Landlords often ask us what goes on
behind the scenes at The Key Place and so we thought we would share our
experiences, and what we have learned from those experiences, with you.
Property inspections – they are
certainly not all dull, and this particular one did make me laugh!
One of The Key Place’s newer members
of staff went to carry out an inspection at a property where we had long term
tenants who had never given us previous cause for concern as a result of
inspections.
The staff member arrived back at the
office looking somewhat stunned, to say that the tenants were growing cannabis
plants in the bedroom – she saw a number of plants, underneath specialist
lights.
In recent times we have been made
increasingly aware of the problems of cannabis farms in rented properties. Staff have been briefed in being vigilant.
I decided to visit the tenants
immediately to see if they could shed some light (no pun intended) on the
situation, as this seemed very out of character. I called and asked if I could pop by and took
my office manager with me. On answering
the door, I asked the tenants outright if they were growing cannabis
plants. Amidst much laughter, they
explained that it was not a cannabis farm but the tenant’s mother’s tomatoes,
which they were looking after while the mother was on holiday. They invited me in to have a look and sure
enough I was able to confirm that those were indeed tomato plants!
This was a good learning curve for The
Key Place staff member as we were able to educate her in how to tell a cannabis
plant from a tomato plant in the real world!
And on the plus side, I was delighted with her vigilance.
For
information on all of The Key Place services, please visit our website,
www.thekeyplace.co.uk.
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