Advice - landlord selling house

krustylouise

Hi,

I have been advised to post my queries here. I have been advised by my landlord that he will be putting the house I rent from him up for sale in 4 weeks. I do owe him 3 weeks rents, which totals £346.

He has issued me with this letter:

Dear Miss ******

Re: Address*****

I am writing to confirm, after our telephone conversation on the 24th August 2011, that I am going to sell the house, of the above address, that you currently rent from me.

I will be putting the house on the market within the next four weeks.

Yours Faithfully

***Mean landlord {only joking!!!}***

Please could you guys advise on whether he can do this?

Thanks

Kirsty xxx

Jeffrey_Shaw

Yes, but nothing in the letter affects your tenancy in any way. It does not terminate it, for instance.
Old L can sell to new L, subject to your rights. You'll be a 'sitting tenant'.

RAS

Just come over here.

What a laugh!!!!!!!!!!!!!

he can put the house on the market, but you are not obliged to let anyone in to look at it.

And this is not a Section 21 notice.

Keep very very quiet, until after September 30.

Then let him know that you will only agree to visits at specified times on specified days (maybe 2-3 hours a week). If you are feeling nasty, you could make sure the place looks a bit of a mess, allow your kid to scream all the time and point out any repairs that need doing.

But get those arrears sorted out.

Sometime, someone is going to point out that he needs to issue a valid Section 21 notice. If he gets this right and if it is after September 30, you will be there until after New year anyway.

DannyboyMidlands

You could suggest that you want to be compensated for allowing viewings to ruin your quiet enjoyment of the property. How about £346?

Yorkie1

To be fair to the LL, it doesn't purport to be a s.21 notice and the OP hasn't actually said that the LL wants her to move out either in connection with the sale. The LL may be intending to sell with T in situ.

krustylouise

Yes the LL wants me out. On the phone he said roughly about 6months but in the letter he has made out the house will be on the market in 4 weeks.

MissMotivation

krustylouise wrote: »

Yes the LL wants me out. On the phone he said roughly about 6months but in the letter he has made out the house will be on the market in 4 weeks.

Doesn't matter whether he puts the house on the market tomorrow.....he still has to go through the proper proceedures if he wants you to leave.

Loving DannyBoyMidlands idea though!

G_M

What contract do you have? Are you in a Fixed Term contract or has it lapsed and become Periodic. What date was it started/does it end?

Are you in Eng/Wales or Scotland?

While you are there you have right to 'quiet enjoyment' or the eproperty - that means no estate agents round to do valuations or take photos without your agreement. No viewings wothout your agreement. etc. Now, whether you refuse completely, or allow ad hoc visits at any time whether you are home or not, or something in between (specified times, you present as a condition, whatever) is up to you. But PUT YOUR CONDITIONS IN WRITING.

Your tenancy (whatever it is - see Qs above) is unaffected, whoever owns the property. If sold, you just pay a new LL. (though you must be given a formal notice of the new landlord).

You have not (yet) been given a valid Notice, so do not need to respond. However, depending on the answers to the Qs above, you may want to start looking for a new place if the LL plans to sell to an owner-occupier rather than another LL.