Everything is on my landlords terms?

DRP

red_devil wrote: »

what does this mean the agency said i will ask your owner whether to accept your counter offer but in the meantime assume your rent has gone up.

Bet he dosent even ask her?

if you start paying the new higher rent, then that will be seen as you are accepting the rise.

if you intend to negotiate with the LL., then certainly do not start to pay the higher rent.

Werdnal

DRP wrote: »

if you start paying the new higher rent, then that will be seen as you are accepting the rise.

if you intend to negotiate with the LL., then certainly do not start to pay the higher rent.

Sounds from OP's other recent thread that they might want to stop paying rent altogether

red_devil

Werdnal wrote: »

Sounds from OP's other recent thread that they might want to stop paying rent altogether

no not altogether.:cool:

i want to know what the likelihood is being asked to leave if i dont pay the increase or all of the increase.

Werdnal

red_devil wrote: »

no not altogether.:cool:

i want to know what the likelihood is being asked to leave if i dont pay the increase or all of the increase.

To evict on rent arrears ground alone, tenant must be equal to 2 months value behind with rent. However, assuming you are on periodic, S21 (2 months) needs no reason or grounds. P1ss off the landlord and you may get to see what an S21 looks like!

grifferz

red_devil wrote: »

i want to know what the likelihood is being asked to leave if i dont pay the increase or all of the increase.

Have you made any attempt to negotiate directly with your landlord yet?

We can only tell you what is legally possible, not what they will decide to do. We don't have enough information about the landlord's circumstances to tell what action would be logical, and not everyone is logical anyway.

So your best source of information in answering this question is going to be to communicate with them and find out their intentions.

[Deleted User]

I was in a similiar situation. Landlord who refused to do anything. Bathroom taps didn't work, waste pipes leaked, the tiles had been regrouted to cover mould (caused by a leaking water pipe in the wall). I replaced the bathroom and even reconcreted the floor.

I also insulated the roof and repaired a hole in the roof because the bedrooms were incredibly cold and again, the landlord refused to do anything.

He put the rent up by £75 a month after the first year. He gave me an illegal month's notice when I asked him to repair the front door window that had been bashed in by yukky drunken neighbours. He tried to get me to sign a questionable two year tenancy agreement.

I found that although there is supposed to be plenty of protection for AST tenants.., whether it is there depends on the judge when you have your day in court.

I felt the same way about the rent increase. I was already topping up the rent by £130 a month but I had to pay it or move (figure your moving costs). I persuaded the landlord to sign a more legal tenancy agreement with a break clause in it.

I haven't since done a single thing to the house. I won't because I am just lining the landlord's pockets. Lesson learned when he tried to give me notice over the front door. Loyalty to a landlord is NOT repaid. Don't expect the landlord to view things as you do. Even more so for an agency.

£6 a week is not an enormous increase. Like I said previously, weigh it up against moving and new deposit costs. Also its a lot harder to rent a house than it was 13 years ago - figure in admin fees for an agency.

You did these things to the house.., but u also did them to make the house better for you. You have had the use of these things for some time. Whilst I sympathise that the situation may not seem fair to you, the rent increase is low.., the changes you have made to the house will not bear the same significance for the landlord as they do for you. In fact, it may make the house easier to rent for the landlord, I'm afraid. My landlords response when I pointed out I had increased the value of the house by several thousand pounds when he told me he wanted a rent increase 'those things didn't need to be done'. His reponse when I told him about the leaking water pipe causing mould in the bathroom 'I told you not to fiddle' (although he did give permission of course). Landlords of a certain type don't roll over in joy because they've got a tenant who fixes things. They just view you as a bit of a fool I'm afraid.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I really have been there. Concentrate not on the improvements u've made and the injustice.., but on what outcome you can achieve given the real life situation you are in, otherwise you could find yourself evicted.

tim123456789

princeofpounds wrote: »

I assume you have an AST contract?

Using the rent assessment committee is effectively pointless for an AST. The LA/LL can just give you notice via Section 21 as the fixed term expires.

For a 17 year old lease, only if the LL has the signed S20 notice proving that they correctly issued the prescribed information at the start of the tenancy.

Chances are that they haven't kept it (even if they ever had it)

tim

Out,_Vile_Jelly

OP, there are two issues here:

1 Rent Increase
A LL can increase the rent (informing you in the correct manner) any time they like. If you disagree, negotiate or move

2 Ongoing Repair Issues
These are completely unrelated to any possible rent increase. Report problems in writing with an expected timescale, and chase. There are established procedures for getting work done yourself and deducting it from the rent, but these need to be followed meticulously.

red_devil

grifferz wrote: »

Have you made any attempt to negotiate directly with your landlord yet?

We can only tell you what is legally possible, not what they will decide to do. We don't have enough information about the landlord's circumstances to tell what action would be logical, and not everyone is logical anyway.

So your best source of information in answering this question is going to be to communicate with them and find out their intentions.

they said thanks for your counter offer will pass on to owner, but assume your rent has gone up.

red_devil

deannatrois wrote: »

I was in a similiar situation. Landlord who refused to do anything. Bathroom taps didn't work, waste pipes leaked, the tiles had been regrouted to cover mould (caused by a leaking water pipe in the wall). I replaced the bathroom and even reconcreted the floor.

I also insulated the roof and repaired a hole in the roof because the bedrooms were incredibly cold and again, the landlord refused to do anything.

He put the rent up by £75 a month after the first year. He gave me an illegal month's notice when I asked him to repair the front door window that had been bashed in by yukky drunken neighbours. He tried to get me to sign a questionable two year tenancy agreement.

I found that although there is supposed to be plenty of protection for AST tenants.., whether it is there depends on the judge when you have your day in court.

I felt the same way about the rent increase. I was already topping up the rent by £130 a month but I had to pay it or move (figure your moving costs). I persuaded the landlord to sign a more legal tenancy agreement with a break clause in it.

I haven't since done a single thing to the house. I won't because I am just lining the landlord's pockets. Lesson learned when he tried to give me notice over the front door. Loyalty to a landlord is NOT repaid. Don't expect the landlord to view things as you do. Even more so for an agency.

£6 a week is not an enormous increase. Like I said previously, weigh it up against moving and new deposit costs. Also its a lot harder to rent a house than it was 13 years ago - figure in admin fees for an agency.

You did these things to the house.., but u also did them to make the house better for you. You have had the use of these things for some time. Whilst I sympathise that the situation may not seem fair to you, the rent increase is low.., the changes you have made to the house will not bear the same significance for the landlord as they do for you. In fact, it may make the house easier to rent for the landlord, I'm afraid. My landlords response when I pointed out I had increased the value of the house by several thousand pounds when he told me he wanted a rent increase 'those things didn't need to be done'. His reponse when I told him about the leaking water pipe causing mould in the bathroom 'I told you not to fiddle' (although he did give permission of course). Landlords of a certain type don't roll over in joy because they've got a tenant who fixes things. They just view you as a bit of a fool I'm afraid.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I really have been there. Concentrate not on the improvements u've made and the injustice.., but on what outcome you can achieve given the real life situation you are in, otherwise you could find yourself evicted.

thanks for your post. 6 pounds is alot when you havent got it that on top of some you are already paying. It never ends either.

The owner of my house had another house next door the lady rented it for 60 years or more and still they kept putting the rent up. When she finally moved into a home i saw the house it was disgusting, to keep an old lady in those conditions was frankly shocking. No proper kitchen, no heating, nothing had been done to it over the years.

The house was put on the market by the owner and bought by a couple who have spent the last year doing it up. They have gutted it and taken in right back to basics to get it into a good condition. It was so bad i dont think you could get a mortgage on it it was a cash sale.

If you could see how they left an old lady living in a house she had rented for 60 years or more, you would feel anger and revulsion i am sure.

They didnt give a damn about her, did nothing to the house, and then sold it off to people who had to do all the improvements on it and are still working on it to this day to bring it up to a good standard.

What does anyone reading think of this. This is why i get angry as well.