Can my Landlady do this?

Missko

Error.
Error.

quidsy

In theory I could use it but in theory any landlord could get in by force anyway.

With a court order. Not just becuase you feel like it.

that doesn't mean I have to like it, or can't contract out of it

Pretty much any tenant can do this, fortunately for you you aren't not a "proper" LL & will be moving back into the proprty otherwise you will find youself contunally going through new tenants.

All this stuff about it's "their home" is a bit twee to be honest. They are not a set of badgers! Yes it is where they temporarily live. It's my home which I have loaned to them for them to use as a home for a period.

Not twee, fact. You have not loaned them your home, you have received money from them, you aren't doing them a favour. They have paid for the right to live in it as their home. You really have no idea!

Missko

Error.
Error.

quidsy

It's my flat and nothing you or any other tenant can say will change that!

The actual law may have something to say about it if you ever let this flat again & your tenant isn't quite so accomodating of your incorrect views on what they can & can't do.

topdaddy_2

Missko wrote: »

I didn't say I was doing them a favour! They seem pretty happy with their deal tho!
:-)
It's my flat and nothing you or any other tenant can say will change that!
:-)

Its not your home though;)

Herbalus

Well, as a landlord you can choose who you rent to. You can decide not to for any reason you wish. You could choose not to rent to Asian people - and you'd be racist. You could choose not to rent to women - and you'd be sexist. You could choose not to rent to gingers - and you'd be a superstitious fool.

You could choose not to rent to people for any reason you wish, and you can serve notice for any reason you wish. A section 21 notice is, after all, a no fault notice. You can serve them notice for changing the locks, if you so wish. Just as you can if you think their feet are too big.

It doesn't mean a tenant can't, won't, or shouldn't change the locks.

princeofpounds

It's my flat and nothing you or any other tenant can say will change that!

You may have legal title of the property, but you have sold legal possession of it.

orangeslimes

cheesymash wrote: »

I contacted the agent who is selling the property today and told him that we are not happy for photos of our possessions, taken without our knowledge to be used to market the flat, but he says he has no choice but to use them unless the landlady says otherwise. I haven't been able to get hold of my Landlady to discuss this with her but she is not a pleasant woman and I can't see her backing down and agreeing not to use the photos.
So where do we stand? Do Landlords and Ladies have a legal right to take photos of tenanted properties with no notice to the tenant?

You could suggest to the agent that if the photos have your personal possessions in them they contain your personal data, and that if the agents use the photos in their adverts they are breaching the Data Protection Act 1998. I think that would be your best legal argument.

booksurr

orangeslimes wrote: »

You could suggest to the agent that if the photos have your personal possessions in them they contain your personal data, and that if the agents use the photos in their adverts they are breaching the Data Protection Act 1998. I think that would be your best legal argument.

are you by any chance a letting agent ?
Your comment is the sort of UTTER TRIPE I would expect from such people who think they know what they are talking about

a photo of personal possessions is not data
a photo of a bit of paper with your personal info on may be relevant

http://ico.org.uk/for_organisations/data_protection/the_guide/key_definitions

EasyAs123

cheesymash wrote: »

We've checked and the deposit is protected, we will change the barrel of the locks back before we go and spent the whole day yesterday scrubbing the flat from top to bottom, so she won't have grounds to make any deductions from the deposit. However I'm sure she will try and make up a reason for making deductions, I can see it being a battle to get the deposit back

In the past, what I've done, is cleaned the flat. Emptied it all out into the van or similar, then paid a local cleaner to come in and do a clean - I think the most it's ever cost was £30 for two ladies for an hour, and (while I think my cleaning was sufficient) it gave me an all important receipt for professional cleaning that I could use should there be a dispute about the state of the property