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Greedy landlord - so upset!

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  • jumperabv3
    jumperabv3 Posts: 1,231 Forumite
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    somethingcorporate wrote: »
    I am glad you are not my tenant.

    Good, I'm glad you're not my landlord. :j
  • ViolaLass
    ViolaLass Posts: 5,764 Forumite
    jumperabv3 wrote: »
    ...you guys are justifying someone who's trying to ask for more rent after 2 years of paying the same amount...

    Not true.

    No one has said what the landlord/letting agent has done is OK. What we have said is that it's easy to solve and that refusing to pay your rent until you leave in January won't help (and is morally wrong).

    EVERYONE has agreed that you will not have to pay more rent unless allowed by your contract. You began this thread with EVERYONE on your side and you have been rude to people giving up their time to advise you.
  • somethingcorporate
    somethingcorporate Posts: 9,449 Forumite
    jumperabv3 wrote: »
    Good, I'm glad you're not my landlord. :j

    :beer::beer:
    Thinking critically since 1996....
  • bengasman
    bengasman Posts: 601 Forumite
    jumperabv3 wrote: »
    Today I get a phone call from the letting agency (they only do lettings, no management) and the guy is telling me the landlord wants to raise the rental price by £40 per week!
    If the contract says you have to pay X in rent during period Y, than that is it.
  • JanCee
    JanCee Posts: 1,241 Forumite
    I am not trying to offend you jumperabv3 but you have to be able to see that you are behaving just the same as the LL/LA.

    You are furious that they have tried to increase your rent, yet you think it is ok to withhold rent.

    Your deposit is held as security against possible damage/cleaning when you vacate the property. It cannot be used in lieu of rent. You pay rent in advance, you can't withhold rent & then pay it at the end of the tenancy, that is not allowed in the contract. In the same way that the rent increase is not allowed in the contract.
  • holly_hobby
    holly_hobby Posts: 5,363 Forumite
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    I've just stumbled on this thread ... and how glad I am .. its really amusing ... :laugh:

    Wouldn't it be funny if the OPs landlord was a poster on here ... :T

    Holly
  • jumperabv3
    jumperabv3 Posts: 1,231 Forumite
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    ViolaLass wrote: »
    Jan objected only (and politely) to you withholding rent for no reason.

    She WAS NOT objecting politely to me, she was using a vitriolic tone, I hate it when people do that. Forget about the rent or anything right now - just be a human being first.

    I cannot forgive people who use vitriolic tone with me, I have no respect to people who are like that, no respect at all.
  • jumperabv3
    jumperabv3 Posts: 1,231 Forumite
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    ViolaLass wrote: »
    Again, you have reacted very rudely to good, polite advice.

    If you don't want advice, why did you start this thread?

    I don't want an advice from someone who is using a vitriolic tone!
  • jumperabv3
    jumperabv3 Posts: 1,231 Forumite
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    holly_hobby wrote: »
    I've just stumbled on this thread ... and how glad I am .. its really amusing ... :laugh:

    I'm glad for you Holly.
  • holly_hobby
    holly_hobby Posts: 5,363 Forumite
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    Why thank you ... I promise that I will try and not be too vitriolic in any of my posts (I think I shall make that my word of the day ... it has a nice ring to it .. :D)

    Holly
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