Asked to leave our private rent HELP!!

BitterAndTwisted

I can see some substantial amounts of money being offered to you in the not-too-distant future. Either by this alleged prospective buyer or your landlady. Sit tight and wait. Have a look at some holiday brochures to while away the time.....

custardy

HappyMJ wrote: »

Emails can have proof of posting and with a piece of software can have proof of reading as well. This is acheived by using an embedded image in the email which when opened from the internet gives a log of the times the email has been read.

So as long as the agent/landlord have a business email address such as agentx@ remax.co.uk then this is a valid communication in writing. It can be delivered using email or by royal mail.

given the situation
I would back up any emails with a letter though

princeofpounds

Emails can have proof of posting and with a piece of software can have proof of reading as well. This is acheived by using an embedded image in the email which when opened from the internet gives a log of the times the email has been read.

Unfortunately the legal system has not fully caught up with the electronic world, and even if you explain this to a judge sufficiently well to get it accepted, you expose yourself to a lot of excuses ('I share the account and my wife must have deleted the email') which courts are less inclined to accept when it comes to formal written communication.

19lottie82

Hi OP, any updates? I'm choking at the bit to hear the details of the LL's downfall!

rentergirl

GAH wrote: »

6 Weeks verbal notice from the landlord is not correct, the LL and Agent should know this.

For LL to regain possession back, they need to serve you a section 21 notice, which is 2 months notice, and that needs to be served on or before your next rent due date.

Until they serve this notice, they are not taking the correct steps to regain possession of the property.

The fact that the LL says the reason you have to go because your unemployed is irrelevant, the correct notices need to be served.

This is good advice. Also: how did they know you had lost your job. Did you tell them? These rules only usually if you are unemployed at the start of the tenancy. Have you been paying the rent? Sounds like you have. I would politely point this out, and say that would rather move on your own terms. Tenants with an ASt have shockingly few rights as it is, and what protection there is must be respected.

jjlandlord

princeofpounds wrote: »

Unfortunately the legal system has not fully caught up with the electronic world, and even if you explain this to a judge sufficiently well to get it accepted, you expose yourself to a lot of excuses ('I share the account and my wife must have deleted the email') which courts are less inclined to accept when it comes to formal written communication.

Regarding service of notice by e.g. tenant I think it would also depend on what the tenancy agreement says, and less importantly what the landlord said when he gave his email address to tenant.

d_rok69

Not much to report i'm afraid. I haven't reached any agreement with the landlord. They did back down and say they would now give two months notice but again as to date still had no written notice.

We have been looking at flats because we have to move eventually and have found a place we love i think we are going to have to take it or we will lose it.

Today however I was standing in the house getting changed and someone from remax came to the house to do an inspection i wasnt notified of them coming and the man let himself in the house. I was standing in my underwear and he scared the pee pee out of me. I was so shaken and angry i called the man i usually deal with and told him what happened he just apologised and said it was his fault i wasnt notified as he hadnt updated my new number on the system.

I am really really angry about it and still quite shaken

Annisele

You need to change the locks asap. It's clear the agency and/or your landlord are idiots, so you need to protect yourself by changing the locks (you can just change the barrels - youtube will show you how, and it's a pretty cheap thing to do).

Then I think you should write to the landlord, copying in the LA, to say that you do not want anybody to visit the house at all, for any reason. (You don't have to explain the reason, but I would - I'd be hopping if that'd happened to me, and there's a good chance I'd have called the police on the spot).

If you do want to move somewhere else, make sure you get your current LL's written agreement for you to end the contract early. You can't argue on the one hand that your LL should be bound until August, but on the other hand that you can give notice whenever you want - so you'll need to be very careful how you play this.

G_M

Given everything that's already happened, I'm amazed you haven't already changed th locks.

Do so now.

A yale barrel takes 5 minutes and costs £5. See here.

If you have a mortice lock it will cost a bit more (£20?) but us still easy.

d_rok69

My friend told me to call the police and change the locks too i just wasnt sure if i was allowed to because its not my property.

The LA has apologised and said he was mortified and was there anything he could do to make it up to me but i was so shaken at the time i didnt know what to say to him