Should I buy this Maisonette?

pinklady21

Equally the tenant could choose to dig their heels in and refuse to leave by the end date. The landlord would than have to take court proceedings to take possession of the property.

agrinnall

davidmcn wrote: »

Landlord and tenant can agree anything they like, so if tenant moves out earlier than yes the date can be brought forward.

This is true, but only if the LL and tenant actually agree on an earlier date for mutual surrender, if the tenant simply moves out early then they still have full rights to use the property until the end of their tenancy.

greenhouse28

We have another development, Estate Agents gave the tenant the wrong notice, so this one now expires on 30th April.

agrinnall

greenhouse28 wrote: »

We have another development, Estate Agents gave the tenant the wrong notice, so this one now expires on 30th April.

As I suggested might be the case in post #35. Hopefully it is now valid.

greenhouse28

Oh no, they sent it to the wrong house, with the wrong address and person on the notice, some poor !!!!!! must have thought they were being evicted when they actually wasn't.

seven-day-weekend

Davesnave wrote: »

There will always be people on MSE who advise against buying flats, or if someone is contemplating a semi, they will stress that detached is 'better.'

It's likely, that these people have had a bad time in accommodation with party walls/floors. They usually add they are speaking from experience, but they may forget that there are millions of people out there whose experiences in the same situations have been generally positive.

Because detached is more expensive, I was retired by the time I purchased a detached house. If I'd had a bad experience, it might have happened sooner, but I was happy with my neighbours in all the places I rented and bought over about 40 years.

Indeed, it was only when I bought the detached with some acres of 'buffer zone' around that I ran into my first neighbour conflict; now happily resolved.

I was retired by the time we graduated to a semi! Lived for most of our married life in a terraced house (even the one in Spain was a terrace):)

To the OP - Some people would just never buy a flat or maisonette, either due to privacy issues or they do not want a leasehold property. I would have a freehold if at all possible. However my son has a leasehold flat because that is all he could afford. Horses for courses.

Davesnave

greenhouse28 wrote: »

We have another development, Estate Agents gave the tenant the wrong notice, so this one now expires on 30th April.

agrinnall wrote: »

As I suggested might be the case in post #35. Hopefully it is now valid.

And I warned about too in posts 23 and 39.....

So far the tenant hasn't been difficult, or needed to be.

I'm impressed you can still feel sorry for the person who got the S21 by mistake.

greenhouse28

Latest update, the tenant has been given the proper notice, expires 30th April, my solicitor has checked it and it's all proper and legal.
Now, my solicitor is waiting on the final few replies from the vendors solicitor. The vendor has posted the replies to their solicitor, 3 times, but none of them have shown up, estate agent is saying that the vendor has a problem with their emails. I said to the estate agent that surely if this is the case then the documents would be posted tracked/recorded, and now the estate agent and the vendors solicitor are saying they are having a hard time getting in touch with the vendor.
Something doesn't seem right here? Or am i just being paranoid?