Can landlord do this?

Shalomebony_2

HouseBuyer77 wrote: »

I guess you often have far more security of tenancy in such properties?

No, HA houses don't offer Assured Tenancies any more, only ASTs - maybe 5 years tops with an assessment at the end to gauge need. Not a solution for a long term home, any more.

Dinglehopper

*~Zephyr~* wrote: »

He's taking the proverbial!

You haven't answered the question of length of tenancy...

Apologies, I missed that question.
In all honesty, we hadn't agreed a tenancy length. That was to be discussed when we went to sign paperwork this weekend. All we had discussed, casually was that it was a long term let.

mrschaucer

Can you possibly live with concrete floors and a few lovely rugs that you can take with you? It's what all the trendy people on the TV "build your own house for a quid" shows do.

Dinglehopper

Pixie5740 wrote: »

That's a lot of flooring to have to pay for when you only have a 6 or 12 month AST. Even if you got a fixed term for 3 years that's still an awfully big outlay for a property with above market average rent.

If the LL has run out of money how will he pay for any repairs or routine maintenance on the property?

I'd be tempted to give this one a wide berth.

We have contacted him with our thoughts and told him we aren't prepared to fork out to floor an entire house. I'm really sad as we loved the house!
But as you say, we were concerned that this could have been a financial issue that would have affected us with regards to repairs and maintenance down the line.

Dinglehopper

mrschaucer wrote: »

Can you possibly live with concrete floors and a few lovely rugs that you can take with you? It's what all the trendy people on the TV "build your own house for a quid" shows do.

:rotfl:
Concrete not ideal with two young boys!
I can't imagine living with concrete floors, in all honesty. It would just feel unfinished and probably be bloody cold where we live!
If it was just organising flooring for say the bedrooms and main living area I could understand a bit more, but the whole house?

stator

Carpet/underlay isn't that hard to do yourself. But as others have said I would only consider it if
1) He offered a long tenancy
2) I really wanted the house
3) Nothing else was available
4) The tenancy states that you can take your flooring with you when you leave and no deductions can be made to the deposit regarding the lack of flooring

Let us know what he says in response

Cakeguts

I think he is trying to make it difficult for you because he has realised that he can get a much higher rent from someone else. If this property is very nice and in a good area previous rent levels won't give you a complete idea of what he might achieve especially if it is the only one to come onto the market in the nice area for some time. Are rents rising in the area? Do you know how long it takes to let a property?

ANGLICANPAT

Cakeguts wrote: »

I think he is trying to make it difficult for you because he has realised that he can get a much higher rent from someone else. If this property is very nice and in a good area previous rent levels won't give you a complete idea of what he might achieve especially if it is the only one to come onto the market in the nice area for some time. Are rents rising in the area? Do you know how long it takes to let a property?

Thats the first thing that struck me too. Plus a backhander too for fixing it for a friend of a friend maybe.

slopemaster

HouseBuyer77 wrote: »

As a point of interest in Germany whilst you don't have to provide your own flooring it's very common that you provide fixtures such as light fittings in a rental and often you need to fit your own kitchen!

That's true in France too.
But a standard tenancy is 3 years, with a right to renew.

Heatherjones1013

Sorry to get in on this but I don't know how to use this site and I really need advice!! I'm at my wits end!!
My landlord put my rent up and housing association wanted a letter of proof from him or the would suspend my money. Anyway, he didn't give it straight away so they suspended my money as they said they would, and because of this I could only pay half the rent. Then my landlord gave me a letter saying that as only half the rent had been paid he was giving me a warning and if it wasn't all paid within 5 days then he would take further action. I told him that I wouldn't have the money by then as it takes a while for the housing to set up my money again and he was ok with this. He then text me yesterday asking if the rest of the rent would be paid that fay and I told him that the money had still ot gone in but reassured him that it would only be a matter of days and asked if this was ok.... he didn't reply. I text him then again today 5 times asking if he got my text and if this was ok to pay tomorrow when my money went in. He STILL hasn't replied. I'm not worried that he is going to give me my notice ad I have 2 small children and nowhere to go. And the fact he won't even give me an answer as to what he plans to do is making me so necrosis amd anxious. Please can someone help!!!