u/Demonthief27

So this will be the final update, the council have confirmed they won’t be doing anything with regards to the property because the landlord has stated that one of the lodgers is a carer.

It’s disheartening that in this country people can be allowed to get away with cheating the system despite evidence that what they are saying is incorrect.

The option I have is to give a number of the apparent carer to the council so they can speak to him, he would just say yep I’m a carer and pass on the info to landlord who is a violent man. They don’t want to do anything further because they would have to inform the landlord they would be attending.

Doesn’t make sense to me, they are happy to put people in precarious positions and not remotely bothered about people who live under their remit.

So that’s the end of it, I appreciate the help and support from posters and I hope one day there is change to provide rights to people who pay rent, until then stay safe people.

I posted in here nearly 2 months ago now.

https://www.reddit.com/r/TenantsInTheUK/s/dbzhvPsHYk

Thanks to some helpful advice I got in touch with my local housing team who inspected the property. It’s very clearly a HMO - 3 entranced to the building, 5 people living in the property.

Council did eventually come out to inspect, they were told that one of the tenants is actually a live in carer, by landlord and his dad who claimed to the person that 2 of us are lodgers and the third is his carer - as this happened the ‘carers’ dog walker came. They have also since had written confirmation that the person is a carer from the landlord.

I was informed of this, the council were going to close the case entirely at this stage and class us as “excluded occupiers”.

The ‘carer’ is in on the scam paying cash only, potentially also claiming carers allowance despite working full time.

I wasn’t going to allow this to happen, it rubbed me up the wrong way that these people would do extreme things in order to stop the people living in the building having their fundamental rights.

So I replied with screenshots of conversations where the ‘carer’ is offered another room for a price - slam dunk. How are you a carer for someone if you pay to live in their property ?

The council now are going to investigate the apparent carer now, he works in a position of responsibility so this could actually affect him now also, I don’t care he would deserve it.

The kicker - as he has been paying rent in cash, when it’s decided it’s a HMO and claims are made for rent back, he won’t be able to as he can’t prove the amounts paid.

Will follow up when the council have been to visit him next week, they requested a number for him but I couldn’t give it as it would be obvious I have been reporting this.

So when I don’t smoke, having a conversation is really quite difficult sometimes, especially if I’m interested in the subject. My normal speech speed is quite fast, people often have to have me repeat things or I get where I’m trying to say a word but it just comes out as noise. It has been an issue since I was young and really impacted me in the sense that I’d avoid conversations so I didn’t get made fun of for the stutter noise thing.

When I smoked for obvious reasons this wasn’t an issue, I would speak at a normal speed, easier to keep the train of thought for the conversation and contribute.

Also feelings for people that I shouldn’t have feelings for surface and I find myself not able to focus on anything but them, it’s really getting me down now.

I don’t want to smoke, it’s expensive and it stinks but it’s the only thing that actually makes me function as a normal person. How do you get a similar effect without taking drugs of any kind ?

Has anyone else experienced things like this ?

So bit of an odd one 😂 I am gender fluid I guess, I realised recently I’m not specifically attracted to a gender but it’s the personality that I well and truly find attractive - still working some stuff out so bare with me.

But there’s been a builder working on the house I rent at, it’s been like 8 months now and took me a few months but now have conversations and a bit of banter. He’s a really nice guy, done some things for me he really didn’t have to and gave me his number for a work purpose citing that if something had gone wrong I could call.

I don’t know his situation it’s not something I feel comfortable asking but there’s just interactions that happen that get me thinking and now I find myself always thinking about him and get anxious when it’s the morning and he’s due to arrive.

I’m autistic so I really don’t understand a lot and I’ve never had an actual relationship (glad I can finally say that out loud) so I have all these thoughts of him thinking I’m odd or I dunno. He likes my dogs and always wants to give them treats he bought for them and fuss them etc

How do you navigate it ? I personally think he’s just too good for me like he’s seriously perfect so I dunno do I just leave the house and rent elsewhere to get away ?