Live-In Landlord unhappy with guest staying

Guest101

00ec25 wrote: »

it would appear from the wording given by the OP that they have been granted an AST over a specified room in the house

it further appears that the owner of the property is brother A and it is he who has signed the AST thereby he has not used the wrong form and the fact payment is to brother B not brother A does not mean the wrong form has been used or that OP has magically transformed into a lodger. the paperwork, that none of us have seen, suggests a valid AST has been created and furthermore that brother B appears to have a grasp of aspects of AST since he refers to the 1 month / 2 month notice period (albeit invalidly since the fixed term appears to be still in force)

And even if he was a lodger, he still has contract rights, and can enforce these in court if necessary. However I agree it's an ast

thesaint

00ec25 wrote: »

it would appear from the wording given by the OP that they have been granted an AST over a specified room in the house

it further appears that the owner of the property is brother A and it is he who has signed the AST

Nothing the OP has written leads me to believe he has ever met the owner of the house.
If he had, he wouldn't have stated numerous times that he lives with his landlord.

You can not have an AST for a specified room in a shared house with a resident landlord.

The_Palmist

OP - since bills are included. You need to start cooking and burning some GAS.

Do it when you are on your own so your GF cannot be blamed for gas use.

Hopefully they will get the hint, in the meantime start looking to move elsewhere anyways. Whether the case goes in your favour or not, do you really want to live in such unpleasant place. It is not worth losing sleep over.

I know what you are going through as I lived in similar shared accomodation for quite some time.

The_Palmist

ooh and don't forget to iron your clothes regularly in the living room.

giraffe69

What does your tenancy actually say regarding accomodation.

The word "u" are looking for is accommodation!

00ec25

thesaint wrote: »

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your comments are now bordering on the dangerously wrong and I will continue to publically correct you. Either that or you are now spamming and should be reported

thesaint wrote: »

Nothing the OP has written leads me to believe he has ever met the owner of the house.
If he had, he wouldn't have stated numerous times that he lives with his landlord.

what has that got to do with the legal status of his occupancy???????? Many tenants whose LL lives overseas have never met them, yet funnily enough that person is still the (legal) LL whether that person be the owner or not

I'm not surprised that OP refers to the person to whom he pays the rent as his LL, its an easy thing to do if you are being casual rather than legally correct. The person receiving the payment is not proof of who is the LL or do you think pay into the letting agents bank account means the LA is magically your LL?

thesaint wrote: »

You can not have an AST for a specified room in a shared house with a resident landlord.

go see a solicitor or spend more time with google before writing anymore rubbish - you very obviously know nothing at all about multiple occupancy tenancies. I'll give you a helping hand - look what have we here , a set of tenancy agreements including "tenancy agreement for a room" http://www.lawpack.co.uk/landlord-and-tenancy/tenancy-agreements/articles/article3252.asp

Guest101

thesaint wrote: »

Nothing the OP has written leads me to believe he has ever met the owner of the house.
If he had, he wouldn't have stated numerous times that he lives with his landlord.

You can not have an AST for a specified room in a shared house with a resident landlord.

So I've never met my landlord, lives in America. Doesn't make my housemate the landlord.

thesaint

Guest101 wrote: »

So I've never met my landlord, lives in America. Doesn't make my housemate the landlord.

Is your housemate your landlords brother, whom you call your landlord, and pay rent to?

Guest101

thesaint wrote: »

Is your housemate your landlords brother, whom you call your landlord, and pay rent to?

'Your landlords brother' - his agent? The same as a letting agent? Is that what you mean?

Let me get you the number for a tool hire company, think you need a bigger shovel!

Kynthia

thesaint wrote: »

Is your housemate your landlords brother, whom you call your landlord, and pay rent to?

If the signed AST for the room is from the non-resident brother who owns the property then the OP clearly has a tenancy. The fact that the other tenant is related to the landlord makes no difference, and the fact that they act as the landlord's agent in collecting the rent also doesn't make a difference and also protects the OP from any tax implications from paying a landlord abroad directly.

If the brother living in the property has a tenancy for the whole property and signed an AST with the OP, then the OP is their lodger. Therefore the paperwork is wrong, as is often the case, and can't change the facts.

So it all hinges on who the OP's contract is with, and they said it's with the non-resident brother, therefore they are a tenant.