Everything is on my landlords terms?

grifferz

red_devil wrote: »

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

Your landlord is the owner. Whoever you were talking to was not your landlord. I thought you said you had the postal address of your landlord?

That sort of response sounds like it came from a letting agent, and is really all a letting agent can ever say until instructed otherwise. Contact the owner directly yourself. You are wasting time and increasing arrears not doing this.

grifferz

red_devil wrote: »

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

What I think is that you are wasting a lot of time typing stuff on here that people have already advised you is totally irrelevant to your situation, when you could be spending the time doing things that people here have advised you will actually help.

red_devil

grifferz wrote: »

What I think is that you are wasting a lot of time typing stuff on here that people have already advised you is totally irrelevant to your situation, when you could be spending the time doing things that people here have advised you will actually help.

i know i just wanted to know what people thought of the woman next door having to live in such terrible circumstances.

grifferz

red_devil wrote: »

i know i just wanted to know what people thought of the woman next door having to live in such terrible circumstances.

Meanwhile 60+ posts in and instead of doing what has been repeatedly advised, you're telling us about your neighbours. Get a blog, they are free! On here it is counter-productive because people will start to lose interest.

red_devil

u havent;)

Out,_Vile_Jelly

red_devil wrote: »

i know i just wanted to know what people thought of the woman next door having to live in such terrible circumstances.

If they were that terrible Environmental Health would have got involved.

Have you established yet whether your rent increase demand was administered correctly? You are in arrears and could face eviction if not.

red_devil

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

If they were that terrible Environmental Health would have got involved.

only if they knew.

Have you established yet whether your rent increase demand was administered correctly? You are in arrears and could face eviction if not.

yes it was and yes i suppose i could. Still waiting to hear if they will negotiate the rent.

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I am sorry. Having been there myself I know how hard it is but you either stay there and cough up the rent increase, and what you feel is an unfair situation or you move. Building up rent arrears if you are short of money is really not a good idea. I get the feeling that because u feel it is unfair, you have been hiding your head in the sand for a while. Say they notified you in December.., its at least 6 months or 26 weeks, 26x£6 is £156. If you can't afford £6 extra rent, how are you going to pay this back. How are you going to afford to move if you decide to.

You need to seriously consider your options.

mije1983

red_devil wrote: »

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.

Of course the rent will rise. Or do you actually think that the rent should have stayed the same as it was in 1950?

I'm sorry to sound so blunt but just because you have been in a property for a long time it doesn't change the fact the the LL wants to make a profit from it, and also has to deal with rising costs just like a tenant.

red_devil

mije1983 wrote: »

Of course the rent will rise. Or do you actually think that the rent should have stayed the same as it was in 1950?

I'm sorry to sound so blunt but just because you have been in a property for a long time it doesn't change the fact the the LL wants to make a profit from it, and also has to deal with rising costs just like a tenant.

no i dont think it should have stayed the same as 1950. They did nothing to the house for her though its shameful to leave an old woman like they did.

As said it was so bad the new people have had to start from scratch and spend alot of money modernising the house and getting it liveable in. Its about time landlords and agencies changed abit. How would they like to live in those conditions.