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Problems with landlord and letting agent.
Lady_strange
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I have posted before about having problems with the landlord not repairing a rotten window, and the issues of damp. Since then a lot has happened.
First of all the landlord said that we had caused the damage to the window, which was an amazing claim since it is on the inventory since the day we moved in.
Long story short, we now have the council involved, the council rep was supposed to come out yesterday, but the landlord cancelled it, and we rearranged it for next week. Now we have been asked to supply dates when the landlord (we apparently have at least 3) can come out to inspect the property before the council come out.
The landlord(s) have cancelled several times coming out to inspect the property, and wanted to come yesterday with less than 24 hours notice, which we declined, and have been told by the letting agents we are being unreasonable, even though it is the first time we have refused, I am now worried that we will be issued with an eviction notice, as we refused them entry.
It strikes me as odd that the landlords refused to do anything until we went down the council route. Is this normal?
First of all the landlord said that we had caused the damage to the window, which was an amazing claim since it is on the inventory since the day we moved in.
Long story short, we now have the council involved, the council rep was supposed to come out yesterday, but the landlord cancelled it, and we rearranged it for next week. Now we have been asked to supply dates when the landlord (we apparently have at least 3) can come out to inspect the property before the council come out.
The landlord(s) have cancelled several times coming out to inspect the property, and wanted to come yesterday with less than 24 hours notice, which we declined, and have been told by the letting agents we are being unreasonable, even though it is the first time we have refused, I am now worried that we will be issued with an eviction notice, as we refused them entry.
It strikes me as odd that the landlords refused to do anything until we went down the council route. Is this normal?
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Before we go anywhere, which country are you in as the law is diffenrt in Scotland.If you've have not made a mistake, you've made nothing0
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Living in England0
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Bad landlords will sometimes find a pretext or none at all to issue a S21 Notice to tenants playing hard-ball to try and get necessary repairs done. If you're not still in your fixed-term keep an eye out for one in the post.0
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when did you move in and when did you last sign a tenancy agreement and how long was it for ?0
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BitterAndTwisted wrote: »Bad landlords will sometimes find a pretext or none at all to issue a S21 Notice to tenants playing hard-ball to try and get necessary repairs done. If you're not still in your fixed-term keep an eye out for one in the post.
You make it sound like that is a bad thing. Who would even want to stay with a bad landlord who is too lazy/broke to do their repairs and is quite happy to break the law?
This bad landlord is on the councils list of bad landlords now and a good job too.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
Break which law?0
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BitterAndTwisted wrote: »Break which law?
As we are talking about repairs, the law I am talking about is carrying out their repairs.RENTING? Have you checked to see that your landlord has permission from their mortgage lender to rent the property? If not, you could be thrown out with very little notice.
Read the sticky on the House Buying, Renting & Selling board.0 -
The LL has arranged to come. Make sure you are there toLady_strange wrote: »The landlord(s) have cancelled several times coming out to inspect the property, and wanted to come yesterday with less than 24 hours notice, which we declined, and have been told by the letting agents we are being unreasonable, even though it is the first time we have refused, I am now worried that we will be issued with an eviction notice, as we refused them entry.
It strikes me as odd that the landlords refused to do anything until we went down the council route. Is this normal?
a) let him in
b) show him the problem
c) discuss the solution.
Oh, and PLEASE stick to one thread!0
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