{"id":58878,"date":"2017-06-24T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/life-swap-landlords-are-being-given-the-chance-to-live-like-their-tenants\/"},"modified":"2017-06-24T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T06:24:28","slug":"life-swap-landlords-are-being-given-the-chance-to-live-like-their-tenants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/life-swap-landlords-are-being-given-the-chance-to-live-like-their-tenants\/","title":{"rendered":"Life swap \u2026 landlords are being given the chance to live like their tenants"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWill they put up with the terrible conditions some tenants have to suffer? A new BBC programme is putting them to the testLinda is 66, lives alone and sets her alarm for 4.30am to start work as a carer for children with special needs. She has taken on three jobs a week, despite being close to pensionable age, to earn enough to pay the \u00a3950 rent on her two-bed flat in Chadwell Heath, a workaday suburb on the fringes of east London. The bathroom hot water tap seized up long ago. Half the rings on her electric cooker aren\u2019t working. The smell from the mould and damp is overpowering. And, after paying her rent and bills, she is left with just \u00a354.12 a week.Father and son Peter and Mark are her landlords. They own \u00a37m-worth of property, making \u00a315,000 a month. \u201cIt\u2019s just the best way of becoming wealthy,\u201d says Mark, 36. \u201cSome people are saving for their first home. I\u2019ve got 40.\u201d Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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