{"id":26771,"date":"2023-12-15T15:30:23","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/?p=26771"},"modified":"2023-12-15T15:30:23","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T15:30:23","slug":"landlord-says-he-always-wins-after-cutting-hole-in-tenants-door-with-chainsaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harvestmoonnews.com\/world-news\/landlord-says-he-always-wins-after-cutting-hole-in-tenants-door-with-chainsaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Landlord says he always wins after cutting hole in tenants door with chainsaw"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A furious landlord who pulled out a chainsaw on a tenant after reaching the end of his tether said he's not afraid of legal trouble because he "always wins". <\/p>\n

    Samuel Leeds, co-owner at Property Tribes, a private forum for landlords, took to X (formerly Twitter) to share a video of him cutting a huge hole in the PVC front door of one of his properties with a chainsaw.<\/p>\n

    In the clip Samuel can be seen cutting a rectangular shape into the door, before booting it through.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cThis is what happens when you stop paying and refuse to leave my property,\u201d he wrote. He then bullishly added: \u201cSue me. You\u2019re a guest and have no rights.\u201d <\/p>\n

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    Speaking to the Daily Star Samuel said most people that pay to stay in his properties are legally not tenants, but guests because they stay there on a Guest Terms of Hire, not the usual Assured Shorthold Tenancy (AST) contract. <\/p>\n

    "They have the same rights as people staying at a hotel. If they don\u2019t pay, they simply can\u2019t stay," he said.<\/p>\n

    And asked if he was afraid of any legal reprisals, Samuel said that he backs himself. <\/p>\n

    "I am not at all worried about legal troubles. I took rigorous legal advice before entering the property and have a large team of lawyers that work for me. I\u2019ve been to court many times and always win," he said. <\/p>\n

    The type of contract Samuel offered his tenant, essentially his customer, is one that means they 'hire' the property from him for a short time, subject to a contract between the property owner and the property renter. <\/p>\n

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