Making changes to an AST when it becomes periodic

may_fair

moromir wrote: »

I vaguely remember reading a case study related to a house converted into two flats - both of which were on SPT's, one was within its first year and one had been an SPT for two years - the property shared a gas boiler and the heating was included in the rent (on the original ast).

The landlord was making enquiries into installing a boiler to each flat with the intention of asking each tenant to pay their own gas.

There did seem to be provision to do this under certain regulations - provided the tenants were in agreement, if they weren't, the landlord could petition the one that had been an spt for less than a year to a committee of some kind, he couldn't do this with the one that had been an spt for over a year though and could only alter the terms with their consent.

I've piqued my own interest now and I'm trying to find the study!

Sorry, I think you're right and I was wrong. A LL can serve notice to amend terms in a SPT which the T can then refer to a rent assessment committee if he disagrees with the proposed terms.

It's all there in section 6
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/50/section/6