Urgent-landlady Slinging Me Out Friday!

storminbalder

I think a character assassination of molong is going too far. He sounds like a young lad just learning his way in life. It is a learning experience you know. Whereas he doesn't sound like an ideal lodger, it's not like he's done anything terrible either.

In response to molong, I believe your situation is tenuous, as being a lodger you don't have the same protection as a tenant. But you do have a contract, so get yourself down to CAB or ring Shelter immediately.

In the meantime, the best thing to do is to apologise to your landlady, accept you've made mistakes, and promise to try harder for the remaining time. Basically try to get on her good side.

Best of luck.

molong

storminbalder wrote: »

I think a character assassination of molong is going too far. He sounds like a young lad just learning his way in life. It is a learning experience you know. Whereas he doesn't sound like an ideal lodger, it's not like he's done anything terrible either.

In response to molong, I believe your situation is tenuous, as being a lodger you don't have the same protection as a tenant. But you do have a contract, so get yourself down to CAB or ring Shelter immediately.

In the meantime, the best thing to do is to apologise to your landlady, accept you've made mistakes, and promise to try harder for the remaining time. Basically try to get on her good side.

Best of luck.

thank you! as it happens i am 29 - not a kid actually! and i don't need the services of Shelter thank you very much. i have a new place to move into and if my landlady gives me MY money back i would not need Shelter!

maninthestreet

I'm not going to pass judgement on you here like others have - No one here has any idea whether the allegations made the landlady against you are true or not. How is she going to throw you out? She will need to change the locks in order to deny you access to the property. This will cost her money. Stand your ground, tell her you will be staying put until at least the end of the month.

lavidaloca

dazco wrote: »

:TOne of the finest trolling threads I have ever seen.

Well done sir/madam:T

Yes I agree. The troll is moving around the boards now.

Judith_W

Shelter is not there as somewhere to live, but to offer advice about your rights and it would do you good to ask someone with the training and knowledge rather than getting conflicting messages on here. I would say that with a contract you have the right to stay til the end of the month, but that she has the right to hold on to your deposit until she can see how much you have cost her. She shouldn't charge you extra for electricity.

I don't know where you start to think that just because someone owns lots of towels they are being mean by not letting you use them!? You are lucky to get the bills inc that you did, as the contract didn't mention the dishwasher tabs etc you should have assumed that you would have to contribute, not the other way round.

barnaby-bear

molong wrote: »

i didn't ask you all for a character analysis of me thank you very much! all i want to know is 2 things - doh!

1. can she sling me out Friday without 1 months notice?

2. can she hold on to my deposit?

If she owns the house then YES and YES

nimbo

molong wrote: »

thank you! as it happens i am 29 - not a kid actually! and i don't need the services of Shelter thank you very much. i have a new place to move into and if my landlady gives me MY money back i would not need Shelter!

you really are a muppet aren't you?the one person who was trying to be nice got it in the neck!!!!!you sounde like a right cheeky f*cker to me, and if you'd been a lodger in my house i'd be keeping your deposit too if you were calling abroard while i was out!!!!!!!she'll have no idea how much that is going to set her back till the bill comes through..... and it may even be 1/4 ly.... here's hoping...

sircharles

maninthestreet wrote: »

I'm not going to pass judgement on you here like others have - No one here has any idea whether the allegations made the landlady against you are true or not. How is she going to throw you out? She will need to change the locks in order to deny you access to the property. This will cost her money. Stand your ground, tell her you will be staying put until at least the end of the month.

A lodger does not have any rights unfortunately. A tenant does, but a lodger has next to none.

If the landlady demands that he must leave immediately then he has to go. He is no legal position to tell her, his landlady, he will be staying put!!

I know of a similar situation where the lodger refused to leave on the spot (the landlord and lodger had a massive fallout over something or the other) and the landlord phones the Police who came round within half an hour and ordered the lodger to collect his belongings, gave him 15 minutes to vacate the premises, and said if he refused to they would arrest him for trespassing.

The lodger said he wanted his deposit back immediately, and the Police said it was a civil matter and he would have to sort it out through a solicitor.

So yes - he can be turfed out immediately!

Me? I'd have slung him out sooner! He sounds like a mean selfish little runt.

Cissi

maninthestreet wrote: »

I'm not going to pass judgement on you here like others have - No one here has any idea whether the allegations made the landlady against you are true or not.

Umm, as far as I can see noone is referring to allegations by the landlady against the OP, but rather his own description of his behaviour which he clearly thinks is reasonable but most of us wouldn't?

As a lodger he has no right whatsoever to expect to use the LL's own towels or dishwasher tablets (or soap, or shampoo etc for that matter), or to make expensive calls without permission. As for her stating that there were no problems with the bathroom, which he is now disputing, that would be because so far everyone has behaved in a reasonable manner! How incredibly selfish to expect to hog it for an hour at a time when there are 4 people sharing! And she didn't even sling him out for these reasons, but because of his reaction when it was pointed out to him that he couldn't continue like this. And as been pointed out, she's perfectly within her legal rights to get rid of him immediately as he's a lodger in her own home.

I tend to agree with those who think this is a troll though, the reason being how he blames the LL for the location of her house, which he didn't notice when he viewed the room :rotfl: Nobody is that stupid, this is a wind-up. Well done, you've got us all responding :rolleyes:

patch3228

storminbalder wrote: »

In the meantime, the best thing to do is to apologise to your landlady, accept you've made mistakes, and promise to try harder for the remaining time. Basically try to get on her good side.

Best of luck.

I agree, your best bet is to sweeten her up with a cup of tea and a few apologies...even say you deliberately boiled enough for one cup to save on electricity bills

What is the earliest date you can move into the new place?

The BEST advice ANYONE can give you is to make sure you do the opposite of everything you currently do BEFORE you move into this new place or it will be Groundhog Day!

I am sorry but I keep mentally picturing this sweet little old lady turned into a fire breathing dragon and frankly it is ALL your fault. Did she have to hold your hand from the station to the house whilst timing a stopwatch in the other hand??