LandLord just gave me notice.

Pixie5740

Deleted_User wrote: »

I have a housing application and I will send it on Monday along with the LL's "notice".
I spoke to Shelter and they took my details, someone will call me and book a face to face appointment.

Hopefully the council's housing department are able to find you a new home in your daughter's catchment area before all this gets to court. You'll have a secure tenancy, your daughter won't have to change schools and your LL will have possession of the property again.

HappyMJ

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Hopefully the council's housing department are able to find you a new home in your daughter's catchment area before all this gets to court. You'll have a secure tenancy, your daughter won't have to change schools and your LL will have possession of the property again.

The council won't do anything at all until it gets to court and for several weeks afterwards. They (council or housing association) will probably put the family into a B+B for a short time then somewhere more temporary before a more permanent place becomes available and they are eligible for it and even then they need to be more eligible than anyone else also waiting for property.

topdaddy_2

Deleted_User wrote: »

I don't understand why I should?
As long as he pays my deposit back I am ok.
I don't want to cause him hardship. As far as I know he has only this property, and a family. Apparently he rents where he is living right now. It is not like he has a portfolio with 50 houses and being a LL is his main job.

You need the money and he needs the lesson. The law is their to protect you. See it as compensation for your up coming upheaval.

Guest101

Deleted_User wrote: »

I don't understand why I should?
As long as he pays my deposit back I am ok.
I don't want to cause him hardship. As far as I know he has only this property, and a family. Apparently he rents where he is living right now. It is not like he has a portfolio with 50 houses and being a LL is his main job.

It's simple. It costs him nothing to protect your deposit.

But if he was bankrupt, the creditors could take YOUR money. If it was protected, they couldn't.

Every LL who fails in this basic duty should face consequences

Guest101

HAMISH_MCTAVISH wrote: »

It most certainly does not.

The tenant has a limited right to use the property for defined purposes during the term of the lease.

They are temporarily borrowing the property in return for financial compensation to the landlord.

At no time does ownership transfer.

Once the correct notice is given and notice period expires, the tenant is under a contractual obligation to leave the property, and if they breach this obligation and force the landlord to obtain possession through the courts, they can have costs awarded against them and the chances of getting a reference are effectively nil.

What a load of rubbish.

DaveTheMus

Guest101 wrote: »

Rogue landlord by chance?

Not a Landlord, rogue or otherwise...It is something I will venture into in the not to distant future.

Just can't stand people who will try to weasel compensation when they've suffered no loss.

The OP is doing the honourable thing in having some empathy for the Landlords situation.

From what the OP has said this particualar Landlord isn't a wealthy man and has a family to take care of.

I prefer earning my money, not claiming compo...

Pixie5740

HappyMJ wrote: »

The council won't do anything at all until it gets to court and for several weeks afterwards. They (council or housing association) will probably put the family into a B+B for a short time then somewhere more temporary before a more permanent place becomes available and they are eligible for it and even then they need to be more eligible than anyone else also waiting for property.

Some councils will re-house people before it gets to court. It's just the luck of the draw as whether you're living in a council that will or not. I know that it will most likely be B&B accommodation first of all but short term pain for the long term gain of a secure tenancy.

I do think it's a bit silly that some councils wait for an eviction order as it clogs up the courts unnecessarily and in this case when it gets to court the LL won't be granted an eviction notice because of the mess with the serving of notice and non-protection of deposit.

I hope it does all get sorted out for the OP as I do like a happy ending.

Guest101

DaveTheMus wrote: »

Not a Landlord, rogue or otherwise...It is something I will venture into in the not to distant future.

Just can't stand people who will try to weasel compensation when they've suffered no loss.

The OP is doing the honourable thing in having some empathy for the Landlords situation.

From what the OP has said this particualar Landlord isn't a wealthy man and has a family to take care of.

I prefer earning my money, not claiming compo...

I'll change that to 'soon to be a...' Then.

I didn't realise it's ok to ignore the LAW because the situation allows it.

Can you post your name, just so I know never to rent from you, seems only fair.

The OP is entitled to have HER money protected, if the LL is not willing to follow the law, he or she should be penalised.

justjohn

duchy wrote: »

It is very simple- council housing departments will deem someone who leaves at the end of their notice period as having made themselves intentionally homeless (as they "could" have stayed in the property until a court order was made). If the tenant is to have any chance of social housing then they have no choice but to stay on until an eviction order is granted.

It's a stupid waste of court time , expensive for landlords and often means tenants have to take time off work and endure a stressful situation and uncertainty but that is how council housing departments insist it must be.

not always true West Lothian council (Scotland)do not wait for court eviction. They rehome before the landlord notice date.

justjohn

Could I just clear up something ...deposit protection was set up to protect tenants from rogue landlords. It was never setup to penalise legitimate landlords.


However it now seems to be used and abused by tenants to gain compo from a non compliant landlord, even if the landlord is legit but just does not reg the deposit.


Deposit registration is a con provide no benefit to legit tenant or legit landlord. However yet again it does line someone's pocket somewhere.


This is one of the many reasons a landlord should give tenants nothing more than they are legally entitled to by law.