Being force to renew tenancy for 6 months?

AdrianC

It's very simple.

If you are asked to sign a new fixed period, you can accept or you can say no.
If you say no, you can be issued with notice to leave, just as you could be at any time after the fixed period expires.

Anything else around that - rent increases, agency fees - are irrelevant.

garryselby

I own a few houses and think your reasonable and I would never ask you to sign again .why not try find out who owns it 2 ways one write to council tax explain what your doing they have a address of owner not just estate agent , but they will NOT give it you but give them a letter stamped ask them to post to the owner , they should oblige .
Or £3 land registry
https://eservices.landregistry.gov.uk/www/wps/myportal/My_Home

click start
type in the post code and number pay your £3 and it states the address of owner for services unless they moved .
Hope helps . and yes the estate agent is probably charging the land lord to renew it . thats why eager and a rollover contract is still legal just give them notice to leave .
Yes if your paying rent why would they issue a section 21 .
Then wasting Landlords money if estate agent did it to me I would can them .

MickeyDaMouse

I emailed my estate agent as they kept calling my partner and she was getting fed up of them not leaving her alone.

I said we wanted to be rolling tennants and they've replied today to say that option is only open to us if the landlord agrees. And now they want a reason as to why we want to do this rather than sign a new contract.

I know we're entitled to it either way, but I'll happily give a reason.

We've always paid rent on time, both of us work in decent jobs, we get on with all the neighbours and we've never given them a problem. On top of that when we moved in to what was meant to be a clean house I had to spend a full day cleaning away greases and general dirt off most of the floors and surfaces. It wasn't clean at all. I've also cleaned the drive and other slabs and made the house look good.

It's a shame estate agents sometimes feel the need to treat decent tenants like this as they could boot us out after harassing us and get the tenants from hell in for their landlord next.

Guest101

MickeyDaMouse wrote: »

I emailed my estate agent as they kept calling my partner and she was getting fed up of them not leaving her alone.

I said we wanted to be rolling tennants and they've replied today to say that option is only open to us if the landlord agrees. And now they want a reason as to why we want to do this rather than sign a new contract.

I know we're entitled to it either way, but I'll happily give a reason.

We've always paid rent on time, both of us work in decent jobs, we get on with all the neighbours and we've never given them a problem. On top of that when we moved in to what was meant to be a clean house I had to spend a full day cleaning away greases and general dirt off most of the floors and surfaces. It wasn't clean at all. I've also cleaned the drive and other slabs and made the house look good.

It's a shame estate agents sometimes feel the need to treat decent tenants like this as they could boot us out after harassing us and get the tenants from hell in for their landlord next.

"Dear Letting Agent,


Mind your own f'ing business


Kind regards,"

squeeks

I would say that you don't need to ask for a rolling tenancy. It happens automatically once the fixed term has expired. No one has to agree to anything as such. You choose to keep paying the rent and the landlord chooses to keep taking your money.

Most of the time these things are hot air dreamt up by the agent trying to get free money using intimidation (legal language and process you may not understand) and fear (losing your home) to get you to play along.

G_M

Guest101 wrote: »

"Dear Letting Agent,


Thanks for your enquiry.

I don't see the need for a new contract, or for the associated fees.


Kind regards,"

Tea and cake, Guest101, tea and cake!

thesaint

As usual on this forum, members are jumping to conclusions, and being very aggressive to an everyday occurence.

Please do not ignore the agent. They are probably doing the job that they are paid to do.

If you are looking for a property, you certainly won't be moving anytime soon. Why not suggest a 3 month fixed term due to your circumstances?

Guest101

G_M wrote: »

Tea and cake, Guest101, tea and cake!

true true

Out,_Vile_Jelly

thesaint wrote: »

Please do not ignore the agent. They are probably doing the job that they are paid to do.

Their "job" is to extract as much cash as possible from both LL and tenant for minimum effort with zero knowledge of housing law. Most LLs don't realise they're being ripped off.

In this situation I wrote a polite letter to my LL pointing out that the notice terms remained the same on periodic tenancy, so there was no reason for us both to pay the agent a fee for doing essentially nothing.

fairy_lights

thesaint wrote: »

If you are looking for a property, you certainly won't be moving anytime soon. Why not suggest a 3 month fixed term due to your circumstances?

Why though? why is it up to OP to suggest a compromise at all? The agent hasn't given any good reason why they can't move on to a periodic tenancy.