Hendrie Iwanczuk in Leeds

The landlord is based in Leeds (A-Team Properties) and doesn’t have anyone local to Sheffield to respond to repairs. So if repairs were required he’d often ignore them. At one point our toilet with a macerator was blocked, and eventually started leaking from the ceiling beneath the bathroom, causing a stain. He didn’t respond quickly enough and still charged us for damages. A TV license is also included in our rent and he ignored our emails about receiving letters stating we hadn’t been issued one. He didn’t set one up until we threatened legal action. The ‘cleaners’ who came round before we moved in barely cleaned the place and dumped all the rubbish on the front garden, allowing it to rot. We had to clean it up ourselves because he wouldn’t deal with it properly.