Tennancy agreement renewal query

westv

Does the automatic conversion to a month by month agreement still apply if I was issued with an S21 at the start of the tenancy?

laffer

thehappycovv wrote: »

Just got back from the letting agents and they were trying to convince me tat was my previous agreement had expired I had no contract for the property and thus HAD to sign a new agreement. I naturally declined. They said I needed to sign, again I said no and this continued for 5 minutes. He said that a periodic agreement was no good for his client because I could up and leave when I wanted (well, obviously it's less use for the landlord). He then said he'd phone their legal team, by all means go ahead was my reply. His stance changed when I mentioned my diagnosis with MS since moving into the property and a one year contract was of no use to me. Score one for my MS lol

Just to clarify (as I mentioned previously I've two friends going in tomorrow to "renew" their agreement) they don't need to sign anything? And contrary to what the letting agent was saying to me they DO have a contract for the property albeit a periodic one?

thanks again
Gav

Is there no regulation of these mercenary cowboy real estate agents. They are the worst of the worst! Threatening legal action etc when they know full well they have no leg to stand on. It is a shame they do not seem to have a professional regulatory like Lawyers - at least when they do something wrong you can report them to someone who will investigate it.

N79

westv wrote: »

Does the automatic conversion to a month by month agreement still apply if I was issued with an S21 at the start of the tenancy?

Yes it does. A periodic tenancy will still come into existance and the LL must apply to a court to end it.

westv

N79 wrote: »

Yes it does. A periodic tenancy will still come into existance and the LL must apply to a court to end it.

Many thanks.

Gwhiz

My Landlord agreed to drop the rent by 20% yesterday rather than find a new tenant. I suggest you haggle when your AST comes to an end.