unbelievable landlord behaviour

Gorgeous_George

black-saturn wrote:

Yes I think she can but she might have to do it through a solicitor. The landlord breached the terms of the contract so it can be ended. if it were the other way round the landlord would want to evict so it works both ways.

You are assuming that there is a Shorthold Tenancy agreement between the young lady and the Landlord.



GG

epoman

ts_aly2000 wrote:

I'd find something missing and report it to the Police.

Would you really? This is not the sort of behaviour I would encourage.

silvercar

Gorgeous_George wrote:

Is the Tenancy Agreement with the worker or her employer?

If she has an agreement, it's a no-brainer. If the firm have an agreement, I'm confused

Was she paying rent for the two weeks while she was away?

Sounds very strange, if true.



GG

The tennacy agreement is between the firm and the landlord. As a foreign national it can be difficult to clear credit & identity checks etc so the firm takes out the tenancy agreement on the employee's behalf.

Gorgeous_George

silvercar wrote:

The tennacy agreement is between the firm and the landlord. As a foreign national it can be difficult to clear credit & identity checks etc so the firm takes out the tenancy agreement on the employee's behalf.

I would think this puts her in a weaker position as she has no contract with the LL. She should complain to her employer.



GG

black-saturn

Wouldnt that automatically be seen as being an Assured Shorthold tenancy though? I thought anything that wasn't seen as a legally binding contract automatically was seen as an AST. I think she should go to a solicitor about this matter.

ampersand

ts_aly2000 wrote:

I'd find something missing and report it to the Police.

I don't think so.

amboy

black-saturn wrote:

The tenant is entitled to change the locks and not give the landlord a key. In fact they don't even have to tell them they've done it. The landlord shouldnt be there when they are not there anyway.

So what in an extreme case when the LL may need to access in an emergency and the tenant is not available?

I have lost count of the times I have supplied my set of keys to the tenant when they have locked themselves out, the other alternative would be for them to pay for a locksmith if they had changed the keys and not given me a set.

Glad to say I have a good relationship with my rtenants and would be quite annoyed if they changed locks without giving me a set of keys, would also make me question whether i extended their lease.