LL in administration

flea72

turns out house im renting was owned by a property development company, who have now gone into adminstration.

Have been told to no longer deal with letting agency, but contact a company appointed by administrators, if i have any issues

Although my bills were included it seems the LL wasnt paying them. Had a final notice through door yesterday (never received any bills previously to house address)' saying if i dont pay outstanding balance of £2k within 2 days, the electicity suplier will be coming to disconnect.

Have contacted the company appointed by administrator and they just say, leave it to us and well get back to you. Im still waiting. Should i contact the itlity companies and explain the situation?

What rights do i have? Can i stay in property until end of tenancy? Will i be liable for any bills? Do i still have to pay rent, if i am without services included in tenancy (elec, gas, water, BB)?

Is there anything i should be doing? Dont want baliffs to turn up and turf me out/take my stuff, due to LL owing money

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flea72 wrote: »

turns out house im renting was owned by a property development company, who have now gone into adminstration.

Have been told to no longer deal with letting agency, but contact a company appointed by administrators, if i have any issues

Although my bills were included it seems the LL wasnt paying them. Had a final notice through door yesterday (never received any bills previously to house address)' saying if i dont pay outstanding balance of £2k within 2 days, the electicity suplier will be coming to disconnect.

Have contacted the company appointed by administrator and they just say, leave it to us and well get back to you. Im still waiting. Should i contact the itlity companies and explain the situation?

What rights do i have? Can i stay in property until end of tenancy? Will i be liable for any bills? Do i still have to pay rent, if i am without services included in tenancy (elec, gas, water, BB)?

Is there anything i should be doing? Dont want baliffs to turn up and turf me out/take my stuff, due to LL owing money

Calm down. All it is, is u have a new LL. If they don't pay the bills, you just sue them.

But bailiffs don't work like that.

Worth contacting the energy supplier and explaining the situation.

If necessary switch it to ur name, and deduct the payments from the rent. BUT. Notify the new company first.

eddddy

Yes - contact the energy company and explain that:

The LL was responsible for the electricity bill
The LL has gone into administration
The administrator is responsible for electricity bills going forward
... and give them contact details for the administrator


You may have a bit of a bumpy ride ahead. Given that the LL company was financially stressed, there's probably a mortgage on your property, and it's probably in arrears.

The administrator won't pay off the arrears, so it may get repossessed. So the bank will then be your LL.

And the administrators may refuse to spend any money on repairs etc.

Pixie5740

What does your tenancy agreement say with regards to bills and who pays them?

Your original tenancy agreement is still valid regardless of the change in LL.

jjlandlord

Assuming that there is no mortgage, the administrator will put the property on the market and sell it.
You will have a new landlord stricto sensu until this happen as the administrator manages the company (ie. the company still exists and is still your landlord, the administrator is 'new management').

If there is a lender and he repossesses the property, you will have a new landlord when that happens.
The lender will also then sell the property.

Your tenancy will not be affected in either case, though current and future landlords will obviously be able to evict by following the correct procedures.

Regarding the utility bills, I'd be tempted to set off against the rent if it is not sorted immediately (since there is probably no money I doubt that it will).

If the property is sold before you leave it will also make it easier for you to get your deposit back. Indeed if somehow leave while your landlord is still the bust company and if your deposit is not in a custodial scheme you might have some problems getting it back.

G_M

Short term, keep contacting the utilities, and the administrators, by phone followed by letters to confirm, explaining, giving each others contact details and enclosing copy of tenancy agreemement showing bills are included.

And read:

Repossession (What happens if a landlord's mortgage lender repossesses the property?)