Drug taking in daughter's student house

Thanks for all the comments. All helpful in different ways. As some of you predicted there has now been some property damage by the tenant which has resulted in the landlord coming round. The three other tenants have complained and the landlord is now dealing with this.
I think the person smoking weed is in the wrong type of house share. The other 3 are not into drugs and are doing degrees where they can't risk any trouble with the law. Nor do they want late night parties as they all work shifts in hospitality and neither do they want to find strangers in the kitchen and sitting room, particularly stoned strangers.
They all have individual tenancies so hopefully it will settle down. The landlord lives round the corner so he's on hand if it doesn't.

Thanks for all the comments. All helpful in different ways. As some of you predicted there has now been some property damage by the tenant which has resulted in the landlord coming round. The three other tenants have complained and the landlord is now dealing with this.
I think the person smoking weed is in the wrong type of house share. The other 3 are not into drugs and are doing degrees where they can't risk any trouble with the law. Nor do they want late night parties as they all work shifts in hospitality and neither do they want to find strangers in the kitchen and sitting room, particularly stoned strangers.
They all have individual tenancies so hopefully it will settle down. The landlord lives round the corner so he's on hand if it doesn't.

It’s not uncommon for young people/students not forced to live by parental rules who live in house shares to have girlfriends or boyfriends or ONS staying over several times a week, to have wild parties with people crashing, to smoke weed, get drunk, take speed, ecstasy, cocaine etc.

If this behaviour violates your (not your parents) standards of acceptable behaviour you have a choice not to live in that environment and only live at home or alone or with likeminded housemates where you rent together. Not take pot luck in a house where rooms are rented individually. This puts you in the uncomfortable position of accepting behaviour that is unacceptable to you and trying to police the behaviour of other housemates. Otherwise you have to learn to strike a balance between enforcing boundaries and live and let live. No parents intervening and no grassing to the landlord - especially after 4 days.

You can’t even take the moral high ground. Most of the wild ones will mature into responsible adults with jobs and mortgages and spouses and children. Even members of government, CEOs etc.

Well it’s against the terms and conditions of the tenancy so I’d expect he will do something. Smoke lingers in properties and in properties and causes damage to decor over time . Im sure they’d also be interested that someone else is living in their property unknown to them , not paying rent, possibly causing the property to be over crowded. I’m not necessarily suggesting op reports the tenants doing so would be fine. Hopefully the new guy listens to current housemates when they ask but I’d not be holding my breath given how quickly he’s come in and acted unreasonably

At 19 I think it's ok to ask your parents for a bit of support with a tricky situation like this.

It doesn't mean anyone is being babies. I'm 45 and would probably asked a close friend or someone to help me navigate a situation like this.

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If you walk into a house to do a viewing and the entire house smacks you with weed the minute you open the front door, all smoke detectors are either removed or covered with plastic bags…. You can take an educated guess 😂

On one occasion I did a viewing and they were all sat in the living room in the middle of the day frantically trying to hide it. They knew a letting agent would report it to the landlord and maintenance as we were required to do so. They knew they had a viewing scheduled and it was just brazen.

This is for your daughter to sort out. When I was a student our house was raided by police thanks to one of our fellow residents cannabis habit. I’d have been mortified if my parents had got involved.

How could you state what happened in a house your company let out when you weren't there?

Of course landlords would rather deal with a inexperienced 19 year old than their battle axe of a mother. I'd buy that if the landlords didn't also want said mother be a guarantor for the rent!

Well it’s against the terms and conditions of the tenancy so I’d expect he will do something. Smoke lingers in properties and in properties and causes damage to decor over time . Im sure they’d also be interested that someone else is living in their property unknown to them , not paying rent, possibly causing the property to be over crowded. I’m not necessarily suggesting op reports the tenants doing so would be fine. Hopefully the new guy listens to current housemates when they ask but I’d not be holding my breath given how quickly he’s come in and acted unreasonably

Of course they should expect to live in a smoke free house. They should and have just tell him this though. It's not something for their parents to tell the landlord about! Not only will it be totally ineffective (what are people expecting the landlord to do) but it's embarrassing for the students and it could also backfire.

He can smoke weed all he likes but not in a shared house, especially in the communal areas when the tenancy agreement states no smoking allowed. The other tenants expect, and rightly so, to live in a smoke free environment

He smokes weed as do about 13 percent of 16 to 24 year olds apparently so hardly unusual. The random men sleeping over after a party is not great but it has happened once after a party and there is no evidence so not sure how a landlord can evict. Also not unusual at the start of term I would have thought. The best thing would be for the students themselves to speak to the tennant which they have done.

There are also contracts that say you won't move other in people and under illegal activity.

I'm guessing your a "cool mum" who is ok with drug taking scum bags.

Yeap I would. The people who shout the loudest get the results they are looking for.

Living with a drug user would be absolute misery. I would not accept my daughter being uncomfortable in their kitchen because random men were sleeping in it.

That is purely financial though and there is a contract. The guarantor has agreed to pay rent if the tennant defaults but it certainly doesn't give the guarantor any rights. The landlord can just tell the parent they only talk to tennants.

Of course landlords would rather deal with a inexperienced 19 year old than their battle axe of a mother. I'd buy that if the landlords didn't also want said mother be a guarantor for the rent!

You would seriously phone the landlord every day because your adult daughter had told you someone was smoking in her house and you wanted it to "be sorted".?😂 The landlord might tell him not to smoke in the house as a result but the daughter and her housemates could do that themselves. It sounds as if they have done suggesting they are not as clueless as some of the posters on here.

The phrase 'wet' is unnecessary. They are inexperienced.

Yes they need to learn - this is an opportunity to do that.

People with supportive parents learn really effectively by talking things through with them. It actually isn't better to go to the school of hard knocks, people don't necessarily end up more competent.