I got everything I was owed so thats the end of it. Dirty gits doing that. The yard owner had the same thing but they stole
all the furnishings & white goods.
Took them to court & won cost him 1800 sovs. He never got a penny out of them.
Dunno why it cost your yard owner so much, the small claims track only costs about £100. Mebbe he employed a useless lawyer.
When W and I met she had a place and I had a half share in my place as tother half was ex wife's.
We got together, I got yet another mortgage at 100% and bought my ex out out. We rented her place out and lived in mine. Both couples we rented to were dodgy but at least we didn't lose much money over it, just a little bit and some inconvenience. But hilariously the last couple left a whole load of incriminating evidence in the wheelie bin, as if we would put it out for them!
So I was able to take them to court and win, and as at one point he had paid with a company cheque I was able to get around the false address they had given. The bloke was allegedly an accountant and was also the finance governor for a local school, which must have stopped once I told them about his defrauding the govt re his wife's alleged disability, and other stuff, forget the details now! But she was deep in the doo doos!
Then we moved into W's place and rented mine out. The first couple were OK until they suddenly moved out leaving the place full of stuff, like the Marie Celeste. They had decided to become pub landlords so went on a training scheme with a local brewery. House left like a tip and no rent paid for 2 months. the stupid judge then gave them another month even though they were long gone.
We had to clear the house and flog all their stuff off to try and recoup some of the losses. They too had left stuff in the wheelie bin!
Bankruptcy papers etc.
So I tried to make them bankrupt but the bankruptcy peeps wouldn't wear it as they hadn't turned up to the first bankruptcy court appearance!
So I got in touch with the company lawyers for the first company that was making them bankrupt. they said "thanks" but then never moved on them any further. So nor could I. So yes, the law IS an ass.
Then we rented out for years until a decent person moved out to get married and buy a place.
No probs until the last couple moved in. They were more or less OK until we asked them to go as we were selling up, (to pay for the French build). They left owing 2 months rent and they had beat the place up so much that it fetched about 25% less than it should have. I hadn't been round in a couple of months and they had removed built in furniture, "decorated" as if blind, etc.
Still, lessons learned! .
