rent advice

princesslizzie

property.advert wrote: »

Stop emailing them. You are creating a rod for your own back by emailing them to and fro with highly emotive language and little or no knowledge.

You need to obfuscate them with silence. The minimum you will receive is a properly executed S21 which will give you two months from the date of issue. There is absolutely nothing they can do to get you out more quickly. As mentioned, you do not have to assist with viewings.

In the meanwhile, check that your deposit is registered. If it is not, then they are on a very sticky wicket. You can ask or search on here for remedies for that.

Don't give them any more ammunition and stop the email exchanges, however high the emotions. You have all the advice you need in this thread so please use it whilst looking for properties which will be available in the two months following the end of your tenancy.

Hello, thanks for the advice.

My flatmate was emailing them and I guess all we can do now is try and find properties in zone 2/3 for £600 each a month.

BitterAndTwisted

Did you put your current post-code into Rightmove? Is the agent's assertion correct about local rents for an equivalent property being higher than you're paying now? If they are you are most likely living in a much more swanky neighbourhood than you can easily afford. As I think you may be becoming aware, rents are soaring in Central London.

As I said earlier I found a flat within walking distance of Archway tube for £250 a week which is £50 a month less than you're paying now. That should easily cover a Zone 3 extension on your oster card..

poppy10_2

Ignore them, wait for them to serve notice, you will have plenty of time to find a new property if necessary.

tbs624

clutton wrote: »

the agent needs to send you a Section 13 notice of his intention to increase the rent.. ignore it and do nothing

If the current Fixed Term AST agreement has a rent review clause then a S13 Notice would not be required.

OP - you may want to get your daughter to check through the tenancy agreement on that one.

As I said in an earlier post, if a S13 Notice is issued, (to increase the rent under a subsequent statutory periodic tenancythen the T has the right to appeal the rent increase via the local Rent Assessment Committee if s/he feels it is excessive (has to be applied for before rent increase would become due)

She should also check back to see whether a "routine" S21 Notice was given to her at the start of the tenancy ( would have to have been after (a) the signing of the ASTA and (b) the scheme registration of the deposit. If one was served LL can proceed straight to court after expiry of FT.

G_M

Ignore ignore ignore!

Until the fixed term ends in Feb they can do nothing.

Meanwhile as advised
* check the deposit is registered in a scheme - don't check via the agent, check direct with each of the 3 schemes
* if NOT registered, still do nothing. In Feb the tenancy becomes periodic automatically at the same rent and IF THE DEPOSIT HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED THE LANDLORD/AGENT CANNOT EVEN TAKE HER TO COURT TO GET POSSESSION
* Ignore threats to take anything from the deposit. Either the depsoit scheme or the small claims court can be used to get it back
*check market rents locally to compare
* check the terms/clauses in the existing tenancy agreement

The more you discuss this witht the agent the more pressure will come.

Ignore.

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Yes, please stop these emails. Just ignore them. You do NOT have to make a decision now. They can do nothing until February 4th.., not even force a rent increase (until you sign a new tenancy agreement).., and they will have to issue a S21, wait for the case to go to court, and even then u will have to be given notice.., so u do have a little time.

BTW you do not have to give them two months notice.., only one. They really are trying it on. Stop emailing them. But look for alternative rentals starting after February.

BTW 2: My place is really cold too (although its a house).., due to a lack of insulation. As your flat is a conversion it might be the same problem (two of the bedrooms are in flat roof extensions and nothing I can do heats the rooms up even half way as good as the other rooms in the house). Like I've said, they are trying it on. (I am trying to get insulation but with one room, its not possible to insulate easily as there is no loft)

red_devil

what happened with this.