Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In Lancashire letting agent Paul Ainsworth-Lord manages 800 properties on behalf of private landlords. Unemployment here is above the national average and many tenants are on the breadline or struggling with a range of social problems. Paul is on the way to a 2-bed terrace chasing up a tenant who hasn’t paid rent for 4 months and owes £3,000.
Nearly half of Britain’s buy-to-let landlords rent out just one property, so if the money stops it can have a huge effect on their income. Retired shopkeeper Jack lets out a 1-bed flat in his native Fleetwood but after 14 months with no rent he’s been left nearly £5,000 out of pocket. He calls in eviction lawyer Chris Sharpe to help.
On the Isle of Dogs in East London, eviction specialist Paul Shamplina in on route to assist a couple who are owed a 5-figure sum by their agency.
It’s the job of council enforcement officers to investigate complaints against one of the UK’s 2.5 million landlords. In Harrow there’s a report of a leak coming from a residential flat situated above a commercial property. For 7 months water has been cascading into the rear of the salon from the property above.
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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In Lancashire letting agent Paul Ainsworth-Lord manages 800 properties on behalf of private landlords. Unemployment here is above the national average and many tenants are on the breadline or struggling with a range of social problems. Paul is on the way to a 2-bed terrace chasing up a tenant who hasn’t paid rent for 4 months and owes £3,000.
Nearly half of Britain’s buy-to-let landlords rent out just one property, so if the money stops it can have a huge effect on their income. Retired shopkeeper Jack lets out a 1-bed flat in his native Fleetwood but after 14 months with no rent he’s been left nearly £5,000 out of pocket. He calls in eviction lawyer Chris Sharpe to help.
On the Isle of Dogs in East London, eviction specialist Paul Shamplina in on route to assist a couple who are owed a 5-figure sum by their agency.
It’s the job of council enforcement officers to investigate complaints against one of the UK’s 2.5 million landlords. In Harrow there’s a report of a leak coming from a residential flat situated above a commercial property. For 7 months water has been cascading into the rear of the salon from the property above.
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
