Landlord selling house and lying to me

princeofpounds

what zelie said!

Seh1985

Thanks everyone im going to send in the letter and see what they come back with, really appreciate all yur advice!!!!

clutton_2

you can either move out on the last day of the agreement, as advised above, or you can just stay put and wait for the LL to get a court order to get your out - and move out at your own convenience.

I hate LLs who do this to tenants - 4 months into a tenancy and you pregnant as well - b*a*t*ds

do not allow any viewings

is your deposit in a Deposit protection scheme ?

Seh1985

clutton wrote: »

you can either move out on the last day of the agreement, as advised above, or you can just stay put and wait for the LL to get a court order to get your out - and move out at your own convenience.

I hate LLs who do this to tenants - 4 months into a tenancy and you pregnant as well - b*a*t*ds

do not allow any viewings

is your deposit in a Deposit protection scheme ?

We have found somewhere else so will be moving mid september as long as baby doesnt arrive!!! due to move on 12th and baby due on 23rd!!! really dont need the stress of it all plus my son starts school on the 8th such a shame we cant be settled.
yes our deposit is in the deposit scheme.
do you think its wrth complaining to the ombudsman?
thanks sarah

franklee

sarahemmiehowell wrote: »

We have found somewhere else so will be moving mid september as long as baby doesnt arrive!!! due to move on 12th and baby due on 23rd!!! really dont need the stress of it all plus my son starts school on the 8th such a shame we cant be settled.
yes our deposit is in the deposit scheme.
do you think its wrth complaining to the ombudsman?
thanks sarah

You said your initial contract was for 6 months ending 30th Sept so are you paying rent till then or have you managed to negotiate an earlier date to end rent payments? Bear in mind that while you are paying rent the landlord can't have access if you don't want him to and you can of course keep the keys and rights to access unless they agree to let you off paying.

If a property has been up for sale all along or the intent is to sell in six months time then they should have told you it was a short term let before you committed. As you have been put out over this sale I'd hope the least they can do is just charge rent till the day you agreed you leave, but I wouldn't count on it, in which case I'd deny them access for those last few days and hand keys back on 30th Sept.

Seh1985

we havent come to any agreement about ending the least two weeks early and to be honest i think we are best to just end on the 30th as my baby could come anytime really and if he/she does make an early arrival it wuld be too much moving and we have got to touch up the paint work as my boys have put there stick fingers on the walls!!!!

i think im going to write to the letting agents just so its in writting how upset i am about the way ive been treated and send a copy to the ombudsman. its not going to cost anything and whats the worst that could happen? never know i might even get an appology i can but dream!!!

vikx_2

Love 'Pink Shoes' letter.

We have been in the same situation, LL decided to sell house 4 months in to our contract, we have had all sorts of people trapsing in and out, including three EA's to give valuations and take pics, not realising that we could have 'quiet enjoyment'...the EA have been gits and the LL tried to force us out before our contract was up becasue it suited them - they had a buyer, but the buyer wanted to be in before our tenancy ended. Anyway, we stood firm and the sale fell through!! HAHAHAHA!!

The down side to the sale falling through is we have to put up with viewings again...We are still in the property now as it suits us to stay whilst our house buying is finallised, and we have agreed with the letting agents to stay for a further two weeks, but due to the arogance of the LL I think I might refuse further viewings. I had been worried that doing this might prevent the LL giving us our deposit back - finding some excuse! But they cant do that can they??

Hope it works out for you sarahemmiehowell and enjoy your pregnancy ( I am a student midwife! (and mummy of 3))

Vikx

princeofpounds

I had been worried that doing this might prevent the LL giving us our deposit back - finding some excuse! But they cant do that can they??

No, although they can try final say on deposits goes to arbitration or court, not the LL.

silvercar

I think the lesson to be learnt is to get everything in writing. If you want a 12 month tenancy then insist on it or find a different property.

franklee

sarahemmiehowell wrote: »

i think im going to write to the letting agents just so its in writting how upset i am about the way ive been treated and send a copy to the ombudsman. its not going to cost anything and whats the worst that could happen? never know i might even get an appology i can but dream!!!

If you write to the letting agents also copy it to any bodies like ARLA they are members of, probably won't do any good but may as well let them know how their members are behaving. Bearing in mind the agent will have done as the landlord instructs, but they still should have told you what that was, especially if you asked if it was a long term let. There isn't anything to prevent such lies IMO.

I think it would be a good plan to write to your MP with a copy to Shelter (who do campaign about issues around the S21). After all it is parliament makes the laws and so they should be told the effect the lack of security of tenure for good tenants is having. I'm sure a case of having to move unexpectedly days away from having a baby and after just six months of what was to be a long term let will be a useful case to have in their files as evidence what change is required especially as the private rented sector is becoming more under the spotlight.

Politicians have gone out of their way to help homeowners through the boom (e.g. with schemes to help FTBs buy) and bust (e.g. with against repossessions) but tenants have been left to swing as rental properties have been used more and more for short term investment purposes for capital gains so they are sold on before long or as a stop gap whilst waiting to sell. This is fine if the tenant is told before they commit, but if you had been told you would not have moved there.

At the moment the industry is mainly geared up to initial fixed terms of just 6-12 months, with many lenders imposing a maximum of 12 in any case. Therefore a tenant cannot tell the genuine long term landlord with a long term let but who wants to start with six months to see if the tenant is "any good" from the shower like your landlord who just want the tenant as a quick stop gap to cover mortgage and other costs while selling. IMO what we really need are longer term lets available along with a quicker route to evict a tenant who is in clear and serious breach of the tenancy agreement.

Anyway I hope you do write to your MP describing what happened to you, it will not help you directly but it may help others in future and hopefully will make you feel better to have done something constructive to hit back.