Help with Landlord

Guest101

Nonshy wrote: »

I always worry about this though as don't want to be unfair on the actual landlord... and i'm not sure how it would value it... if they take £500 off my deposit where would i stand?

You would dispute it with the scheme that protects your deposit.

Nonshy

Pixie5740 wrote: »

Forget the wifie in Birmingham, if you ever want to contact your landlord directly then you can. If you write to the letting agency asking for your landlord's contact details then by law she must supply them within 21 days.

Does the letting agency ever carry out inspections? If not I'd be tempted just to get rid of the table and chairs. How they are valued depends on how much they cost and how much use (how long) the landlord has had them.

Thank you very much. I will do this.

The letting agent comes every 6 months to take photos but we have a garage, which she doesn't check and most of the landlords stuff is stored in there... which she never checks as she doesn't have the key.

G_M

1) if you can get it out (window?) store it till the end of the tenancy (garden shed?)

2) Try to find out the replacement value - use the internet to find a similar table to check price. As it is not new, you cannot be charged 'betterment' (ie paying LL for a new one to replace an old one). However a metal table would /should last many years. Let's say 20. If it is now (say) 5 years old, then 1/4 of its life has gone. You would have to pay 3/4s of the new price

3) Write to the agent quoting the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985:

1 Disclosure of landlord’s identity.

(1)If the tenant of premises occupied as a dwelling makes a written request for the landlord’s name and address to—

(a)any person who demands, or the last person who received, rent payable under the tenancy, or

(b)any other person for the time being acting as agent for the landlord, in relation to the tenancy,

that person shall supply the tenant with a written statement of the landlord’s name and address within the period of 21 days beginning with the day on which he receives the request.

(2)A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with subsection (1) commits a summary offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

then write to the LL.

You can also try checking owner of the property with the Land Registry. (£3). If it's a flat, get the Leasehold Title, not Freehold.

mrginge

Guest101 wrote: »

Do as you wish, the LL is only entitled to the value the property would have at the end of your tenancy. The furniture is not worth much brand new, it's now ATLEAST 4 years old, it's worth.... virtually £nil.


Bin it and ignore them.

You have absolutely no idea how much it's worth, either brand new or today. You have no idea how long it's expected life span is.

Encouraging people to destroy someone else's property because you think it's worthless....
How typical.

Nonshy

G_M wrote: »

1) if you can get it out (window?) store it till the end of the tenancy (garden shed?)

2) Try to find out the replacement value - use the internet to find a similar table to check price. As it is not new, you cannot be charged 'betterment' (ie paying LL for a new one to replace an old one). However a metal table would /should last many years. Let's say 20. If it is now (say) 5 years old, then 1/4 of its life has gone. You would have to pay 3/4s of the new price

3) Write to the agent quoting the Landlord & Tenant Act 1985:
then write to the LL.

You can also try checking owner of the property with the Land Registry. (£3). If it's a flat, get the Leasehold Title, not Freehold.

GM - many thanks for this.

We tried out the window but no chance - I planned to store it in our garage.

I'm going to follow the advice given and get LL's details and write to them explaining the situation - I imagine 99% of LL's will realise the table is not suitable for a small 1 bed London flat.

Thanks for all the help!

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I would suggest that its not likely the door would have been taken off its hinges to get the table in.., there MUST be a way to take it apart. Get someone mechanically minded/whose good at DIY etc to take a look at it. The screws might be hidden under a covering plate or painted over. Otherwise its going to be a complete pain, even if you get a metal blade and saw the legs off.

Then its another item you can store in the garage. Problem solved.

Guest101

mrginge wrote: »

You have absolutely no idea how much it's worth, either brand new or today. You have no idea how long it's expected life span is.

Encouraging people to destroy someone else's property because you think it's worthless....
How typical.

Aw thanks

D_M_E

With regard to the value of the thing, your post says "On the inventory it says "Metal framed dining table with square glass top and 4 metal high back dining chairs. Aged, scratches to middle"


So it's probably not going to be worth anything anyway but it could be of sentimental value to the landlord.

I second getting someone to look at it, it could well have bolts or screws holding it together which you have not noticed.

Guest101

D_M_E wrote: »

With regard to the value of the thing, your post says "On the inventory it says "Metal framed dining table with square glass top and 4 metal high back dining chairs. Aged, scratches to middle"


So it's probably not going to be worth anything anyway but it could be of sentimental value to the landlord.

I second getting someone to look at it, it could well have bolts or screws holding it together which you have not noticed.

Cant be that sentimental if they let a total stranger use it and look after it

Yue

Guest101 wrote: »

Cant be that sentimental if they let a total stranger use it and look after it

Maybe the LL couldn't get it out either