fair rent

Wee_Willy_Harris

Sorry, that was at Missdee

Wee_Willy_Harris

Right. You viewed the property and, at that time, were quite happy with the rent quoted. You have now seen larger properties nearby which are cheaper and, because of the state of the current property, feel the rent is too high... so... you have two basic of choices.

You could just move to a bigger, cheaper house.

You could gather all the evidence to support your claim about the rent being too high, sit down with your LL and negotiate. Your LL may, of course, not agree. After all, there must be a reason why you haven't taken the first option already. On the other hand, the LL may feel that a reduced rent may be preferable to the costs of a possible void.

clutton_2

OP says

"How can I find out if the rent I am paying is fair for the location""

question surely should be - "why am i trying to blame others for a rental contract that i signed, but did not research properly before i signed it "" .....

missdee85

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

Presumably you now pay rent in advance and your deposit is protected?

My rent is always paid in advance and for my deposit thats a very good question and to be honest i have never heard of it before all i have is a deposit slip saying that its been paid and is signed?

Wee_Willy_Harris

So, when you leave, all things being equal, you will have a months rent and the deposit?

missdee85

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

So, when you leave, all things being equal, you will have a months rent and the deposit?

Well no we will have the deposit back or so we bloody should anyway considering the amount of improvements we have made, but the other sum that was paid when we moved in was for the first months rent so we aren't due that back unfortunately lol

Wee_Willy_Harris

If you paid the first months rent at the start of the tenancy then, provided you pay the rent each month, your rent payments will be in advance. Thus, when you leave at the end of a rental period, the following day you pay the same rent that would have then been paid to the old landlord, to the new landlord. Simples.

lynzpower

scary37 wrote: »

yes I pay in advance, and my other gripe is the house is not really up tp standards, I have spent my own money decorating throughout, I paid for a new aerial to be fitted as the letting agent said it was not the landlords responsibilty to provide services to enable me to watch a tv (the existing aerial on the property was knackered) the bathroom is in dire need to upgrading the central heating boiler is knackered and needs replacing as its hit or miss if i get heating or hot water. I work for a local heating plumbing company who have given the l/l a quote for a new boiler at a reduced staff discount rate which he has not accepted. so my rent is due in two days so i'm thinking of knocking £50 off my payment until he bring the house upto a standard worthy of the full rent

Do you have gas safety certificate?

If you have intermitten hot water and heating I suggest you write to them and if the LL still chooses to ignore you then I would call your local environmental health team ( housing) to assess the premises.

missdee85

Wee_Willy_Harris wrote: »

If you paid the first months rent at the start of the tenancy then, provided you pay the rent each month, your rent payments will be in advance. Thus, when you leave at the end of a rental period, the following day you pay the same rent that would have then been paid to the old landlord, to the new landlord. Simples.

Ah ok yeah i see what you mean now, that would make sense i guess but at the moment i am unfortunately on lha which for some reason most of the landlords in my area wont accept and where they do accept it the house is either not someplace i would house my worst enemy or out in the middle of nowhere really but thanks for that one i really didn't think of it that way

xx

Wee_Willy_Harris

Some enlightened landlords quite like the fact that LHA is a pretty safe payment. AND you have (hopefully( a good reference from your current LL. These are both positives, so make sure you highlight them to prospective LLs. I'm not pretending it's easy, by the way, just trying to help.