9 months left on my lease and as a single mother of two small children I was given a 30 day notice to vacate right before Christmas. I was devastated and we were forced into homelessness until I could find an affordable, clean, and safe place to rent several months later. I was devastated and felt like a failure as a mother.
Same. In the end it is their home.
God bless the USA.. here in finland they have to give you atleast 4v to move if you get evicted..
Even in 2023 you would think this and many other issues would be a thing of the past, here in Florida. The rents have skyrocketed to an eye, watering amount, yet pay is not going up, a studio apartment, starting at 2500 a month and you only make 800 a month, 🤷♀️I am so sorry for what you had to go through, it truly unsettled your foundation, truly hard to be a happy mom raising happy kids when you’re going through it all, I hope you’ve found peace, or at least peace around the corner🙏🏻🙏🏻💕
No savings why not u knew possibly have to leave
That's literally criminal I would of called authorities
These tensions could have brought an electric heater instead of a bloody cat to keep their daughter warm.
His own door shuts in his face ‘I don’t think he speaks English’ 😂
Bet they got evicted the next day
You want to rent a house, pay your rent & respect the agreed rules. if you can't pay or follow the rules, leave...
The problem is, the cost of renting.
Those of the agreement if you don't like the contract don't sign if you break the contract fuck you and you should never be allowed to rent again
@manboobs if you dont like it dont rent fucking idiots
I am amazed that this landlord is being castigated for acting like a landlord.
Landlords are garbage that are a drain on society, especially when they are acting as landlords
greenbrickbox yeah you want to live for free
I am a landlord in America being a landlord is a business not a charity case
@Gerr Gerring sounds good. Kick every renter out.
@@fayezentner619 no one in this video was asking for a handout. They were normal tenants who agreed to a rent increase but just wanted heat in the dead of winter. Basic human necessities.
The lack of empathy I’m seeing in the comments is surprising to me. Maybe it’s a cultural difference (cultural or not though we are all human)but this old man is pure greed with a severe lack of empathy. I agree 100% to evict misbehaving tenants but some of this was inexcusable and using the poor laws as a loophole to boot families on their ass.
That's why we all want to believe in the God's or Karma. We want to believe that there will be moral justice for greedy creeps like this in the end. Maybe they'll both end up with severe mental/physical debilitating diseases in the end, completely dependant on others, in diapers, and being treated like the wasted air space they are. 💁😂
C d shirt.
;--)
Totally agree!
I agree.
Whoa 😮 it's his property
I live in Australia where most people rent. We have to move yearly or every two years. It’s not good. It does make for stressful lives, and no stability. Mortgages are so expensive here, most people can’t afford to buy. You have to take good care of the homes you’re renting. You expect inspections of the house every few months. If you damage the house and don’t repair it, you rightly won’t be able to rent others as you can go on a list, putting a black mark against you. If you don’t pay rent, you get a black mark. Homelessness is high here.
Greedy property investor fucks like this drive up the prices. Fucker. This doco makes me so wild 🤬🤬🤬😡. Yuck
Wow and I thought the UK was bad 😂😂 idk anyone who's been blacklisted for renting even my sisters ex mate who didn't pay rent for a year and trashed her flat wasn't black listed
MOST people in Australia don't rent?? Where did you get that??
The more I learn about Australia, the more I feel for the people there. I, like so many others Globally, was always jealous of Aussie's and thought of Australia as the modern paradise on Earth. That illusion is long gone. Not only is Australia far from paradise, it's still a Prison Colony full of tyrannical prison guards. I realize that you guys are in the exact same position as Canada, and like Canadians are glad the truth is finally being seen about our 'nice' not-so-human countries. The BS propaganda curtain has been lifted from both our countries, and now the world will finally see the hypocrites our leaders truly are, and, the desperation we truly endure. Bless us both.
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN IN AUSTRALIA???? IS THIS BREAKING NEWS???
Lol!!
I think you better check again mi amiga...
There's a stealth attempt to take roofs from over beads! It's a global phenomenon.
Most awake to it.
It's so simple to understand the properties are private and he can't be stopped from selling them.
Doesn't excuse him sexually assaulting tenants.
In a way he is absolutely right, it is a business transaction and he is acting as a businessman within the law. He does not have a duty of care to the tenants and that is the nature of private rented. Councils fail people when they give them no other option but to rent privately. However with all that said....what an awful human being! Not a bone of humanity in his body. Just because he is acting within the law doesn't mean that he is morally in the right. Karma will find him eventually.
He said he did helped a lot of people. So who are we to judge?
@@clam4597 who are we to judge?!? We are the comments section of CZcams that's who
@@clam4597 Helped a lot of people!! At what cost, the only person he's helped is himself to all that money. How can you stick up for a money grasping c..t like that. I tell you now, this guy wouldn't piss on you in the street if you where on fire. Horrible selfish excuse for a human being.!!!!.
Owning people used to be a “business transaction” too
@@jh.christ2101 DOILEM.
These people are in their 70’s! They have every right to sell up and retire. Good on them for supplying so much housing, which the UK are in desperate need of, for so many years. People who expect them to keep working past 70 are entitled. Enjoy your hard earned money and live the best last years of your life I say👍
i have seen it the other way. the tenant has all the rights and the landlord none. yet the landlord is expected to pay property tax, property maintenance, mortgage and insurance.
Landlords are not secure either. Tenants may not pay on time, may damage the property, or are just as free to move out as the landlord is to evict them. Works both ways. Young people should save, save, save, when they are single, and then buy their own place.
I'm young, stayed single and childless to focus on someday purchasing a property so when I do start a family I have some security, unfortunately when your parents don't own a property themselves getting a mortgage is near impossible unless I have over 70,000 saved up, living in London is more expensive and just not an option to move out due to work.
It's not as easy as just saving, I have 3 jobs and I get taxed over 600 and that's not including my rent money, food, electricity etc
@@diabolikalm other people manage to do it, its hard but not imposible
i mean you could save for a house a few decades ago. i mean you try buying a place in london even on an average wage you wont have a chance
He is right the duty of care, he is not social services. Remember that he pays tax on any profits so he is already paying his dues to society.
I'm here after watching a whole season of "Bad tenants, Rogue landlords".... all I can say is, I UNDERSTAND the brutalness 😏
Yes those Tennants were beyond APPAULING!!!
@@grazutissmith9647 are you serious? These landlords are selfish pigs. Hope they rot in hell,or better yet find a date worse than death. They both deserve it.
I know we won't agree but as long as they are doing things legally you can't do much in some cases tenants have too many rights. And land Lords are left with huge amounts of rent being owed and there places destroyed. And good luck getting anything back from the tenants.
Agreed!
Me too
He's not doing anything wrong. The law is what needs changing, not him.
he is deciding ultimately - just because he can do something does not mean he does it or he should do it
difference between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law and that is cometely besides the base moral issue. The guy's behaviour, over long and short term, is inhumane.
Totally agree he's not doing anything wrong. They are trying to demonize him because he's rich. I can't see what he's doing wrong
@@chrishughes3405 he's doing business. Ther Es nothing wrong with selling his property. He xant make decisions what are going to be detrimental to himself. Making a decision based on sentiment is ludicrous. He's not a charity. What should be do? Keep all his property's until he's 90 just to keep the tenants happy?
@@kehindeemiabata4032 100% right . The only people who are against this chap are those who have never invested or started a business . They think everything is free and your feelings matter .
In SA we have a law that dictates "Rent trumps a later sale" In short, it means that the buyer of a property with a sitting tenant in it becomes the new landlord of the property, and must allow the tenant to continue to occupy the property for the duration of the lease that is in place. Seems to solve this problem.
so they have minimum lease lengths there of how long?
when homes are put up as collateral for huge numbers provided by a bank, that bank requires unencumbered access to the property clear of any legal disputes. nothing should interfere with the lawful right to do with one’s property what they wish. would be interesting to know how SA banks deal with sitting tenants if not by the existence of short leases in SA which leads to uncertainty for tenants.
It doesn’t solve the problem at all since the issue is their yearly renewed leases are up hence the minimum 2 months notice since the landlord wants to sell asap. Nothing illegal here except lack of empathy in not choosing to give tenants a little more notice especially those living alone or with kids.
Humans will always take advantage of the rules in their favour. Therefor, as frustrating as the landlord is, expecting him to behave any different is a pointless exercise and there's no point getting mad at him about it. Take it to the rule makers. I say that as someone who still lives with their parents here in London. Yea I could rent, but I'm saving for a mortgage, I'm considering moving to another country simply because I can't imagine myself ever affording to live in this city I grew up in, and software engineers aren't needed in the sticks. Honestly, there are even government schemes here like Help to Buy ISA's, new build scheme, but it hurts my pride a little to have to rely so much on the government. I don't want the home I live in to have been paid so much by the government. I'm not a charity case and I hate being treated like one. Unfortunately today's London is so expensive it seems that the Government can't get us into houses without paying for a large chunk of the costs for us. A shame because I love living here and everybody I know is here.
Roboko - In a free market prices will find there correct level London House prices cannot be to high , as if they were people could not afford to buy them and they would fall to a level where they would sell . But Government interference can distort things by offering help to people who could not afford to buy over wise they are pushing the prices up as more people are now chasing the same number of properties . By regulating the Banks and telling them how much they can lend to residential purchasers it means buy to let investors ( like me) can borrow and buy and some first time buyers can't , a investor will let the property so reducing the number of houses in the sales market so pushing the prices up, also high prices for residential homes should mean that developer's would convert other types of buildings into homes Planning rules often stop this . Basically the more the government listen to people whinning about the free market and interfere the worse the problem will get .
Not just London everywhere
Renters! Free advice: You want to own your home and control your life? Simple, work more than 35 hours a week, take all the overtime you can get, two jobs if nessacery, upgrade yourself to earn a lot more than minimum wage, do not spend money in pubs or restaurants, give up smoking and drugs, get married only once, drive a used car. ie make good money and save it. Most people want the rewards but do not want to sacrifice to earn them.
I mean.... It's his properties so his decision. He's not responsible for the people that are renting. Sadly, it's just the risk of renting someone else property to live in.
He wants to sell his assets, why on earth is Panorama blackening him?
Because of what he done not just doing
Many people consider businesses as charities. They don't see the point of business if you are not bending over backwards to make allowances for absolutely all customers.
It doesn't pay in business to be horrible to people. Loyal customers help, and online reviews mean good customer service carries further than just your current customer.
I'm sure I would do my best to be a kind landlord. Nonetheless, no one can afford to be a doormat. Just the same way as I wouldn't expect to live in your house rent free for months on end while blowing my cash on addictions, I don't think I could run a property business sustainably without collecting a fair rent. If someone refuses to pay, the landlord is put in a very difficult place. Does the landlord continue losing income? Or does he place the tenant in the hands of the council, by eviction? Some call that callous. "Why not just let them live rent free indefinitely?" No business can continue this way. It's unfair.
Does every landlord have an obligation to pander to his tenants? You decide.
@GreenClover ditto
I agree. It’s his property, the tenants sign a tenancy agreement. Of course you’ll hedge your bets an hour with tenants who are optimally going to pay their rent on time. I see no problem with this man at all!
I like your beautiful dog avatar. Is it a German shepherd dog?
David mclean, the dubbing mixer on this production should be ashamed
The problem does not exist on the original broadcast - which remains available on BBC iPlayer.
He should be evicted, the wanker.
The landlords aren't running a charity and since they own the properties they are their's to sell if they choose.
How do you not plan ahead for the possibility of eviction at any moment? You're living on someone else's land, at anytime you could be asked to pack up and go. Always have money stored away
Very true, and that applies to me because I'm renting and probably will be all my life due to my job, so you said some wise words there. Thanks.
no one owns anything. your body is not even your own. see on your death.!!!
There are laws against that in the US. Unless a tenant does something horribly wrong or doesn’t pay rent they can’t just be evicted.
@@aileencrane7700 Depends on the state actually
@@bwghall1 Sounds like nonesense. What do you mean?
What an idiotic programme. It is their property and business they can and MUST do as they want and they are following good laws
He seemed like a fair guy
@siwuz84 Nope. Not without planning permission.
No, you're not right. You're dealing with families and their lives. It's the same when you employ people in a business - it's not the same as selling one of your machines, you have a responsibility towards your employees and the law recognises that.
He is a businessman so I fully understand him. Jobless people who is making kids is not his problem. Business is business and he want money-not sad stories from people about their sad lives 🤷♀️
If they have no money they should go to work or go to shelter to live on level of life which they created for themselves. They should stop using excuses and trying to use others to pay for their problems. I was single mother, alone here with 3 years old child with no family in this country + I didn’t had benefits bcoz on that time HO doesn’t let me claim anything for first 12 months…. I managed everything by myself without any help from anybody and maybe was not easy but I did it that’s why today I have no sympathy to people who just sit on sofa and they blame everyone around for everything 🤷♀️
Get up from sofa and do something instead of crying and blaming us for your sad life bcoz on reality…. No one of us care for you 🤷♀️
Well we do things differently in England. We have a little more compassion for one another.
Amen!
@@dominich2263 what does compassion have to do with entitlement? People think they are owed housing. You’re not.
Yea I'm a veteran in united states they don't care
They constantly tell me to get job raise credit they don't care at all
They want profit
Despite having program that eliminates down payment they still want credit score lol
I'm done playing their stupid game
The veterans affairs in my country should have all its as ran by the government
Not this pseudo public market non sense
As long as you give the 2 months notice it is what it is. My house and if I want to sell it then it's gone...
What do you expect when the gov does fk all to solve the housing problem.
If landlord’s could not get their properties back , no-one would rent a property out. I am selling up as my properties as they become vacant. Too high a risk of not getting a property back
Whys the landlord getting a raw deal for wanting to sell his homes that's surely his choice to sell and enjoy his money. My advice and I've been a landlord before. But I lost all I worked so hard to achieve and wrongly. I rent now and my advice to anybody renting is to get on with your landlord it is that simple
How can you praise him for what he's doing when you're renting yourself? People like him are the reason there's a homeless problem in the UK
@@preparetoholdyourcolour7080 Im not praising him but he has a right to sell his homes doesnt he are u potty or what wow.
If the government didn't treat the landlord's like criminals then they probably wouldn't want to sell
This is unwatchable! Who tf edited this!?
Stop Bassin landlords if you don't like it go by your own place
hope you get serious desease and no one helps you since money means nothing in the end
james Right Exactly
@@oscarvitlue2922 go buy a house and i hope u loose it to the banks and everything falls apart for you
ARIES SCORPION why
@@oscarvitlue2922 to learn true values in life since you sound like you have none
Sounds like a lot of BS. I have watched the "Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords" and "Cant Pay, We'll Take it Away" and all are in complete conflict with each other. One says the tenants dont have to go anywhere. This one says they have to go. Which is it? In one show it takes months if not years to evict a dead beat tenant that can owe thousands. In this one they say that paying tenants are being evicted. Sounds like a lot of creative production. Oh and I agree...the sound editor needs to learn how to do his job. You dont do Voice Over's when your actors and interviewers are speaking.
As someone who, briefly, studied the issue at A-level through geography landlords have all the power. If rent prices go up but your income didn't any you can't afford the region anymore, you are out of a job and a home. This has occurred in London before (don't have the location, can't remember the case study so I don't mind if you are doubtful but if not trust me)
Panorama blaming a landlord is irresponsible- thank goodness for smart profitable landlords like this one
yes , they benefit society so much , they do so much for me, us and everyone ,we should all be more thankful for their spontaneous charitable acts
Its not am eviction its asking for your house back at the end of the tenancy.
Private renting is a business. If you want charity, sponge off the government like so many do. I see no problem with the landlord at all. He’s just a sensible businessman.
@@davidclover2248 No. the tenants are his customers, not his assets. No company can exist without customers. All companies are in business to get your money. The supermarkets, every retail outlet, every garage, every bank, even the corner shop down the road. They are all willing to swap something for your money. They are not giving their goods or services away…neither is this landlord. He is no different to Amazon or Apple or Asda. He wants to be paid for what he offers. He isn’t evil. He is a businessman. Just like so many others. If you’d rather live in a communist society, feel free. That is the great thing about democracy and capitalism - you have that choice. You wouldn’t have that choice in a communist society.
What a ridiculous documentary. That's the way rentals work, they aren't permanent!
This guy appears to be evicting needlessly. He can just sell the properties with sitting tenants but he wants more money. What are they going to do with all that money they're old any way.
Well hopefully corona will bleed a few of you landlords along with all the regulations
@@raycharles2284 selling a property with tenants is a massive risk to the buyer, hence why demand and price will plummet if you sell the property with a sitting tenant
@@Jba8179 There is a need for public housing in the UK where people can rent long term. We need to get rid of the private renters. They`re scum. I wouldnt be surprised if they were tories.
@@yellyman5483 nothing wrong with private renters as long as there are regulations it’s his property and people simply pay to live in it why get rid of private renters for those who can afford it , pressed commies
Surely if you sign a 12 month lease then that is a contract to live there for 12 months. It’s not booting folk out.
I never made money as a private landlord because we made sure the gas and electric were up to code, weather they paid rent or not.
Same here. Still have a cottage and a larger home plus my own large home in a small town but choose to never rent them out again. There are too many expenses involved in being a landlord, plus people can be such slobs and also cause damages. Only expenses I have for the homes are yearly taxes (not that much) and a minimum of electricity to keep the heat on low for 4 months to prevent any dampness or freezing, plus they both have efficient extra wood-burning stoves with a lot of stored wood if it gets colder, but generally only about a week or two when it might go to freezing temperatures outside. Two (one on each floor) electrical oil space heaters are safe and inexpensive instead of using the oil furnace.
Severe housing shortage in this town and get bothered often to sell or rent them out even though most people know I will not. The good thing about small towns is that anyone considering being a landlord here already knows the reputation of potential tenants (rarely good). It is cheaper for me to leave the homes unoccupied than risk getting problem tenants again. Keeping them empty is best for me as an investment for when I kick the bucket or decide to finally sell. I already have a large waiting list when I do sell, so good investment keeping them without tenants works too.
I can't believe how one sided this is... "stacked in the landlord's favour.." really? f@~@$%in really? it's an enormously lengthy and expensive process to evict tenants. Because most of them just don't leave.. He even accepts the landlord holds the power which I personally disagree with. There's a lot of focus on section 21 being a "non-fault" eviction, but ironically most section 21 evictions are fault evictions but the landlord just chooses to say there isn't a fault to try to make things easier as the section 8 process is even more convoluted...
That's bs
Just don't pick shit tenants in the first place. Use a respectable agency if you're not sure on how to do the job of being a landlord, it's not everyone's cup of tea.
Vet your tenants before renting. Credit check, criminal convictions, character references etc.
@@temptemp4174 Good advice and I agree, but it's a little beside the point when discussing the reality of evictions
@@temptemp4174 so you’re blaming the victim? Then you give someone who’s down on their luck a chance, they screw the landlords over time and time again. Landlords have all the risk. People want something for nothing.
I agree with the landlords it’s their properties if they want to sell and retire then leave them in peace
Totally agree. If it is legal, then everyone who has to move, needs to have sufficient funds to move out.
All the people moaning about selling his houses and retire I hope when they come to retire they're not allowed because people want them to carry on working
joseph dixon I thought the landlord was very honest and truthful didn’t like the program very lefty hope him and his wife retire in Peace And enjoying their life that they’ve worked so hard for
Landlords are some of the worst human parasites in existence.
Massive rent control and house price caps, and massive taxation on empty properties are the way to go.
Brits were willing to shut down the country and strap nappies to their faces because of a flu, so why not be as extreme in reaction to the housing affordability crisis?
I rented out a house for two years, tennants came, trashed it and left owing rent multiple times. I've sold it now, NEVER again.
My family have had first hand experience with this kinda thing...a year and a half our home has been absolutely screwed. No repairs, 4 eviction attempts. SWINDON HOMES Do not use them, they will cost you thousands, and then evict you.
"4 Eviction attempts" sounds like you're the problem
@@yuriypono3666 notice the key word...attempts....idiot. Your face is a problem, but you don't see me writing 3 years later on a comment that you know fuck all about..meat head.. just check that forehead out.
It's not your home!!
Stories have two sides & media always makes a story more than it is like all humans it’s always everyone else’s fault
Like your rabbit avatar.
Both sides are being heard on this documentary. I don`t blame the landlords for lack of regulations. I blame the tory government. When labour comes into power again they need to build more public housing for people so that the working class are being looked after in a proper way.
@@yellyman5483 The labour government destroyed social housing in the 1970's when they made social housing means tested!!!!!!! Before that proud working class families were given the keys to new social housing, now if your unemployed, got 5 kids by different fathers, or just off the boat from crossing the channel the house is yours........ thanks to your beloved Labour Party!!!!!!! Be careful what you wish for!!!!
Public housing? You mean someone else pay? Again, you’re responsible for your housing not the government or a landlord.
feel for them, maybe the bbc could refund there licence fee in full to help them out.
True 👍🏾
It’s his properties.. he can rent to whomever he wants to
Its like I'm playing 2 different videos in 2 different tabs, simultaneously. Horrible audio editing job
Duty of care lies with a local authority.
A business has a duty to be as profitable as possible.
What can't people understand????
A business has more than one stakeholder.
@@mintywebb it doesn't have to
Nothing wrong with selecting tenants. It is completely business. Banks don’t loan money to everyone, why should this couple rent their house to people without a criteria?? Panaroma, sorry but this programme is completely wrong. You are trying to make this couple look bad when they are actually completely 100% working in line with the laws!
RuddyUddy l FilmMaking Tutorials absolutely damn straight!
Complete nonsense, and to call him a name is both shallow and immature in response.
If you don’t like a c/):&;& landlord don’t rent there.
G. V. Quinn there’s a huge percentage of people that would watch this video and just take the directors narrative on who is right and who is wrong. And so, in my opinion, the video is misleading people.
It's very typical to paint successful people as tyrants and vicious to the "average working person." Fergus didn't wake up one day with a rental empire. He worked for it and earned it on his own merit. Why does he have to paint himself into corners with unsavory tenants, people who clearly cannot afford to rent? Having been a landlord a long time, I will tell you a landlord will NOT evict a good tenant. They're incredibly difficult to find. He's liquidating and moving people out. Otherwise, I'm sure the good tenants would have remained in a lease.
This guy sounds and looks like he came straight from the victorian era
There should be a blacklist for bad tenants and bad landlords.
A rating system aswell
This audio is shameful for a BBC production
The problem does not exist on the original broadcast - which remains available on BBC iPlayer.
Typical one sided reporting from the BBC, yet again showing Landlords as the bad guys and a reporter that doesn't have a clue about the property business! Also, what's with the sound editing?
The leading cause of homelessness is not private landlords- its lack of council houses…
If your lease is up and the landlord provides notice to vacate, you move out. Don't see why this is controversial. You don't have a right to rent indefinitely.
He is selling at auction, who sells decent quality property at auction unless they are desperate for the cash. This pair were maths teachers but it looks like they got their sums wrong.
Very simple auction properties go in a day or two and usually with cash buyers = quicker private sales. If on the open market it takes too long and youre probably hanging around for 8 weeks for someone to try get a mortgage
Not too wrong he's rich
He is not a slum landlord, what’s wrong with it? 2 months notice is totally enough and he owes it!
The guy wants to cash in on his long term investments, don’t see why that makes him a bad guy. You can’t win when you’re a landlord. If he sells the homes with the tenants in it - they just end up with another landlord. People are also upset if he puts them up for auction which means regular people lose out on obtaining a home due to the housing shortage. In order for there to be more homes for people to buy all those renters are going to HAVE to be evicted. So which do you want?
More public housing, abolish landlords. They do nothing but hold houses hostage
@@rhiannonwalmsley1878 the biggest roadblock to public housing are the current residents of a town/city. More often than not they are the ones who vote against it, as it brings down their property values. You’d have to convince entire towns and cities that it’s the right thing to do
If you own the house, then you can choose to do whatever you want with it. The tenant is only renting there to live in it, they do not owe the house, that is the facts. Nowadays it’s difficult to find people who will pay on time and many landlords are losing a lot of money. It’s a business and of course your choices are economical ones, sure this guy is an extreme version but most landlords want a long term tenant that pays.
In California it's all about the tenents,sometimes you'll have to give them 15 20000 to move out if you want to get rid of them
That sounds like a very good idea!
Stephen
Macclesfield, UK
@@stephenhardy312 no it doesn't. I'm a tenant but I think the Landlord deserves to be the one calling the shots. They own the house after all.
And that’s why they have skid row and endemic homelessness. If you introduce anti landlord legislation there are fewer properties to rent.
Bbc more like bloody year 6 primary school editor skills ......
If your lease is up and not renewed--you are out. Geeze.
Not rocket science 😂
This vile man loves the power he has over his tennants.