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Advice on problem tenant
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Hi Guys,
My mother runs a freelance letting agency and has run into some problems with a tenant.
The tenant has lived rent free for quite some time (we believe 2 years), he agreed with the landlord that he would spend money developing the property and in exchange would live there rent free for a certain period. This was a verbal agreement, there was no written tenancy agreement.
In August he had been in contact with the landlord regarding moving out. At this time the property was given to my mum to manage, and she has been in contact with the tenant from this point.
He initially refused to move out, saying he was £20k out of pocket and he wanted to be reimbursed.
He then said he would be happy with £10k.
He's now saying he's found a flat to buy and is waiting for it to finish, he thinks this will take 8 weeks and if he could stay in the property rent free for this period he will be happy to move out and that would be a 'good deal' for both of them.
We told him we're happy to deal with that and put a line underneath it if he can give us a date. Naturally he's come back to us saying it could be longer as there could be hickups etc.
Obviously this had reached the point of ridiculousness, the landlord is a friend of my mums who is currently in a bad way so this hasn't been a massive priority for him, a section 21 would be a bit too much for him right now I believe. He is happy to give the guy 8-12 weeks to get it over and done with but without anything in writing I can see it dragging out.
We cant do an assured tenancy for 3 months, what could we propose to the tenant in this case to get something in writing.
Thanks for any help!
Kashinoda
This is the best advice u will get: find a new career. I knew letting agents had no clue, but seriously?0 -
Glad to hear your mum has it in her head, but I'd still be reassured to hear which scheme she belongs to (post 8 above).Thanks for the replies guys.
My mum has it in her head how she'd deal with it but the landlord isn't very coorperative and the facts aren't there for her to do anything concrete. I'd thought I'd try to see if I could get some outside of the box advice before she drops the client.0
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