Brothers landlord chasing mum for rent.

theartfullodger

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Cheers!

Lodger

ILW

theartfullodger wrote: »

Sorry to read your & your mum's story.

What an "unprintable" of a Landlord.

Unless the stuff in Landlordzone about deeds etc. helps I fear you mum is liable but.... a couple of suggestions, if you & mum are up to them...
a) (As chickmug says) Write to local papers/radio/TV/MP/Council Private Housing section to let them know what an honourable & upright Landlord we have here...does he by any chance have a name, address that might be helpfully posted here??
b) Write Landlord with a cheque for £0:05 (5-p) and the statement that you/your mum don't accept the debt, consider his actions immoral, but are prepared for the moment to make regular payments, without in any way accepting liability.
c) Hope he takes mum to court & the judge is a sensible one & chucks the case out, or that the Landlord gets cold feet and doesn't do through with case...


Cheers & Best wishes..., and very sorry

Lodger (a Landlord)

NB Re funeral costs etc.. have a look at...
http://www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/benefits/benefits_and_bereavement.htm

There may be some benefit/death grant perhaps that might help a little.

Cannot help but think this is a bit daft.
If as you say the mother is probably liable, even if the judge does throw it out he will probably have to award costs the the landlord. This could easily be much more than the £200.00

Ilovejackbauer

To be fair to the landlord he is only asking for the rent up to the end of June and my brother died on 6th July. I think possibly my mum is liable, unfortunately my mum does things without thinking and does not think about the consequences until they turn round and bite her.

My brother died penniless apart from a couple of guitars that the landlord thinks are more valuable than they actually are. They have gone to my nephew who was desperate to keep them out of sentimental value. There really isn't anything else worth selling.

One light on the horizon is that income support tried to pay some money into his bank account but my mum had closed it so it bounced back. I am hoping that this money is paid in arrears, and that it is actually money that was owed to him, if so then its almost what the landlord is looking for and I am sure my mum could make up the rest.

By all accounts the landlord was quite patient with my brother, the government really need the heads testing changing the rules to make the tenant responsible for paying the rent. Its no wonder that people on benefits find it hard to rent when the landlords are concerned about getting the rent.