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Tricks tenants get up to
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i received a phone call today asking me if i would consider replacing a small kitchen in a property as one of the tenants (who have been their 5 years) has terminal liver cancer, and it would cheer him up - i have agreed - they have done almost all their own maintenance for several years, and kept the house like a little palace - so its now my turn to repay them....0
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Keep going Clutton you may be the first LL to receive a Knighthood for services to the community!0
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That's really nice but obviously is a different tenant to C mentioned in your first post? I'm afraid when it comes to the Dispute Resolution Service for C what will matter is the facts of the particular case being challenged. Without the S21 I think you would definitely win payment in lieu of tenant's notice. With the S21, which will be seen as you said you have to copy the tenancy agreement and it's in there, much harder IMO. Still you may be lucky, who presides in the Dispute Resolution Service?i received a phone call today asking me if i would consider replacing a small kitchen in a property as one of the tenants (who have been their 5 years) has terminal liver cancer, and it would cheer him up - i have agreed - they have done almost all their own maintenance for several years, and kept the house like a little palace - so its now my turn to repay them....0 -
Clutton, unfortunately I think that unless you have it in writing from the tenant that you and they agree that she will move onto a periodic, then you are stuffed because of the S21 notice. Might have to chalk it up to experience and next time get it in writing (revoking the S21) before the end of the AST.
If you decide to press ahead, be interested to hear the final result.They deem him their worst enemy who tells them the truth. -- Plato0 -
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Hi, I work for housing benefits and you stated that your tenant was receiving this. If your tenant was offered a new tenancy which she had to take at short notice to avoid losing it (housing associations are notorious for this in my neck of the woods) and she had to give a months notice on her previous property, she could have claimed 'overlapping benefit' i.e she had an unavoidable period where rent was due on 2 homes. This would have saved a lot of aggro by the sounds of it as you would have been paid the notice period and she could have had her deposit returned! It could be useful for future reference but probably a bit late now!0
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thanks md - i tried this overlapping benefits claim last year, and my local authority in this area, were having none of it.
re Section 21 - i dug out the AST today to copy and send off to the DPS - and i forgot to fill in the dates, so - its never been valid ....
i will keep you all informed.
i have no idea who presides as i have not been thru the Arbitration Service before.
NLA say that i have a clear cut case, under the 1977 Protection from Eviction Act, and reference to a Section 21 was not even made.0 -
If you gave C an S21 with no dates filled in then by good luck it's not going to count as you can't ask for possession after an unspecified date, that's meaningless. So no S21 after all due to forgetting to fill it in.re Section 21 - i dug out the AST today to copy and send off to the DPS - and i forgot to fill in the dates, so - its never been valid ...
Presumably C's version is blank too? Do you fill in dates by hand and sign two sets and have one each, or type the dates in so both printouts are the same ...0 -
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franklee - please quote one specific case in law which substantiates your S.O.D ideas ......0
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