At this time of the year we often get young couples from the Northern Hemisphere coming to town for our summer. I generally find they are great tenants who pay well and put up with some primitive flats from time to time.

I have recently had two different tenancies where the tenant was on home detention and got into rent arrears.

Today the bailiff rang and said be at your house in 10 minutes for the eviction. Goodness that was fast I said. I only lodged the application on two days ago. I had told the court staff that the nice tenant had a six year old and a new born baby.

Landlords should check their bank account every morning before the start of business. Any missed rent payments should be dealt with immediately.