Landlord Served Section 21 in August. She now says I can't move out without notice

Pixie5740

Leaving you without a working boiler, whilst you had alternative means of heating and hot water, is neglect? :rotfl:

I don't doubt she is a crappy landlord and moving out this property is probably the best move for you and your family but neglect? You're talking pish.

Guest101

JamesJUK wrote: »

As do I. - What for? And she knows this. She knows I have evidence, and she knows she was in the wrong. Hence why she a) replaced the boiler after facing potential legal action b) Environment health forced her to fix the blown electric box. - You cant sue for this kind of thing.

She was in the wrong on both of these, if she wasn't she wouldn't have replaced them. - So? You cant sue for this, as you've been told. She's a very thick skinned, stubborn, lady. She sought her own legal advice and found out she was fk'ed basically. - Not because of anything YOU could do. The length of time she left us without a properly working boiler is significant too. That's neglect, especially when the LL is the one in the wrong. - No it's not.

As I said, I'm confident.

I think you're quite ignorant actually. But confidence does usually go hand in hand with ignorance...

Guest101

JamesJUK wrote: »

Thanks Jayson. That's what I'm having to do at the moment. Given the opportunity of moving into a house with a fully working boiler, over one without basic heating, I have to take the move for my 8 year old. It's not fair to have him go through this mess.

Living there for two years with a child, that's neglect!

JamesJUK

Oh go on, I do love it when people drip feed information they think is important and it turns out to be totally irrelevant.

What? You know nothing about the situation except from a couple of sentences on a forum. What you love is thinking you're correct, thinking you can make decisions with very little information. That's stupid my friend.

Comstock

If you've paid a months rent as deposit you could ask her to use that to cover the last months rent. She probably won't be over the moon about that but the Shelter website says......

"Using your deposit to pay the final month's rent
It's important to remember that you're responsible for paying the rent until your tenancy comes to an end. Your landlord could take you to court if you withhold rent.

If you do decide to withhold the last month's rent, make sure your landlord would have no other claim to your tenancy deposit. Fix any damage you have caused and replace any broken items. Keep some evidence of the condition of the property as you left it, for example, photographs of each room and bills for any cleaning or other work you have paid for."


The one ace card the OP has is that he doesn't need a reference.......

Guest101

JamesJUK wrote: »

What? You know nothing about the situation except from a couple of sentences on a forum. What you love is thinking you're correct, thinking you can make decisions with very little information. That's stupid my friend.

No stupid is expecting accurate answers if you provide only a fraction of the relevant information.


based on what you've said, I'm correct.


I've asked you to clarify it. If you don't want to, that's fine.


But given what you've already typed I would love to hear the basis for your claims (for a laugh if nothing else)

Gordon_Hose

Another OP that asks questions/advise, then does what they want anyway.

OP, just crack on. I don't think you want to read the advise given to you anyway. No point keeping this thread going if you are adamant on your chosen course of action.

If you get away with it great. If you don't... come back for some more advise you can ignore.

prosaver

Guest101 wrote: »

Oh go on, I do love it when people drip feed information they think is important and it turns out to be totally irrelevant.

tell me about it:mad:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBSxAAJ_2SI

JamesJUK

Leaving you without a working boiler, whilst you had alternative means of heating and hot water, is neglect? :rotfl:

I don't doubt she is a crappy landlord and moving out this property is probably the best move for you and your family but neglect? You're talking pish.

Alternative means of hot water? Lukewarm water downstairs, absolutely no warm water upstairs. No heating at all in the winter months. Leaving us like that for months, until she eventually found out she has an obligation to fix it.

Like I said, she done her own research before buckling to replace it. Please tell me how not being able to heat your home without having to pay extortionate bills to heat up saucepans and use electric heaters, is not neglect?

At the least she should have contributed to that debt as it was her fault the debt occurred in the first place.

You're assuming i haven't sought my own legal advice at the time this was happening. My issue is I can't afford the court costs to take her to court.

mrginge

Comstock wrote: »

If you've paid a months rent as deposit you could ask her to use that to cover the last months rent. She probably won't be over the moon about that but the Shelter website says......

"Using your deposit to pay the final month's rent
It's important to remember that you're responsible for paying the rent until your tenancy comes to an end. Your landlord could take you to court if you withhold rent.

If you do decide to withhold the last month's rent, make sure your landlord would have no other claim to your tenancy deposit. Fix any damage you have caused and replace any broken items. Keep some evidence of the condition of the property as you left it, for example, photographs of each room and bills for any cleaning or other work you have paid for."


The one ace card the OP has is that he doesn't need a reference.......

Sometimes it helps to actually read a thread before responding.