strange rental arrangement

may_fair

newrenter wrote: »

btw, 4) is: Mr. X
Does that mean mr. y the leaseholder is my landlord?

I am sure there is a proper contract between owner (mr. x, sink fixer) and leaseholder (mr. y). BUT I dont have a contract with the leaseholder tho

I am still not sure who owns the leasehold title of the flat (nor where Mr Z comes into it or why you think he's involved).

As G_M says, it doesn't matter who owns the freehold of the whole building.

Please can you clarify?

newrenter

Hiya, Sorry for not saying things clearly. I'll sum up how things are so its not as confusing. Might be slightly diferent from before. Ok, Mr Z rents the flat from the leaseholder of the house who is Mr. X. My rent goes to Mr Z who has an english bank account and is living in greece (not sure if he's actually greek or not). Mr Z is subletting to me and the others tho I'm not sure if he is profiting. I only know Mr. X becuase he came in and did the sink. Does that make things a little clearer?

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kazwookie

How much deposit did you pay?

Where is this deposit?

Do you have a reciept for the deposit?

may_fair

newrenter wrote: »

Mr Z rents the flat from the leaseholder of the house who is Mr. X.

Do you mean Mr X is the leaseholder of the flat, or freeholder of the house?

My rent goes to Mr Z who has an english bank account and is living in greece (not sure if he's actually greek or not). Mr Z is subletting to me and the others...

Who are 'the others'?

How did you and Mr Z agree a tenancy if you've never met him?

Why did you originally say you were paying rent to Mr X?

newrenter

I paid a months rent for the deposit. The deposit went to one of the present housemates who paid it to the person that left minus bills. I have a note from her saying that I paid her the deposit. I don't know where the original deposit from ages ago is but i expect with mr. z.

Mr. X is the leaseholder, someone else i haven't mentined owns it/freeholder. The "others" are the other housemates. I've never agreed a tenancy verbally with Mr. Z but the housemate who took my deposit is in contact with Mr. Z and I think I have Mr. Z's contact details. I got confused in my earlier post, really so sorry about that! Too many X, Y and Zs! My rent goes to Mr. Z who pays rent to mr. X. Mr. Z sublets to the housemates.

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newrenter

Hiya, so no one knows thinks something dodgy is going on here about tax dodging?

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HappyMJ

newrenter wrote: »

Hiya, so no one knows thinks something dodgy is going on here about tax dodging?

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Nope it looks OK. You are renting a room from a tenant of the property. That tenant pays the rent to the landlord. That's fine.

newrenter

Ok. thanks.

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