Refusing Viewings

kaych

Eton_Rifle wrote: »

I believe the main reason tenants refuse viewings and inspections is because they're embarrassed that other people will see the way they actually live.

or simply don't like strangers intruding into one's private space

MissMoneypenny

LilyDeTilly wrote: »

The landlord could always exercise their right to inspect the property at any time (giving reasonable notice) and they could continue to do this every week if they need to show people around. What are you going to do then amimad?

Change the locks I hope. Landlords are not allowed to inspect the property every week as that would be harassment, which is a criminal offence.

MissMoneypenny

Eton_Rifle wrote: »

I believe the main reason tenants refuse viewings and inspections is because they're embarrassed that other people will see the way they actually live.

I should imagine that tenants will allow viewings if the landord has been a good landlord? People usually respond to people in the same way they have been treated.

I didn't have any problems with viewings with my tenants and I was selling the house. But then they knew this before they rented, plus I did the repairs quickly (a broken shower) and didn't bother them when they were living in their home.

lizzielondon

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

I should imagine that tenants will allow viewings if the landord has been a good landlord? People usually respond to people in the same way they have been treated.

I didn't have any problems with viewings with my tenants and I was selling the house. But then they knew this before they rented, plus I did the repairs quickly (a broken shower) and didn't bother them when they were living in their home.

:T see... not all landlords are bad!

MissMoneypenny

lizzielondon wrote: »

:T see... not all landlords are bad!

I've been a tenant and a landlord:D

tabskitten

MissMoneypenny wrote: »

I've been a tenant and a landlord:D

Me too!
And that is why i know that a smart LL will not just serve a good tenant notice for no reason.......

franklee

tabskitten wrote: »

Me too!
And that is why i know that a smart LL will not just serve a good tenant notice for no reason.......

Not all landlords are that smart so rely on what their letting agent tells them without checking things for themselves. The OP was offered another six months fixed term but wanted a periodic tenancy. As the agent said they they "don't offer" a periodic tenancy they served the OP notice instead. Just another tale of the agent wanting their renewal fees which they can't get for doing "nothing" and letting the tenant stay on a periodic tenancy. If it was anything to do with the OP not being fine then the renewal would not have been offered.

lizzielondon

franklee wrote: »

Not all landlords are that smart so rely on what their letting agent tells them without checking things for themselves. The OP was offered another six months fixed term but wanted a periodic tenancy. As the agent said they they "don't offer" a periodic tenancy they served the OP notice instead. Just another tale of the agent wanting their renewal fees which they can't get for doing "nothing" and letting the tenant stay on a periodic tenancy. If it was anything to do with the OP not being fine then the renewal would not have been offered.

will the industry ever be regulated? are there any plans to??? all letting agents i've dealt with (3 different companies + 1 my OH was with before we moved in together) don't seem to have bothered even reading the housing act- or worse maybe they've read it, understood it but chosen to make up rules willy nilly :cool:

landlords seem to get a bad name when most of the time their agent is the one spouting nonsense

franklee

lizzielondon wrote: »

will the industry ever be regulated? are there any plans to??? all letting agents i've dealt with (3 different companies + 1 my OH was with before we moved in together) don't seem to have bothered even reading the housing act- or worse maybe they've read it, understood it but chosen to make up rules willy nilly :cool:

landlords seem to get a bad name when most of the time their agent is the one spouting nonsense

Frustrating isn't it. Sometimes the landlord is probably all right but has engaged an agent as he/she doesn't want to get that involved. Unfortunately sometimes the agent acts in their own best interest at the expense of both landlord an tenant. A think it must be that a lot of landlords in that position just don't know how much rubbish their agent spouts to keep everyone in line. As for if the agent knows they're not being accurate, tricky, surely a lot must do?

That said the agent my previous landlord used was pretty good and the couple of hitches that occurred were down to the landlord doing his own thing against the rules and the agent did come down on the right side over those. To get back on topic one of those was cancelling a visit the landlord had arranged without having given notice.

madeupname1

franklee wrote: »

Not all landlords are that smart so rely on what their letting agent tells them without checking things for themselves. The OP was offered another six months fixed term but wanted a periodic tenancy. As the agent said they they "don't offer" a periodic tenancy they served the OP notice instead. Just another tale of the agent wanting their renewal fees which they can't get for doing "nothing" and letting the tenant stay on a periodic tenancy. If it was anything to do with the OP not being fine then the renewal would not have been offered.

Sorry but this is rubbish. If an EA told me a that a tenant had refused to sign up to a new tenancy agreement but wanted to stay on a month to month basis, I would want them to leave too. Running a rental property needs a certain amount of planning and that means knowing what your future income streams will be. What would you prefer - a tenant that had promised to pay you a certain amount for 6 or 12 months by signing a rental agreement or a tenant that only promises to pay you the next months rent (because they want to leave on just one months notice, sometimes at a hugely convenient time (e.g. around christmas) which pretty much guarantees a month to 6 weeks of a void). Being given notice to leave because you have refused to sign up to a new tenancy agreement is not being given notice for no reason.