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Rent via direct debit

Good evening

Is it possible for me to pay the rent to my landlord via direct debit?

Regards

Fuzzythinking

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  • nidO
    nidO Posts: 847 Forumite
    You'd have to ask your landlord.

    The answer is probably going to be no.

    What's wrong with a standing order (as rental payments generally don't routinely change from month to month)?
  • DRP
    DRP Posts: 4,287 Forumite
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    a standing order would be better for you....
  • terryw
    terryw Posts: 4,396 Forumite
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    If your landlord has the facilities for direct debits and agrees then no problem..realistically though, this is unlikely but standing order would be quite acceptable to most landlords
    "If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools"
    Extract from "If" by Rudyard Kipling
  • Old_Git
    Old_Git Posts: 4,751 Forumite
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    with standing order the landlord can't increase the amount you pay without your agreement ,with direct debit he can .
    "Do not regret growing older, it's a privilege denied to many"
  • chris_m
    chris_m Posts: 8,250 Forumite
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    booksurr wrote: »
    a standing orders on the other hand is an instruction (in writing) from you to your own bank to pay £X to person Y on date Z until such time as you tell the bank to stop.

    Doesn't necessarily have to be in writing - NatWest online banking allows you to set up SOs. I expect that most, if not all, other online banking systems have the facility too.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    chris_m wrote: »
    Doesn't necessarily have to be in writing - NatWest online banking allows you to set up SOs. I expect that most, if not all, other online banking systems have the facility too.

    You can't do it without writing something, be it on paper or electronically.
  • anniecave
    anniecave Posts: 2,479 Forumite
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    Old_Git wrote: »
    with standing order the landlord can't increase the amount you pay without your agreement ,with direct debit he can .



    Incorrect.
    Indecision is the key to flexibility :)
  • Argghhh
    Argghhh Posts: 352 Forumite
    he can increase the rent but he cannot get you to pay it unless you up the standing order
  • westv
    westv Posts: 6,516 Forumite
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    Does the OP actually mean they now by something like cheque and would rather pay via a method which comes directly out of their bank??
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