There has been an incident at a neighbouring property we manage. It is a drug den, and the police can’t find the landlords! It’s landlords like these who are absent that need to face severe fines/ bans.
The tenant at the neighbouring property has smashed up the window in the property we manage, so this has frightened our poor tenants. Our tenants had kept us updated about what was happening, so we did anticipate the call from the police.
This is part of the reality of running a property business…the bits that they don’t tell you at the conferences.
Having a good relationship with tenants is key to everything. We have regular communications and build this into our tenant satisfaction measures. This could be happening in any property on any roads, but as a landlord, the onerous is on you to undertake regular checks.