I think my neighbour might have sublet his house. What do I do?

[Heatherjayne1972]

Long ish one
Next door is rented out through a local estate agents. The family that were there haven’t been seen since March - I thought they may have been caught up in the covid / no flights / stranded in home country stuff
Since March three men have lived there- one was living in the shed/ granny annexe in the garden but one took his things and went. Not sure where the others are
. And now a family has moved in and cleared the garage of the first families belongings
Question is. Do I do anything ?
Should I contact the estate agent?
Do I leave it ? They aren’t particularly troublesome people. Apart from early morning/ late night banging and drilling (And screechy kids- but not worse than mine)
What do you all think ?

Oh forgot to say I checked Rightmove just in case the house was re let or sold legitimately
It’s not there

Do nothing. Nothing to do with you.

Surely legitimate reletting or even subletting wouldn’t necessarily come up on rightmove?

Why do you need to do anything?

why is it a concern? If there is anti social behaviour I might be inclined to contact the agency but if not I'd do nothing. My house didn't come up on rightmove. The agency knew I was looking and rang me before it got that far.

no, it wouldn't come up on rightmove if it is wasn't advertised as a new let. The three men made an almost-certainly illegal HMO.

it wouldn't hurt to contact the agent as the landlord may not know. If the landlord does know and approves all this then no harm done. If he/she doesn't then you may help preserve their property. The one they have worked for because despite the sillycow ideas on here, property is not usually given for free.

the 'MYOB' brigade on here have playground minds and can be ignored.

Personally if they weren't bothering me, I wouldn't be bothering them.

It might be being used for temporary accommodation while people wait to be rehoused.

If they aren't being anti-social leave them. Otherwise you risk them moving out and anti-social people moving in.

Jesus Christ!!! Some people moved! Get a fucking grip! It's absolutely nothing to do with you. Mind your own fucking business. How do you live like this, thinking everything anyone else does somehow requires your intervention? Get on with your own life.

Leave them alone. It's none of you business. I rented a flat in a posh area when I first went to uni and the amount of neighbours that seemed to think it was acceptable to ask if I rent or even tell me I rent during a conversation was unbelievable.
Leave them alone unless they cause any trouble.

It's nothing to do with you.

Also, 3 household HMOs don't require licenses so I don't think it would be an automatic illegal HMO @mencken

I agree that it's nothing to do with you, so why get involved.

They may not have cleared out the first family's belongings to steal or illegally sell or dump - for all you know, they could have arranged to take them to a storage facility or a relative's house, so that the new tenants can properly use the space.

A re-let wouldn't necessarily come up on Rightmove. EAs sometimes have waiting lists and contact people on them before houses are even listed. It just sounds like some new people have moved in IMO?

@FlaskMaster
Jesus Christ!!! Some people moved! Get a fucking grip! It's absolutely nothing to do with you. Mind your own fucking business

There are more effective ways of getting your point across. Jeez cool your jets

If they're not causing you any bother I'd not do anything.

Why don’t you go and introduce yourself to your new neighbours and see if you can understand the situation a bit more before you do anything?

Yes I would. I used to own property and this would be against the contract they signed. It could cause the LL insurance to be invalid. You don’t know what damage they could be causing. Im assuming the estate agency would have done checks on who they think is living there, the property was key to them - not some random other people the tenant is making money off

just came on this post for personal reference. For all the people saying “what’s it got to do with you?!”, a landlords insurance would be void against damage caused to neighbouring houses if the people in the property weren’t the original tenants. So as a neighbour, you have a right to know that the rental is above board. No one wants to be on the receiving end of a terraced house or apartment block fire where someone doesn’t have the right type of house insurance.