Have you ever rented your own housing? Regardless of what caused this decision, most likely, many of us did. Well, if the tenant treated the property with care and paid the rent on time. And if everything is different? 46-year-old Helen France calls her landlord experience “a terrible nightmare.” Why? What happened to Helen's property? Let's find out.
Acquaintance
The heroine of our article acquired real estate in a resort in the city of Orihuela (province of Alicante, Spain) in December 2015. For what purpose? Helen initially thought of using the room as a vacation home, but then decided to lease the building.
A single mom bought a house in Orihuela for her savings and planned that it would become a place of comfort and good rest. In the long run, the premises would be an inheritance for her 21-year-old daughter named Hope. Having decided to take time wisely, she entrusted Compass Property Services with finding tenants for temporary residence in her home.
"A terrible nightmare"
That is how Miss France spoke about what the tenants turned her property into. In December last year, Helen returned to Alicante, suggesting that she could move to her house, but sad news awaited her. The woman claims that eviction notification letters were ignored. Moreover, she felt physical threats and serious pressure.
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A single woman shared her shocking images of the enormous damage done to her home. Moreover, due to unpaid rent, unpaid utility bills, payment for a lawyer and the restoration of damaged property, she will have to pay about 50, 000 pounds (approximately 4 million Russian rubles).
Damage done
Helen says: "These people, like the" tenants of hell, "entered my house last year and did terrible things. They destroyed my glorious place: without a twinge of conscience they threw furniture out of windows, broke walls and floors, accumulating unpaid electricity bills in amounting to more than 250 euros (almost 18, 000 rubles) per month."
Health problems
Moreover, the landlady had to work hard to evict such terrible tenants. Helen complains about Spanish laws that protect in such situations not the owner, but the tenant.
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The woman shares: “They threatened with physical violence: they even left a knife in the sofa, as if threatening me. What happened broke my heart: the house is not suitable for housing at the moment. I was always independent, but this situation - it seemed to put me down I’m gullible and now I’ve lost everything I had. I even had to take medications because I was worried and very worried about this situation. Because of what happened, I began to experience depression: if you lived a dream, about which they thought so long, and then lost her, then understand me."
Miscalculation of legislation
Helen France shares that her lawyer and hiring agent have stalled against Spanish law because of his protection of tenants. She had no choice but to send a notice of eviction through the court at her own expense. The tenants, having learned that they were being evicted, brought the house into an even more terrible state: they outlined graffiti walls and cabinets, and the doors - with various curses.
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Mrs. France’s friends came together to help her fix the property, but the damage was so serious that they opened a page in the American crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to collect the necessary amount of funds. Helen shares: "It was a real nightmare that affected my health. I invested everything I had in this property, but I came across the fact that here in Spain, the rights of tenants outweigh the rights of the homeowner."
Remembering the day the property lease was concluded, the woman says: “When the real estate agency first sent these tenants to me, they seemed to me to be good, ordinary people. I asked that there were no pets, but then I found out that they disobeyed me. When I arrived in early December, they said, "We’ll kill you now, by throwing a brick at me. Moreover, they told me that I had to pay all the bills, because the house is in my name. It turns out that all this time they didn’t even pay rent!"
Other nuances
Helen shares: “Ever since I came here to Spain, I have literally been starving. It looks like a nightmare, I feel lonely: I just can not pull myself together. I contacted the police and the permit agency, but apparently no one wants to do anything. Tenants received an eviction notice: that’s all their actions. And who, let me ask, will pay for the damage? I feel that I can’t do it without help: I can’t even afford to fly home to the UK by plane. Life in Spain was supposed to be my dream, but nothing of the kind happened. ”
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Agency response
Here is what Peter James, director of Compass Property Services, says about the situation: “Helen signed a contract with us, asking for a long-term tenant, which we did in January next year. However, the tenants quickly stopped paying bills, and it was decided to inform them that if they did not pay their debts and did not pay the bills, they would be given a letter of termination of the contract. ”
What happened next? Peter continues: “When the tenant came to pay for the apartment, but refused to pay for electricity, we gave him a letter of termination of the contract. The tenant was informed about this one month before the eviction, as indicated in the lease. During the allotted period, we spent negotiations with Helen's lawyer, providing him with all the necessary documents requested for further action in case of disobedience of residents."
