Can't Pay , Won't Pay , We'll Take It Away

[Bazile]

Some people take the michael , don't they ?

Especially some of the tenants of properties .

Last night there was a family who had not paid any rent to the landlord for nearly two years .
The landlords's wife was ill and had to give up work - he had to give up work to take care of her . There was no rent coming in from the rented property ; which meant that they had to sell their home

[viv41]

I couldn't do that job for anything, no wonder they wear stab vests!

[MallyJ]

Sadly it increasingly seems to me that there is a very large group of people out there who think the world owes them everything.... and for nothing. I wonder about how they were brought up. I do not do debt and have a really serious conscience .... which I blame my parents for. Having said that at least I can live with myself. But then I suppose they feel entitled. How do you get to be like that?? Must be upbringing.

[silliemillie]

If they haven fallen on hard times (lost their job ect) then I do sometimes feel a little sorry for them, although I feel for the Landlord too, but some of them go into the property knowing full well they are not going pay and dnt even think they are doing anything wrong, they make my blood boil.

[Caribeing]

Watched that programme. wondered if the tenants were getting housing benefit, what makes people think they can live without paying their way!

[Retrochic]

Caribeg -Housing benefit is now paid direct to the Tenants unless they ask the council to send it to the Landlord. Many Tenants just spend the Housing Benefit on essentials like Sky Tv and Mobile Phone contracts and the Landlords end up out of pocket.

[-SharonA-]

What makes me laugh is that they expect new carpet etc when the one they have is worn out. What is wrong with them buying and paying for it. It if was the council they were renting from, would they get a free carpet?????

[Retrochic]

Don't get me started...one tenant took all the wall paper off because it did not go with her 'decor' then expected me to pay for new carpets because they didn't go with her new paper -then wanted a tree felled as it was blocking the sun for her tan, then wanted a new cooker because the gas one 'frightened' her...The hedge cut down as it intimidated her when she came back on a night in the dark ....and this a single mum on Benefits.

[supapapa]

Disgusting programe I refuse to watch it.

[Retrochic]

If you refuse to watch it how do you know its disgusting?

[supapapa]

I have seen bits of it when flicking channels.

[fiction-factory]

I think it's a very good programme. Some of the bailiffs seem far more caring and helpful than they need to be and they are very knowledgeable of the laws in this area. Maybe you are confusing the programme with one of those "on benefits with 10 kids and 20 dogs, never done a day's work and proud of it" programmes

[Retrochic]

I did not ant to watch it but it ended up being on while I was doing something else and actually it is a good programme.

[douglas9401]

It's a small thing but there's no 'won't pay' in the programme title.

[Retrochic]

Thing is Douglas most 'won't ' pay because when push comes to shove they always seem to find the money to pay the Bailiffs

[sandyRoe]

Allowing tenants to have the rent sent to them rather than directly to the landlord was mistake. It was supposed to teach prudence. I doubt if it does.

[sherrardk]

Not all of the tenants featured in the series are in receipt of housing benefit. The people who seem suddenly able to find the money to pay are those who have their own businesses.

[sandyRoe]

They'll be the won't pay brigade.

[Retrochic]

"Not all of the tenants featured in the series are in receipt of housing benefit. The people who seem suddenly able to find the money to pay are those who have their own businesses."

most find the money when pushed -including one family who owed around £1800 in back rent who managed to find most of it and another seemingly well to do guy whose fancy SUV was going to be taken back by the Bailiffs. Not all the businesses pay either -its a good mix and an eye opener as to what people take on in debt. I thought it would be all low income families getting their 50 inch TV's repossessed but its not.