Cathy that is unbelievable I wonder if he walks out of Mcdonalds after lunch and tells them they don’t need money either “Classic”. The only way I can respond to that is to post my letter to him which upon reading will give you the real story. However I am glad he thinks LRS is a pile of S##t because that pile of S##t just stopped you taking him. Unfortunately someone else will and he will find someone who is not a member to support him.

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Mr #######,

Flat 1,

#############,

20^th December 2013

Dear #####,

Following your outburst in the office yesterday and again today, it is with regret that after all this time we are forced to serve you a Section 21 requesting the return of our property.

Whilst writing, I feel I need to put pen to paper as trying to converse with you face to face is an absolute impossibility as has frequently been proved over the years and in particular this week.

You have been a tenant of ours for around 10 years now and in that time we have never done you wrong.  Even though, with your dubious references at the beginning surrounding Wimbledon and your alleged bomb threats, we were prepared to give you the opportunity when no others would. 

We have stood by you and even gave you a chance to have a job by making you the caretaker at #### Court.  This support continued right up until we had to ask you to leave due to the aggressive and violent threats against a tenant whilst you were in possession of a machete which resulted in a criminal prosecution.  At this point we even supported you further and moved you to our best flat in ##  ######  Street as you had alleged that it was the fault of the other party, despite this you landed up having to be tagged.

In the new property, and due to your circumstances, you could not afford the rent that we had been achieving for ##### Street.  We reduced the rent to assist you, we maintained the electricity at a lower level despite the fact that prices were increasing and as you are aware, we included the water and the gas central heating and hot water (which is something which needs to be disclosed to the Council by yourself.)  We have not increased the rent, even though the market place shows a 37% increase in utilities over the past 2 to 3 years.

Firstly, I am addressing your concern regarding the electricity, this too has been increased by 37% over the past 3 years and we have not raised the meters to take this into account.  The meters were already set on 22p per unit and we increased them all to 25p as the bills were not being covered and we are just entering into a new more expensive contract.  To reiterate and as we could and tried to have explained to you the other day had you not been so irrational and aggressive, the bills we are receiving are not covered by the money being taken by the cards and so we have increased the unit charge if, however, it proves that the money taken covers the bill, then we will reduce the unit charge and refund any monies.  Furthermore, you can look at the meter and see that the unit charge is 25p but we do not believe that the kwh quoted by electric companies is the same as the amount the meter takes and you need to further recognise that the kwh charge quoted by electric suppliers does not include standing charges and VAT.

I find your allegations that we are attempting to illegally rip you off quite frankly absurd and considering that absurdity, perhaps we should discuss the rent arrears which you have accumulated and which have been creeping up since January 2013 and now stand at £530.05 up to and including the 22^nd December and increase by £115.00 each week.

In summary, firstly, your inability to be able to carry out a conversation without becoming overly aggressive cannot be tolerated by me or my staff in our office and in my absence, they are gravely concerned at your unpredictable and erratic behaviour and outburst as we are all aware that your alcohol consumption is sometime voluminous and therefore leads to such irrational and aggressive behaviour as per the machete incident.

Secondly, your inability to understand or appreciate that people have tried to assist you throughout your problems of criminal prosecutions and financial strains is astonishing.  Such assistance has been met with nothing but a belligerent stance from you and your subsequent claims that we are in fact the ones who have perpetrated criminal activities and harassment upon you. 

As you do not have a job and are reliant upon benefits, your financial restraints put you in a position whereby your rent arrears are above a level that is acceptable and we are not your free bankers.  We do not believe that you have the ability to clear these arrears in the near future.  We feel that communication or any future relationship between yourself and us has irretrievably broken down and as a private rental sector landlord we have done our best but do not feel that we have the ability to deal with what can only be seen as possible mental issues from you in relation to your recent outburst and your violent past and therefore I do not intend to allow my staff or myself to be the subject of your ungratefulness, irrationality or hostility in the future and seek possession of my property and payment of all outstanding monies in full forthwith.

In parallel with your threats that you have been to the CAB, the Police and a solicitor all of whom you say have supported your case, I suggest you take this letter to them to show them the true circumstances with which we seek possession of our property and in the meantime I would suggest that in order not to exacerbate what is already a volatile situation that you make arrangements for your future rent and your electricity to be paid and collected by a suitable representative.

Yours sincerely,

Paul Routledge

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Nice to be told I look a bit flash normally just called a fat old bald headed tosser 

Needless to say the tenant has been paid by the council and has now failed to pass it on I guess he is going to use it as a deposit for the next place so some unsuspecting landlord thinks he has saved up his deposit.; Well!  he has not he has swiped last month’s LHA rent from us.

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Fair enough "Respect"