Change Of COntract / Breach Of Contract

Fergie76

My daughter moved into a flat at the end on November on a 6 month contract. It was advertised at £450 pcm, but when my daughter said that she wanted the flat, they said it was now £500 pcm, but now included water and electricity as when then converted the house the messed up the meter and they can't tell between my daughters flat and upstairs who uses what. My daughter agreed to this and the contract was pen amended to reflect this.

Now this morning, the Letting Agents have phoned my daughter to say that they are changing her contract back to £450 and she will need to pay for her own water and electric. Electric from next Monday and I can't remember when she said for water.

As far as I know, no work has taken place to sort out the meter problem, so I am unsure how they can now know who uses what, but my question is, can the Landlord/Letting Agents just change the contract like this mid-way through the contract?

I don't have the contract, so I can't check that. Surely, they should wait until the contract is up for renewal and then introduce this?

Fergie76

Forgot to say, my daughter wants to stay in the flat after the initial 6 months, so I am aware that we don't want to !!!! the landlord off too much.

G_M

The contract can be changed if your daughter agrees. If she does not, it can't.

Is the LL upstairs, or is it another tenant? Either way, go upstairs and have a chat. Maybe take a cake? Establish where the meters are and which meter serves which flat.

If it is not clear that there is a dedicated meter for her flat, then I'd advise her not to agree. The risk of course is that the LL evicts after 6 months.

If it is clear that there is a dedicated meter for her flat, then maybe she'd be better off agreeing.

£50 pm buys a resonable amount of leccie, plus it keeps the LL happy.

Oakdene

G_M wrote: »

£50 pm buys a resonable amount of leccie, plus it keeps the LL happy.

Depends on how much water she uses too

G_M

True.

But at least she has control over both. 'course if she profligate and has 2 full baths a day, runs the w/machine daily, and keaves the lights/heating on 24/7, yes, the £50 won't go so far.....

Fergie76

Thanks for your replies.

That's what I thought, they can't change the contract unless she agrees.

The flat is basically 2 rooms, living room with kitchen and bedroom with shower room.

The flat is heated by two electric wall heaters. One in living room and one in bedroom.

Just been on the phone to my daughter and apparently they are coming next Monday to sort out the meter problem for electricity and water at a later date.