Ben Reeve from Lewisham Council's Rogue Landlord Unit aims to help Lola, who stopped paying rent 18 months earlier in an effort to get her negligent landlord to deal with her dilapidated flat's many problems. Eviction specialists also come to the aid of Amit, who found himself continuing his late father's battle with a nightmare renter, and 70-year-old landlady Joan, who started receiving unnerving threats from her rent-skipping tenant after she started legal proceedings to get him evicted.
The efforts of north London landlord Franc to evict a tenant withholding rent payments on a property whose boiler mysteriously stopped working whenever the rent was due, and a tenant with asthma who has been forced to sleep on his sofa for two years in a damp flat. Plus, a landlord owed £7,000 in rent discovers her nightmare is not over when she evicts the tenant and gains access to her property.
Margaret tries to get the £20,000 she is owed from a letting agent, Stavros and Emily try to get their house back from squatters, and Peterborough council find 12 people crammed into a category-one fire hazard house.
The story of Lesley and Mark Irwin, who fell foul of a single mother who turned out to be a confidence trickster - she advertised their home as a rental property, and stole deposits from unwitting students hoping to move into the area. Plus, Susan and Gary Bailey, who planned to rent out their buy-to-let investment home in East London and took on an agent to deal with tenants on their behalf. However, after they withdrew from the deal, the couple found themselves locked out of their own property when he changed the locks, and they have been unable to get any help from the police.
Landlord Nicholas Parrington discovers a couple are subletting his house, just months after a previous tenant had turned the property into a brothel, while investors in a community centre for children are aghast when squatters move into their building. In Lewisham, the council's Rogue Landlord Unit raids one of their main streets, on the lookout for slum conditions, illegal overcrowding and criminal activities.
After his tenants refuse to move out, a landlord starts building work around them, while another landlord tries to recover £30,000 in unpaid rent.
A man has to call in eviction specialists to remove tenants from the house he inherited from his grandparents. Music entrepreneur Donovan has not received rent from one of his tenants for seven months, so the case ends up in court.
A retired secretary has to visit her tenant in prison to retake possession of her buy-to-let flat. A Manchester mother applies to the housing charity Shelter for help because she is convinced the property she is renting is making her children ill.
Property developer Alex calls in an eviction specialist after finding that he could be arrested if he tries to oust squatters from the derelict pub he has recently purchased. Peterborough Council receives a complaint from a family threatened with an illegal eviction and violence by a letting agent. A woman regrets letting her flat to a mother and daughter after trouble with late rent payments turned into a nightmare.
After a four-year nightmare with the tenants of a cottage in north Wales, landlady Rachel gets a shock when she finally gains access to her property. Elsewhere, the Peterborough Council gets a tip-off which leads them to find a property with life-threatening electrics and damp, that could potentially be an overcrowded slum.
After moving abroad for work, a landlord discovers that his tenants have left him over £20,000 behind with his mortgage, and the developers of an old swimming pool in Bristol discover that they are liable for the electricity that the building's squatters have been using.
Catching up with tenants and landlords from previous episodes, including a man living in a damp and mouldy flat, who was unable to sleep in the bedroom due to the horrendous conditions. The programme also revisits a 70-year-old landlady whose tenants stopped paying the rent for a year, and the council's Rogue Landlord Team in Lewisham, who learned where a slum property owner's reputation for a short fuse came from.
Documentary series about the victims and villains of the buy-to-let boom. Joy thought she had found the perfect tenant to let her house to while she volunteered at an African orphanage, but discovered that her house was being rented out room-by-room as a boutique hotel. A couple expecting their first baby face dreadful damp, and a former barber is owed more than £3000 in rent.
Kellie owes five months' rent and refuses to leave unless the bailiffs arrive. Arvydas is quite happy living in his garden shed. Simon wanted to sell his house post-breakup, but the tenants are still there five years later.
A landlord seeks urgent advice from eviction specialist Chris after finding his three-bedroom terrace has been stripped bare of the fittings, the flooring, and even the grass on the lawn. Landlady Rose gets a shock when she finally gains access to her property, and Dave from Peterborough Council's housing team comes across some of the worst damp and mould he has ever seen. Plus, Selina and Lee must return from America for a court case to recover £10,000 rent arrears on their UK property.
Kate faces trouble from unruly tenants, who became anti-social, and are now trying to sue her for serving them an eviction notice. Dhiren relates how the existing tenant of a house he bought stopped paying rent as soon as he took ownership, and Tim explains how a health scare left him seeking to sell his property - but a standing occupant refused to leave.
Claire and Simon seek eviction specialist Chris's help to evict a man claiming to be renting their old family home. Meanwhile, Hamza hopes to get his council flat back after he tried to help a neighbour's friend by letting them stay for a week, but ended up being shut out when they refused to leave. Plus, a man is almost £30,000 in debt and in danger of repossession after his tenants stopped paying the rent.
Catching up with some of the tenants and landlords from the first series, including a couple who purchased a building in which they hoped to establish a charity for vulnerable children, that became overrun by squatters.
Lesley and Mark's tenant turned out to be a con artist scamming students. Ben investigates an unlicensed boarding property in Deptford, and Nicholas finally returns to his house only to find it booby-trapped.
Cases include Wendy, who was left with rental arrears of almost £3,000 after renting a house out to a nightmare tenant. Steve from Birmingham Council's housing enforcement team investigates poor living conditions above a local shop. And in south London, lawyer Chris has to deal with his client's site which has been filled by nearly two dozen caravans and a mountain of rubbish.
Alex is hit with a £7,000 bill after his tenant is found to have been running a business from his property. Developer Jon calls in an eviction specialist to rid a disused tram station of squatters, and Vicki is surprised to find out that a tenant has stopped paying rent and moved in a sub-tenant.
Watford builder David Simpson has a fight on his hands when his long-term tenant moves her boyfriend in and suddenly decides to stop paying - and when he tries to evict her, she makes life difficult. In Woolwich, lawyer Chris Sharpe helps a client whose property has been taken over by squatters, who have changed the locks and claim they are legitimately renting the house.
The owner of a tanning salon regrets letting an employee move into a house he owns when he is faced with complaints from the neighbours about wild parties and £3,000 in unpaid rent. A couple managing a property for their daughter arrange to sell it, only to find the tenant refuses to leave, while a housing enforcement officer goes in search of a landlord who has left a tenant without light, heat or running water.
Teorin and Collette had high hopes when they let out their five-bedroom family home, but it wasn't long before their tenant stopped paying rent - and then turned the house into a hostel for holiday-makers. Quickly running out of options, the couple turn to eviction specialist Chris Sharpe for help. Plus, Harrow council officers discover 40 people crammed into a potential deathtrap of a house, and a woman who relies on her rent for medical expenses tries to claw back some from her tenant.
An east London landlord who trusted his property to a letting agency discovers the house is being advertised on a Romanian website - and strangers have moved in. A South Yorkshire single mum is owed £10,000 in back rent when her tenant disappears, and has to prove he has abandoned the property to get it back. Plus, west London housing officers investigate a tip-off about people living in dangerous conditions behind a row of shops.
Susan and Gary bought an East End flat to let out and were approached by a letting agent who promised hassle-free guaranteed rent. But before they knew it, he had broken in and changed the locks. Now they are fighting to get the property back. Meanwhile, landlord Paul discovers that his seriously ill father's long-standing tenant owes a staggering £20,000 in rent for living in her Notting Hill home.
Kent couple Rachel and Chris are pushed to the limit when their relationship with their tenant breaks down and she stops paying rent, leaving them more than £5,000 out of pocket. Now they need to get her out or they could lose the house. Elsewhere, a tenant uses scare tactics to keep his landlord off his back, and in Harrow, council housing officers investigate a residential property that has been turned into a brothel.
The tale of an elderly couple whose hopes of a peaceful retirement were ruined when their tenants stopped paying rent, then moved in their abusive friends who became squatters. With the house becoming a free-for-all and in a terrible state of repair, and the couple facing a barrage of verbal threats and abusive behaviour, they have been forced to seek help in an attempt to get their property back. Plus, a man who cannot sell his house because his sitting tenant refuses to leave.
In Bristol, eviction lawyer Chris deals with a complex case in which squatters have broken into an empty pub and are now refusing to leave, with landlord Alex wanting them out as he is awaiting planning permission to turn the pub into flats. Jill is trying to regain a property she and her late husband bought as an investment, which she has been renting out to alleviate financial stress.
Harrow Council carries out early morning raids on several dangerous properties, only to find vulnerable tenants in uninhabitable conditions, including one man living in a plywood shed on a roof. Plus, two more cases of nightmare tenants. Nisha lost her job just as her tenants stopped paying the rent, while Andy agreed to rent his north London home to a friend - who ended up subletting the house and pocketing the profits for himself.
A young mum locked out of her home by the young couple she allowed to stay there for free while the wife had a baby. Plus, an east London landlord who found half a dozen strangers living in his house, after his original tenant had run off and sublet the property. Meanwhile, Harrow Council raid a small two-bedroom flat in unsafe conditions.
Catching up with the victims and villains of the housing rental market. Rachel intended to rent out her Snowdonia cottage for only three months. Four years later her tenant is still there and not paying any rent. Plus, the stories of Stevenage landlord Derek, whose tenant Kellie proved so troublesome that the police had to be called, and Claud from south London, who was left £30,000 in debt when a professional couple split up.
Catching up with the victims and villains of the housing rental market. Craig has been battling family friends to get his property back after three months of no rent. Owed thousands by Sophia, Terry was relived to get his house back, but then she called the police.
In Bristol, Jon's dream of turning a former tram station into flats was derailed by squatters, has he managed to get things back on track? Two tenants living in dangerous conditions were saving for a deposit, have they hit their target?
Following up on an Essex landlady who had to go to extraordinary lengths to evict her tenants, a landlord whose tenant refused to get the message, and another landlord who cannot move on with his life until he gets his tenants evicted.
A teacher finds that his tenant has been subletting rooms.
Landlords fall foul of two young tenants who are using their rental property as a film set. Eviction lawyer Chris receives a shock at an abandoned printworks. Harrow Council tackles a bad case of fly-tipping, and landlord Paul has the fight of his life getting a violent tenant out of his property.
After offering a former tenant the use of a spare room until she gets back on her feet, a landlord then struggles to evict her, and her partner who also moves in. A landlord, travelling abroad, has to return to London when her tenants stop paying the rent, and Harrow Council officers find 30 mattresses in a flat designed for four people.
A doctor needs his lawyer to evict a defaulting tenant from his old family home. Over 30 men found living in an unsafe house refuse to name the landlord. A property owner calls in Landlord Action when he suspects that defaulting tenants have caused extensive damage. A landlady needs to get into her next-door property when her elderly tenant, an extreme hoarder, dies.
When they respond to an alarm at a laundrette, firefighters discover several people living illegally on the premises, a landlady feels betrayed after renting her property to a friend whose pets cause serious damage, and in Notting Hill tenants owe a landlord thousands of pounds.
A furious landlord discovers his tenant has been subletting his exclusive London flat, squatters with a baby are given two weeks to find somewhere new to live, and a grandmother needs a High Court Sheriff to help her evict her non-paying tenants.
Emmanuel reveals what happened after he returned from working abroad for one year to find himself £24,000 in mortgage arrears and unable to get into his own property. Andy describes how he had to call the police after evicted tenants tried to force their way back into his home, and a council officer checks a small 2-bed flat that she previously found to have 12 occupants.
John and Irene had the fight of their lives evicting a family from their home. Jill invested in a house with her late husband, but it turned into a nightmare. Wayne offered his home to an employee, thinking she would be the perfect tenant.
After informing his tenant of his intention to sell his flat Steve faces a battle to get his property back, Council Officer Mykia investigates reports of an unsafe flat above a restaurant, and a pub owner in Lincolnshire needs help to evict a non-paying tenant.
Fabielli and her family have been forced into one room due to leaks in the roof, but the landlord refuses to make any repairs. Daniel is tired with false promises of rent, and has brought in Landlord Action to recover his property. A four-bed bungalow in Brent houses 20 men, some of them sleeping in the pantry.
Harrow council investigate an unauthorized loft conversion that is a danger to the tenants who sleep there, a couple in Suffolk are stuck in a nightmare after agreeing to rent a property to its former owner who now refuses to leave, and a single mum tricks her way into a property.
The story of landlords Pauline and Simon, who bought their first property blind with tenants in situ - not realizing the difficulties that would ensue. It turned out their tenants were causing havoc in the neighborhood and had more than a hundred arrests between them for drugs and domestic violence - and if the landlords did not evict them, they themselves could be prosecuted. Plus, a Slough landlord forced to call in an eviction expert when his tenant cut off all communication
Housing officers find ten people living in a property initially rented to just one. Squatters in Tottenham invade an elderly woman's home while she is away. Eight unsafe buildings have been built on space allotted to one. A landlord is forced to move back in with an unpaying tenant after a break-up.
Emmanuel reveals what happened after he returned from working abroad for one year to find himself £24,000 in mortgage arrears and unable to get into his own property. Andy describes how he had to call the police after evicted tenants tried to force their way back into his home, and a council officer checks a small 2-bed flat that she previously found to have 12 occupants.
A couple from Kent are close to losing their home, a landlord is facing financial ruin, and a young mother is made homeless.
A landlord tries to evict his non-paying tenant and his seven cats, another is faced with two tenants from hell, and a couple try to get their daughter's property back.
Paul discovers that an unruly tenant may be planning to do a flit. Harrow Council discover 30 people in a three-bed house. Shop-owner Pauline is threatened when squatters invade her property.
Letting agent Paul has a tenant in Lancashire who is behind with his rent and won't return any calls, but the situation is much worse than he could possibly have imagined when he heads into the upstairs bedroom. Harrow enforcement officers Andrew and Ozge are called to a local salon, where a leak from the upstairs flat is disrupting Masi's ability to run her shop. Once the landlord agrees to give them access, they discover terrible conditions and a back yard piled with rubbish.
Following a tip-off, Harrow Enforcement officers are shocked to discover an industrial-scale cannabis farm in a house. The team, along with the police, are determined to find out who has been running this illegal operation. After complaints of all-night parties in a quiet street in Darwen, Lancashire, letting agent Paul pays the revellers a visit. The house is in terrible shape, but the young tenants promise they will clear it all up and keep the noise down. Instead, however, the partying gets worse, with some of the tenants' `associates" making nasty threats.
Letting agent Paul is called to a houseshare after fighting, cannabis use and partying drive one resident out of the property establishes the source of the problem is a young couple. Harrow housing agents Andrew and Jo find a suspected unlicensed multiple-occupancy house in gross disrepair. After tracking down the landlord, they have mercy and allow him to spend his £5,000 fine on fixing up the property, in the hope he will turn it into a nice family home. But will the he be as good as his word?
The housing team in Harrow accompany the police on a raid after receiving reports of dangerous conditions at a home belonging to a notorious slumlord's brother. Lettings agent John wants to turn a former Blackpool hotel into bedsits, but a routine check on the property reveals not only a severely neglected house, but also a drugs den littered with paraphernalia and some of the worst conditions he has ever witnessed.
A retired couple in a seaside village in Norfolk battle with their non-paying tenant living in the flat above them, so they ask eviction expert Paul to help. Blackpool lettings agent John comes up against a hard drug user who is attracting antisocial wrongdoers to the bedsits that John runs, while in Leicestershire, Sharon battles to reclaim a property from a former friend who is close to £3,500 in arrears with rent.
Letting agent Paul uncovers a cannabis farm during a routine arrears inspection, but learns that the tenant has been in prison for the past four months and claims ignorance of the criminal crop. Meanwhile, builders Stuart and Steve win a possession order to regain their property, but face the worst damage they have ever seen and a £20,000 bill to repair it.
After taking pity on a single mother, landlord Ronnie discovered mystery occupants have turned his property into a scrap metal merchants. Brent Council housing enforcement officer Herb discovers 26 labourers living in life-threatening conditions in a single house, while letting agent John tries to find a solution for a tenant living in squalor due to an issue with hoarding.
Eviction lawyer Chris is called to Bristol to help 81-year-old ex-army officer Jonathan evict squatters who refuse to give back his land. Eviction expert Paul helps Allen gain possession of his flat when his tenant refuses to move out, and letting agent Paul faces a sticky situation when presented with a guarantor who has been stitched up by his son, who is in turn refusing to pay rent.
In Wigan, letting agents Karen and Gemma have no idea that a routine inspection is about to turn into one of the worst hoarding cases they have ever seen. Meanwhile in Blackpool, John tries to evict a difficult tenant who has been caught stealing electricity on more than one occasion.
Letting agents Karen and Gemma investigate claims of vandalism and anti-social behaviour at a property they manage in Wigan, but when they discover the tenant is no longer living there, they track her down to learn that she's abandoned the property and has tried to move in somewhere else by forging a reference. Meanwhile, in Darwen, letting agent Paul issues proceedings on a tenant who is more than £3,000 in arrears, but Paul's attempts at evicting him are delayed when the tenant refuses to leave without Paul giving him a good reference.
Eviction expert Paul helps an old friend evict a hoarder. In Wigan, letting agents Karen and Gemma act on multiple complaints from neighbors about a racially abusive tenant. And in Darwen, letting agent Paul is approached by a new landlord who has a problem tenant owing rent.
Landlords Suketu and Minesha Patel signed a `guaranteed rent" agreement with their letting agent who manages their east London property but, after falling £7,000 in rent arrears, they confront him. Letting agents Karen O'Connor and Gemma Painter in Wigan deal with a tenant whose house is in need a big clear-out. And in Darwen, Lancashire, letting agent Paul Ainsworth Lord has his work cut out for him when he's approached by a new Landlord with a big problem.
Eviction expert Paul Shamplina helps Londoner Juliette get her property back after she signed up with an estate agent who sub-contracted it on to another company, which handed the contract on to yet another letting agent.
Harrow Housing Enforcement Officer Sheetal Rajani is carrying out a series of surprise inspections when a distressed tenant approaches her. Sharon, a single mother of three, has been living with rats, bed bugs and damp. Her landlord believes the problem comes from the flat upstairs, but the landlord upstairs is not allowing them access.
An eviction specialist helps a landlord with a particularly aggressive pair of tenants, while a missing door leads to the discovery of a thief stealing electricity. Two landlords struggle with a rent agreement, and another deals with a trash-slinging tenant.
An English teacher finally manages to get rid of an aggressive tenant and move back in, but at a terrible cost. A landlord who evicted a squatter follows up with her to see her new life, while a letting agent finds success after kicking out destructive tenants.
Paul Shamplina helps landlord David Coppen evict a tenant who has been upsetting the neighbours, while letting agent Paul Ainsworth Lord confronts a volatile tenant who has been keeping terrapins in his bath, as well as chasing a guarantor for rent arrears from tenants in a flea-infested flat. In Wigan, letting agents Karen O'Connor and Gemma Painter from Lobster Lettings discover a house trashed and abandoned.
Catching up with some of the most extreme stories to find out what happened next. English teacher Muhammad Rahman, 34, is owed more than £8,000 in rent and legal fees by his tenant, Carmen. It's been almost four months since he received any rent on his three-bedroom house and he is in deep financial trouble. With the help of eviction expert Paul Shamplina, landlord Muhammad starts the eviction process to get his property back and faces a fight that requires help from the police.
Catching up with a landlord two years after he got his property back from a troublesome tenant who refused to leave the property without a fight. Lawyer Chris Sharp helps two Ghanaian ministers, Reverend Sarpong and Ibrahim Farook, get back their 18th century church in the heart of Liverpool so they can launch a ministry and community centre there.
In Darwen, letting agent Paul Ainsworth-Lord chases a tenant in a two-bed terrace who hasn't paid rent in four months and owes nearly thousands in rent. He has legitimate concerns the property is abandoned so heads round for an inspection and discovers a cannabis factory in the loft. Police are called and the tenant is evicted. And Paul meets the new tenant a year later.