Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
English teacher Muhammad is owed over £8,000 in rent and legal fees by his tenant. It’s been almost 4 months since he last received rent for his 3-bed house in Ilford, causing him deep financial trouble. In desperation, Muhammad asks eviction expert Paul Shamplina for help.
In Northwest London there’s been a fire at an unlicensed HMO, a house in multiple occupation. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow council are on their way to investigate.
Lawyer Chris Sharpe is on his way to serve squatters in Winsford, Cheshire, with an eviction notice. The owner of the 3-bedroom bungalow is currently abroad, Chris suspects the squatters know that and are hoping nobody will notice they’ve taken over his empty home.
This series follows the eviction specialists whose job it is to tackle tenants who can’t, or won’t pay the rent, and local authority housing offices tasked with going after rogue landlords. We also follow the work letting agents dealing with problem tenants. From a weed farm in a three-bedroom Blackburn semi, to drug addicts in a Blackpool bedsit, to 25 migrants squeezed into a suburban London home, Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords, delves into dark side of Britain’s housing crisis.
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English teacher Muhammad is owed over £8,000 in rent and legal fees by his tenant. It’s been almost 4 months since he last received rent for his 3-bed house in Ilford, causing him deep financial trouble. In desperation, Muhammad asks eviction expert Paul Shamplina for help.
In Northwest London there’s been a fire at an unlicensed HMO, a house in multiple occupation. Housing enforcement officers from Harrow council are on their way to investigate.
Lawyer Chris Sharpe is on his way to serve squatters in Winsford, Cheshire, with an eviction notice. The owner of the 3-bedroom bungalow is currently abroad, Chris suspects the squatters know that and are hoping nobody will notice they’ve taken over his empty home.
This series follows the eviction specialists whose job it is to tackle tenants who can’t, or won’t pay the rent, and local authority housing offices tasked with going after rogue landlords. We also follow the work letting agents dealing with problem tenants. From a weed farm in a three-bedroom Blackburn semi, to drug addicts in a Blackpool bedsit, to 25 migrants squeezed into a suburban London home, Nightmare Tenants Slum Landlords, delves into dark side of Britain’s housing crisis.
Subscribe to Element 18 – bit.ly/337R2uO
