Wigan ranks in the top 10 places for good landlords in the UK, study says

The report by Household Quotes ranked the borough seventh, with five per cent of landlord-related posts on Twitter being a complaint.

The company analysed thousands of geotagged tweets, using a complaint-detecting tool to uncover the areas where a tenant’s tweet was most likely to be angry.

Greater Manchester as a whole rated 37 out of 116, with 13.4 per cent of posts being a grievance.

The report said: “It’s a tough job, being a landlord. You lay your investment on the line to put a roof over someone’s head.

"Your property frames your tenants’ everyday lives, and the responsibility for bringing them comfort, security and joy weighs heavy around your neck.

"It is up for debate whether landlord antipathy is due to a few bad apples, low industry standards or ungrateful tenants.

"But what our property experts at Household Quotes can tell you is where the worst landlords are.”

You can view the survey in full here: https://householdquotes.co.uk/where-are-the-uks-worst-landlords/