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25 January 2025
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zero stars if I could! run as far away as possible from this greedy landlord. I rented 117 Starkholmes Road in Matlock from him and it has been the worst rental experience I have ever had! Google what he did to the starkholmes community allotments. So nasty.
My personal experience:
The property was ok, although I had to thoroughly de-mould it when moving in and get rid of the carpet beetle infestation. Also it was filthy on move in, there were nail clippings, dead flies, cat litter on the floor, dried poo on the bathroom floor, really disgusting. I had to pay out of pocket for a professional clean on move in, it cost £110, he acknowledged the filthy state but would only contribute £30 to the clean as 'thats what he was able to get off of the previous tenants deposit' - this enough should ring alarm bells, but, there is more...
The boiler broke mid-winter, was old and required a new one. Instead of quickly getting it done, we had to wait a week and have multiple different enginneers in over the week, due to him wanting to find a cheaper quote than the first one he got. It was freezing! minus degrees outside. But we were left with no heating or hot water due to him not wanting to pay the going rate cost of a new boiler. We'd already waited days to be able to get someone to look at it due to it breaking over the weekend and having been given no emergency number. Even after this event, when we asked for an emergency number, incase of future similar issues, we were not given one. So don't expect anything to get done.
The worst part, the cash grab he attempted at the end of the tenancy. He held back our deposit, and, alongside the agent(bothams chesterfield), refused to communicate with us except via the dps scheme, or give us the check out report. So we were made to go through the long, stressful process of dps adjuication. It has taken 3 months to get our money back! I assume he scams all tenants like this, refuses to do the move out checks together on the day (I requested this and was refused!), then messes up the property after the tenants leave, hopes that they have no evidence to give the dps, and steals your money. Absolute swindler. Have reported him to trading standards.
He also threatended us before we left that he would withhold the deposit if we didnt de-weed THE NEIGHBORS part of the pathway. We did deweed it, and he tried to take the money regardless.
Stay away! yes the house location is beautiful, but not worth it with this guy. He was also hanging around the house a lot, which was uncomfortable as felt we were being observed. I believe it may be because he was tending to his land and other houses as he owns all in the row.

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