Tenant died with rent arrears

silvercar

Mojisola wrote: »

Exactly this. Anyone dealing with an estate will have letters coming about debts - overpaid pension and/or benefits, utilities, phone company, etc. Why should rent be any different? It's hard when you're grieving but it's what happens.

It isn't just the money though is it? It is wanting the family to urgently sort the deceased's possessions and remove everything from what was the deceased's home.

Guest101

Mojisola wrote: »

If the relatives claimed that things were missing and the LL had been in the flat, it could get very unpleasant.

Agreed which is why I keep saying they need to agree a surrender

Mojisola

silvercar wrote: »

It isn't just the money though is it? It is wanting the family to urgently sort the deceased's possessions and remove everything from what was the deceased's home.

But again, that's normal when you rent.

When a friend's mother died recently, she had a week to clear the flat - that was a council property but there was no leeway given - the keys to the empty flat had to be returned to the office no longer than a week after the date of death.

Guest101

Mojisola wrote: »

But again, that's normal when you rent.

When a friend's mother died recently, she had a week to clear the flat - that was a council property but there was no leeway given - the keys to the empty flat had to be returned to the office no longer than a week after the date of death.

Council house and private let are very different

borkid

SerialRenter wrote: »

Not sure why anyone would try to sneak around the relatives to enter the property anyway.

I recently heard of a family who did exactly this. Husband died, his family did not 'approve' of the wife. The family ( parent and sibling) went and took life insurance policy and the will without the widow's knowledge within hours of his dying. The brother is one of the exectutors and is doing everything to make life difficult for the widow, he wants to get her out of the marital home.
Families are very strange especially when it comes to property.

Guest101

borkid wrote: »

I recently heard of a family who did exactly this. Husband died, his family did not 'approve' of the wife. The family ( parent and sibling) went and took life insurance policy and the will without the widow's knowledge within hours of his dying. The brother is one of the exectutors and is doing everything to make life difficult for the widow, he wants to get her out of the marital home.
Families are very strange especially when it comes to property.

That she owns half of? And most likely inherits the other half by default? Should be interesting

dodger1

OP, when does the tenancy end and was a deposit taken?

Mojisola

Guest101 wrote: »

Council house and private let are very different

From the legal agreement POV, but previous posts had said that the relatives shouldn't have to cope with contact from the LL because they were grieving.

People do have to get involved with the deceased's estate as soon as they have died, no matter how much of a shock they are dealing with. There's no reason why a private LL should stand aside, not knowing what's happening. A private LL is just as much a business as the council or the utilities.

Road_Hog

Guest101 wrote: »

He can enter with the tenants, in this case the estate's, permission. Knowingly bypassing the notice would be bad.

And if the estate doesn't reply or is uncontactable?


What happens with regards to the insurance. If the property is vacant, then normal LL insurance becomes invalid.

SerialRenter wrote: »

That is a discussion for another thread, or the hundreds already about that. Lets keep this one on topic as it's about a rarer situation and hence could do without being muddied.

Sorry, but you don't get to decide who and what is posted, it is an open forum. Besides, having no valid insurance on a property that is probably worth a few quid, is more important than a few weeks rent.

silvercar

Mojisola wrote: »

But again, that's normal when you rent.

When a friend's mother died recently, she had a week to clear the flat - that was a council property but there was no leeway given - the keys to the empty flat had to be returned to the office no longer than a week after the date of death.

What would they have done if the keys hadn't been returned?

There is a big difference between an elderly person who died due to old age or illness and a young person's suicide.