Landlady wants cash!

gothic_girl

Hi

Our LL wanted to do this to us and got everyone else in his other houses to. We stuck to our guns and pay by cheque

His argument was convienience, he will know he has it and not bounced, and its instant etc etc but doesn't give reciepts

We wanted a bank transfer or DD ( goes through in 2 hours) but he refused, we just said it solves all the problems you have told us about so he shut up and we are still paying by cheque.

Sounds awful dodgy to me

I like having a paper trail

N79

There really is no reason for a LL to want cash other than for tax evasion / benefit fraud. Cleared funds are cleared funds.

It may surprise some of the Ts on this thread to learn that LLs are often faced with the same request from Ts. All my tenancy agreements state that rent should be paid into a bank account and be cleared funds by the rent due date. On many occasions I have had Ts ask to pay the rent with cash (in most cases I presume that these Ts who receive a significant portion of their income as cash and do not want the hassle of paying it into a bank account).

I must admit though that in such cases I tell the Ts to pay the cash into the appropriate bank account as I do not do a doorstep rent collection service and if Ts want a receipt over and above whatever the bank gives them then I am afraid I do make a small charge to cover the costs (currently GBP8 per receipt).

mchale

Do you have a written and signed agreement on how the rent will be paid?

If not, its the LL's right to accept payment how they want, as long as you are issued a receipt its legal, if paying by S/O or cheque was important to you, it should have been written into TA.

In response to all the posters who suggest its iffy, if a shop or restaurant only accepts cash does that mean they are on the fiddle?

DVardysShadow

mchale wrote: »

Do you have a written and signed agreement on how the rent will be paid?

If not, its the LL's right to accept payment how they want,

I take the completely opposite view. You are saying that if it is not in the contract, the LL can specify. But the purpose of a contract is to specify. So I would say if it is not in the contract, the tenant can choose.

as long as you are issued a receipt its legal, if paying by S/O or cheque was important to you, it should have been written into TA.

If paying cash was important to LL, it should have been written into contract. Sauce for geese etc.

In response to all the posters who suggest its iffy, if a shop or restaurant only accepts cash does that mean they are on the fiddle?

It means that they could be, not necessarily are. Even for a Landlord. But in the case of a Landlord, I would say the probability is higher.

poppysarah

mchale wrote: »

In response to all the posters who suggest its iffy, if a shop or restaurant only accepts cash does that mean they are on the fiddle?

Cash makes it so much easier.