The Mad Moment I Hired a Hitman to Get Rid of My Nightmare Tenant ; As Buy-to- Property Sales Soar,We Bring You a Cutioary Tale of the Perils of Choosing the Wrong Tenant and the Lengths to Which Some Desperate Landlords Will Go to Get Evicted

Evening Standard - London › December 18, 2007

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SIX months ago I decided to rent out the small apartment I own in west London.

I had been using it as a painting studio but needed some extra money.

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The Mad Moment I Hired a Hitman to Get Rid of My Nightmare Tenant ; As Buy-to- Property Sales Soar,We Bring You a Cutioary Tale of the Perils of Choosing the Wrong Tenant and the Lengths to Which Some Desperate Landlords Will Go to Get Evicted

So I went to a small letting company in south-west London. It had been recommended by a friend but decided in its favour mainly because was cheap, taking only 10 rather than 15 per cent, unlike the established agency I'd used before.

I requested a quiet non-smoker and they sent an Iranian. The agency seemed impressed by him; they said he owned a carpet and antiques business with two shops - one near Harrods - and apparently he'd recently paid Pounds 65,000 ...

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