Short term let between house sale and purchase - questions

bradshawce

Can I ask what an AST is ?
The place we're letting for 3 weeks knows our situation and are more than happy to accomodate.

Cheers
Chris

bradshawce

Found the answer on gov.uk website :
Assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs)

A tenancy can’t be an AST if:
- it’s a holiday let

Cheers

eddddy

bradshawce wrote: »

Found the answer on gov.uk website :
Assured shorthold tenancies (ASTs)

A tenancy can’t be an AST if:
- it’s a holiday let

Cheers

I think you're missing the subtlety of what other posters are saying.

You're correct: A tenancy can’t be an AST if it’s a holiday let

But what your're doing isn't a holiday let - because for those three weeks it will be your only or principle residence.

So put another way: you're not on holiday you're living there.

There are strict laws about this because dodgy landlords sometimes create 'Sham Holiday Lets' to get round the Housing Act.

(So if you decided you didn't want to move out after 3 weeks, the landlord might have big problems getting you evicted.)

getmore4less

Ridiculous situation if the requirement to have short term lets is you must have somewhere else to live .

That could change during the let.

What about anyone letting a full house on the likes of airbnb do these letters know they could be lumbered with a 6m let?

Argghhh

you can ask royal mail to withold all mail and collect in person for a short while and then set up a redirect afterwards

theartfullodger

getmore4less wrote: »

Ridiculous situation if the requirement to have short term lets is you must have somewhere else to live

No Sir! Only applies to a "Holiday Let" which, if landlord knows occupant is not actually on holiday it is not a "Holiday Let" but an AST. Most genuine holiday lets (eg 2 weeks in cottage in Cornwall in August) have no contractural issues over this.

There is nothing stopping a boring old AST being for 1 week, 3 weeks, 4 months, whatever (no, they don't have to be at least 6 months) so the OP could have had an OP: But landlord wouldn;t want that as he could easily evict for 6 months if OP keeps paying the rent.

What about anyone letting a full house on the likes of airbnb do these letters know they could be lumbered with a 6m let?

Ah, I'm waiting for the test case when an airbnb occupant declines to leave claiming the "Protection from Eviction Act"..

Cheers!

custardy

mrginge wrote: »

RM will collect together redirected mail and send it in batches so you wont be getting it daily. Maybe a couple of times a week.

Sorry,thats nonsense

OP,If you are staying locally. Then simply organise a free mail collect from the delivery office.
Not Post Office

mrginge

custardy wrote: »

Sorry,thats nonsense

Well lets say that's what my local delivery office do.
So your assertion that it is nonsense, is nonsense.

agrinnall

mrginge wrote: »

Well lets say that's what my local delivery office do.
So your assertion that it is nonsense, is nonsense.

It does seem unlikely on the face of it: the delivery office retains all of your mail, then takes it to a Post Office for you to collect. I've never heard of that happening, and it seems much easier for Royal Mail to simply keep it at the Delivery Office as custardy suggests.

bexs2247

We are thinking of ding this (but staying with my mum instead of a holiday let) problem for us is our vendor hasn't found anywhere yet so full mortgage app may or may not be submitted while wr are still living here. I don't know whether changing addresses to my mums mid application will have any effect or not!