Landlord wants to evict me and move back in!

Guest101

jamesb1983 wrote: »

Thanks again.

So what do you think the next move is, should I contact a solicitor? One just quoted me £200 p/h!

What for??


Reply saying


"Dear X,


thanks for your email, when are you looking to move back in?


Many thanks"

Pixie5740

jamesb1983 wrote: »

Thanks again.

So what do you think the next move is, should I contact a solicitor? One just quoted me £200 p/h!

Why would you need a solicitor? All your landlord has done is sent you an email not formally issued (in the post) you with either a Section 21 or Section 8 notice.

Did you read the Ending/Renewing an AST link I provided you with earlier?

MrNiceGuy_007

Guest101 wrote: »

What for??


Reply saying


"Dear X,


thanks for your email, when are you looking to move back in?


Many thanks"

Thought I might need a solicitor to cross the t's and dot the i's

They are looking to move back in end of March.

Below email from landlord...

We hope everything has been going ok with the property up to now.
Regrettably we will have to return back to the UK soon as circumstances have changed. Our son who lives here with us and his wife are expecting a baby at the beginning of April and therefore we have all decided to move back and occupy the property. We therefore wish to serve notice on the tenancy, as per the our rights in the contract.
If it is 90 days that would be 18th April but however we would ideally like the property returned to us by the last week in March I.e. Week commencing 25th March. Obviously if you wished to vacate before that date I.e on 4th March, that would be ok too by us.
That way on our return on 23 rd March we can do the inspection and return the deposit.
So sorry this is bad news but events have changed beyond our control, which I hope you understand.
Please let me know what would work the best for you.

Rambosmum

jamesb1983 wrote: »

Thought I might need a solicitor to cross the t's and dot the i's

They are looking to move back in end of March.

Below email from landlord...

We hope everything has been going ok with the property up to now.
Regrettably we will have to return back to the UK soon as circumstances have changed. Our son who lives here with us and his wife are expecting a baby at the beginning of April and therefore we have all decided to move back and occupy the property. We therefore wish to serve notice on the tenancy, as per the our rights in the contract.
If it is 90 days that would be 18th April but however we would ideally like the property returned to us by the last week in March I.e. Week commencing 25th March. Obviously if you wished to vacate before that date I.e on 4th March, that would be ok too by us.
That way on our return on 23 rd March we can do the inspection and return the deposit.
So sorry this is bad news but events have changed beyond our control, which I hope you understand.
Please let me know what would work the best for you.

Well that isn't proper notice. He needs to do it properly for it to stand up.

Guest101

jamesb1983 wrote: »

Thought I might need a solicitor to cross the t's and dot the i's

They are looking to move back in end of March.

Below email from landlord...

We hope everything has been going ok with the property up to now.
Regrettably we will have to return back to the UK soon as circumstances have changed. Our son who lives here with us and his wife are expecting a baby at the beginning of April and therefore we have all decided to move back and occupy the property. We therefore wish to serve notice on the tenancy, as per the our rights in the contract.
If it is 90 days that would be 18th April but however we would ideally like the property returned to us by the last week in March I.e. Week commencing 25th March. Obviously if you wished to vacate before that date I.e on 4th March, that would be ok too by us.
That way on our return on 23 rd March we can do the inspection and return the deposit.
So sorry this is bad news but events have changed beyond our control, which I hope you understand.
Please let me know what would work the best for you.

Dear LL,

Thank you for your email. I'm sorry to hear that things haven't worked out for you.

Please could you supply me with your buy out offer for the contract.

Many thanks

James

MrNiceGuy_007

Here is a link to the sanitized tenancy contract
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9AA3gDqhbQ0T0psSFRjSi1jc0E

HouseBuyer77

The ground 1 notice is largely redundant for the AST and more appropriate for a Assured Tenancy (AT), not the Assured Shorthold Tenancy, as the section 21 notice does the same thing.

Aha, this had passed me by, thanks for pointing it out.

OP - Ignore my previous posts, Landlord cannot evict before fixed term unless you do something bad (rent arrears, damage etc).

Though this bit puzzles me:

We therefore wish to serve notice on the tenancy, as per the our rights in the contract.

May indicate there's a break clause they're attemping to use.

May also mean they think you're on the same tenancy that your friend was originally granted (the fixed term being long over), which you almost certainly aren't (unless you are currently paying rent to your friend who in turn pays them).

Guest101

jamesb1983 wrote: »

Here is a link to the sanitized tenancy contract
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B9AA3gDqhbQ0TXl6ZTNkbjZHVkE

Will read in full in a minute, but immediately saw the no guest beyond a week clause and no other person and thought- cheeky landlord, don't even accept payment just stay put.

[Deleted User]

Phone Shelter, you don't need a solicitor at this point.

The only way they can get you out is by court order and getting bailiffs in. That can only happen after the end of the fixed term period.

The LL doesn't know what he's doing, the clause re grounds 1 is very vague and I suspecty will be viewed as an unfair term. Not much point in giving you a fixed term if a LL can turn round at any point and say 'oi! I want the house back'. Nothing will happen to the pregnant lady that can't happen in their own rental property (they can't prove undue suffering).

MrNiceGuy_007

Guest101 wrote: »

Dear LL,

Thank you for your email. I'm sorry to hear that things haven't worked out for you.

Please could you supply me with your buy out offer for the contract.

Many thanks

James

lol this amused me, thanks :rotfl: