Rent Rise 42 Percent>>> Please Help

kaka72

snowmaid wrote: »

If only more people were as helpful as you who offered the type of advice the OP is looking for! Thank goodness for intelligent, helpful people like you!! :T

I AGREE , THANK YOU TOO x

pcwilkins

kaka72 wrote: »

...so you don't need to be so rudeabout his intelligence.

Sorry, what did I say that was rude :-s

Apologies

Peter

thesaint

Doozergirl wrote: »

Have they checked the tenancy agreement? Mine says that the landlord can't increase the rent by more than 8% in any year.

The landlord is actually two different landlords, so there has not been an actual rent increase as such, because it would be a new AST with a new owner.

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The new landlord has set what he believes to be a fair rent, this can be accepted or negotiated. I believe the "Fair rent" route is an exercise in futility that will get his back up, and be followed with an eviction notice.

Let's say the "Fair rent" brigade get it at a rate that the landlord is not happy with, is their a law that stops him giving an eviction notice?

My advice,
If the tenants can show that they've been model tenants, the landlord should be up for a discount, but I suppose it depends on the strength of the local rental market.

mr.broderick

Doozergirl wrote: »

Have they checked the tenancy agreement? Mine says that the landlord can't increase the rent by more than 8% in any year.

What happens if i buy your house tomorrow dooze?

I could double your rent couldn't I ??

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD

The way I see it is, the old LL probably had a small mortgage on the property, just let it tick over and as long as he was getting his LOW rent everything was hunky dory ! but the DUNCE of the class Is the new LL who probably bought the property cheap,( but not that cheap ) has now to service the new mortgage with a huge increase in rent.

Unhappy tenants there ! might get it back "now where's my wallpaper stripper"

adouglasmhor

mr.broderick wrote: »

What happens if i buy your house tomorrow dooze?

I could double your rent couldn't I ??

Not if you took on a sitting tenant - in fact a court would look on it as you trying to break pre existing conditions you already knew about. I saw this happen to a friend who went to court over it and won. His landlord had been trying for years to force him out (to help him get a better price for the property) and sold up to a shady character who tried this.

thesaint

PROFESSIONAL_LANDLORD wrote: »

The way I see it is, the old LL probably had a small mortgage on the property, just let it tick over and as long as he was getting his LOW rent everything was hunky dory ! but the DUNCE of the class Is the new LL who probably bought the property cheap,( but not that cheap ) has now to service the new mortgage with a huge increase in rent.

Unhappy tenants there ! might get it back "now where's my wallpaper stripper"

If the new landlord got it cheap, I do not think he was a dunce if he is allowed to increase the rent to the normal market level.

thesaint

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Not if you took on a sitting tenant - in fact a court would look on it as you trying to break pre existing conditions you already knew about. I saw this happen to a friend who went to court over it and won. His landlord had been trying for years to force him out (to help him get a better price for the property) and sold up to a shady character who tried this.

I would be interested to find out what the judge decided, as the landlord could evict your 'friend' once he was out of his fixed term, why he tried for 'years' to raise the rent instead of evicting him is beyond me.

If your friend is a pre '89'? rent act tenant then that is completely different to the circumstances being described in this case.

barnaby-bear

adouglasmhor wrote: »

Not if you took on a sitting tenant - in fact a court would look on it as you trying to break pre existing conditions you already knew about. I saw this happen to a friend who went to court over it and won. His landlord had been trying for years to force him out (to help him get a better price for the property) and sold up to a shady character who tried this.

It's not pre-existing conditions. ASTs run on 2 month rolling notice, or fixed term lengths (usually 6 or 12 months), when notice is given or fixed term up that's it - new AST new conditions. You might delay the rent rise but landlord more than likely to serve notice and market at market rent level and at level to mitigate any costs incurred, I suspect part of the deposit may disappear.

I expect your friend was on the older more protected assured tenancy type.

I don't understand why they are so broke, since rent is low £425 gets you a room in a houseshare round here and poeple on min. wage manage, tax credits and benefits assure quite a high level of income - suggests the money is going elsewhere or someone's telling porkies/sob story... go to www.entitledto and play with some figures, even one parent working on min. wage means they should be entitled to HB and actually paying out low proportion of income even on new rent....

Edit: Just seen the hours they supposedly work, multiplying by the min wage, adding in tax credits, HB - there's something wrong if eating beans on toast and can't afford £425 - they must have serious handling money/spending issues and probably need to go and look at one of the sensibly managing money forums.

slipthru

Except for council housing and Housing associations, where do you find a 2 bed property for £300 a month?

Hell £300 is less than i pay for a 1 bed flat.

Even £425 for 2 bed flat is cheap, you'd be looking at around £730 - £830 in london privatly renting.