Landlord won't clear garden...

DoctorFoster

sniggings wrote: »

something doesn't sound right...if you think the LL's mortgage is less than £300 a month, how on earth can she charge £250 a week for rent :eek:

Because people will pay it.

lstar337

sniggings wrote: »

something doesn't sound right...if you think the LL's mortgage is less than £300 a month, how on earth can she charge £250 a week for rent :eek:

DoctorFoster wrote: »

Because people will pay it.

Very true. Rent has almost no connection to mortgage payments. LL's charge what they can get away with, and this is usually way above mortgage repayments.

tired_dad

Is there any written evidence of an agreement? Even in email format.

Basically you need to work out if you want to stay there or not. If you clear the place ,nothing to stop you bringing all the crap back at the end of the tenancy.

If you cause "trouble" in the eyes of the LL, remember irs their place, not yours and your tenancy may not be renewed.

This sort of thing needs both parties to agree.

What is the cost of sorting out the issues?

lovinituk

lstar337 wrote: »

Very true. Rent has almost no connection to mortgage payments. LL's charge what they can get away with, and this is usually way above mortgage repayments.

Supply and demand, market forces, etc. Its as much the renters fault as the landlords. While there are always people willing to pay the higher prices (£600+ a month for a 'garden'!!!), then landlords will charge those rents. Its a vicious circle really.

Bollotom

Be aware that your tenancy agreement will say something along the lines of leaving the property in the condition it was when you moved in. Now you're going to have to reinstate the garden to the 'Wild, rustic, shabby-chic, supranatural environment' that it was on moving in. :cool:

lstar337

lovinituk wrote: »

Supply and demand, market forces, etc. Its as much the renters fault as the landlords. While there are always people willing to pay the higher prices (£600+ a month for a 'garden'!!!), then landlords will charge those rents. Its a vicious circle really.

It's 'renters fault' that they want somewhere to live?

What other option do we have?

Sky high house prices have forced me into renting. Unless I force my family to live on the streets, what option do I have but to pay whatever a landlords want?

Or have I misunderstood your post?

I don't blame landlords by the way. I believe it has more to do with a population spiralling out of control, combined with irresponsible immigration control, a lack of housing stock, and a government that believes that house prices going anywhere but up is the worst thing imaginable.

lovinituk

lstar337 wrote: »

It's 'renters fault' that they want somewhere to live?

Where did I say that? Don't twist what I said for your own agenda. When people are paying an extra £600 a month for a garden and 1 less bedroom then of course landlords are going to charge it.

DoctorFoster

lstar337 wrote: »

It's 'renters fault' that they want somewhere to live?

What other option do we have?

Sky high house prices have forced me into renting. Unless I force my family to live on the streets, what option do I have but to pay whatever a landlords want?

Or have I misunderstood your post?

I don't blame landlords by the way. I believe it has more to do with a population spiralling out of control, combined with irresponsible immigration control, a lack of housing stock, and a government that believes that house prices going anywhere but up is the worst thing imaginable.

Find somewhere affordable to buy.

lstar337

lovinituk wrote: »

Where did I say that?

In your post.

lovinituk wrote: »

Don't twist what I said for your own agenda.

What agenda? I'm just a poster on a board, I'm not trying to accomplish anything.

lovinituk wrote: »

When people are paying an extra £600 a month for a garden and 1 less bedroom then of course landlords are going to charge it.

My post made no mention of paying extra for gardens. Since your post was a direct reply to mine, how am I supposed to know that that is what you are talking about.

My post was about rents in general, not the idiocy of paying £600 extra for a garden.

My point was that rents are as high as landlords want to make them. Since a roof over your head is a fairly basic need, they have renters over a barrel.

lstar337

DoctorFoster wrote: »

Find somewhere affordable to buy.

Yep, because it is just that easy.