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Land Lady sells house we are renting without us knowing.

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  • franklee
    franklee Posts: 3,867 Forumite
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    <sigh> Obviously, the phone call needs to be backed up in writing, but that apart I'd love for you to explain the difference between the new landlord complying with that legal requirement, and "some chancer"...
    You said there was no requirement :rotfl:
  • AdrianC
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    franklee wrote: »
    You said there was no requirement :rotfl:
    That was in reply to the OP's question about whether their original landlady needed to inform them the property was for sale. My apologies if I wasn't explicit enough in that for you.
  • franklee
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    AdrianC wrote: »
    That was in reply to the OP's question about whether their original landlady needed to inform them the property was for sale. My apologies if I wasn't explicit enough in that for you.

    Man up your post was talking about the landlord changing:
    AdrianC wrote: »
    Your tenancy is on exactly the same basis as it was, except that the landlord's changed. No, there's no requirement that they inform you.
  • wickedchef123
    wickedchef123 Posts: 56 Forumite
    The person who rang me has his own company in southport, I checked up on that. I will keep paying my rent to the landlady there was no question of that. But her last text was --
    It was not on the market. The person who rang me provides finance so the house is part of a seperate arrangement.

    I have asked for more information dont quite understand it all?
  • G_M
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    edited 23 March 2015 at 2:51PM
    My advice would be

    * stop paying rent till this is clarified, but keep the rent aside so you can pay it in due course

    * contact the landlady again and ask her to confirm, in writing
    1) whether she still owns the house, and wants the rent or
    2) whether she has sold, or transferred ownership of, the house, and to who.

    As already stated, in Eng/Wales, the new owner must inform you IN WRITING:

    Landlord & Tenant Act 1985 section 3

    AND

    Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 section 48

    edit: there is no legal requirement to tell a tenant in advance when a property is sold, though it is polite, and sensible, to do so.
  • Pixie5740
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    You don't need to understand it. You just need to know who your LL is and the address for the serving of notices.

    It could be that the person who has contacted you provides some sort of financial product to your LL which isn't really any of your business. I think this person has just caused unnecessary confusion.
  • wickedchef123
    wickedchef123 Posts: 56 Forumite
    I have asked her to explain what is going on?
  • G_M
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    wickedchef123 wrote: »
    I have asked her to explain what is going on?
    errrr....

    Yes.

    Or no.

    I'm not sure as I wasn't there.....
  • CM66
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    Sounds like one of those equity release schemes to me?
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
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    What is this 'seperate(sic) agreement' you now refer to???
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
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