Help - Daughter being evicted from Student Accomodation!!!

rolo-polo1965

Yesterday we spent the day moving her stuff out and back home. She has decided that there is no way that she can stay there.

The 3rd tennant was very supportive and we had a long chat with her yesterday, She was fully supportive towards my daughter and said that my daughter has done nothing wrong and she is doubting the legality of her contract now. As it states in the contract "The Landlord agrees to let you have free access to and quiet enjoyment of the room and jointly the house without any interuption by the Landlord"!

My daughter recieved an email from the landlord yesterday saying "let us know what date you have moved out on, thank you for your co-operation it means we do not have to go to court. A letter is on it's way to you"!

Thanks everyone for your support

mountainofdebt

Just a thought here but could it be that the landlord's daughter wanted your daughter out so she could move someone else in?

Why would they take your daughter to court? Do you think they will try and get the rent / utilities for the month that she was there?

rolo-polo1965

mountainofdebt wrote: »

Just a thought here but could it be that the landlord's daughter wanted your daughter out so she could move someone else in?

Why would they take your daughter to court? Do you think they will try and get the rent / utilities for the month that she was there?

On reading stuff on line to evict early and break a contract a Landlord would need to take the Tennant to court unless they are 2months in areers with the rent!

So i asume that is what they are talking about!

We shall just have to wait and see!

mountainofdebt

well I have to say that if - and its a big if, until the letter is received - they do want her to pay for rent / utilities, then personally I wouldn't have an issue paying the rent owed (especially if your daughter is keep the moral high ground) but I would be slightly wary of paying anything for utilities straight away ...I mean how does your daughter know she isn't being ripped off?

keyser666

PasturesNew wrote: »

You are correct. A proper letter counts. However, as they are the instruments of this situation and are clearly completely clueless about being landlords.... I'd just take that and run ..... they'd never get their act together to realise and try to come back on it later .... plus they'd look bl00dy ridiculous.

The fact they are clueless will certainly bite them in the bum next time they try this and someone is prepared to fight it within the law

suited-aces wrote: »

If someone can confirm there's no holes in what I'm suggesting, I'd play along, get it in writing that they're evicting her (so they've no legal recourse to try and claim for unpaid rent), then when I'm out I'd call the police and pursue a prosecution for illegal eviction.

This is exactly what I would do, I would hammer them, as said above someone who is prepared to do it and I am sure it will occur again in the future will take them for a sheer hell amount of money

joolsybools

suited-aces wrote: »

If someone can confirm there's no holes in what I'm suggesting, I'd play along, get it in writing that they're evicting her (so they've no legal recourse to try and claim for unpaid rent), then when I'm out I'd call the police and pursue a prosecution for illegal eviction.

I doubt the Police would be interested, it would be considered a civil rather than criminal matter.

[Deleted User]

Wow, sounds like a terrible situation for your daughter to be in, but I can't help thinking it's a blessing in disguise! (imagine that sort of reaction during exam time?!).

Also, it sounds like the landlord is setting themselves up for a very hard fall if they continue to treat their tenants in that manner! And as for their daughter, she definitely doesn't seem mature enough to be at Uni, and I can only imagine how long behaviour like that would last in a place of work!!

I hope she finds some alternative and suitable Uni accommodation soon (with a landlord that is actually one that knows what they are doing!).

Good luck to both you and your daughter,

D9

flyingember

There has been a lot of incorrect information here about landlord and tenant law. I will not go into all the ins and outs but if you are serious about taking a legal action your first step should be to contact the local Council where your daughter lives and make a complaint. Councils are the enforcing authority of the Protection from Eviction Act not the police

Some Councils and excellent with this type of thing and some are totally useless so it's a bit pot luck. If the council do take it on it will at least shock the landlord into realising they can not just do as they please. If they prosecute or at least give a formal caution you will be in a very much stronger position to take your own action in the civil courts.

Good luck

fe

keyser666

joolsybools wrote: »

I doubt the Police would be interested, it would be considered a civil rather than criminal matter.

You will be wrong here, all forces have now been reminded that this is not a civil issue

Lizling

Illegal evictions come up quite a lot over on the house buying & renting board. Might be worth asking there too or having a read through of some of the previous threads.

If this were me, I'd be trying to take them to court for illegal eviction, intimidation, breach of contract and anything else I could hit the landlord with. No one needs friends like that and the landlord does need a dose of reality.