We are doing a viewing today, and our applicant is a civil enforcement officer with a CC, previously worked in police. Anything we should be worried about?
Please take this post as tongue-in-cheek, to a point.
Tell him “anything you say may be used against you in the next rent review.”
You don’t say what sort of enforcement officer..do you mean the bailiff sort or the traffic warden sort?
.. be sure to tell him/her/they/them if there’s no parking space
Have been heartily disappointed by the lack of 1 April stories telling us RRA has been overturned by the Supreme Court because it infringes on LL human rights…
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Traffic warden. I’m just wondering if CC guys know all the rules and how to play them and will potentially become problem TT.
Or am I discriminating against traffic CC folk? LOL
Well, maybe. Just do same due diligence as anyone else if he’s best candidate- rent paid on time etc. Not sure traffic wardens know housing rules. Not likely everyone in the council is on a whatsapp group on how to scam landlords. Expect them to be thick skinned tho.
I had a sort of similar thought about a new tenant- he’s an accountant so v particular about details and picked up on a couple of small things a professional inventory had missed.
Tbh I’d rather a tenant who notices everything and lets me know than a sloppy one who lets things causing damage get worse and only tells me when they want deposit back…
Just tell them there are house rules, penalties fines for breaking them and about any cctv you’ve installed…
good luck
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and if the penalty fine is not paid within 10 days it is double
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I have a day job the council, so can say this. Civil enforcement officers usually work on the field (don’t sit in office) and have very little interaction with housing colleagues. However I personally will be more worried about his previous role!
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