Notice to Quit - So upset

nomoneytoday

Shelter may find an error with the notice, but that'll only buy you a bit more time, it won't stop the eventual eviction

Is there any way you can buy the property if it's being sold?

45002

Tygermoth wrote: »

Hi All,

Yes its a section 21 - Yes the deposit was protected. The land agents are very buttoned down so do things by the book

No i have not spoken to shelter. I didnt want to waste their valuble time when regardless i will be obliged to leave as its been done correctly (as far as ai can see)

The lady who been in 40yrs is 'protected' but they are moving her to another house on the estate to cover their obligations to her.(she just got a notice to move not a section 21)

Ast for the rest of us.

I think its neither here nor there if the Landowner can sell or not as the notice has been served so feel this would be a wild goose chase and distract from the matters at hand... desperately finding somewhere to live

This Lady been in 40 years does not have to move,Grounds for possession order under 1977 Rent act !

Only one real ground for possession order.

Suitable alternative accommodations Case 1 in Schedule 16,1977 Rent act.

even this was amend by 1988 Housing act /50/section 34/1, only applies to the Ordinal landlord and are discretionary grounds only.

You All need to see a solicitor ASAP, sounds like LL/someone is trying to pull fast one on you all....

Tygermoth

Hello all,

An update (not much of one though)

We, en-mass, had an appt with citizens advice we spoke to a lady who deals with tenancies and the councils tenancies officer.

They confirmed all was in order.

The 40yrs neighbour is being moved to a bungalow and the landowner has now advised (after we stated we were getting legal advice) that all her moving cost will be covered as well as incidentals. She is happier as suits her needs.

The rest of us however are still out on our ear.

Not found anywhere else yet. 48 landlords/rentals petitioned, three came back allowing pets.

One a lovely house really nice, on a city centre sink hole housing estate (we nearly ran over a drunk bloke laid in the middle of the road cuddling a bottle of brandy)

Second was a beautiful coach house on a country estate but wholly impractical as no private garden, private area or local green spaces as the front of the house was on the gravelled drive, totally overlooked by the manor house (the landowner did not want the dog in the massive shared estate garden.... but allowed dogs on the estate agent particulars, where did she think they were going to answer the call of nature?) had also neglected to mention furnished and advised if we wanted to rent unfurnished we would have to pay for the storage of her items. its was noted as having parking and a garage but actually this was not quite the case as she had stuff in there and wanted us to park at the staff houses down the road not to clutter up her drive way.

The last was an old tired student HMO that still had fire doors to each room and was so shabby that water was running through the windows from the rain. The rooms had been split up so they were all very small singles (no double) it had a huge damp issue that they thought a bad paint job would hide. no parking and key meters for the electric and gas which was obvious as the door to the cupboard by the front door had been ripped off. It was in a very bad way.

Sigh, this weeks going to be better though

This week i am going to find something.

lindsaygalaxy

Do you have a local facebay selling page (search groups on fb) for your town? There are often private rentals being advertised on the one local here.

CreditCrunchie

I cannot state 100% as I have no real legal knowledge, however a landlord once tried to serve us a section 21, giving us 4 weeks to quit, which we disputed and they eventually dropped as they hadn't given us anywhere near enough notice (2 months). I did speak to Shelter and to CAB and both were very helpful. It depends how awkward you want to be, but there is no legal reason you cannot stay in the property AFTER the section 21 end date. The landlord would need to go to court and the whole process would buy you about 6 weeks in which to look for a new home.

In regards to pets (we have cats so I know how hard it is), even when adverts state 'no pets' I have found it useful to ring the agent and explain that you are prepared to pay and upfront 'pet deposit' to cover any possible damages, but that you also have 'pet references' which include testimonial from previous landlords, and information about their up to date jabs and worming etc. In some cases it's worthwhile asking to meet direct with the landlord, and if you get on they are more likely to negotiate when it comes to pets.

There is also a website called lets with pets. They are a bit rubbish and never have anything advertised, but worth keeping an eye on nevertheless.

It's a real pain to trawl through, but gumtree can be useful for bypassing the standard agency 'no pets' twaddle. Also these sites:

https://www.openrent.co.uk
http://www.iamtheagent.com/
https://www.spareroom.com

Good luck.

Turnbull2000

If you want greater choice of rentals, you need to lose the pets. There's no other way about it I'm afraid.

CreditCrunchie

Turnbull that's the most stupid suggestion I've ever seen. I guess you'd also suggest 'losing' a child, as they too can make it harder to rent!

Owning/ caring for pets is not just something you drop because they're no longer convenient!

SeaLion_2

Stay in the house until they evict you. That will give you longer to find somewhere, and you owe them nothing after you have been a good tenant for 8 years.

stuart69

Having recently had a section 21 i feel for you.Just before xmas me,my wife and 2 young children were given 12 weeks to move.Now the landlord is holding our deposit.

We had advise saying we could stay after the section 21 but that would have induced more worry and stress so was never even considered an option,why create more stress?Good luck with the move.

Davesnave

CreditCrunchie wrote: »

Turnbull that's the most stupid suggestion I've ever seen. I guess you'd also suggest 'losing' a child, as they too can make it harder to rent!

Owning/ caring for pets is not just something you drop because they're no longer convenient!

Calling someone else's comment 'stupid' is rude, especially when it happens to be true, and putting words into another poster's mouth is also disingenuous.

I note that you carefully sidestep the issue of what will happen if the family need to be treated as homeless by the local authority.

It seems that the chickens might be the most difficult to cater for in a new rental, so I'd be inclined to remove them from the equation. Unlike the other animals, they can be placed in a market with no reserve.

Dogs and cats are trickier, but I would maybe talk to the RSPCA/ other charities earlier rather than later to explore options. Sometimes, they can foster animals for a while, and what the OP needs is more breathing space.