Evicted, locks changed, no notice...

ceridwen

Thats me - say what a lot of other people think.....:cool:

Sometimes - I wonder why I bother ...and remind myself that there are a few oddballs out there on t'Internet as we all know - so wish I hadnt bothered.

Zelie

LOL! ceridwen you are a muppet and you need to stop advising people to act illegally.

GDB2222

ceridwen wrote: »

I presume that was a joke in particularly bad taste - and you have no intention of getting either yourself or other MSE posters into trouble with MSE about bullying.

What an awful thing to say - even in jest. You ought to be ashamed of yourself - and I look forward to an apology and to the offending comment being removed before I report it to MSE.

EDIT: I have in fact duly just reported this post by Zelie to MSE as bullying.

I'm afraid that you're making yourself look totally ridiculous ceri. Beginning to wonder if you're purposely trolling, for a laugh?

Britwife

Just read what happened to you. I'm so glad you stood up to her and got the police involved and are seeking legal advice.

I bet that early entry was to see the condition of the flat? like could she move in right away or would she have to paint?

Also, want to wish you all the best on Friday

tbs624

dopester wrote: »

Things happen. If for some reason the payment for your mortgage didn't reach the bank, would you like to be repossessed without notice, and locks changed, on your return home?..

FATBALLZ wrote: »

Don't have any advice, but ignore morons like the above, as another poster says, they probably wouldn't take too kindly to having their home repossessed without warning if they were 6 days late with the mortagage.

That's assuming this story is actually true.

In your glorious over-reaction to my earlier posts you seemed to have missed the key parts. Not surprising in Fatballz's case as this is his usual standard of post:
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=32210799&postcount=144 and his own contribution to this thread was of little benefit either.

Check back:

tbs624 wrote: »

........contact the local Council's Private Sector Tenancy Relations Officer ( in the town where the property is) - despite what you were told by the police, illegal eviction/tenant harassment are criminal offences.Even if your rent is late and the LL has not been able to contact you s/he has to follow proper procedure to regain possession of the property. Shelter 0808 800 4444 can also give you advice & support.

You can obtain the LLs address via the Land Registry, if necessary, for a small fee.

tbs624 wrote: »

Your LL is in the wrong if s/he hasn't followed procedure, as my first post says. ..

So, first poster in thread to highlight that the police *should* have acted as it sounded like an illegal eviction, first to highlight TRO's existence for such cases, and second poster to highlight Shelters helpline (complete with tel no).

I don't condone the behaviour of LLs who fail to follow the correct legal procedures when dealing with their Ts - that's pretty clear from my many previous posting on the subject. However, that does not prevent me from being astounded by some people's lack of personal organisation.

PasturesNew

Touche wrote: »

She then moved to spain and would occasionally pop back to the UK and stay in my flat. It was advertised to let for over 6 months with 4 agents at least with little interest (I had a discussion with a local letting agent before I moved in). The asked rent came down by about 33% over that time until it came into line with similar properties in the area (it had just come down 10% in the week I saw it).

She is currently in the UK and from her facebook (yeah, I facebook stalked her over the weekend :P) it seems she's working here at the moment. It might be interesting to drive past one evening this week and see if the lights are on?!

Maybe somebody knowledgeable can post in this thread about landlords who are out of the country .... I recall some rule existing that the tenant has to deduct 20% of the rent and pay it direct to the tax man ... but I don't know when.why etc. Certainly add "grass up to HMRC" to your To Do List once you're in a position to do so.

drc

There are some medical textbooks for sale on Gumtree (Birmingham). Very unlikely to be your books but I just thought I'd alert you just in case;

http://birmingham.gumtree.com/birmingham/35/57487135.html

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PasturesNew wrote: »

Maybe somebody knowledgeable can post in this thread about landlords who are out of the country .... I recall some rule existing that the tenant has to deduct 20% of the rent and pay it direct to the tax man ... but I don't know when.why etc. Certainly add "grass up to HMRC" to your To Do List once you're in a position to do so.

It's the non resident's landlord scheme (NRLS). See here
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/nr_landlords.htm

It might not apply in this case if she spends enough time in the UK.

And it's actually the tenant who is responsible (or the LA if there is one) and believe it or not, according to the HMRC website, they can actually make the tenant/LA pay the tax!

The NRLS is a mechanism for the HMRC to get some tax. It's basically just 22% of the rent (with some allowable deductions if paid directly by the tenant). It usually does not equate to the actual tax liability due and the LL has to account for the proper tax in the usual manner, offsetting anything that the tenant has paid through the NRLS. If the LL has actually paid the correct tax through a self assesment, for example, and the tenant could prove this, then there would be no further tax liability, but the HMRC could still go after the LA/tenant for fines for non compliance.

See here (section 12.35)

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/nrl_guide_notes.pdf

The obligations of letting agents and tenants under the NRL
Scheme are distinct from the obligation of landlords to show
their rental income on their tax returns and pay their tax.
Where the auditors discover that a letting agent or tenant has
failed to account for tax under the Scheme when required to do

so, they will normally seek to recover the tax from the letting
agent or tenant.

But where the letting agent or tenant is able to show that the
non-resident landlord has either already paid any tax due on the
rental income or has no liability to tax on it, the auditors will
normally be prepared to agree to recover only interest and
penalties from the letting agent or tenant. The letting agent or
tenant has 90 days from the issue of the auditor’s report to show
this to the auditor’s satisfaction. After that date the auditor will
press for recovery of tax from the letting agent or tenant.

For reasons of taxpayer confidentiality, the auditors cannot
disclose to letting agents or tenants whether a landlord has paid

his tax.

I wouldn't even go there if I were the OP!!

orangeslimes

If the landlady has been working abroad in Spain only for a short while it is quite likely she is still a UK resident for tax purposes. The rules are complex anyway.
I would just leave the non residency issue alone.

Though if you have some actual reason to think your landlady hasn't been declaring her income to the taxman it could be a way to get a little bit revenge...

I hope this landlady gets prosecuted, awful thing to do to someone, not sure it requires prison but definitely some kind of punishment.

misskool

Hi all,

I'd just like to remind everyone to be nice to all moneysavers, as this thread has gone off-topic quite viciously, I'm going to close this thread pending a response by the abuse team.

If the OP would like to query more on their topic, please feel free to start a new thread.