What happens when conflicts between landlords and tenants get out of control?
This series delves into the dark side of the UK's housing crisis. It follows independent eviction specialists working on behalf of landlords attempting to evict tenants who are behind with their rent, and local authority housing officers investigating rogue landlords and unsafe living conditions, including illegal HMOs (House in Multiple Occupation).
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Best Episodes of Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords
Episode 10
S6 Ep10
10.0
17th Nov 2021
With the ongoing housing crisis in Britain increasing conflict, eviction specialists attempt to remove nightmare tenants from buildings while elite council teams seek out rogue landlords who provide unsuitable living environments.
Episode 3
S6 Ep3
8.6
1st Jul 2021
Letting agents Karen and Gemma investigate claims of vandalism and anti-social behaviour at a property they manage in Wigan, but when they discover the tenant is no longer living there, they track her down to learn that she's abandoned the property and has tried to move in somewhere else by forging a reference. Meanwhile, in Darwen, letting agent Paul issues proceedings on a tenant who is more than £3,000 in arrears, but Paul's attempts at evicting him are delayed when the tenant refuses to leave without Paul giving him a good reference.
Episode 7
S5 Ep7
8.5
22nd Jul 2019
Boxing champion Lee didn't know about the cannabis farm in his house.
Episode 3
S5 Ep3
8.4
17th Jun 2019
Following a tip-off, Harrow Enforcement discover an industrial-scale weed farm in a house. After complaints of all-night parties in a quiet street in Darwen, letting agent Paul pays a visit. Also, Han discovered that his flat was illegally sublet.
Episode 8
S5 Ep8
8.3
29th Jul 2019
Landlord Ronnie discovered occupants turning his property into a scrap merchants.
Episode 1
S2 Ep1
8.3
9th Mar 2016
A Yorkshire landlord has to call in the eviction specialists to remove tenants from a house. Music businessman Donovan hasn't received any rent for seven months from his tenants and his costs are spiralling out of control. The courts find in his favour. When he finally does get his property back, he makes an disturbing discovery.
Episode 2
S5 Ep2
8.2
10th Jun 2019
In Lancashire, letting agent Paul has a tenant who is behind with his rent and won't return calls. Eviction lawyer Chris is called to evict the anti-social Kirk, while Monwara and Mohammed hired a letting agency - who pocketed their tenant's rent.
Episode 4
S5 Ep4
8.1
24th Jun 2019
Letting agent Paul, sales consultant Dale and housing agents Andrew and Jo all find themselves taking pity on tenants in dire straits. But they might come to regret their decisions in their efforts to help the tenants.
Episode 1
S5 Ep1
8.1
3rd Jun 2019
Paul discovers that an unruly tenant may be planning to do a flit.
Episode 11
S6 Ep11
8.0
24th Nov 2021
In Essex, helped by eviction expert, landlord Muhammad starts eviction proceedings on a tenant who owes him over eight thousand pounds in rent and legal fees.
Episode 5
S6 Ep5
8.0
15th Jul 2021
Landlords Suketu and Minesha Patel signed a `guaranteed rent" agreement with their letting agent who manages their east London property but, after falling £7,000 in rent arrears, they confront him. Letting agents Karen O'Connor and Gemma Painter in Wigan deal with a tenant whose house is in need a big clear-out. And in Darwen, Lancashire, letting agent Paul Ainsworth Lord has his work cut out for him when he's approached by a new Landlord with a big problem.
Episode 4
S6 Ep4
8.0
8th Jul 2021
Doctor Tariq, with the help of his lawyer, tries to throw out a tenant who refuses to pay. In London, the police discover that there are 30 men living in an unsafe house. They refuse to say who their landlord is.
Episode 8
S4 Ep8
8.0
31st May 2018
John and Irene had the fight of their lives evicting a family from their home. Jill invested in a house with her late husband, but it turned into a nightmare. Wayne offered his home to an employee, thinking she would be the perfect tenant.
Episode 7
S4 Ep7
8.0
24th May 2018
Emmanuel reveals what happened after he returned from working abroad for one year to find himself £24,000 in mortgage arrears and unable to get into his own property. Andy describes how he had to call the police after evicted tenants tried to force their way back into his home, and a council officer checks a small 2-bed flat that she previously found to have 12 occupants.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
8.0
1st Jul 2015
Ben from Lewisham Council's Rogue Landlord Unit has just a day to try and find a new place for a single mother and her child to live in or they will end up on the streets. Joan is forced to take legal action to evict her tenant who has not paid any rent for a year.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6
7.8
29th Jul 2015
The story of Lesley and Mark Irwin, who fell foul of a single mother who turned out to be a confidence trickster - she advertised their home as a rental property, and stole deposits from unwitting students hoping to move into the area. Plus, Susan and Gary Bailey, who planned to rent out their buy-to-let investment home in East London and took on an agent to deal with tenants on their behalf. However, after they withdrew from the deal, the couple found themselves locked out of their own property when he changed the locks, and they have been unable to get any help from the police.
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Revisits 3
S3 Ep15
4.5
28th Sep 2017
In Bristol, Jon's dream of turning a former tram station into flats was derailed by squatters, has he managed to get things back on track? Two tenants living in dangerous conditions were saving for a deposit, have they hit their target?
Episode 8
S3 Ep8
5.0
8th Jun 2017
A couple in Kent face losing their house because of a nightmare Tenant, and a residential home is found to have been turned into a brothel.
Revisit
S3 Ep13
5.3
1st Jun 2017
Revisiting the victims and villains of the rental market. Rachel rented out her cottage for three months; four years later, her tenant is still there.
Episode 7
S3 Ep7
5.8
25th May 2017
Susan and Gary's too-good-to-be-true letting agent broken into their house and changed the locks. Paul learned that his father's tenant owed a staggering £20k in rent.
Episode 9
S3 Ep9
5.8
15th Jun 2017
A retired couple pay the price when their tenants stop paying rent and invite their abusive friends to squat.
Episode 4
S2 Ep4
6.3
30th Mar 2016
After her tenant claimed that the property was full of damp, a landlord gets a shock when she finally gets inside to inspect the damage. And a landlord's son has to deal with unruly tenants when his father passes away.
Episode 2
S2 Ep2
6.3
16th Mar 2016
A retired secretary has to visit her tenant in prison in order to retake possession of her buy-to-let flat, and in Manchester and mother looks to housing charity shelter for help when she believes the property she is renting is making her kids ill.
Episode 6
S3 Ep6
6.3
18th May 2017
A landlord who trusted his property to a letting agency discovers that it is being advertised on a Romania website. A single mum's tenant has vanished owing £10k in back rent and she has to prove he has abandoned the property to get it back.
Episode 1
S3 Ep1
6.4
5th Mar 2017
A woman fights to reclaim the house she was brought up in from a tenant who owes her money, and a newly-married couple in Chelsea find their buy-to-let dream turn sour.
Episode 3
S3 Ep3
6.5
27th Apr 2017
A Watford landlord has a fight on his hands when his long-term tenant suddenly decides to stop paying and unleashes her wrath when he tries to evict her.
Episode 2
S3 Ep2
6.6
15th Mar 2017
Alex is hit with a £7,000 bill after his tenant is found to have be running a business from his property. Property developer Jon calls in an eviction specialist to rid a disused tram station of squatters.
Episode 4
S3 Ep4
6.7
4th May 2017
Salon owner Wayne offered his employee Katie his home to rent, but is now owed £3,000 with neighbours complaining about a party house.
Episode 12
S6 Ep12
6.8
1st Dec 2021
Catching up with a landlord two years after he got his property back from a troublesome tenant who refused to leave the property without a fight. Lawyer Chris Sharp helps two Ghanaian ministers, Reverend Sarpong and Ibrahim Farook, get back their 18th century church in the heart of Liverpool so they can launch a ministry and community centre there.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
6.8
8th Jul 2015
A couple discover that their tenant is using their property to scam students.
Episode 5
S3 Ep5
6.9
11th May 2017
Teorin and Collette's large family home was turned into holiday stopover for strangers. Alex is dependent on rent for her medical expenses, but her tenant has not paid in months.
Episode 7
S2 Ep7
7.0
20th Apr 2016
Documentary series about the victims and villains of the buy-to-let boom. Joy thought she had found the perfect tenant to let her house to while she volunteered at an African orphanage, but discovered that her house was being rented out room-by-room as a boutique hotel. A couple expecting their first baby face dreadful damp, and a former barber is owed more than £3000 in rent.
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords Episode Guide
Episode 1
S1 Ep1
7.3
24th Jun 2015
A couple who bought a second property as an investment and saw their management agent change the locks and with hold all of the rent are featured on the show. A housing team from Lewisham Council take a look at the shocking conditions that tenants have to deal with in a cramped, cold flat.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
8.0
1st Jul 2015
Ben from Lewisham Council's Rogue Landlord Unit has just a day to try and find a new place for a single mother and her child to live in or they will end up on the streets. Joan is forced to take legal action to evict her tenant who has not paid any rent for a year.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
6.8
8th Jul 2015
A couple discover that their tenant is using their property to scam students.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
7.3
15th Jul 2015
This episode features a couple who discovered their tenant was scamming students.
Episode 5
S1 Ep5
7.1
22nd Jul 2015
Squatters move in to an empty community centre for children.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6
7.8
29th Jul 2015
The story of Lesley and Mark Irwin, who fell foul of a single mother who turned out to be a confidence trickster - she advertised their home as a rental property, and stole deposits from unwitting students hoping to move into the area. Plus, Susan and Gary Bailey, who planned to rent out their buy-to-let investment home in East London and took on an agent to deal with tenants on their behalf. However, after they withdrew from the deal, the couple found themselves locked out of their own property when he changed the locks, and they have been unable to get any help from the police.
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