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A Tenant's guide to renting
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Don't forget to check if the landlord/agent operates the Sword of Damocles! This is a wheeze to avoid the ll having to wait the two months for a section 21 notice to expire.
The ll/agent serves the S21 notice routinely shortly after the start of the tenancy to all tenants regardless of if they want the tenant to leave on expiry of the notice or not. Then the notice period will tick away and the landlord can decide later on even at the last minute that he wishes the tenant to leave and the notice period may be all gone before the tenant is informed of this decision. Obviously the S21 notice can't expire before the end of the fixed term.
Note that the S21 notice served during the fixed term remains valid even if the tenancy goes periodic. This means that a tenant served with a valid s21 during the fixed term many months ago and who is now on a periodic tenancy has already had is two months notice expire so the landlord can proceed immediately with the next stage of evicting the tenant out of the blue without any more notice.0 -
Thank you mods for making this a sticky - whichever one of you 3 did it:j:j:j
Now if we can just get Joe to put all the information back into his opening post.....RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
I have just been reading on the mortgages board that some estate agents are advising people not to tell their mortgage lender that they are renting their property out. :eek:
So don't think that by going to an Estate/Letting Agent for a rental property, that this is a guarantee that the landlord has permission to rent! Check this very important detail yourself as you have no rights if the lender is repossessing the property and they didn't give your landlord permission to rent the property. See posts 46 and 49.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
considering the rising rents and the availability of premium rental properties, and rising demand, he may not get a look in.
The rents are dropping according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents.
"However, this trend appears now to be reversing with the average cost of a rented house down seven per cent, and the average apartment nine per cent, according to new research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)."
"It also demolishes the myth of soaring rent levels."
Ian Potter, head of operations for ARLA.
http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/property-investment/tenants/arla-average-rent-down-9--$1226103.htmRENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Another problem, we see on these boards with renting, is the returning of the keys when you move out. LAs are then trying to charge additional rent as they say they didn't have the keys returned.
When you return the keys, get the LL or LA to sign for receipt of all the keys.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
MissMoneypenny wrote: »The rents are dropping according to the Association of Residential Letting Agents.
"However, this trend appears now to be reversing with the average cost of a rented house down seven per cent, and the average apartment nine per cent, according to new research from the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA)."
"It also demolishes the myth of soaring rent levels."
Ian Potter, head of operations for ARLA.
http://www.aboutproperty.co.uk/news/property-investment/tenants/arla-average-rent-down-9--$1226103.htm
News bulletin - LBC news Monday morning (9 June 2008)
Demand for rented accomodation is up 39% and demand outstrips supply. However, in same report, rents are slightly down. That is a bit bizarre. Must be an explanation. In my area, according to local paper, rents are up 20%.
I must say that my flats never stay vacant longer than it takes to clean it, but then I undercut everyone on the rents, as I have very little mortgage and get the pick of the best tenants. I generally will interview 2 or 3 potential tenants a day for a couple of days and will not take HB tenants - not because of them personally.FREEDOM IS NOT FREE0 -
Phew! Sorry folks, I've been away since thursday - job interviews in a new area, hence the reason for this thread!
I've asked the question on whether this Wikibook is allowed to show edited MSE forum content, will have to wait to see the outcome on that one.
Please if someone wants to add content to the Wikibook, then go ahead and do it. It doesnt matter if it need improvement, it can always be tweaked over time.
MissMoneypenny, it sounds like you want me to put all the information back into my first post? Im just a bit worried that as more and more information is added it will be so long that it is unreadable. Perhaps it needs to be drastically shortened to just some basic points for people to remember, and then the Wikibook could be a more detailed look at all the information?
I've not got much time at the moment, but will try and see what I can do over the next week. So please add to the Wikibook if you feel something is missing
Don't pay off your student loan quicker than you have to.0 -
MissMoneypenny, it sounds like you want me to put all the information back into my first post? Im just a bit worried that as more and more information is added it will be so long that it is unreadable. Perhaps it needs to be drastically shortened to just some basic points for people to remember, and then the Wikibook could be a more detailed look at all the information?
I've not got much time at the moment, but will try and see what I can do over the next week. So please add to the Wikibook if you feel something is missing
Maybe just copy and paste back in what you had so far and say that it only goes up to post x?
What concerns me about wiki is that anyone can edit it, whereas on this thread, only the originator (and the mods) can alter the post.
Thanks for all your hard work.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Well, the whole point of making it into a Wikibook was so that anyone can edit it, I see that as a positive thing...do you not?
I dont see this as "my" guide, but "everyones" guide, and people are free to add and edit as they see fit. Even if someone decided to vandalise the page, then it is easy to restore it to its former condtion as all previous versions are saved.
However I thought that making it into a Wiki would make it easier for people to have their input, but so far (apart from one spelling error!) no-one has edited the Wiki apart from me...so maybe having a Wiki was a bad idea after all, and I should paste it all back into my first post as you suggest.Don't pay off your student loan quicker than you have to.0 -
Brilliant post. We're changing landlords and property in a week or 2 so the guide is useful when we move out. A question though as I cant see it covered anywhere.... Our new property does not have a television aerial. Is it our responsibility or the landlords to have one fitted? Even though we will have cable installed from day 1 we still want the aerial in case the cable tv fails.
We dont mind getting one fitted as the landlord has done so more to the house, we dont want him to be paying out for other items especially when an aerial is only about £40, but it is nice to be in the know.
Any advice appreciated.When there's a knock at the door, why do dogs always think its for them?0
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