Landlord is terminally ill and has given notice!

beanymagoo

poppysarah wrote: »

A cynical person might say he's being encouraged to get rid of you so the house is empty when he pops off so his family can sell it for more than with tenants.

You've got to do what's right for your family. Which is probably in your circumstances make him evict you.

Discuss it with him perhaps though - say it's nothing personal and whilst you appreciate his predicament he has to appreciate yours.

if you knew what it was like to have a loved one who was terminally ill you would understand how very wrong it is to suggest this extra stress on them and their family:mad:

BitterAndTwisted

Being a landlord is running a business and should always be viewed as such. The OP and family must consider their own well-being first. No-one is going to house them under their current circs.

G_M

poppysarah wrote: »

THere is nothing wrong with being extremely cynical.


A terminally ill person isn't going to be living on their own if they are very near the end. They will need family or hospice care.
If he has family close by why doesn't he move in with them?

And tbh we're all terminal.
That and taxes are the only things guaranteed in life.

Yes but some of us are more terminally ill than others.

There are degrees of dependance, and they depend on what illness he has, what treatment he's receiving, and how far along the process he is.

Just as there are moves to allow elderly people to remain independant in their own homes as long as possible, the same is true of the terminally ill.

The family close by may have limited accomodation, and, just as likely, the LL may at this point not need 24 hour care, although having family close to support him may be important.

Remaining in his own home provides independance, a sense of self-sufficiency, pride, as well as privacy and dignity. At least until it becomes impossible, which may be some time depending on the illness.

poppysarah

beanymagoo wrote: »

if you knew what it was like to have a loved one who was terminally ill you would understand how very wrong it is to suggest this extra stress on them and their family:mad:

I think you've made a wrong assumption there.

poppysarah

G_M wrote: »

Remaining in his own home provides independance,

It's not technically his own home at the moment.

It will be sooner or later.

Why should you offer less advice to someone being made homeless because of the landlord's position?

Errata

poppysarah wrote: »

It's not technically his own home at the moment.

It will be sooner or later.

Why should you offer less advice to someone being made homeless because of the landlord's position?

Because, in this case, of a little compassion and the consideration that Karma will bite your backside when you least want it to.

stashingcash

Someone WILL house us, whether its a private landlord or an agency, we will find a way, we always do! At the end of the day we have never missed a rent payment (and never would, roof over our heads first and foremost, bills second) and as long as we keep on top of our minimum payments we can manage until I go back to work, hopefully in easter when daughter gets her free nursery hours.

Thanks for that bit of advice about his earnings and our mentality towards it, thats a really good piece of advice and I think maybe we do need two separate accounts and then pay him a wage rather than assume all his money is ours to spend.

Just to clarify, LL's daughter literally lives at the end of the road, so I am assuming he wants to be here for support to start with and for care towards the end. She lives in a 2 bed like this so the space is an issue. And no, we can't move into LL's house, he owns a 6 bed in Blackheath, worth over a £1m!!!!! Trust me, I don't think he's wanting this pokey 2 up 2 down out of choice!!!

poppysarah

Errata wrote: »

Because, in this case, of a little compassion and the consideration that Karma will bite your backside when you least want it to.

I'm just pointing out that there's other things to consider - tbh whilst you may feel very sorry for your landlord in these circs you would be more worried about your own families future.

If you don't worry about those closest to you then karma is actually biting you on the bum right there and then.

Family first.

poppysarah

stashingcash wrote: »

Thanks for that bit of advice about his earnings and our mentality towards it, thats a really good piece of advice and I think maybe we do need two separate accounts and then pay him a wage rather than assume all his money is ours to spend.

If he will need to pay tax on this income then it's well worth putting lots of money aside for that. And taking advice from an accountant.

You might get asked to pay half of next years tax early at some point!

zappahey

Obviously - its priority that you have to leave and I winced at the thought of the posters who were urging you to "look after your own interests first" when the house IS the landlords home.

It's the OP's home. The landlord runs a business which owns the building.